The above photo of our youngest son was taken on December 8, 2005. It was selected as the Blogging Baby "photo of the day" on December 9th.

This week, with the nudging and encouragement of the "ambassador of quan", I finally made the leap into RAW photography. After convincing my mother-in-law that I'm not actually photographing the children whilst starkers...

I have so much to learn, but even the first couple of test shots I played around with yesterday turned out amazingly well, if I do say so myself. Just check out the eye detail of our youngest son in this photo!

Todd sent a link yesterday that I'm dying to try out — a "do it yourself" MagLite photolamp. Sometimes the ghetto solutions end up being the best ones in the end.

This Photoshop cross-processing technique looks fun to try out as well.

And last but not least, the hubs also passed along the Great Flickr Tools Collection.

Well the wee one's morning naptime is about to wrap-up, so I need to skeedoodle. (He turned SIX MONTHS OLD today!) In my absence, please enjoy a bit o' Christmas spirit for your listening pleasure.