Katie's Photography

I ♥ Faces - Silhouettes

2010-11-15T09:29:00.000-08:00

My 2 1/2 year old has an obsession with airplanes, and Buzz Lightyear. He loves to lean on my feet and have me lift him up in the air so he can "fly."

I love silhouettes! Visit www.iheartfaces.com to see more this week.

I ♥ Faces - Orange

2010-11-08T06:58:00.000-08:00

This is my little James being such a good sport while Mommy snaps pictures of him in a pumpkin. This pumpkin was really big and weighed more than my 2 year old. I love that you can see the bubbles on his tongue. He is such a cutie, and I am not biased at all.

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I ♥ Faces - Beach Fun

2010-08-23T13:01:00.001-07:00

I've been gone for a while. I have a good reason though. We were blessed with our 2nd little boy and this new transition has put other things on the back burner. I'm sure he will be featured in pictures in the near future.

We just got back from our first trip to the beach since our first little guy was a baby. He absolutely LOVED it! This kid loves to get dirty and what better way then to be buried in sand, wash off in the ocean, and then do it all over again? He was in heaven.

Ben has his fake smile, but this is definitely not it. This is his pure joy smile. What brought that smile to his face? The big handful of sand in his hand...

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I ♥ Faces - Celebrating Mom

2010-05-10T07:16:00.000-07:00

I love being a mom, and this little boy is the reason that I do. This picture isn't very good quality, as it was taken with my computer's built in camera, but we had so much fun doing this. Ben loves to see himself on the computer and this day, I would make a face and he would copy it. This is my favorite from that day. Having fun with your kids is what it's all about! Happy Mother's Day!

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I ♥ Faces - "Dramatic B&W"

2010-03-30T10:18:00.001-07:00

Another entry at i heart faces. I love this shot of Ben, do I say that a lot? He thought he was so funny jumping in my piles of leaves as I was trying to pick them up.

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I ♥ Faces - "Bundled Up"

2010-03-15T07:40:00.001-07:00

It's about time I started posting on I heart faces regularly again. This week's theme is "bundled up." We've definitely been doing a lot of that this winter. Spring keeps teasing us though and hopefully one of these days it will stay and the snow won't come back until next year.

This picture was taken last October. It was the first snow of the season and the first time Ben really got to experience snow. He LOVED it! He was having so much fun tromping around in the snow with his snowball.

I brightened it up and increased the contrast just a little. What do you think?

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I ♥ Family!

2010-01-19T08:38:00.000-08:00

This is my family. My husband and son love to play around. Our little boy loves using Daddy as a jungle gym, and Daddy is usually happy to oblige. It is so fun to watch them play together. I snapped this shot on Christmas eve while I was reading the Christmas story. It's not going to win, but it is the essence of my family and I love it.

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I ♥ Faces - "Sweet Dreams"

2009-12-07T19:21:00.001-08:00

I was looking for a picture not of a baby, but when I saw this picture, it brought back so many memories. This was the first picture I ever caught of my little boy's smile. He was less than 2 weeks old. He loved to sleep then, and cuddle, and sometimes I miss those days. Now he is a very active 17 month old and we're expecting #2. Oh how I loved those days...(but now it great too!)

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I ♥ Tooshies

2009-12-01T09:27:00.001-08:00

I haven't entered a picture on I heart faces in a while, but I had the perfect one for this week. This is back just before my little boy turned one.

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I ♥ Faces -- Excited

2009-10-13T12:40:00.000-07:00

This is my handsome cousin Ashton. We were at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii. I don't remember what he was so happy/excited about, but you can see it in his face. I love the dimple he has in the top of his cheek.

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I ♥ Faces -- Blue

2009-09-28T08:08:00.000-07:00

Here's my I heart faces entry this week. Ben had so much fun playing in the water with his cousins. I did some playing around in photoshop and kind of like the effect. The blue really stands out in his swimming suit.

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So Excited!

2009-09-24T13:07:00.001-07:00

Last week I started a community photoshop class. I am really excited about it because I have wanted to get better at editing pictures I take. I really would like to have some kind of a photography business someday, but we'll see. Anyway, last week was the first class and he gave us a photo that badly needed retouching and restoration and taught us how to do it. I am so excited about the result that I just finished that I had to share! My next class is tonight and I am so excited to learn something else! I'm sure I'll post more of what I learn in weeks to come.

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I ♥ Faces -- Completely Candid

2009-09-21T13:07:00.000-07:00

Ben loves to swing, what else can be said?!

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I ♥ Faces -- Contemplative & Pets

2009-09-14T09:12:00.000-07:00

I love this picture of Ben. He was playing outside last week while I was snapping away some pictures. Je had a little bit of a cold, thus the bit of snot running out of his nose, but cute none the less.

So, this isn't really a pet, but I took this picture while at the New York Aquarium in May.

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I ♥ Faces -- Bubbles

2009-08-16T18:37:00.000-07:00

Here's my cutie playing in the bathtub tonight. It was his first bubble bath and he had fun playing in the bubbles, as you can see on his face.

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I ♥ Faces -- Crazy, Silly, Funny Faces

2009-08-04T09:24:00.000-07:00

Again, this week's picture was hard to choose! I have so many crazy, silly and funny faces of Ben, but this one has always been one of my favorites! When I took it, he was almost a week old and I was doing a little photo shoot with him and he was making the funniest faces! My mom, my husband and I were cracking up watching him. Thinking of it, to this day, still makes me laugh.

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I ♥ Faces -- At the Beach

2009-07-27T10:15:00.000-07:00

I am away from my computer at the moment, so this week I looked on my family blog for a picture from our trip to Hawaii last October. Ben was about 3 1/2 months old and he enjoyed eating the salty sand. I think he is so cute in this picture.

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I ♥ Faces -- Constructive Feedback Friday

2009-07-10T06:49:00.000-07:00

Yeah! I have never participated in constructive feedback friday, so I am really excited to get some help! I love taking outdoor pictures, but the lighting isn't always the best. I took this shot with my Cannon EOS Digital Rebel XT. I'm not sure about the EXIF Data for the picture was.

What I don't like:
~The Brightness! It's so splotchy around his face. Is there any way to make it look good afterward, or to avoid this altogether when is this kind of situation outside?

~Also, is there any way to edit out the play gym in the top right corner, without making it look bad?

Here is my edit. I use Photoshop version 8, which I am still learning and hope to get a newer version soon. I just did the Auto Color adjustment, which helped a little, but nothing else I did looked good.

I appreciate any help and criticism you can give me on these subjects or not. I really want to improve my skills. THANKS!

I ♥ Faces -- Wedding Bells

2009-06-28T15:56:00.000-07:00

This last August my cousin, Jessica, got married. She asked me to take pictures at her reception. She looked beautiful!!! This is her and her husband, Marcus. Don't they look so happy!

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I ♥ Faces -- Let's hear it for "my" boys

2009-06-22T09:55:00.000-07:00

I love my boys and all their many faces!

KIDS ENTRY:
Ben loves to swing! On this particular day, he was laughing like crazy while he was swinging. This is his laughing face. It's kind of crazy and I love it!

ADULT ENTRY:
My favorite man with our cutie of a son and crazy nephew Owen.

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I ♥ Faces -- Sepia Toned

2009-06-16T10:55:00.000-07:00

I have never actually played with sepia tone until this week's contest. It was a little difficult for me to get it where I wanted it, and I'm still not sure it's perfect, but I think it's pretty good. I love newborn baby pictures! This is my little Ben, about a week after he was born. (He turns 1 next week!)

KIDS ENTRY:

ADULT ENTRY:
And here is my handsome Uncle Jon, at is only daughter's wedding this last August.

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I ♥ Faces -- “My Story In Photos: The Vacation Edition”

2009-06-09T14:36:00.001-07:00

I love to reminisce, so this weeks theme at I heart faces is perfect! We took a trip to Hawaii last October. My mom lives there, so Ben and I went out for a month, and then my husband joined us for the last week. My sisters family did the same thing, so we got to spend a lot of time with her and her boys. Most of the time we were in Laie, on the island of Oahu. It was beautiful! Ben was only 3 months old when we got there, but that didn't stop him from enjoying it. I can't believe how small he was, and how little hair he had (this was the month that most of his hair fell out). I took most of these pictures, but my sister might have taken a few of them too.

We went to the beach just about every day. This was Ben's first time at the beach. He didn't like it much at first, but as you can tell in later pictures, he warmed up to it.

This floaty was WONDERFUL! Plus Ben really liked it.

Poor kid, but the sand sure looks yummy!

Me and my boy!

Ben being tickled my Aunt Jenn.

Crazy Connor (my nephew)

Us at the Polynesian Cultural Center

Ben with the Fijian Warrior

Tattoos!

Waimea Falls is a beautiful hike up to a waterfall that you can swim in!

The whole reason for this vacation was to welcome home my little brother from his 2 year LDS mission. Here is he with his 3 nephews (two of which he hadn't met before then).

Yeah! Dennis joined us! Here we are at Hanauma Bay, after we'd be at the beach and snorkeling all day.
The ocean must have rocked him to sleep.

Dennis and Connor building, and getting ready to destroy, a sand castle.

On our last day there, I had my sister take some pictures of us as a family by the LDS Temple. I love this one, even Ben's smiling.

Beautiful Boy

I ♥ Faces -- Pets (anything goes)

2009-06-01T19:29:00.001-07:00

My hubby's aunt and uncle have lots of animals. This baby goat is just over a week old and her and her sister are so cute! When we pick up this one, she does this face and makes a really small "baa." It's adorable. I can't get enough of them! Ben loves them too. They are some of the few animals that are smaller than him, and he likes to stick his fingers in the fence and let them lick/suck on them.

Click on the following link to see other pet/animal pictures and to see this weeks theme for kids - Happy Birthday! (I didn't have any good pictures from kids' birthdays, since Ben's 1st isn't for a few weeks.)

I ♥ Faces -- Special Blurb Book Photo Contest

2009-05-17T21:28:00.000-07:00

This week at I heart faces, they are having a special contest and we are suppose to enter our very best face photo. It took me a long time to choose one. I think I probably scanned through all of the thousands of pictures I have saved on my computer. I don't know why I love this picture so much. I looked through so many on Ben's big smiles and goofy faces, but this one stuck out to me the most. I hope you enjoy it. I think he looks so peaceful.

I am submitting this photo into the www.iheartfaces.com Blurb book photo contest. If chosen, I grant I ♥ Faces permission to use my photo in a printed version of a book for commercial use and possibly advertising of a photo book on both the Blurb and I ♥ Faces web sites.

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I ♥ Faces -- Laughter

2009-05-11T16:33:00.000-07:00

I'm not entering a photo of Benjamin this week! I am out of town and only had the pictures in my email history, but thankfully, I have sent lots of pictures of this little boy to his mom, and you can see why. This is the handsome little boy I used to babysit. His laugh is adorable! In the picture, Ben was standing by me and Joseph just started laughing at him. It was hilarious! I love laughing babies.

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I ♥ Faces -- Reflections

2009-04-26T21:13:00.001-07:00

Ben loves to look out our window. He loves to see himself in anything he can, mirrors, pictures, videos. If he's grumpy, I'll sit him in front of the computer and we'll look at all the pictures on our family blog. He loves that. Here's my beautiful boy wishing he could go outside.

I ♥ Faces -- Self-Portrait

2009-04-20T09:15:00.000-07:00

I had a hard time with this week's theme! I don't like pictures of myself anyway, and trying to get Ben to smile while I am not looking at him was pretty hard. In this picture, Dennis was standing in front of us making Ben smile while I took pictures. I actually kind of like it and it's good to have some pictures of Ben and me.

Kids Entry:

I think this might have been an accident while I was trying to get both Ben and I, but it was the best shot of just my face that I had...

Adult Entry:

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I ♥ Faces -- Easter

2009-04-12T20:28:00.001-07:00

I love love love this picture of Ben! With his scrunched nose and teeth, he is totally giving me a bunny rabbit face! I hope everyone had a Happy Easter!

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I ♥ Faces -- My Friend and I

2009-04-06T13:22:00.001-07:00

KIDS ENTRY:
Joseph and Ben...I love this one!

ADULT ENTRY:
Ok, I know this isn't the best quality picture, but it's one of my favorites. It was taken a couple of summers ago when we were in Hawaii for my internship and staying with my mom. Whenever we'd go anywhere, Dennis and I would have to cram in the back of her car because all the seats were taken. This is us goofing around on the way to Waimea Falls. I love my husband!

The category this week is great, so go look at all the other entries!

I ♥ Faces -- Pouting

2009-03-31T17:07:00.001-07:00

Isn't this face so sad! Out of all the pictures I took this day of him in his blessing outfit, this was the only grumpy face! Ben is only 1 month old in this picture. They grow so fast!

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I ♥ Faces -- No Flash

2009-03-23T09:09:00.001-07:00

This week's theme in No Flash. I took this by the sliding glass door with all the light coming in. That's one of Ben's favorite places.

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I ♥ Faces -- Green

2009-03-16T21:35:00.001-07:00

This weeks theme is green. I had a hard time finding pictures for this theme, so I got the camera out and just went crazy taking lots of pictures of Ben. I just love his smile in this picture! He loved playing with that flower! The 2nd one of of Ben with his great-grandpa at Thanksgiving. I love my grandpa's genuine smile!

Kids Entry

Adults Entry

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Fix-it Friday!

2009-03-13T13:25:00.000-07:00

I decided to start participating in the Fix-it Fridays on I Heart Faces to help me improve my photo editing skills. So, here are my fixes for "Cutie Pie," I used Photoshop.

Original:

Fix #1: For this one, I used the Magic Wand tool to get rid of all the stuff around her face. Then I used the shapes tool to put a black rectangle in that area. Then I used the blur tool to soften the edges around her face.

Fix #2: For this one, I did the above steps, but I changed the black rectangle to white and then used the "texturizer" filter. I think it has a nice effect and helps to hide the imperfections.

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I ♥ Faces -- Creative Crop

2009-03-10T07:57:00.001-07:00

KIDS ENTRY:

Aren't these boys the cutest! I took this picture really close up to their faces, so almost no cropping was needed, but I did cut off a little.

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I ♥ Faces -- Creative Crop

2009-03-09T21:43:00.000-07:00

ADULT ENTRY:
Yeah, another I heart faces entry! I cropped quite a bit, but I loved his face and it looks great close up.

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BEFORE

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Pictures of England and France

2009-03-02T18:38:00.001-08:00

In the Spring of 2006, I had the amazing opportunity to travel for 3 weeks to England and France. I love the architecture there and most everything was just beautiful! I took thousands of pictures, but here are just a few of my favorites.

London, England (and other parts of England)

Big Ben

Tower of London

Leed's Castle (Kent, England)

Canterbury, England (my favorite place of the whole trip!)

Paris, France

Notre Dame

The Louvre

I ♥ Faces -- Messy

2009-02-26T13:17:00.000-08:00

I love this picture of Ben! It's his "Mommy, I'm done!" face. I love this little boy!

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I ♥ Faces -- Black and White

2009-02-24T19:44:00.000-08:00

I had such a hard time choosing a picture for this, but I think this is one of my favorite's of my little Benjamin. I'm sure there will be many pictures of him on here, since he is the subject in the majority of my pictures, plus, he is the cutest!

I just discovered this website and love it! Be sure to check it out and post your own photo.