Week 9 - Flower

Just some silk flowers from the dollar store :) 

Whimsical Wednesday {Photoshop before & after}

Here is a cute before and after of my nephew today, I hope you like it as much as I do!!!! I'll add some of my steps tomorrow :) 

Little Rainee

Until recently I'd never met anyone with the name Rainee in my life! Then my last to sessions in a row were both with girls named Rainee (spelled differently) Anyways, this little girl is such a doll and LOVES the camera! She knows how to pose and smile perfectly! It was freezing like any other February morning would be in Utah but Rainee was such a great little model and just kept smiling, we did take a few 'warm up' breaks but that was only because I could see her nose starting to turn red, not because she asked to! I love the way these turned out and I hope you will too!!! 

Whimsical Wednesday {Photoshop before & after}

Ok so i know this should have gone up yesterday but... well i'm still trying to remember I even started this! Anyways here are my before and afters. My cousin took this picture for me back in October, here is her socc with my edit, enjoy :) 

Harper Girls

I met Rayni back in October at a meet up group activity, It was my first time going and I was a little nervous, (believe it or not I'm a little shy) Anyway, we have become really good friends since, and I am SO glad that I went! Rayni and her girls are so cute and we had so much fun, thankfully it was a little warmer on this day which helped keep the girls happy! Her oldest girl is already becoming a pro behind the lens so I can't wait to see how she keeps progressing, she is so fun and has a ton of personality! I don't know if I understood more that 5 words that came out of the little ones mouth but man is she cute! I love the images we got and I hope you will too!! I'm glad I was able to spend the day with you and your girls Rayni, I can't wait until the spring when we can go out and do some family pictures for you!! Get ready for a HUGE post because I really was having a hard time deciding what images to post, I hardly narrowed it down this much!!! Enjoy and let me know what you think! 

Emily & Ryan

I love this couple! I had a mentor session I was doing and needed some good models, I called Emily right away and she was more then happy to volunteer herself and Ryan for the job! These guys kept me laughing the entire time, I don't think Ryan knew what he was getting himself into when he agreed to help us out for the day. We were only out about 2 hours but it was COLD, Thankfully they rocked it anyways and we got some AWESOME pictures!!!! 

If you are interested in doing a mentoring session with me just send an email over to 

abfackrell@gmail.com 

9,10,12

Day 9- Passions/Hobbies

Day 10- Where he's comfortable

Day 12- Eyes

Whimsical Wednesday {Photoshop before & after}

Ok so I probably should work on the name but... I just wanted to get going on this! I'm going to post a before and after photo every week from here on out (or at least I'm going to try!)  

The picture today was actually taken almost 2 years ago but I think its super cute and I'm anxiously awaiting spring so I've been looking at some old spring pictures! 

The basic edits on this photo were: 

1.. Level Contrast

2. Sharpen

3. Layer mask to saturate & darken the background color

4. Pioneer Woman action - Warmer 70%

Enjoy and let me know what you think! 

Before: 

After: 

8

Day 8: Gift from the heart

3, 4, 6

wow I am BAD at this whole blogging thing lol, anyways here are days 3 4 and 6 of my Joy of Love Project, (I skipped 5 because I wasn't creative enough to take a picture of what drives me crazy about Kasey, really its when he says he'll do something and  then doesn't... i don't know how to take a picture of that...) 

Day 3 - Then and Now... This is what Kasey looked like when we met (age 12), and what he looks like now! 

Day 4 - What he wears, well ok not anymore because he just got out of the ARMY but he'll always be a soldier so... 

Day 6  - Who he adores besides me

Photo Contest!!!

Well, I'm having a contest! Its going to be done through Facebook and I'm really excited about it! 

I want to find the most awkward family photo around so I can help that family get a photo that people will be jealous of and not laugh at! So make sure to head over to my facebook page http://www.facebook.com/afackrellphoto and join in on the fun!!!