Welcome to my blog in progress!



Who am I?

I am a mother with a passion for photography. I love everything about taking pictures. Whether it's seeing smiling faces, capturing that special moment in time or even uploading the pictures on to my computer I just love everything about it. It makes me happy. :o) (and I have 4 boys so there are lots of moments to capture around here!)

I am an optimist. I can't help it, it's just who I am. No matter what is happening in my life, I know that something good will come out of it somehow. It always does! The universe has a magical way of working things out.



Friday, July 23, 2010

Fix it Friday is here!




This picture of two little girls is adorable! There is nothing like a good friend to share things with when you are a child........

here is the original.......


I wanted to give it a little bit of a dreamy feel so I sharpened it a little, then I used the "adjust color for skin tone" feature, adjusted the levels, saturation and contrast a little and last but not least I dodged around the edges a little.



make sure you head on over to Iheartfaces for more great edits!



Friday, July 9, 2010

I heart faces Fix It Friday is BAAACK!



I missed not having a photo to fix last Friday! This weeks photo is fabulous! So very fixable and a great finished product! Enjoy my entry and then head on over to Iheartfaces to see some more great entries and maybe learn a thing or two while you are there. :)



Here is my "fix"
I started out burning the edges a little
Then I outlined just the girl with the magnetic lasso
I used unsharp mask on her and adjusted levels and bumped up the contrast a littleThen i selected the inverse of her to make adjustments to the background behind her
I added some gaussian blur and lightened the saturation a little
then I deselected and added a warming filter over the whole thing
went back and burned the edges a little more and voila.......here it is. :)