I Heart Faces~Sun Flares!

I love making good sun flare photos!  This is one of my favorites for a few reasons:

1.  It takes a bit a skill to get it right.  Auto Focus doesn't work with the sun shinning in my lens, so I manually focused.

2.  I got to use my 50mm (he's been neglected since my new lens came along).

3.  To get the flare right I placed her in the center of the photo.  I know, not so visually interesting, but the the flares give the photo some interest.

4.  My senior is just super pretty and was a lot of fun!

 

White: I heart faces photo challenge

It has been forever since I've done an I heart faces contest, so here is one of my sweet baby boy.  I love this photo of him because it was so simple to take!  He had just been bathed and was happy, so I laid him on my bed, grabbed my camera and did a bright and white mini-shoot with him.  I had been planning a shoot like this for him since before he was born and I was very happy with the results.  I love how you just see him, his perfect face, and that he is just looking calmly into the camera.  The white mimics the dreamy look he has on his face too.