Dramatic B&W

I must start out by expressing my bliss, 

 my photo being IN THE TOP 10  last challenge !!!

I am humbled and Oh so thrilled to have been chosen.

Thank you !!!

This weeks challenge is about
dramatic B & W conversions

I had a very hard time sorting and finding just one this round

(I had many I loved)

I decided on a photo of my miracle baby
born 18 months after our daughter....
did I mention
my tubes were tied during her birth??
Pregnancy is dangerous (life threatening)
without blood thinning injections twice daily for 11 months
since we beat the odds twice and had a million dollar family
(boy and girl) we felt blessed
our family complete,,,
God had other plans than our agenda
WE were given a gift ... a miracle baby boy

(not so little anymore) 3 years has flown by

 it is his  sparkly eyes in this image that make me melt,
his fly away curls, his innocence,
I love it so I hope you will too!

Enjoy

and do come over to see all the stunning work

and join us at

      http://iheartfaces.com

“Focusing on Angles” (this weeks challenge)

                          I love shooting from different angles

here's this weeks entry

my daughter


I MADE #6 in the TOP 10!!!!!!!

Concerning this week’s entries, Brad wrote: “This was a very hard week to judge. There were a lot of great images to choose, many of which could have easily made the top 10. In the end, I had to find a way to narrow them down further, so I started looking for the most creative use of angles, the best lighting, and the best compositions.

every week there's a challenge (a new skill to work on)

I thank iheartfaces for that:)

go visit them

www.iheartfaces.com

more texture learning

on with my learning quest,as I made a goal to work everyday

at discovering new techniques

and applying it (the hard part)

so here is the before

and a few texturized....I said learning right?

I tend to try many times....

can YOU choose a favorite?

leave a comment:)

Winter days

I love winter days, the crisp snow under foot

 bright sun, fresh cold air

and kids having more fun than anything ever!

more to come:)

we should enjoy each day as our children do!

I AM OFFERING FREE SHOOTS FOR FAMILIES living with life threatening illnesses

       This year I have decided to offer free  Photography sessions 
for children, parents, and families those

who are facing life threatening illnesses

                                     

by giving hope

Photos capture the 

memories our heads

 can’t hold onto

but I hearts long for

     IF YOU KNOW A FAMILY ,  PLEASE CONTACT ME

 I will be doing my 1st session (a old friend of mine) 

is fighting breast cancer

she is a funny , loving, optimistic Mom and wife and a real fighter!

How this works is , I come spend a day with your family, we can go to a park, stay at your home and bake cookies, play dress up , make crafts or many other things, ( I am also more than willing to visit at the hospital if need be). As you know my best photos are candid, capturing people for who they are and the love they share with each other, I am not a fan of posed Cheese pics!

The reason for this venture for me is to share the strength of families by telling their stories

along with their photos

this is part of the shoot,

I want to get to know you all and learn about your illness,

what has given you hope,,the strength to fight everyday

these stories of courage

will be posted on my blog and Facebook
I want to inspire other families who are suffering , too

that we all can believe, hope, dream, and fight!

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN

 Because my 1st shoot is for a family battling with breast Cancer
I thought this image was fitting

 I will offer these sessions 
for ANY family living with a life threatening illness

as I would like to give as many people
the chance to have memories they will cherish
for a lifetime,

I ♥ Faces Hands-On Fun Photo Challenge

Hands

What can I say, I love to capture 

all body parts...

but these are my favorite!

so I choose a very special photo to me
this entry is my first try in the photo challenges

THIS is DADDY and OUR MIRACLE SON

MR. K

born after we had 2 children a boy and girl..
(a million dollar family)

 our family complete..

God had other plans

  9 months after my tubes were tied

(during my daughters birth by C-section)

WE discovered another gift was to be given to our family.

and now we are 5

In daddy's hands he holds a miracle to us 

and hope
for so many others

who dream of a miracle too!

I love to share this site come one come all 

head over to

learn , laugh and share the love of light

www.iheartfaces.com 

Niki

6 weeks already!

My Niece

is GORGEOUS!

though I might be her Aunt

look at how sweet she is!!!

 

{sneak peek}

much more to come

leave a comment please:)

then I know you have been here!

Niki

learning textures:)

Every month I try to Learn some new photography skills. or photoshop tips, this month I choose adding textures to my photos as my lesson.It's so much easier than I thought it would be!
so here's my first few tries at applying a texture layer and 2 styles  for each edit.
any advice comments and CC greatly appreciated
I said I would blog more I know, and I have 2
6 week olds to shoot this week!!!!!!!!!!!!

so stay tuned:)  and please If you've come here leave a comment:)

TOTALLY AMAZED!!

so to my amazement after posting a few the last entry talking about
I♥faces
I find my photo
as one of this weeks inspirations!!
Im thrilled beyond belief

go see

http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/2010/01/inspiration-from-our-community-network_28.html

I Heart Faces

, originally uploaded by Phaedra Photography by Niki Edgett.

Ok so ive been a bad blogger these days, winter always makes me a tad less ambitious its cold here in Canada:P
but I did join an amazing site called I heart faces
I've been stopping in there quite a bit for inspiration and to learn new things so yesterday I finally became a member, they have weekly contests, challenges and themes and for some it means I will have to blog more to compete in, so that's another bonus!!
look forward to these challenges joining in the forums, making friends and being totally inspired by lots of the members knowledge and skill, let alone raw talent :) I'm challenging myself to do the tutorials and keep my personal growth to the highest standard I want to learn so much more:)
and do check out and join their site , read the blog and maybe even join to you might just win something


http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/

promise I will blog more very soon!!

I hope you dance

a slideshow of my best photography,

these 3 wonderful souls Im proud to call my children you are my inspiration in this world:)

I LOVE you Rowan, Tiernee, Keltan,

I do hope you "dance" and believe you can achieve anything you can dream of...............

my first birth video my neice :)

baby lips

, originally uploaded by Phaedra Photography by Niki Edgett.

awwwwwwww! don't you just LOVE them?

baby parts My niece

Whats not to Love about tiny baby EVERYTHING!!
can you tell I adore them?

Little fingers and tiny toes

this is one of the best parts of baby shoots, there is nothing like newborns:)

My newborn neice:)

My newborn neice:), originally uploaded by Phaedra Photography by Niki Edgett.

HERE SHE IS!!
Welcome to the world miss A
so perfect and truly our gift this year
we couldin't love her more

my favorite Trash the dress photo (yet) :P

, originally uploaded by Phaedra Photography by Niki Edgett.

I loved this experience , growing in my skills and learning oh so much, about exposure, light and many other tech things:P
It was a gift to catch moments between them I FEEL their intense love
and if you can too, I have achieved my dreams:)

Caribbean love story

HORRAY!!

HORRAY!!, originally uploaded by Phaedra Photography by Niki Edgett.

gorgeous girls..and so many great photos to come!

by far my favorite

, originally uploaded by Phaedra Photography by Niki Edgett.