Black and White

This week's photo challenge theme at iheartfaces.com is "scenic black-and-white."  This picture was taken at a nearby park I love to go to.  It's especially nice for photos when the dandelions are allowed to grow - kids love to pick them.
To see more beautiful scenic black-and-white photos, visit iheartfaces.com. 

Paper

Paper

This week at iheartfaces.com the challenge theme is "paper."  My submission is this moment from a 4-year-old's birthday party.

There are some really beautiful entries this week - check them out!

Silhouette

The early morning sun created long shadows, as well as silhouetting the college student here, who was walking on his way to class.  I don't often shoot silhouettes when doing family portraits, but working at a newspaper was a great excuse to look for graphic images, and to try different things.  I enjoy portraiture, but the variety of assignments I had as a photojournalist could be challenging.  And it always felt good to get a nice picture, that could run on the front page without a story, just because it looked interesting.

Check out iheartfaces.com to see more images on the silhouette theme.

Fall Faves

This week at iheartfaces.com the challenge is "Fall."  This has always been my favorite season, and a great time for taking photos.  This year I'm afraid I've missed the best of the color in my area, (whenever I had time to take pictures, it was raining) so I'm sharing a few of my favorite fall portraits from previous seasons...

and also a few spooky spiderwebs.  These were all taken one morning when I noticed that the spiders had been very busy the night before.   

More images on the Fall theme can be seen at iheartfaces.com.

Pretty in Pink

I love taking pictures of kids just being kids. This one is of my daughter and some of the kids in her class during a program they were performing.  She is in her own little world at this moment, and very into her pretty pink flowery dress. 
The theme for the photo challenge at iheartfaces.com this week is "pink," in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.  There are always a lot of great photos posted for their challenges.  As a photographer, it's great to see the variety of techniques and just all the beautiful images. 

Smirk

"Smirk" Photo Challenge
One of my sweeties, handing me flowers and looking like a little rascal.  I had a hard time choosing this photo.  There is another one, shot a moment before or after this one, where the look on his face is very tender, despite the smirk. It's amazing how quickly facial expressions can change, and what a difference it can make in a photo.  The other one's on my wall, but I like them both - they each show a facet of his mischievous, sweet personality. 

There are many great images on this theme to check out at iheartfaces.com.

Purple

A girl in a purple jacket... a simple picture of a great smile.