{{ iheartfaces }} hugs & kisses

I did Valentine mini-sessions in my studio at the beginning of the month, but I didn't have a chance to take my kids in.  SO, we went in, on Valentine's day, and tried to get some of our own.  I got some 'okay' ones with the kissing booth set up (my kids are notorious 'photographer kids'), but I got this absolutely adorable one of them without all the 'extra' stuff.  I ordered it in a float wrap because I love it so much!

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{{ iheartfaces }} BLACK

This week's theme on I Heart Faces is 'Black'.  For my entry, I looked for a few minutes through my sessions, and nothing really stood out until I opened up the folder for the wedding I photographed in September.  I have plenty to choose from there :)  They're backyard wedding gave for a totally beautiful 'background' for the Bride & Groom photos.  I have a lot of favorites from this series, and I'll just share one for my entry.  To see more, check out my album on Facebook.

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{{ iheartfaces }} Let them be little

The theme at I Heart Faces this week is "Let them be little".  

I posted this photo on Facebook, telling people how it isn't as easy for me to take pictures of my own kids, as it is for me to photograph my clients, and that Parent's shouldn't feel like their children are uncooperative, because I've seen it all, personally!!

So I say, LET THEM BE LITTLE.  In this time, kids are growing up way too quickly.  Let them have every minute they can of their childhood.  You won't regret it, and they will love you for it.

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{{ iheartfaces }} Tickled Pink

This month, I've been trying to get some more 'personal' photos on my DSLR, so I took a series of photos of my Daughter with her 'blankie' on my bed.  This was one of my faves.

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{{ iheartfaces }} WHITE

Theme this week is WHITE.  The photo has to be in COLOR, with white being a primary color.  This is from one of my sessions this month with one of my baby planners.  I'm sure most photographers know how hard it is to get a 6 month old and a 2 year old to cooperate at the same time for some photos.  When I pulled out my chair, Big Sister was asking, "Where's mine?" =)

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{{ iheartfaces }} Beautiful Eyes

This week on I Heart Faces, the theme is "Beautiful Eyes".  I was brought to this photo of my Daughter.  I took this at her 3rd Birthday party last month.  Now, out of her three years of life, she has been a grump butt about 33 months, so I absolutely cherish the images like this where I've captured true joy in her eyes.

To check out some more photos from her party, jump on over!  I loved planning her party this year!

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PS, this is post 300 on my blog, yay!!

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{{ iheartfaces }} PROPS

I haven't entered an I Heart Faces entry for awhile, so when I saw the theme for this week, I knew I'd have something to enter :)

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{{ iheartfaces }} YELLOW

The theme this week at I Heart Faces is YELLOW.  I wasn't sure what I was going to end up choosing for my photo, but I think I had this image in the back of my mind for awhile.  This is my Daughter, running around looking for eggs, on Easter.  Although I love the images I took, I realized I should have handed my camera over to someone else and experienced the moment with them.

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{{ iheartfaces }} WIND

There is NO way I wasn't going to enter this week, our area is FULL of wind.  Most of the time, annoying as all heck!  In fact, just a couple weeks ago, the wind blew over this huge tree in my Mom's front yard.  Luckily, it blew right in the street, missing houses, landscaping, mailboxes, and everything else!  Anywho, the photo I chose for this week's entry is one of my Son.  I took him down for his 4.5 year photos, and he was being a rotten turkey for me!  In fact, the few real smiles I caught looked something similar to this: eyes closed, out of focus....  But of course, those are the ones I love the most :)

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{{ iheartfaces }} anything BUT a face

This is a fun week over at I Heart Faces, merely for the fact that their topic this week is anything BUT a face!  As soon as I saw one of their featured posts in my Facebook news feed, I knew the perfect image to submit.

My kids love cameras.  They are two and four, below is my two year old.  My boyfriend brought this camera home the other day, and my Son (4yr) loves to 'take pictures' with it.  Well, my 2 year old got ahold of it and was testing out the buttons.  I just love it when she says, "Take a picture" and "Cheese" because she has been so anti-photo her whole life.  I need to set time aside to see if this works, then I might just let it be the kids' camera, to see life how they see it.

{their site is down right now, but I will be back with a button}

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{{ iheartfaces }} Innocent Wonder

I took *the* perfect image for this today.  We played a bunch today, and still managed to keep the house decently picked up!  I put my Lensbaby on for some more play, since it's not really my go-to lens, and the moment I snapped this one of my Daughter, I fell in love!  I think I will actually print this and hang it in her room. And then when I saw on the Facebook news feed about the upcoming theme, I knew instantly I was going to use this photo.  I have no idea what she's looking at but she stood like this for a few moments, in her Tinkerbell costume during our 'dress up' time :)

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{{ iheartfaces }} winter wonderland

This week's theme at I Heart Faces is Winter Wonderland.  This was a tough one for me, but I ended up going with a photo from one of my sessions from this past November.

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{{ iheartfaces }} SMILE!!

This week over at I Heart Faces, they are celebrating their 2nd birthday!  I try to enter when they have a subject that really grabs me by the ankles and drags me in.  I knew I could find one for their theme this week, SMILE.  This is my Son, trying not to let me see him so I wouldn't take a picture of him.  He is such a goof!

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{{ iheartfaces }} Self-portrait

The theme this week over at iheartfaces is self-portrait.  I have TONS of SPs with my kids (otherwise, I'd never be in photos with them).  I was browsing back to find a SP I did of myself when I went to visit my Dad last year, but I found this one, and thought it was perfect for this theme.  Not only am *I* taking a picture of us, but so is my son with the toy camera I keep at the studio.  Perfect, right?!  He's learning young =)

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{{ iheartfaces }} Black & White Scenic

My entry for iheartfaces contest this week.  I chose this photo for the family fun factor I had during this session, and for the fun tree.
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{{ iheartfaces }} got to wear shades

I am back again with an entry for iheartfaces!  It has been quite awhile since I've entered.  But as soon as I saw the category, 'got to wear shades', I knew instantly the photo I wanted to enter.  This is a photo of my Daughter at Live @ 5, a weekly concert series.  The scrunch face helps hold up the glasses :)

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{{iheartfaces}} All About BABIES!!!

It's been a few weeks since I've entered a photo for the weekly iheartfaces themed 'contest', but I had the perfect image come to mind for this one: BABIES!!  Bitty ones!  This is my newest favorite newborn image from my newest baby-plan member.  I will get to see her grow over the next year and photograph her every four months!  Can't wait to see how she changes, especially since Sister was born an almost exact look-alike, and now she has long blonde hair :)  View the rest of her session here:

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{{ iheartfaces }} YELLOW!

The theme this week over at:

is one of "yellow".  I had thought, I'm not sure if I have anything yellow that would work.....

Then, ta-da!  I remember the photo I posted of my Daughter modeling her new birthday tank top & a rosette I made!  That is showcasing yellow!!

But then..... as I just now went to pull up her photo to upload, I noticed a few photos I had taken of her & I.  I don't know if this will technically work, since I had my Sister take the photo, but I edited it, if that counts.... =)

I had my Sister take a few photos of my daughter & I after I had read a fellow photog's blog post about "is there a perfect time", and I decided that since I am ALWAYS behind the camera, I need to get in front with my babies.

So here we are!

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