I ♥ Faces Contest - Bubbles

This week's I ♥ Faces contest is about bubbles. I haven't entered in a while, but I had to enter this terrific shot - I just can't help laughing at this old guy blowing bubbles right at me! He was so sweet!

Enter one of your own today or tomorrow at the I ♥ Faces site!

I ♥ Faces Contest - Professionals

I had a little bit of extra time and non-nausea this morning, so I thought I would make an entry into this week's I ♥ Faces "Blurb Book Photo" contest with a one-photo submission under the category, "My Favorite Face Photo."

It is so hard to choose a *best* face photo out of the hundreds (probably thousands) I have shot, so I decided keep the photo I chose to one of my own photos and not one of my wedding photos. I am going with an old one of my daughter that I just can't get over, from the 9-month-old challenge in her clear, deep eyes to the little tongue peeking out of her precocious mouth. I haven't developed a lot of photos over the years I've been shooting, but this is one favorite that I plan to hang as soon as I ever get a frame for it!

I'm nervously entering the shot under the "professionals category" because I know I have done a lot more shooting than most amateurs, and while I still consider myself an amateur in so many ways, I have been paid for most of my work, and that makes me a professional purely by definition.

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.

I ♥ Faces Contest - Kids

The category this week at I ♥ Faces is Black & White. This is my kids entry this week, a frozen moment with this lovely little girl who was up quite past her bedtime. Every time I see this shot, I find myself drawn into her little-girl world, oblivious to all the activity around, caught up in her innocence, remembering my own little-girl thoughts.

Be sure to stop by and check out the other kids entries at I ♥ Faces. Or stop in and enter a photo of your own!

[This photo didn't place in the contest, but you have got to see the winning photo! Check it out here!]

I ♥ Faces Contest - Adult

The category this week at I ♥ Faces is Black & White. This is my adult entry, a favorite b/w conversion from a friend's wedding this spring. I love the sweet tender tension between this couple who hadn't kissed each other before their wedding ceremony, the soft, new amazement written all over their faces. One of my all-time favorites!

But don't just stop here! Be sure to stop by and check out the other adult entries at I ♥ Faces. Or stop in and enter a photo of your own!

[UPDATE: This photo placed tenth in this week's contest. Check out the winners here!]

I ♥ Faces Contest - Adult

The category this week at I ♥ Faces is Wonder. I had watched these sisters all day as they played around, getting ready for the wedding moment that would separate them by relationship, by time, by hundreds of miles, but it wasn't until this moment, when the younger sister moved to lift her sister's veil, that what was happening became real. The absolute wonder on her face as she looked into her older sister's eyes and saw her as a bride for the first time still makes me cry to see, two years later.


Be sure to stop by and check out the other adult entries. They're pretty great!

[UPDATE: This photo placed 7th in the top ten! Check out the other finalists here!]

I ♥ Faces Contest - Kids

Here is my kids' entry for this week's I ♥ Faces Wonder category.


I caught my little girl in our new curtains yesterday, loving the soft, sheer loveliness of them, peeking through to see what she could see, hiding in the light behind them, swept up in the pure wonder of what made her feel beautiful. When I pulled this out of my camera, it moved ME to wonder too, and brought back all the lovely feeling that made me want to wear a wedding veil or a slip or a white dress any time I got the chance. And you know, I still haven't outgrown it...

As usual, I have no illusions of winning in this category - what with all the awesome shots that always get entered here but I thought I'd share it around anyway!

Make sure you stop over and check out the other entries - or leave one yourself to share!

I ♥ Faces - Fix-it

I ♥ Faces has added a new feature to the site, a Fix-it Friday. Today they asked us to edit up a photo that was really beautiful, but didn't quite make it out of the camera the way they saw it. This was my take.