I Heart Faces | Best Face Photo of 2010

Well, it's a new year, therefore; a new contest from I Heart Faces!  Yay!  This one is asking for us to look back over the past year to choose, in our opinion, the best face photo that we captured in 2010.  Well, for me, this was a bit difficult ... I had to chose from three images that I really love.  I decided on this one ... my new little great nephew, Miles Christian ... there is a story to tell behind his birth, but for now, we'll just say that we are so blessed to still have both he, and his mommy with us!  They live out of state, and when we were all together for Christmas, he was certainly the center of attention.  He's such a happy, smiley, baby, with the gift of lighting up a room, and if you could only see those dimples when he really gets to grinning, it makes you forget about all your cares in this world!  He brings us promise of hope, and love in the new year!  It is said that a baby changes everything ... indeed it does! 

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I Heart Faces | Fix it Friday #81

A busy weekend with friends and family = late getting this week's Fix-It finished, and entered! What a gorgeous couple, aka: Arden Prucha (Photography), and her husband! This one was captured by Michelle Johnson during the recent Dream Big Photography Workshop, and I love it, so I just had to get it edited and entered, even though it's late on Sunday ... or should I say, in the wee hours of Monday morning!

I thoroughly enjoyed working on this image, so, for a quick rundown on the procedures ... using PSE7, for the first edit, I cropped it to bring them in closer, flipped it horizontally, adjusted levels, contrast, brightened his eyes, and sharpened it up a bit, working a little more with color curves, hue, and saturation, then added a diffuse glow, to soften it up.  On the second edit, I used the first one, and added a texture, masking it off of their faces, and her hand. I also toned down that zipper on his jacket, as well.  On the third edit, I again, used the first one, converted it to b/w, added a gradient fill, and a tint black layer playing with opacity till I was satisfied, then toned down that zipper again ... I thought this one had an air of mystery about it.  Let me know your thoughts on these, or if you have a favorite!  Now, I'm headed out to see some of the others, as well, and if you, too, would like to see more edits of this gorgeous couple, just click on the I Heart Faces logo, below!

 Original SOOC By Michelle Johnson

 First Edit

 Second Edit

Third Edit

I Heart Photo Contest | Pet Faces

It's 'Pet's Week' over on I Heart Faces, and this one was a bit hard to decide on!  Having two cats of my own, and my sister having two, as well, I decided to have a pet photo session with all four of them, to see what I might come up with.  I was able to catch a couple that we all liked ... one of my male cat, and one of her female cat.  I finally decided between the two, and my sister will be quite happy to know that her cat, affectionately named, Miss November, was chosen for this week's challenge!  I just couldn't resist her little face in this image!  She was adopted from a local Pet Smart, as was mine, and has been with my sister's family for quite a few years now.  She's sweet, quiet, and shy, running to hide when we visit, so, I was very happy that she sat still long enough for me to snap this particular pose ... can't you just see her tapping her paw in agitation at the camera! Lol!  And my boy, well, I may post the one of him, soon ... just so he doesn't feel so left out! :)

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