I Heart Faces Photo Challenge {White}

So, this weeks challenge is white. No black and white photos accepted, photo must clearly show a human face and have white in the image.

Hmmmm - perfect! My just turned 17 year old son decided that he had to have his first shave after months and months of us nagging.

In our small bathroom 4 of us crowded - my husband (chief shaver), said son (shavee), daughter/sister (curious looker-on-er-rer) and me (life recorder).

Such a momentous occasion can not be left to go undocumented so in I squished with the camera and snap! snap! snap! I got loads of images. The image below is the first one I took. I adore the look on his face and I love that I got his dad (chief shaver) in the background looking ready to go!

Head on over to i Heart faces and check out loads of other 'white' images..... please leave comments on participants blogs - it is very exciting to come back and read that others liked (or didnt) your submission!

I Heart FacesPhoto Challenge {Pet Week}

Meet Finn aka Finnie aka Finnbar aka Handsome aka Hanny Some! He is our Golden Retriever x Samoyed dog that we have had since he was 9 months old. He is now 16 months old and we love him dearly.

I have plenty of photos of him - so many divinely gorgeous ones, lots of funny ones - some of him swimming, jumping you name it - I have it but, even though there did not have to be a human face this week, I just couldn't resist posting this image below.

Here he is with my daughter Bronte. They both have a lovely bond. She loves to carry him around and he loves it too! He is nearly 30 kilos in weight and he hops up onto her back (or front) willingly and easily. She piggy backs him around the house and whilst on her back he loves a good munch on her ponytail! It is such a sight to see - this big polar-bear-like dog being carried around (and enjoying it) like that. I love these two kids!

Want to see loads of cute animals of all types? Head on over to I heart Faces and check them all out!

I Heart Faces {Props}

This week over at I Heart Faces it is Prop Week.

For this week’s photo challenge we’d like to see how you incorporate a prop into your portrait photo. It can be a simple prop addition or it can be a photo that was taken in a completely stylized session…either way is absolutely fine with us.

I did this stylised shoot with my daughter not too long ago in our back yard. The shoot was Prop Heaven!

I found the fab 70's Beach Umbrella on Roadside Junk along with the red biscuit tin with handles. I strung hearts on our nectarine tree branches, used 3D movie glasses as nerd glasses and the Piano Accordion that we picked up at a market for $2.

I love the way the whole shoot turned out. I love the colours and the 'retro-ness'. She had fun too! It was painless for her - over in 10 minutes - I have to move fast as far as my kids are concerned with photographing them now. Sad.

The lens I used for this was my Lensbaby 3G (or the Control Freak).

Please head on over and check out the many fab Prop images from all over the world over at I Heart Faces!

I Heart Faces {A Touch of Whimsy}

This weeks challenge over at I heart Faces is 'a touch of whimsy'.

Whimsy? I know the word, I even use it, but I thought to myself, what does it actually mean?

whim·sy/ˈ(h)wimzē/Noun
1. Playfully quaint or fanciful behaviour or humour.

and how can I show it with my image?

Well, hopefully the image below will answer that question. It is of my very good friend Joyce otherwise known as Joycey.

I took this photo of her at her 80th Birthday party and love the sparkle in her eyes, the cheeky smile and of course, the tiara - a bit of fanciful behaviour AND humour from her. As. Usual.

 Head on over to I heart Faces and check out some of the most amazing whimsical images!

I Heart Faces {Bright & Vivid}

Bright and Vivid is the theme this week over at I Heart Faces. I used to shoot a lot of bright images, not so much now that it is Winter here in Melbourne, Australia so I looked through my hard drive. Here is one of my favourite images - it is of my son out the front of a Beach Box right near where we live - this one is on a little bay called Half Moon Bay. 

Fortuitously, there was this matching, broken wave ski right next to the box. Cool eh?

Pop on over to I Heart Faces for many more Bright & Vivid images (which are making me feel all wistful for summer!)

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I Heart Faces {From a Distance}

I Heart Faces time! And this week, we don't actually have to show a face! As long as the image has a person in it that's all that counts and the theme is 'from a distance'. 

I chose this image that I took with my Lensbaby 3G because I just adore the composition. The boy, sitting on the top of the hill, waiting for .... who knows?

Check out all of the many 'From a distance' images over at i Heart faces. Don't forget to leave comments on as many as possible - we all love it!

I Heart Faces {Best Face Photo from May - People’s Choice Contest}

I took this just two days ago, an impromptu shoot in our back garden.

It involved one surprisingly willing almost teenager; one 70's retro beach umbrella found on roadside junk and one pair of 3D movie glasses with the lenses popped out.

I used my gorgeous Lensbaby 3G on my Canon 50D - I adore how retro she looks - very Nana Mouskouri! It is even better if you click on the image and see it larger!

Please head on over to I Heart Faces and check out all of the gorgeous faces of May! 

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