I Heart Faces Entry-Beautiful Eyes

This week's photo challenge on iheartfaces is Beautiful Eyes, and I think Cate's eyes are amazing. What do you think?

Updates!!

I realized it has been quite a while since I have posted any new pictures.
Enjoy the re-cap of the past 4 months or so!!

My Darling Daughter:

Barbie Birthday Cake:

Looking Down the Tracks:

Amy:

Buddies:

Cousins:

Flower:

Bee On A Flower:

Cate's Taking After Mommy!:

Hope to get some more posts up in the near future!!

~Colleen

I Heart Faces Entry-Anything But A Face

I decided to enter another contest at www.iheartfaces.com. This week's challenge is anything but a face. A face can be in the photo, but not the primary subject. Click the icon below to view other great photos and ideas to fit this title.

I immediately thought of a picture of a 5 day old cutie pie I took a couple weeks ago. After I checked it out, I decided it was exactly what I want to enter.

D's Little Feet:

Ava M

January 30 I had the priveledge of photographing the cutest 7 month old, Ava.
Ava's mom used to live next to me growing up, so it was also a nice time to catch up.
Here are some of my favorite pictures from our photo shoot:

Wondering who the heck I am:

 Xylophones taste better than they sound!:

 Not sure about the texture of that red stuff:

I just love this one:

Such a cute little face:

 Mmmm, SHOES!!:

SNOW ANGEL!:

People's Choice Photo Contest

I decided to enter iheartfaces.com photo challenge again this week...again, another hard decision!
I decided to go with a picture I took just this past weekend of baby Ava.

How cute can a 7month old be???

"Innocent Wonder"

I peek in at a webpage with great photography info every so often, and this week their photo challenge is "Innocent Wonder". The example picture reminded me of three great photos I could use for this challenge...Now I just have to narrow it down!
After a few minutes of looking at the ideas I had, this is the one I chose...

My daughter and her toys...

Joy

I am so happy to have a fantastic camera and wonderful friends and family who allow me to take pictures of them! I had a great weekend, first having a much needed play date with my two best friends from childhood (oh, and my daughter and one of my friends daughter are the same age, so they "played together" too). Also, I got to meet my aunts new kitten, Bandit. He is so adorable! I also took a couple pictures of my own cat, because I think she is quite pretty! 

Here are some highlights! 

Tempe's CHEESE face: 

 Cate's silly face:

Bandit :)

My cat, Star:

Jan 12 Snow Storm

If you haven't heard about the snow storm Jan 12, then you're either dead or hiding under a rock...
Anyway, here are a couple pics I took of my daughter "enjoying" the snow (I say that lightly as she wanted nothing to do with it at first, then liked it until she fell and couldn't get up)...also a picture of a Pine tree in my yard that I think looks fantastic with the snow all over it.

I love this little face: 

 After she fell and wanted to go inside:

My Pine Tree:

First Photo-Session of 2010

I am so blessed to have my sister model for me often. It's a great time to practice and we have fun during the process too. Amy was my first model of 2011, and here are a few of my favorites. Enjoy!

2-oh-WHAAAAAAAAAT?!

I cannot believe it is 2011!
When I was a kid I remember getting this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach every time a new school year would come around. I just could not believe that I was a year older, that I was approaching a new grade, that I was getting older. I know, it sounds strange for a child to think like that, but I did. I don't get that pit in my stomach quite so much anymore, but I still cannot believe it is 2011 (you can bet I will say something like this come 2012...)!
Alright, so it's 2011, now what? Resolutions? Meh, they're over-rated and probably something that should be done at anytime anyway. Take something new on? Not a bad idea, but personally, I know I won't....nothing HUGE anyway....
I really want to better my photography skills. I am currently looking for models, subjects, anything or anyone that will work with me in learning how to pose, direct, and artistically take a photo...also, must be patient!
I don't always have the most time on my hands, and I don't always want to take the little free time I have in going on a photo shoot, mostly because being a full-time working mother, wife, and home-owner is extremely tiring, so when I do have some down time, I generally like to relax! I also usually have to tote my 2.5 year old along, and that can be difficult.
Back on track. I do love photography. It's a great hobby, fun, and capturing that one precious moment in time is an amazing feeling. I also love the editing aspect of it. Sure it takes away from the true photo, but at the same time it makes it more elegant, beautiful, striking, makes you take a double look, whatever, editing is necessary most of the time. It is fun learning how to edit properly, and when you get it, seeing that amazing photo is so rewarding.
Since it is so hard for me to find willing models, fun and interesting places to shoot, I thought about a personal photography project, but time is still a factor...I like the idea of the 365 photos (1 photo/day for a year!), but I don't think I could find enough interesting things to shoot EVERY DAY! A variation to this is one photo/week-52 photos.That is much more reasonable, but still daunting. I've tried the A-Z, but it is SO hard to find letters in nature! Probably doesn't help that walking in nature is not one of my strong points, hehe.
Anyway, I thought I would upload some of my favorite photos from some photo shoots I've done since my last post in October....
Enjoy :)

PS. If you'd like to be a model or know of someone (perhaps your child??), send me a message with your contact info!

Mr & Mrs Haas: So sweet

Sneaking a picture of Cate:

Cutie Pie Joey-6 months:

Q-Man playing with his favorite (Christmas shoot):

 Our Christmas Card photo 2010:

 A lovely ornament on my aunts tree: