Beach Day

This is probably my favorite photo (straight from the camera) from our Memorial Day beach trip. I don't think it counts for I heart Faces this week, since you can't see their faces very well. No one wanted to look at me when the ocean was on the other side. So I'm submitting this to I heart Faces but just for fun.

Sparks are flying

Love this photo, straight from the camera, I captured of my SIL and her new boyfriend! Perfect!

Sharing at I {heart} Faces this week &

Fix-it Friday

Just because I have nothing to do today (ha, ha), I decided I wanted to try participating in the Fix-it-Friday at the I heart Faces blog.

Here's the original. A pretty nice photo to start.

So I decided to go more artsy and went for a warm vintagy look. What do you think?

I edited in PSP X2, and layered a couple of textures I have created.

I heart Silhouettes

My daughter and friend on the trampoline. The theme this week at I <3 Faces is silhouettes. I was glad to catch the sunflare. In editing I intensified the color just a little to add some interest. I love your feedback!

I {heart} Laughing Children

This is my entry for this week's I {heart} faces photo contest.  The theme is laughter.  And the Pioneer Woman is judging!  This is a cute little girl I got to photograph at my workshop a few weeks back(see previous posts).  I appreciate feedback, since I'm pretty new to photography that isn't on auto, and adding texture, etc. to the photos.  It seems that my photos have a different quality when I post them here.  Should I be resizing them for the web?  Thanks for stopping by!

Handsome in a Hat

How cute is this little guy (my nephew) only a few months old?  I thought the hat was too adorable, so I'm entering this shot in this week's contest over at...

The theme is hats!

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Baptism finished...almost

Remember a few posts ago I was struggling with what to do with the text on this photo? Well this was my solution. I used only the first verse and played around with color, outline, font, and shadow, until I felt it was pretty legible. So I would call this project finished, but I have tried 4 times to upload it to Costco, and each time my browser freezes! Ah! The frustration! Can you think of anywhere else with a really quick turn-around that I can get them printed?

I Heart Her Face--Easter Pic

I posted a couple of cute Easter pics of my other children below, but I love this one of my baby girl, because it's a great pose and it is clearly Easter. I am submitting it to the Easter Edition of I heart faces photography competition this week. I had a bit of difficulty in editing her face since it is a bit shadowed by the hat, and would love any input you have to offer.


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Cute kids on Easter

I took these of a couple of my cute kids on Easter. I used two different texture layers on both of them. One to warm up the skin tones (shooting in shade) and the other to intensify and add dimension to the background. I'd love your constructive feedback!

I Like to Look for Rainbows--DigitalArt

My daughter is turning 8 and getting baptized this month. I wanted do something unique for an invitation. And this is what I have come up with so far.

We went to the park this morning and took this original.

I used lots of layers and textures to come up with this. But I wanted to include the lyrics to a favorite primary song:

I like to look for rainbows
whenever there is rain
and ponder on the beauty
of an earth made clean again.
I want my life to be as clean
as earth right after rain.
I want to be the best I can
and live with God again.
I know when I am baptized
my wrongs are washed away,
and I can be forgiven
and improve myself each day.
I want my life to be as clean
as earth right after rain.
I want to be the best I can
and live with God again.

So my dilemma is that I like the artsy look of the words over the photo in the first picture. Unfortunately, they are pretty difficult to read. So what do you think? Should I use a more clear text to clearly convey the lyrics, and lose some of the artfulness (is that a word?), or should the words be a subtle part of the overall picture.

Here's the version my husband likes that is easier to read. What do you think?

I'd love any other feedback you have to give. I am hoping to get these printed right away, so I need to make my decisions pretty quick.

I can't believe my baby girl is so grown up already!!! Doesn't she look sweet?

Photo Workshop Textures

We talked a bit about using textures at the photography workshop today. I love this picture and had fun experimenting with textures on it. Which one do you prefer? Please vote in the poll on the sidebar!
Picture A- Straight forward (a little moody blue feel)

Picture B-Subtle texture

Picture C-Lots of texture and warmth

I created the texture myself, but think it might be a keeper. What do you think.

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