Hands-On Fun for I Heart Faces

This week's theme at I Heart Faces is "Hands-On Fun"
I have been working on a "details" photo for Soar and happened to take this photo today.
I just LOVE what it says about Molly.
Notice the worn out nail polish and ink between her fingers on her left hand.
My baby LOVES to color and she LOVES nail polish.
She asks for "pretty nails" all the time.
And as soon as one chips, she tells me its broken.
(It's only been a week since my mom painted her nails.)

Pepper Camera Straps

I've seen lots of do it yourself instructions on how to customize your camera strap to make it cute, and plenty of already made ones in etsy shops, but I just found Pepper: Spice Up Your Camera through I ♥ Faces (they're having a giveaway).

Look how great these are...

Here is one of the designs I like...

And I found a couple of user reviews on these and they are all good.
I think one of these is going to make its way onto my wishlist!

I ♥ Faces week 24 - Let's Hear It For The Boys

This week at I ♥ Faces the theme is "Let's Hear It For The Boys".
So here are a couple of MY boys...

I chose this picture for the child category because I feel like it really captures the essence of "BOY"


Here is my adult entry...

I ♥ Faces - Fix It Friday

I don't often join in on these (just because I don't have time)
But I finished a couple of huge projects this week so I thought I'd give it a go.
Here is the original image...



And here are a couple of my edits...
(My favorite is the black & white)

I ♥ Faces - Sepia Toned

This week at I ♥ Faces the theme is Sepia Toned.
I LOVE sepia toned images. (That is probably obvious to you if you've looked some of the other images I've posted on Exposing Grace.)
I love the warmth and mood that adding sepia gives to an image.
Of course, it doesn't work for every image, but I like what it did for these images.

Here is my child entry...



Here is my adult entry...

I ♥ Faces - Happy Birthday

Here is my image for this weeks theme - Happy Birthday...

And I ♥ Faces is having a give-away for a Tracy Joy bag this week.
You can check it out here.

I ♥ Faces - reflection part 2

I wasn't sure if I had an image for the adult category, but as I was going through some of the images I still need to process, I came across this one which fit this weeks category - reflection.
So here is my adult entry...

I ♥ Faces - Reflection

The theme at I ♥ Faces this week is reflection.
Here is my entry for the kids category.

I ♥ Faces Fix It Friday

I just got this book, which I am really excited about.
I decided to join in on the Fix-It Friday fun, to try out some of the new things I've learned.
I made all adjustments using Photoshop CS4.

Here is the original image...

Here are a few fixes that I did...

For the above image, I started by running a couple of actions: TRA Boutwell's Magic Glasses (free), and then TRA select-o-sharp on just the boy.

Next I cropped in closer.

Then I adjusted the red using the TAT (Targeted Adjustment Tool) in the Hue/Saturation panel. (This is my favorite new tool that I've learned about from my new book.) The boys face seemed to be glowing red before making this step.

Flatten layers.

Blur background a little more using a layer mask with lens blur.

Run free MCP action touch of light/touch of dark and darken the background with my brush at 30%.

Use TAT again in the Hue/Saturation panel to make the pants a true red and take away the fuzziness.

Add a border.

Flatten and save.

I made 2 different black & white versions, starting from my fixed version of the image.

If you have Photoshop and feel limited in your knowledge and ability to use the program, I HIGHLY recommend getting Scott Kelby's book for the version of Photoshop (or Lightroom) that you have.