i {heart} faces . . . excited

Seriously, what is more exciting to little kids than a birthday? Our kids talk about them all year long: what kind of theme they want for their party, the gifts, the friends, the cakes the balloons, everything. Birthdays are just fun? So, when our daughter turned four, she was so excited she could hardly contain herself. Here she is waiting to open her presents, VERY EXCITING! You can see her gripping her overflowing pettiskirt in anticipation. Theses are the moments to remember. I'm so happy that was fortunate enough to capture this one!

Curious, at which birthday do we lose this excitement? Is it the first birthday after we had a birthday where we were let down? Is it a certain age? Does it slowly diminish as our loss of "innocence" increases? Secretly, I still get excited about my birthday (although often I feel as though I might be the only one). Every year might now bring with it a new set of wrinkles, but those wrinkles come with moments like the picture above and moments that have helped me grow in the the "adult" I am now and will help me get to the places I have yet to travel and the person I have yet to become. Age doesn't bother me, I still love birthdays. One of my friends and I joke that when we're 80, we can just throw our feet up, pop our teeth out and laugh about the whole thing! I hope that I do . . . and that I'm still around to do so, what a blessing.

Have a blessed week!

i {heart} faces . . . constructive Friday

I'm just not please with this photo at all. Here is the SOOC (posted first) and my edited version (posted second). Thank you, i {heart} faces editors for your constructive feedback on this!

The photo was taken with f/3.5, 1/200, AWB, ISO 100

I used PhotoShop CS4 and my camera is a Canon EOS 50D

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

More Cards!!

I've been making more card templates. This is just too much fun. Also, all cards can have a coordinating back; there is an example at the bottom of this post.

Have a blessed weekend!

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The Missing Triplet!

A few weeks ago, I got to take pictures of two little girls who are identical twins.  However, they also have a brother who make them all triplets.  Here is the boy who was MIA last time.  He is quite handsome and I hope that their momma is happy with the results.  Yes, just for the record, getting three three-year-olds to all look right at me at once, is not an easy task and I have A LOT of room for improvement.  But, with cute little faces, it does make it a little easier for me to do my job.

Beautiful Family

Well we scheduled to take pictures at a local historic park, as it rained and rained and rained for almost 4 days straight, that was really not an option.  So, we had to move indoors.  Little Princess as not in the mood to take any family photos, so I am so sorry, Mom and Dad, that we were not able to reach our goal.  BUT, I hope that we were able to capture at least one or two moments that will have made the drive worth it.  

I so enjoyed our time together.  This family is such a beautiful and loving family, just being in their presence is a beautiful and peaceful place to be!