I Missed This Week

I missed this week at I ♥ Faces. This week participants were to post a "Contemplative" photo. I found this photo is my stack of 'photos to post on my blog.'

I ♥ Faces - "At the Beach"

It has been quite awhile since I posted a photo for an I ♥ Faces photo challenge. Being the theme is week is "At the Beach," and I love the beach, I had to make sure an submit a photo. I have many, many photos from our most recent trip to the beach, however had not edited any of them. So, here is the next best thing!


So you haven't been to the beach this year? Or ever? Why not live vicariously through all the photo submissions at I ♥ Faces. Enjoy!

I ♥ Faces - "Let's Hear it For the Boys!"

I can not believe the amount of work Angie and & Amy, co-founders of I ♥ Faces, have cut out for them each week. As always, there are tons of amazing entries this week. You can check them out here I ♥ Faces. My entry will be #390 (or something like that) in the kids category for Wk. 24 "Let's Hear it For the Boys!"

This photo of my little guy was taken a couple of days after he turned 8 months old. Can you believe how time flies? Clearly it slips by, right under my nose, as I have not even posted yet about our trip home or him turning 8 months. Soon, really.

He has these captivating, dark chocolate colored eyes and this brilliant caramel colored skin. I can't help but want to squeeze him all day long. I love you, my handsome little man!

I ♥ Faces - "Sepia Toned"

Week 23 at I ♥ Faces is a Sepia Toned Theme. My photo editing software doesn't have the best sepia action, however I did start with a couple of photos I really liked. This is my first week to enter both the adult and kids categories. Sepia is apparently a really popular theme at I ♥ Faces. I am the 320th Kids entry and the 165th Adult entry. Wow! Stop by and check out the other entries if you like.

Kids Entry: This photo of my Cambry girl was taken just this weekend. Oh how she love to dress up. Joe commented on how much better he thought my photography has gotten since I have started participating in the I ♥ Faces challenges. *blush* (It made me really proud though.) Now if I can just get my hands on a new camera. :)


Adult Entry: This photo was taken at last month at a train event we attended. This man had such a story about his presence. I couldn't help but think of my grandpa as I watched him. The photo is not as clear as I would have liked, but I was standing quite far away.


Thanks for stopping by! I will be back tomorrow with all our trip updates. Thanks for tolerating my random comic posts while we have been out of town. Take care.

As Promised, the Runner Up

I was having a difficult time (again) deciding which photo to submit to the I ♥ Faces weekly photo contest. Here was my second choice.

Thanks for stopping by.

I ♥ Faces - Wk. 20 "Silhouettes"

This week at I ♥ Faces was something I actually planned ahead for. (Funny how I am habitual about planning, yet always wait until the last minute to finish/arrive/post, etc. Always running to the finish line I am.) I have never taken a silhouette photo, nor even thought of taking one. Thanks to Susan Keller's Silhouette Tutorial, I quickly learned the technique and found some great inspiration. I immediately knew who my subjects would be, then it was just a matter of finding the right setting. (That's where the planning comes into play.)

Over the Moon About Her Daddy

You still have a few hours to enter the contest if you like. Or just stop by I ♥ Faces for some inspiration. Check back in a bit; I will be posting the runner up photo as well.

Giveaways to Get in On

The Story of a Princess and Her Hair is giving away a $200 flat iron on her site this month. This site has been one of my main sources of inspiration when styling Cambry's hair. There are tons of ways to enter. Check it out!


I ♥ Faces is having an AMAZING giveaway this week! (Although their giveaway are always super cool and really generous, I especially love the art form this week.) Here are a couple of examples of the art pieces created from regular photographs by the artists at All Pop Art . Visit this I ♥ Faces page to find out how to enter to win a piece of art of your own. Oh, and make sure to add a couple of these to my wish list. :)

I ♥ Faces - Wk. 19 "Blurb Photo Book"Amateur Entry

This week is a bit different at I ♥ Faces. This week, the winner's photos will be published in the new I ♥ Faces Blurb Book. Thanks to all of you who voted on my previous post to help me choose my submission - best face photo ever. Wow was this a tough decision! Looking at technique and composition, this would not qualify as the best face photo I have ever taken. The best face however - you bet. This is my Cambry (sorry to burst the bubbles of those who thought it was Boston). She is one of my favorite faces to capture, and I think it all started the day I took this photo. It was a candid shot. We were down in the office working (as you can tell by the newspapers on the floor) and she was daydreaming. I can see the whole world in that little face. Thanks again for your help. Wish me luck!

"I am submitting this photo into the www.iheartfaces.com Blurb Book photo contest. I am granting I ♥ Faces permission to use my photo in a printed version of a book for commercial use and possibly advertising of a photo book on both the Blurb and I ♥ Faces web sites."

Which One Should I Submit?

I ♥ Faces has a new twist on their weekly contest this upcoming week. There will be two categories, one for amateurs and one for professional photographers. The winners will have their picture printed in the new I ♥ Faces Blurb book. The top three winners will also receive a copy of the book. The goal is to submit the best 'face' photo you have ever taken. The photo should have only one face, two tops. And the photo should have a face as the main focus.

I need your help. These are the best face photos I think I have taken. Can you please post a comment and let me know which one you think I should submit? Thanks for your help! (Or, if you remember a photo that you think is better, let me know.)

I ♥ Faces - Kids Entry, Wk. 18 Laughter

I ♥ Faces Wk. 18 'Laughter' - Kids Entry

What a fun topic. I have so many pictures of Cambry laughing. For the sake of a contest, I decided to take new picture. More than half the time they are together, Cam and Papa Joe are laughing. Silly willies. :) Check out I ♥ Faces for all the other 'Laughter' entries. I am entering at the very end of this weeks contest. You should give it a shot next week though.

I ♥ Faces - Adult Entry, Wk. 16 - Reflection

Welcome to my second week entering the I ♥ Faces weekly photo contest. Last week I mentioned the contest is only for amateurs. I stand corrected. Occasionally they do offer another category for amateurs, but in general the contests are open to all skill level. The theme this week, Week 16, is reflection. Perfect, I just entered my best reflection picture in the Self Portrait Category last week. :) That's the way it usually goes, right? So this week I was pondering how I would capture a reflection photo. Cambry was not cooperating, and Joe prefers not to have his photo taken. To spare phoning a friend, I decided the picture should be of me, taken by me of course. I am a die hard foodie and have actually been doing quite a bit in the kitchen lately. ('Quite a bit' by my standards is a step above opening the box and emptying it into a pan. Progress is progress.) What would me more appropriate than a photo of myself in my silverware?

I ♥ Faces Wk. 16 Reflection - Adult Entry

For more great reflection photos, or to join the fun yourself, make sure to stop by I ♥ Faces. Hope you enjoyed my photo. Thanks for stopping by!

I ♥ Faces - Kids Entry

I ♥ Faces has a weekly photography contest (for amateurs); It is something new I am trying this week. So here is my entry for the I ♥ Faces Week 15, Self Portrait Kids Contest. Wish us luck!

This is a picture of Cam and I taken in the reflection of the high gloss paint on the new Chevy Traverse! (The photo is a little red in color because of the dark cherry paint color on the car.)