Monday, March 2, 2009

iHeartFaces - Messy Face Theme



How fun is this theme? "Messy faces" and they have a special category for beginners this week so I am hoping for some great feedback. This group has so many amazing photographers in it and is full of great tips and instructions. I think I have learned so much already in the past two weeks and hope to learn a lot more this week! Click here to join in the fun (or go to http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/)!



This is my oldest daughter on our annual Christmas Cookie Day, after a brief mishap with the flour. I tried some of the editing techniques that I have been reading about using the free version of picnik (which I also learned about from iheartfaces).

For my iheartfaces visitors, I am looking for the real feedback here. Photography is my new found passion and I really want to learn how to take the amazing photographs that I have seen on your sites the last couple of weeks (or even half as amazing would be thrilling to me!) So help me out - I can take it :) Many thanks for looking!

19 comments:

  1. Great picture. Love her expression.

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  2. I like your picture. She is a sweetie. I can't think of anything to say except see if you can find a background that is free of distraction. I love happy kids : ). Her happy face brightened my day. Were the cookies good?

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  3. Her expression is priceless! :)

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  4. What an expression! Great pic!

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  5. I think you have done a great job of employing what you have learned over the past few weeks (not knowing what earlier pictures looked like). I love her expression and the shallow depth of field. Your focus is right on her eyes. I try to avoid flash on all counts, which can be hard inside, but it might be something you would like to try. Great entry!

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  6. I love this picture! She is adorable and is showing a great expression!! Way to go!

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  7. I'm a newbie myself so can't offer too much but I do like how you focused on her face. Her eyes are amazing.

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  8. I think you did a great job editing...I don't even usually try, because I never seem to get it right

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  9. She definitely has a messy face... she looks like she didn't care that you took the picture as well, LOL.

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  10. I think you did a great job editing this photo. I really like the contrast in colors. I'm a beginner too so I can't offer much. One thing I've learned to really like is playing with the levels. I'm not sure if that is available at picnik but I use it in photoshop.

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  11. Hi there! I'm so glad for the "beginners" category!

    Your daughters are beautiful! What a blessing to be able to adopt! My friend just adopted a little girl from China.

    Have a wonderful evening, and thank you for stopping by my blog!!

    Alicia

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  12. I love the expression on her face.
    Thanks for stopping by my blog.

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  13. Wow - love the look on her face!

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  14. I love her expression in this picture! Nicely done! I like the vignetting around the edges and the overall tone of the photo - it's not overdone or underdone. Great entry!

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  15. Love that wicked smirk & the wild hair. What a combo! Thanks for stopping by my blog, we have a dog but he is defective.. he is picky and will only clean up if its meat or cheese, lol. Send yours over anytime!

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  16. Well, I am not one of the people who you saw super nice pictures from. However, I really love that expression on your daughter's face. :)

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  17. I totally forgot to submit a picture!! I need to add I Heart Faces to my bloglines so I can remember. GREAT picture!! She has such a cute little smirk!!

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  18. What a great messy face...love the expression as well!

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