Beautiful Baby E

I was so thrilled to meet this tiny bundle of joy…I got to capture Mom’s belly a few weeks earlier, and getting to see her on the outside was amazing.  She is perfect and gorgeous!  She was quite alert at the beginning of the session and really didn’t appreciate me messing with her.  But she finally drifted off to sleep and let me get some amazing shots.

Lustgarten-Miller Session

This is a LONG TIME COMING…but I hope the wait has been worth it!!  I had such a great time working with this family…and long time friends.  We started at the park and then drove the very short distance to the beach!  What could be more fun…a little grass and a little sand!!

How yummy is this!!!  I love this one…it’s all about Mom! Just look at the way Daddy is looking at her!!!  Such LOVE!!!!

This session was so much fun!!  Thank you for letting me capture these moments!  Looking forward to the next time…even if it is just as insanely HOT as it was on this day!

Dramatic Black and White

 

I love B&W…love it!  I knew exactly which recent photo [OK – there were two I would have liked to enter from this shoot, but my husband likes this one better] I would enter this week over at iheartfaces as soon as I knew the theme was Dramatic Black & White.  If you follow my blog, you have probably seen this photo before, but I have never entered it.  I love everything about…it makes me smile.  It’s one of those capture I “hope” for as a photographer!

When you have a few minutes…or hours [because there are that many great ones!]…hop on over to iheartfaces and check out some of the other entries.

POTD – January 12, 2010

POTD – January 9, 2010

And here are the photos I eluded to a few days ago. A few of the shots I got of this family [couple] are my favorites of all time! Such a beautiful family…cute kids…gorgeous parents. And so in love! You can tell and the images certainly capture their love!

AND CHECK OUT THIS ONE!

You

can

just

see

how

much

they

are

IN LOVE!

And this is just one of many!

POTD - October 6, 2009

Look What the Stork Dragged In...

iHeartFaces - It's the Week for Feet

POTD - July 20, 2009

It's been a while since I participated in these weekly contests hosted by iHeartFaces. It seems that the summertime has been very busy...we've either been too busy to focus on the weekly theme or we have been traveling. So this week, I am back...and maybe next week too...before we travel again.

These little feet belong to my daughter. These little feet love to run on the beach...love to play in the sand. These little feet helped her climb all over the rocks on this particular day. These little feet will grow into big feet. These little feet are going to take her places!

Make sure to check out the other feet entries!

52/365 - Day 111

Another photo from Charleston...see, I told you there were a lot. Not the greatest photo, but there's just something about that I love!

52/365 - Day 110

Fix It Friday

It's Fix It Friday over at iHeartFaces...I missed last week so I'm excited to do it again.

The "Dimpled Darling" is totally cute and there wasn't much to fix. Here is the original image:

For my first fix, all I did was use the healing tool and cloning tool to fix the minor blemish under the eye and near the nose.

Here are my creative fixes:

Fix 1: Lightened and added an overlay & soft light layer

Fix 2: Sharpened eyes and dodged them (20%)

Fix 3: B&W (played around with the levels and contrast until I got this)

Fix 4: Cropped B&W