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People often ask me how I keep busy (and sharp) during my “off” season. While never really off, during my slower time of year I take on more Littlest Heroes sessions (most of which are in hospital and I can not share on the blog) and I also follow my son around with the camera. Let’s face it – if it works on my squirmy almost three year old who is oh-so-used to the camera, it’s going to work for my clients!

Here is an example from yesterday – it was haircut day – and I swear he went from baby to toddler to big boy overnight. Yeah, I know, every mom says that. You don’t get how true it is, until it’s happening to you! And well, as you can see; I get some interesting positions and faces too!

This week is winter wonderland over at i ♥ faces. I decided to pull this week from my personal archives from this past December. Our first snow here this winter was also the first snow my toddler could actually help and experience the snow man building process. We had made a snow man, given him the necessary carrot (and green bean, don’t ask) face, gave the toddles his warm bath, in fresh jammies and cocoa all by 9:30am. It was the best way to start our day. So, I wanted to share our special day with you!  Here the toddles is trying to catch some yummy fresh snowflakes on his tongue.

As usual, head on over to i ♥ faces to see more winter wonderland photos and check out my “featured member” interview too!

I am so excited for this week’s fix-it-friday over at i ♥ faces. It is such a fun photo to fix. As usual, I have my trifecta of fixes – color, b&w, and vintage. All were done in Lightroom this week as I am finding that Lightroom is becoming my soul tool for editing these days. It has tremendous capability and ease to use. It is friendly to my RAW files and can still rock the occasional FIF jpeg that gets sent my way.

Here is the original from IHF:

Here are my fixes for this week:

Color:

Black and White:

Vintage:

For more creative ways and tutorials on editing your own photos please head over to i ♥ faces!

Special thanks go out to a certain someone who helped me choose this weeks photo. You know who you are – and well – you rock. This little girl is all smiles in front of the camera. This day was so much fun. Her mom was up for hopping around Louisville to get some wonderful shots. Kindergarten is such a big year and it is great to get some photographs to mark the occasion! It is amazing how much they change from the beginning of the year to the end. They grow up so fast!

This is quite the impossible task Angie and Amy!! I have so many favorite faces from clients, family and friends from this past year. It was incredibly hard to narrow it down to one. I have such an emotional attachment to each image I take. I love how I really can connect with my families and get to capture them at that moment in time. Sometimes it’s sweet, sometimes it’s silly and sometimes even sad.

I think my reasoning for choosing this image is that it just sums up my whole year of learning and growing as a professional photographer. From the bokeh of the background to the composition – this photo just makes me go *sigh* – I am doing what I love. I have finally found my “style” or “groove” in my work. It also makes me look forward to this coming year and challenge myself to grow even more, because let’s face it – you are never done learning.

So, welcome to the new year I Heart Faces! Enjoy my “best face” of 2010 (and hop over to my Facebook page to see the runners up - don’t forget to “like” me while you are there).

Yesterday was an odd for winter, warm day in Louisville! It was 68 degrees! It was such a teaser and made me ready for those lovely spring shots where the flowers are popping out on the trees! Here is a shot from last spring to tide me (and you) over until then!