You all know I love editing challenges, and this has got to be one of the cutest little boys ever (although I probably say that about every child I run across). I could get lost in his eyes. However, we had some shadow issues, so my goal was to lighten, brighten and sharpen. I may have actually overdone it on this first one – what do you think? With this first photo, I selected his face and did a levels adjustment. I then applied Coffeeshop’s Baby Powder Room action and lightly applied each of the steps – mostly focusing on lightening the shadow that was created by his hat...

This week’s i ♥ faces photo challenge theme is: “hilarious outtakes.” One photo immediately came to mind (even thought I could have submitted five). You see, I just got my DSLR right before Thanksgiving with the intention of take pictures of our family during the holidays…and then really learning how to use it. To be honest, I didn’t know what I was doing, but our nieces and nephews love to have their picture taken. One of the boys ran in front of the fireplace and I snapped the shot. Cute smile, blazing fire…but he looks like a ghost. Now, off to i...