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Today was Madison’s “real” birthday, and the day for party number 2. Lots more nice shots. (and luckily many were outside or in really well-lit rooms so I was able to shoot sans-flash). I really couldn’t ask for a more adorable little girl to photograph. Even her frustrated expressions come out cute. And I photographed a lot. I’m starting to learn the shooting time/time in photoshop ratio, which is good, because it’s making me learn ways to move faster and be more efficient in photoshop, and lightroom. I’m starting to take advantage of some of the new features in Lightroom 2.0, like the local adjustment brush, for instance “painting in ” exposure or saturation in only certain areas.

So here are some of the first edits from the day’s shooting…