I am partaking in a year-long journey with 16 fellow photographers. Each week, we take a photograph that corresponds to a particular prompt/theme. This week’s prompt is SOOC (straight-out-of-camera). This can be somewhat difficult for photographers…almost like ‘baring it for all to see’ since in this digital age of photography, nearly all photographs are edit and post-processed using photo editing software. That being said, I think all photographers would agree that we love to see how photographers transform an SOOC image into the final edited image. So, here it goes. I was really hoping to get outside and take some outdoor photos of my children for this challenge, but we are basically living in a monsoon as of late. It has been raining nearly every day for the past two weeks. So, my middle guy, Luke (who is always up for a photo shoot) allowed me to snap a few in our playroom, I mean ‘studio’. 
Now, you can head on over to Clinton, Mississippi Family Photographer, Shea Parker, and see what she captured SOOC.
Perfection! Seriously, every image is great! He is beyond adorable!!!
What a sweetheart. I love his suspenders and hat. Awesome edit too!!!
What a cutie pie!!! Great capture!!
Oh my goodness what a cutie!!!!! And your sooc is gorgeous and I am in love with your processing!!!!!!
What a cute little boy! Beautiful eyes. Love the hat! and the post proc!
Your SOOC is awesome. When I saw it, i thought, she must have labeled that wrong, that has to be the edited version! You nailed that shot girlie!!
This is such a beautiful image Melissa. Love.
He’s so adorable! Your sooc rocks- who needs photoshop when you shoot like that? Awesome!
um… very cool! I LOVE these… I had to think about it, but my favorite is the b/w. You did a beautiful conversion.
Love! The SOOC is great, the color version is wonderful, and the b/w version is fantastic. It all starts with a great image….cutie pie!