Can you almost taste the sand?

This week for the iheartfaces. com the contest is all about texture - now at first I thought great I have these awesome pictures from our trip to Williamsburg (future blog post waiting to happen)I-Sah and I played the "texture game" with the camera, but then I thought of this picture of my 6 year and it just made me feel like I could feel the grains of sand between my teeth and I thought, "Ok, now THAT is texture."

Best Face

Here is my next weeks entry for iheartfaces.com.This week is their 1st Birthday and the theme this week is "Best Face Photo." I am loving this new challenge : ) This is my sweet 2 1/2 year old giving me her best cheese face. I took it today, striving to meet this week's theme! I think "Cheeseface" here did a good job : ) Love this little girl

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Baby Bellies are the BEST!

I love baby bellies! Nothing is as beautiful as a round pregnant belly. I was so delighted to go around town with Susan who is 5 weeks away from her due date. We made so many stops, even in the cold. She really is such a good friend to be my guinea pig and did I mention it was cold (20something cold)!!!! Here are my first belly shots:

This one was fun to photoshop, The sun was too bright and washed out most of her face. But it seemed like a cute shot, so I had to keep playing with it until I got the above picture. Here is the before:

I love Susan's laugh in this one and how her belly matched the rod iron in the back

Thanks Susan! I had such fun : ) And we can't wait to meet you little Luke!

A First for me

So I am entering my first competition for both photography and photoshopping skills - The challenge is to incorporate the logo of my new favorite blog - http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/
iheartfaces is a great place for photographers new and experienced to learn new techniques with weekly competitions. I am so excited to have discovered this gem.


wow this facepainter was really good - just look at that detail ; )

Shouldn't all fall leaves have cut outs on them?

And we can't wait to meet this new little face about to arrive!

Who knew you could find a lower case "f" in the rocks?!?! This one was fun and really got my creative juices flowing!

So there you have it!!! Let me know what you think. This was a very fun challenge : )

"I am submitting these photo into the I Heart Faces logo photo contest. By entering, I am granting I Heart Faces LLC permission to consider my photos for use in the marketing and promotion of their website. "