I Heart Faces - All Boy

I haven't done I Heart Faces in a while... I thought it'd be fun to enter again. With the theme of All Boy... well, you can't get much more boyish than baseball, can you?

I Heart Faces - Black & White

Has this little guy got some eyes or what?! He's so cute... he used to get a huge smile on his face when someone said, "Say, 'AMEN!'" :-) Maybe he'll be a preacher someday!

I Heart Faces - Hugs & Kisses

I tried taking some photos this morning of my sister and her new puppy to use for this theme, but it just wasn't working out how I wanted. So I sorted through some of my existing photos, and stumbled on this one from December, from the newborn/sibling shoot I did. They were so cute and kept kissing her over and over... it's obvious they love her very much. :-)

I Heart Faces - By the Book

This is my trusty model, wearing her lovely regency dress (with handmade buttons, I might add), reading poetry by the window.
*Edit: Got 7th place! Yay!






 

I Heart Faces - Best Face Photo from 2011

This is sooo hard. The BEST face photo from 2011?!?!? I feel I have grown so much and learned so much more this past year about photography, that it's extremely hard to pick one. I don't really think I can pick only one favorite, so I'll just have to pick one that I like. :-)

My sis, from our formal photo shoot at Pine Crest

I Heart Faces - Furry Faces

Now is as good a time as any to introduce the newest member of the family... Katije! Her name is a Russian name which was originally spelled Katya, but then we used the Dutch spelling (ij in Dutch equals a y) so that in Dutch it means "Little Cat." Yes, it's a bit complicated, but it works for us. :-) She is 2 years old and is a retired breeder. And as you can see, she's quite feisty. :-)

I'll be posting some more pictures of her at some point, so c'mon back later!

I Heart Faces - On Your Feet!

... or, off them. :-) You might have seen this one before in the baseball post a while back; but it's too cute not to use again for this week's theme! One of my favorite little people goofing around at the baseball field.

I Heart Faces - Autumn Splendor

I hope this is splendorous enough for the theme "Autumn Splendor." :-) My sister, the oh-so-obliging one (well, I don't have any others to be not-so-obliging), once again traipsed out into the yard so that I could point my camera in her face. With all the splendor of autumn pretty much gone here it was a little hard to find something colorful enough to enter. Even so I came back with several good shots, and I promise I'll post more at a later date! For now, I hope you enjoy this one.

I Heart Faces - Black

My lovely friend and fellow photographer Wendy and I had a fun morning of taking pictures of each other and of my sister a while back but I had sort of forgotten about the pictures. Then I realized it would fit with this week's I Heart Faces theme! This one was one of my favorites.

I Heart Faces - Let Them Be Little

Two of the cutest little kids from church after they picked some peaches off our tree on a warm afternoon. I love how she's utterly oblivious to the fact that her pants are falling down. :-)

I Heart Faces - Tickled Pink

I love this candid shot of my dear friend Lily in her adorable pink and black dress with its impeccably matched stripes. You've probably seen this before if you have been reading my blog, in the uncropped version from the 50's shoot... just a different take with slightly different editing.

By the way... do you like the rounded corners on the pictures or not? I'm trying to decide if I should do that on all my pictures from here on out. :-)

I Heart Faces - Hands

My friend and I went to a concert at the Lyon & Healy harp factory and before the concert started the showroom was open and we got to play the harps! There are probably at least 50 harps on the floor and you can play any and all of them! It was so much fun and the concert was incredible. I can't wait to go back. :-)

I Heart Faces - A Touch of Sun

We spent the evening at our friends' house, and they have a hay field on their property. Whenever I drive by a field with those big round bales of hay I'm so tempted to stop and take pictures, so this was the perfect opportunity to finally do it! I've also never really shot at sunset, and now I think I'm hooked... all that beautiful, golden haze! It makes me happy. I'll be posting more pictures from that evening soon. My "adopted brother" very obligingly posed for me; I told him to "stand with his back against the hay bale, fold his arms, and look manly." Score!

I Heart Faces - White

Here's another photo from Pine Crest, of my sister wearing her new white Regency dress that she just made. She even made up most of the pattern herself! This was the perfect location for a historical shoot, with all the stone and the beautiful bay in the background. *happy sigh* Tara has posted the other pictures that I took on her sewing blog here, so rather than reposting those pictures on my blog I'll just direct you there if you are interested in seeing the rest of this session.

I Heart Faces - Pets

Paper bags and cats... it's funny how the one attracts the other. :-) We brought in the bags, set them down and there was Gavana, tapping her foot and waiting for us to empty them so she could take possession. Ok, so she wasn't really tapping her foot. I caught her peeking at me through the handle. Sometimes she is just so irresistibly cute!

*My photo was picked for Angie & Amy's favorites this week!!!*

I Heart Faces - Beautiful Eyes

Who knew this could be so hard?!?! Catching the right light to make eyes pop - especially brown eyes - is a lot trickier than it sounds. I tried so many different shots. :-) It's funny how your favorite part of an image can be something so little - but I like the texture of the table with the reflections!

I Heart Faces - Water

We spent the whole afternoon at our friend's brand new pool (thanks, Mrs. L!). My friend went under water and whipped her hair out, flinging water everywhere... we had her do it again to get it on camera and I got this capture. I thought it was pretty cool, with her long hair fanning out and the water making an arch framing her.

I Heart Faces - Props

When I saw "Props" was the theme this week on i heart faces, I had to bring out my Opa's camera that he gave me. I only wish I had film for it so I could really use it! My ever-obliging sister donned lace gloves and a cloche hat (which also happened to be wool... in 90 degree weather - she's an angel) for vintage flair. I wish I could post more than one picture, but that disqualifies me... so maybe I'll put up a few later on!

I Heart Faces - A Touch of Whimsy

Talk about a hard theme! It's so broad I had no idea what to post. I'm still not 100% sure this is the best one. :-) But I thought the hat with the big stitching was a little whimsical. Here's another of those rare moments when I decide to do vintage editing. My poor sis... she gets roped into all my photo shoots. Anyone else want to come over and model for me??? :-)

I Heart Faces - From a Distance

This week's i heart faces theme is a little unique... instead of being up-close on a face, we're supposed to pull back and take a "distance" photo. I wasn't sure what to enter, and then I looked through some photo shoot pictures from the other day when my friend and I were experimenting with our reflectors/diffusers and I stepped back to get the full picture. So often you see the finished product and don't realize everything that is going on to produce that finished product!