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Free iPhone wallpapers, compliments of Girl Scout Troop 5192

Posted on May 27, 2010

You may have seen my previous post regarding our trip to Descanso Gardens for part one of our photography badge ~ back in March.  We had a blast and the girls loved running around with cameras, taking pictures of each other, the gorgeous flowers, etc.  When I looked through Avery’s photos (all 200 of them!) I was stunned at her “eye”….I was amazed at the things she saw – that I had not even noticed.  I found that to be the case with all the other girls too!  I loved seeing their perspective on the day….so different from mine.

We got together this past Sunday to edit their photos – I had them choose 6 or so of their favorite shots and I taught them how to do some simple editing using Lightroom (Beta 3 – can’t wait for the new release).  I didn’t edit any of these ~ this is ALL them.  The bee in one of Avery’s shots is so cool – it took 6 or 7 tries for her to get it…the beauty of digital photography!  Keep in mind, too, that other than Avery’s, these were not shot with professional cameras – just point and shoots!   Amazing!

The girls loved their images so much we thought it would be fun to offer them as free iPhone wallpaper download for y’all!  So, enjoy!  (Click on the girl’s name to open the link to download all of hers in a single link.)

Brin’s Images:

Kailey’s Images:

Dylynn’s Images:

Avery’s Images:

Cassidy’s Images:

Descanso Gardens with my girls…

Posted on April 30, 2010

My daughter Avery has been a Girl Scout since she was in Kindergarten – she started as a Daisy.  I didn’t even know they started that young!  When I was young (many, MANY moons ago, I started as a Brownie…and loved my entire Girl Scout experience.   However,  I never planned on being a GS leader!  I guess you could say it just sorta happened (looong story), but I have to say it has been a truly rewarding experience for me – and for my daughter.  Having three children, and having twins especially, it’s hard finding time for each of them.  Life moves so quickly and I find it so difficult to make sure I spend enough quality time with each child, one on one…..so being her GS leader gives me that time with her.  We especially love going camping. 

Last month, we took our troop to Descanso Gardens in Montrose – not far from the fabulous SCV.  It’s insanely beautiful, and we decided this would be a great place to work on our photography badge!  So, armed with cameras and snacks, we set out on an adventure.  There were so many people who passed us that day who commented that “those kids have nicer cameras than I do!)  LOL – yeah, kinda handy having me as a leader, and Victoria’s mom let her use her NEW Canon, (with my supervision).  I thought they looked so cute walking around with these massive cameras!   Wanted to post some of my favorite shots here because it was such a beautiful day….and of course, my girls are gorgeous – (just a little biased) so I had to take some photos of them!