i ♥ faces: Best face of 2011

It's been a little quiet around here lately.  I promise I have a good reason but it will have to wait.  Today's task at hand is to highlight the best face of 2011.  I love going back thru my archives and looking for a pic to submit.  It's a trip down memory lane.

I had a ton of beautiful little faces from this past year's photoshoot but I chose an outtake instead because every time I see it I laugh.  He was actually okay, just making faces for us.

Tell me you don't just want to squeeze those amazing cheeks??!



i ♥ faces: Furry Faces

If you've looked thru blog at least a little bit you know that I like to show off my precious Vizsla Macie.  She was my main subject before my son.  When I saw Furry Faces as the theme I thought I'd submit another one of her but as I looked thru my "animal" folder I found a few other great ones and I'm having trouble picking just one!!

I stumbled across this guy on a backpack trip in the Mt. Rogers area in southern Va.  Rumor had it that there was a heard of wild horses that lived in the area we were hiking and low and behold, as we crested the hill and the view opened up into this high meadow, they were there.  We counted 20 or so in the heard (which became 22 by the next morning - we woke to 2 new foals born in the night).  Most were brown/white but this guy (and 2 others really stood out because they were black).

Check out some of the other furry faces over at i ♥ faces!!



Baby Z....

I snuck in a quick photo session right before Thanksgiving for little Z.  The lighting was a mess and he was not having it at all but I still think we were able to pull a few rabbits out of our hats!

Check out some other pics of this beautiful little guy on my facebook page!

Twinkle lights...

I've seen a bunch of photogs this year go for the twinkle light effect and I just had to try it too!  My subject was none too cooperative but we still ended up with really neat shots!

I'm off to the store to find me some white lights to hang over a white backdrop!!!

Little Elle...

A photographers need for adorable subjects knows no boundaries!  We drove to New Jersey this weekend to see a former roomate, her hubby and their adorable 1 month old little girl. 

I of course can't help myself from snapping some pics of everything....isn't her nursery sooo adorable!  I'm in love!

Since she was a little older we had some challenges getting the shots but in the end I think we succeeded and turned out some beautiful images for her mommy and daddy.  Thanks for letting me be part of your weekend and for letting me capture the beauty of you little angel.

i ♥ faces - Autumn Splendor

It's been a while since I've done an i ♥ faces challenge but thought I'd jump back on the horse and submit this guy - my two guys on a hike earlier this month.



Snow? Really?

It's the end of Oct (at least it was when I took these pics) and we ended up with a pretty good dusting of snow.  It's a strange feeling to see trees in color with snow on them...