Road Trip

indiegirlindiegirl Registered Users Posts: 930 Major grins
edited September 1, 2010 in People
We're on our first vacation as a family. It's a 4000-mile road trip from staring from Seattle to Denver, then south through Zion and Grand Canyon. Next it's LA, San Fran, the Redwoods and the Oregon coast toward home. Our kids, should they survive the backseat bickering, are ten, seven and six.

I'm posting to officially break the seal on a long hiatus here. It's good to put myself out there again. I just got a Canon 7D and I'm getting the feel for it. This trip is the official "breaking in" of my new gear (and life). I welcome your comments, critique and whatever you have to share about your family road trips ...

Thanks in advance for looking.

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See you in southern Utah,

Jesse
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  • Ray FRay F Registered Users Posts: 39 Big grins
    edited August 20, 2010
    love roadtrips! :D

    And i'm a big fan of your processing style. looks vintage great atmosphere.
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  • RxRickRxRick Registered Users Posts: 93 Big grins
    edited August 20, 2010
    Wow. You really do have the chops. Nice set.

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  • StueveShotsStueveShots Registered Users Posts: 544 Major grins
    edited August 20, 2010
    Very nice! I, too, really like your processing style. I've been fiddling with something similar with some of my shots, but I don't think I've got it nailed down yet. I'm inspired to try again!
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  • indiegirlindiegirl Registered Users Posts: 930 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2010
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    Day four got off to a rough start.

    Also: how can you spot a kid from the Pacific Northwest? Easy! She wears socks with her sandals. No matter how dorktastic I tell them they look, they insist on socks.
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  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2010
    indiegirl wrote: »
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    Day four got off to a rough start.

    Also: how can you spot a kid from the Pacific Northwest? Easy! She wears socks with her sandals. No matter how dorktastic I tell them they look, they insist on socks.

    OMG!!! rolleyes1.gif Hope the day didn't turn out quite as bad. Loved looking at this series, good stuff iloveyou.gif
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  • QarikQarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2010
    some goood stuff here!
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    45 PC and sb910 x2
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  • l.k.madisonl.k.madison Registered Users Posts: 542 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2010
    4,000 miles with kids?! More power to you!

    We did 6,500 miles in three weeks in July, it was um... Exhausting. South Louisiana to Atlanta to a wedding in NE Louisiana to Dallas to Seattle, back to Dallas via Grand Canyon and Route 66 then back home. It was so tiring. Last Summer was southeast Louisiana to Dallas, Seattle, Detroit and back home - 19 states in 12 days. Don't do that one with kids!

    Great shots! And I second loving that processing!
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  • indiegirlindiegirl Registered Users Posts: 930 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2010
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  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2010
    HOLY SMOKES! 2 is beautiful!! And the last one is too funny, where are you guys at?
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  • indiegirlindiegirl Registered Users Posts: 930 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2010
    1. is at Arches National Park. 2. is grand canyon and 3 - 4 are Venice Beach...

    Entire collection here
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  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2010
    Ha! Venice beach looks cold ... fun, fun stuff :)
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  • indiegirlindiegirl Registered Users Posts: 930 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2010
    Agnieszka wrote: »
    Ha! Venice beach looks cold ... fun, fun stuff :)

    Not to us PNW'ers. We think it's nice and warmmmmm. Thanks for your comments ;)
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  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2010
    indiegirl wrote: »
    Not to us PNW'ers. We think it's nice and warmmmmm. Thanks for your comments ;)

    Haha!!! rolleyes1.gifthumb.gif
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  • jeffreaux2jeffreaux2 Registered Users Posts: 4,762 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2010
    Of them all, I like the first one ...and also the french fries on a skewer.

    The first shot is pure "family photo album" type goodness. Nothing super impressive technically...and probably would never be valued much outside the family, but I find it very compelling. The cutie pie on the left seems to be engrossed in some sort of discovery, while the one on the right has seen enough! I love it!

    ..and it reinforces the question I always ask when thinking of my own family..."How can kids who are raised in the same house....same parents....same schooling.....same opportunities....same religeon.....same blood....... How can those same people have grown to be so different?"

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    The french frie shot is just plain fun. Kids being kids....inventive....entertaining. Kudos to you for having a camera at the ready at the dinner table!thumb.gif

    I ve done my share of photography for other people...clients...for the sake of their families, but what you have shared here is my favorite type of photography. A journalistic approach to family photography. Documenting the goings on of our own family members. Preserving an event, a moment, a memory for all time. The kids in these photos will share them with their own kids someday and yearn to be young again...and on the road....sacrificing french fries with skewers.

    Thanks for sharing!thumb.gif
    Thanks,
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2010
    What a series!
    and what a woman! lol--roadtrip like that with 3 kids, you need to be wearing a cape.

    My favorite, hands down, is the girls on the curb. Perfect capture of a roadtrip with 3 kids.
    I also really like #1 and the FF shot.
    Can't wait to see what else you have in store for us on your trip.
    Liz A.
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  • InsuredDisasterInsuredDisaster Registered Users Posts: 1,132 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2010
    Great shots. Love the processing. What are you using to get that look?
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  • metmet Registered Users Posts: 405 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2010
    jeffreaux2 wrote: »
    but what you have shared here is my favorite type of photography. A journalistic approach to family photography. Documenting the goings on of our own family members. Preserving an event, a moment, a memory for all time. The kids in these photos will share them with their own kids someday and yearn to be young again...and on the road....sacrificing french fries with skewers.

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  • JadynHJadynH Banned Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited August 31, 2010
    Any tips on how you get your images to look so vintage? Do you use hue/saturation levels on Photoshop?

    I love the style of your photos!
  • indiegirlindiegirl Registered Users Posts: 930 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2010
    Thanks, everyone. For those of you with questions about my processing-- I like these actions/presets here. They are a good start, anyway ;)

    We got home at 1 a.m. last night after fifteen hours of driving (good times!). More photos coming...
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  • JadynHJadynH Banned Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited September 1, 2010
    Thanks indiegirl! I will check that website out.
  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2010
    Some fun shots here
    I love road trips as well...must do more myself!
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