warming up!

so i had some shots to blog of the snowy weather and never got around to it; now the weather is getting warmer! i've been practicing on my ever-present subject, of course; so, before my next wedding, i wanted to share some of the images i've been taking of my son and the weather... the "warm weather" playground and lake/geese shots are from centennial park in columbia, maryland - one of my favorite parks when i lived in columbia! and a great opportunity to work on composition and lighting... these shots are also edited using lightroom, which i finally have installed on my computer. the workflow is sooo much smoother now and i can't wait to use this to process my next wedding... coming up this weekend! anyway, this image below is the first time i've used a texture on an image of my son... just thought the mood of the picture merited it. i'm not big on textures, to be honest, but when they're done well they're amazing, so i do like to experiment...