Happy!

This photo was submitted to the I Heart Faces photo challenge – www.iheartfaces.com

Just found a new favorite store

And I wanted to bookmark it here so all of you could discover it too.

Photojojo Store

I Heart Faces Phone Photo Challenge

This weeks challenge has to be taken with a cell phone. I am hoping that an iPod touch qualifies. I love this picture of my son just after his 5th birthday.

What should I mount on my Deal of the Day Canvas? 24X18

Help me pick please.

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I Heart Faces ~ Smile Challenge

Happy 2nd Birthday to I Heart Faces!

Toothless Smile

Fall In Quebec ~ Family Photo Time

This is one part of living here that I love. There just isn't this variety of color where I am from. It's so beautiful here in fall.

I Heart Faces Beach Fun Photo Challenge

The weekly photo challenge over at I heart faces is Beach fun. I just happen to have some great pictures (I think) from the beaches at Shediak, New Brunswick. This is probably one of my favorites.

Step in a little closer.

As a newish Photographer I have to constantly remind myself to step in and get a little closer to my subjects. It really pays off when you fill the whole (or most) of the frame.

See this is a lovely picture of flowers in my garden. Nothing spectacular and certainly not something I would blow up and put on my wall.



Zoomed in a little more. Getting better, but not quite there yet.



Now this one I like. If you don't have a zoom lens just make your feet the zoom.



This one is nice too.



Remember the old Wrigley Gum commercials when you get and and shoot. "Get a little closer, don't be shy." Your pictures will look better and you will get lots more oohs and ahhhhs.

*All pictures shot with my Canon XSI in manual using my Tamaron 28-75mm lens no flash ISO 400 mid morning in the shade. Head over to my flickr account for full EXIF*

Shallow depth of focus

New knobs on my freshly painted kitchen drawers.

Sharing a contest for fellow photographers

“Check out http://www.loveaffairworkshop.com! They’re giving away prizes & a seat to their workshop on the blog this week! Go enter to win!”

Textures, watermarks and rounded corners

Tonight I decided to play around with a picture of one of my DD's using Coffee Shop's free tutorials (which BTW are wonderful).

First I added a texture using this tutorial ~ http://coffeeteaphotography.blogspot.com/2008/11/coffeeshop-texture-tutorial.html

I even found the free textures on her site. I used one of the Barnyard Textures on this photo.

Then I rounded the corners using this tutorial ~ http://coffeeteaphotography.blogspot.com/2008/08/coffeeshop-rounded-corners-free.html

Lastly I made the watermark using this tutorial ~ http://coffeeteaphotography.blogspot.com/2009/09/coffeeshop-editing-101-making-your-own.html

Now I did know how to do this but I wanted to find out how to make it a brush.

Here is the original photo. (on a side note my kids, when they want to, love the camera)

And the after.

Not bad if I do say so myself. I can see doing this on more pictures. It was time consuming only because it was my first time but with practice it could go fast. I did save it as a png but for some reason it didn't work. there is a way to get it so the corners aren't white. I will play more tomorrow.

Hope you had a great day.

I have been playing around today at wix.com building a flash website for my photography. It's not bad for free, but I think I will stick to showcasing my work here. It's easier to upload and I like the format. Here is the site I built today if you are interested in checking it out for yourself.

http://www.wix.com/nugglemama/NuggleMe-Photography

Last remnant of fall.

New Growth ~ Spring

Bubble fun

Well I missed out on I Heart Faces Monday photo challenge but I thought I'd share what I was planning on entering anyway. This was taken at my husbands nephew's wedding last year. It was purely an accidental shot I got while snapping away. They had ushered us all out of the restaurant so they could set up the dance floor.

I Heart Faces Challenge was "Dramatic black and white"

There is another Epiphanie bag giveaway going on and what kind of Photog would I be if I didn't share. I will pass this message on from the hosts of the giveaway...

Have you seen all the beautiful new products & contest for pro photographers on http://www.designaglow.com/ ?

They have great stuff, stop buy and check it out and enter the contest. Maybe if I post enough links Epiphanie will send me a bag to giveaway here? A girl can dream. :)

A little bit of Red

I Heart Faces ~ Fix it Friday

Lord knows I need help with my photo editing skills. I just finally got calibrated and now realize how very yellow all my previous edits were. So in an attempt to learn I decided to try I Heart Faces fix it Friday. This is my attempt using Lightroom 2...

Like? Hate? Meh?

Have a great weekend!

I Heart Faces ~ Focusing on Angles

I know I have been absent from my photography blog as of late. I'm blaming illness and the chill of winter. I am trying to get back into the swing of things and what better way they taking part in my very first i heart faces Photo Challenge. I know I am not nearly as talented as some of the participants but it seems like lots of fun. This is my entry...