Natural Light

Today I tried to take pictures of my daughter at the park but I was not impressed with any of the pictures. I think part of the problem was the time of day (noon) when the sun is at its strongest and directly above. I tried using reflectors and diffusers but I need to brush up on how to use them and I need another hand to hold the reflector/diffuser so that my hands are free to take pictures and deal with my two year old daughter. But, the day was not a total waste as I was able to spend some quality time with my daughter at the park for two hours which is priceless. I've also been looking at other photographers blogs and websites and I am trying to figure out how they make the color in their pictures POP. Is it with the help of Photoshop....hmmmmm. So, no photos posted from today's shoot but I do have a photo that I took at my cousins wedding 08/21/2010 of a wedding cake lit by the natural light created by the surrounding candles that I like....