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its raining and mike is still feeling sick so i hopped on the internet again. i couldnt sleep last night. i couldnt stop thinking about how much i love my pictures. i woke up at 1am and wanted to come log back on. today we kayaked along the beach and rode a catermaran. we are both worn out. ok only 10 minutes left....

oh heidi thank you so much for loaning me the dress!!!! ok only 4 minutes...

Quote: Originally Posted by Helen_S81 Thanks so much for sharing the pictures. Morgan you looked fabulous! Fierce even I can't wait to find out how her dad made out on his trip. dad was wonderful. he wanted to apply for a job to sing in the lobby bar so he could stay. he is already planning on coming back next year another 100 pounds lighter.

Quote: Originally Posted by Elizabeth Medina Kristie, Great job! They are beautiful but I don't know if Morgan will be happy, since they are too perfect for her to improve on. Maybe you should have added a few defects so she could photoshop them on her honeymoon. Otherwise I guess she can at least add green scarves to the TTD pictures. :-) *******CONGRATULATIONS MORGAN!************************** best, Elizabeth too funny. i will need to add a green scarf & a ferret to a couple don´t worry, i´ll get to photoshop the ones my guests took. i knew the pictures were going to be awesome. you could just tell kristie was getting a great shot, but seeing them for real is unbelievable. aww i wish i brought 50 more pesos so i could stare at them 30 more minutes!! we miss you kristie. we tried to liven up the disco last night, but we couldn´t do it without you. the japanese place was a blast though. thanks for rushing those pictures for me!!!!

<i am out of breath looking at these pictures. or maybe my dress is too tight after my 5th trip to the buffet. <mike is napping so i came to the lobby internet. not sure what the weird carrot is all about. this keyboard is in spanish. we have had the best week ever. our guests were so happy & I just can´t begine to tell you in my alloted 30 minutes for 50 pesos how happy we are. kristie and morgan were a blast to work with. i am also so happy you ladies talked me in to the video. as soon as the ceremony was over i realized how bad i would want that video. plus mike canterell is awesome to work with. i will have tons of details for the catalonia girls. i´ve been taking notes. i also got lots of pics of the future dreams puerto aventuras. thank you kristie for posting these!!! you rock! and i love what you did with my ring. i painted one of those ceramics today. a little pig. i also love love love the picture of my dads smile. seeing my dad the happiest i´ve seen him in 20 years was awesome. everyone is already talking about the next group trip. next time i´ll make it to the disco ok back to honeymooning.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kristie Ottinger yeah totally, i figured you knew that!! go to your wedding:) fine! I'm leaving. don't have too much fun playing this game without me. it kills me that there are people sitting on the forum photoshopping & I'll be stuck in mexico with nothing to do but lay on the beach. oh, only mods can delete. it one comes by they will delete your posts.

We are leaving tonight to stay with a friend by the airport & then we are off to Mexico in the morning. I can't wait to be there! I'll be back next week with lots of pictures to share. It feels unreal that it is finally my turn to leave. Thanks everyone for all your help. You have really made planning a wedding more fun than I ever thought it could be.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kristie Ottinger the problem with taking all the blue out of the image is that in some pictures, the water would be colorless and the same for if the people had blue eyes ect. looks great! I was thinking that if there were blue things that you wouldn't want to lose you could just select the part to change.

Quote: Originally Posted by COFPhoto For the blue chairs in the last photo, use the Saturation tool, select the blue channel, and turn the saturation all the way down. That will get rid of all of the blue in the photo. awesome tip! I would not have thought of that. thanks for sharing!!

I'm so happy to share the same wedding week as so many of these couples who must be so excited to finally be able to marry. Yay for love, marriage, & california!

Quote: Originally Posted by jkcz0702 Looks awesome! For the meet the guests is that all your guests? We are thinking about doing something like that so people can know what other guests look like but we are having around 50 or 60 guests and think it may be too much. That is everyone.

Quote: Originally Posted by PrecisePlans oohhh, i have one too!! I want those pesky beach chairs and jogger gone also. Can you help? the chairs would need to be cloned out if you want them removed. it would take time & patience. Maybe making it black & white would make the background less noticable.

here is the picture tammy emailed me. It is so low resolution I'm not sure what to do with it. It is 52 dpi at 2x4 inches. I made it 200 dpi at 4x6 so it can be printed, but that is way more resampling than should be done. Should the background be whited out more? the orignal taken with a camera phone cloned out some of the background adjusted curves

that is ridiculous. I prefer to opt our of stuff like that so I think opting out is fine. But, still taking food? That is not right.

Quote: Originally Posted by happyone You do have to do rings at the courthouse, at least here in California. You can just use your engagement ring, though. I think they want to make sure people are not getting married to commit fraud or something but really someone could just buy a twenty dollar ring and get married. The government is so smart sometimes. hehe That is really messed up of your FI's dad. Hopefully he'll change his mind. in NC we didn't have to do rings. that's a weird rule. not everyone gets a wedding ring. but, your right it would be hard to just get one out of a vending machine or something like that.

I don't want to limit myself to a photographer who is in my area. A great thing about having photographers on the forum is you can get to know them over a long distance. I'm in North Carolina & my photographer is in Arizona. I think being open to hiring a photographer in any location allows more options to find the perfect photographer for you. Just about all of my wedding planning has been online or over the phone. My travel agent is in Missouri, photographer is in arizona, most of the guests are coming from texas & the wedding is in mexico.

Quote: Originally Posted by Denise40 I thought I would share what we used for our vow renewal ceremony. Opening: "When you first joined hands and hearts 25 years ago, you did not know where life would take you. You promised to love, honor and cherish one another through all things. Life has surely brought you both wonderful blessings and difficult tribulations. Therefore, you have fulfilled your promise. And God is smiling! So, as you come here today to reaffirm your wedding vows and as you reflect back over all the years as husband and wife, do you now reaffirm the vows you took 25 years ago? If so, repeat after me. Vows: Roy(Please repeat after me) I , Roy take you Denise to be my Wife, Friend and Lover. * I will be yours in plenty and in want, * in sickness and in health, * in failure and in triumph* Together we will dream, * play and experience. *When you stumble, I will restore you.. * Throughout my life * I promise to cherish and respect you,* to comfort and encourage you,* and to stay with you * as long as we both live. Denise(Please repeat after me) I Denise, take you Roy, *to be my Husband, Friend and Lover. * I will be yours in plenty and in want, * in sickness and in health, * in failure and in triumph* Together we will dream, * play and experience. *When you stumble, I will restore you.. * Throughout my life * I promise to cherish and respect you,* to comfort and encourage you,* and to stay with you * as long as we both live. Exchange of rings:My dh lost his wedding band so I got him another one and he surprised me with a past/present/future ring) Roy place the ring on Denise’s finger and repeat after me. I give you this symbol of my Love…Knowing Love is precious * and Fragile, yet strong. * I give you this sign of my love, * an ever present symbol * of the vows we have made this day. * I give you this ring * as I give you my Love. Denise place the ring on Roy’s finger and repeat after me. I give you this symbol of my Love….Knowing Love is precious * and fragile, yet strong. * I give you this sign of my Love, * an ever present symbol * of the vows we have made this day. * I give you this ring * as I give you my Love. Sand Ceremony: As you stand beside the ocean tide, may your love always be as constant as these never-ending waves that pour near your feet, flowing endlessly from the depths of the sea; Your love came softly upon each others heart, just as the foam comes softly upon the sand, and just as there will never be a morning without the ocean's flow, so there will never be a day without love for each other. You have pledged yourselves on this day your love will be as dependable as the tide; as these waters nourish the earth and sustain life, may your constant devotion nourish and sustain you until the end of time. Roy and Denise, you have just sealed your relationship by the giving and receiving of rings, and this covenant is a relationship agreement between two people who agree that they will commit themselves to one another throughout their lives. The most beautiful example of this partnership is the marriage relationship. You have recommitted here today to share the rest of your lives with each other and with your children, Brandon and Ashley. We recognize the significant role that Brandon and Ashley play in this re-commitment celebrated today. They will now join Roy and Denise in this re-commitment to each other by contributing a part of each person into one sound (or unbroken or enduring) family. Today, this relationship is symbolized through the pouring of these (4) individual containers of sand, each representing a member of the family in all that they were, all that they are, and all that they will ever be. As each individual’s sand is poured into the family’s one united common container, the individual containers of sand will no longer exist, but will be joined together as one. Just as the grains of sand can never be separate and poured again into the individual containers, so will continue the bond with your family. Blessing: With the words from an old Apache Wedding Blessing, I would like to Bless this Vow Renewal. “Now you will feel no rain for each of you will be shelter to one another. Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth to the other. Now there is no loneliness, now you are two persons, but there is one life before you. Go now to your place to enter into days of your togetherness and may your days be good and long upon this earth.†Each of you has pledged your truth, one to the other, by giving and receiving your Love. It becomes my pleasure to make complete the union of your lives. I now give you into the keeping of each other in the highest and noblest relationship recognized by society and the laws under which we live, I pronounce you Husband and Wife once again. You may now kiss your wife. Thanks for letting me share. beautiful

OK how is this now? I adjusted the curves & took some noise out of her shirt. It was so much faster than what I did before. I'd love any feedback or tips.

Here is a picture of shelly's I was trying to save here is my first shot After a class I took yesterday I'm trying it again right now. Now I understand curves & levels so much more. I'm tweaking it right now. I'd love to see what a pro suggests. here is my 2nd shot without maintaining the sky. I was just trying to see if I could improve them. It looks pretty artificial though. Plus it took a long time to do. There must be an easier way.

Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB Crap I can't get into photobucket at work. I have a picture that is in need of some major photoshop, it's of a foster dog that passed away and it's the only picture I have of him. BTW, what also might help us wanna be photoshop girls, is if you can post how you edited the picture. it would probably help if you emailed the original instead of the version of photobucket. the picture is already really lo res because it came off a phone so you don't want to loose anymore by taking it off photobucket.

this is a wonderful game We have done a little of this before, but I'd love to see more. Many of us are learning photoshop & were just talking about starting something like this yesterday. We want to start posting before & afters and give a brief description of what we did & allow others to critique it. It's great having photographers around to learn from

Quote: Originally Posted by Christa Well, in theory it should be no big deal. However, if you have investigative, curious, won't let shit go guests, then be prepared for the drama. We did the legal ceremony one week before we left for Cabo. Serioulsy, we all know it's way easier to do it in the states, and it's totally just paperwork. The DW is about the REAL wedding, celebrating with friends & fam & just having a kick ass time, right? Well goddamn if I didn't have a certain guest, who I have known my whole life, that got lit at the girls pedi-party & started asking questions. I don't know how she knew, but she just kept probing & probing in front of all the women. Only my mom & BFF knew. I was so pissed. I just smiled & didn't say a word. I wanted to strangle her because she made such a big f'ing deal about the person performing the ceremony (we had our own officiant) and how it was legal in Mexico, blah blah blah... Point: just be prepared random people were asking me all the time. When I was being secretive about it it was so uncomfortable. I'd try to dodge the question. I hate lying. So finally i started to say, "we are taking care of the paperwork before we go because it's less work, saves $1,000, & allows us to personalize the ceremony." The response is great. And I love my legal day pics. I don't want to hide them from everyone. I want them in my photobook.

I was too excited to hold it in so I'm telling everyone. No one sounds like they feel jipped. I think they are coming for the sun & the ruins tour anyway