I ♥ Faces -- "Shadows"

The theme of the month for I Heart Faces is "Shadows". Although I could say a lot about this photo, I'm going to keep it short and sweet this time, so without further ado...

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I ♥ Faces -- "Jump"

So, I haven't participated in the iheartfaces.com challenges for a few months, but I wanted to give it another go this month! The theme this time is "Jump."

So, I originally set out to get a picture of all three of my girls jumping on the bed. I went up to my room to take some test pictures, and my 3-year-old decided to tag along with me. I used her as my model for a while to test my settings and try to get set up for the rest of them. Funny, once I got the other girls in the room and tried to stage the jumping, nothing seemed to be working right... but one of the pictures I got of just my youngest struck me as unique and ended up inspiring the photo below.

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This is somewhat outside of my usual editing style, but it was a bit out of my usual shooting style, too, so... What can I say? Everyone's gotta experiment and grow at some point. And in any case, my daughter sure had fun jumping on the bed for a while! :-)

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I ♥ Faces -- "Play"

This month's theme at iheartfaces.com is "Play." I was planning to take a new photo for this challenge, but then the thought struck me that I already had the perfect one I wanted to enter...

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I took this photo at the end of a large family shoot last fall. This little girl was a sweetheart for the extended family pictures, but after that she had decided she was done smiling for the day. But when her (very smart) aunt brought out a bottle of bubbles, the smiles and giggles returned in an instant, and she enjoyed a nice little session of chasing after bubbles with her cousins. Such an adorable little girl, and so glad I was able to be there to capture her happiness while she played!

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I ♥ Faces -- "Wind"

Wow, it's been a while! Good to be back for another photo challenge. :-)

This month's theme at iheartfaces.com is "Wind." It was a gorgeous day out today... warm and sunny, with a refreshing breeze blowing through every now and again. Not too much in the way of actual wind, I'd say, but enough to cool the air when the sun started to feel a bit hot... or, as can be seen here, enough to stir my girls' hair to cool their necks and make for a pretty, whimsical effect.

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Love my girls to pieces... and they truly adore each other as well!