i ♥ faces photo challenge: Smiles!

The challenge this week at i ♥ faces is all about Smiles! Although I have a ton of great smile pictures of my daughter and many other beautiful little ones, I immediately knew which photo would be my entry for this week. 14 day old baby Jayden was my very first newborn shoot, and was the perfect little model for me. He gave me no trouble at all, and at the end of our session he gave me his thanks with a smile. I must say, I did a little happy dance right after capturing this photo. I think his parents might have thought I was a little crazy. hehe

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i ♥ faces photo challenge: Dramatic Black and White

This weeks theme at I♥Faces is "Dramatic B&W". I was fortunate enough to be able to take my sister out shooting again this weekend, and this time we wanted to hit up the city. I was most excited about shooting in and around the parking garage, crazy as it sounds. And that parking garage didn't disappoint! It was my favorite location of the day, and this was one of the first photos we took right after getting out of the car. It was fantastic dramatic lighting and my sister rocked it. Thanks for being my model again, Jamie. ♥



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i ♥ faces photo challenge: Focusing on Angles

The theme this week at iheartfaces is "Focusing on Angles" and for the first time I actually took the picture for the theme, rather than finding a picture already taken after the theme was announced. I love to see different angles in photography and although it may not come naturally to me, it is something I have been trying to work very hard on. My daughter is not so willing to pose these days, and to get just a few moments of cooperation is sure to cost me 30 extra minutes before bed or maybe a chocolate ice cream bar. Even then it's slim pickings. I usually end up with expressions like this.
(which I love BTW, don't get me wrong) ;)



Are we done yet?!? Because this is like the third picture you've taken already! geeze.

i ♥ faces photo challenge: Bundled Up

The theme this week at i♥faces is "Bundled Up". On the way home from work today I remembered a photo I took that I thought would be appropriate. I forget if posting animals is allowed when it's not pet week, but you can't miss Leo's handsome "face" peeking out from behind the covers he loves to sleep under......when we are not looking of course. ;)







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Jump for Joy!

I originally added these photos to the iheartfaces challenge, but needed to edit it down to just one. But I wanted to repost these as it seems most everyone that stopped by so far enjoyed them. Cali was being super helpful and allowing me to practice shutter priority mode last fall, which turned out to be about an hour of fun a giggles. :)

i ♥ faces photo challenge: Jump for Joy!

The Challenge at i♥faces is "Jump for Joy." I have some fun jumping pictures from when I was practicing shutter priority mode last fall. It ended up being a really fun time for myself and my daughter. We laughed so much and she caught on quick that the dramatic facial expressions made for better jumping shots. We had to look at every one after every jump, of course. :)

Don't forget to stop by i♥faces to see more amazing Jump for Joy photos.





***edited to add, there was a typo at iheartfaces and it orginally said we could enter 5 photos. But it is really supposed to be only one. I have edited my post to include only one shot, but I also made a new blog post to show the sequence you may see being mentioned in the comments. Click on blog home to see those***

i ♥ faces photo challenge: I wanna dance!

The i ♥ faces theme for this week is "I wanna dance!"

This photo was taken in July 2009 at a "Breakfast with a princess" event. We picked the early session and were the only ones in that slot! What a treat this was for Cali, she was absolutely beside herself with giggles.

Fun in the cold!

My incredibly talented and beautiful sister was a great sport and allowed me to take her around town. We climbed down hills and over rocks, through the mud and ice. We had fun! I can't wait until next time. Thanks Jamie, love you!

Project 3.6.5.

1/8/10

Cali lost her tooth while at her Dads this past weekend. So cute. :)



Waiting at the bus stop





Is that the bus?



Cheese!



I was experimenting with flash :)

Project 3.6.5.

1/5/10

The calm before the storm. You know your going to get hit hard when the townships start declaring a snow emergency the night before it even starts. These three shots will be good "before" shots for the days to come. ;)

Looking out the front door, at my two parking spots and my car.



Looking left out my front door



Looking right out my front door, at my three bushes.



1/6/10

Wow, we woke up to at least 12 inches and had 20+ by the time the storm was done.















1/7/10

The next day, the roads are still mostly snow covered and the clean up is not done!

This is what the vans looked like at work. hehe



The car is dug out and the mountain of snow grew.





Cali is home!











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