I Heart Faces Week 4 – Texture
Posted by Amy | Filed under I Heart Faces
Our theme this week is “Texture” with the queen of textures, Shana Rae, founder of the Flora Bella Collection as our guest judge.
My entry is a photo I took last week of my daughter eating a lollipop. It was just a plain, boring shot until I added a few textures and actions from the Flora Bella Collection. I’m so excited to have received this wonderful gift from Shana. I’m having a blast playing around with all of her beautiful creations. Thanks Shana, we’re excited to have you at I Heart Faces this week!!
I hope you’ll visit I Heart Faces and enter a photo this week!
I’m one of the Co-Founders of I Heart Faces and just entering for fun.
P.S. – Here is my straight out of the camera shot.
Disclaimer: The Flora Bella Collection was a gift in exchange for review. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own.
Tags: black and white, flora bella collection, florabella, I Heart Faces, photo, photo challenge, Photography, shana rae, texture
January 24th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Gorgeous. I love the black and white conversion.
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January 24th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Love your crop on this one. Beautiful clarity in her eyes as well.
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January 24th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
owowowowowoWOW! Amy!!!! It *was* a nice pic to begin with, but your editing made it into a piece of art!!! Please share your “recipe”
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January 24th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Stunning. Love this!
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January 24th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Love what you did! I need to experiment with textures more!
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January 24th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
GORGEOUS Amy!!……….you appreciate it even more when you see the SOOC
She’s got big beautiful eyes!♥
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January 24th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
It just blows my mind when I see what post-editing can do to a photo! And I just can’t “get” it, even with the tutorials… so this week I’ll just be a spectator and cheer on all of the amazing participants. That is so incredibly gorgeous… in using those actions, was it still a lot of work or just a few clicks? It looks like it would take hours to make that kind of transformation….
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January 24th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Beautiful edit. ♥ well done. have a happy week.
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January 25th, 2010 at 12:52 am
Love the eyes, beautiful!
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January 25th, 2010 at 12:55 am
What a beautiful edit! I really MUST learn Photoshop!
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January 25th, 2010 at 12:57 am
That is just amazing! You did a wonderful job…I love it!
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January 25th, 2010 at 12:58 am
What beautiful eyes!!!!
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January 25th, 2010 at 12:59 am
Gorgeous eyes! I like it!
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January 25th, 2010 at 12:59 am
From dull to delicious!!
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January 25th, 2010 at 1:07 am
Beautiful! Love her eyes!
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January 25th, 2010 at 1:08 am
Wow, what an amazing post-processed photo! You have a gift! Thanks for the inspiring work!
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January 25th, 2010 at 2:38 am
wow this is amazing
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January 25th, 2010 at 2:43 am
Love it Amy! The crop is perfect and I think the texture makes it a much more romantic photo. Beautiful!
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January 25th, 2010 at 5:27 am
Beautiful! I haven’t played with textures and haven’t really understood when to use them but, I really love how this really enhanced your photo. Love it! And, ditto some of the other posters. Can you please post your editing “recipe” for this one? Thanks!
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January 25th, 2010 at 7:21 am
Wow, thanks for the sooc. What you did was amazing! Your daughter is beautiful btw – easy to work on subject
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January 25th, 2010 at 8:37 am
oh my goodness it’s beautiful! I love that you posted the SOOC shot so we can see how adding textures really did take it to the next level . . . i LOVE her eyes
your daughter is just the cutest!
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January 25th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Great job editing your photo! I like how subtle the texture is… it really adds dimension to this portrait!
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January 25th, 2010 at 9:45 am
Those eyes! oh my!
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January 25th, 2010 at 9:55 am
Beautiful! I am loving all the great textures this week!!
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January 25th, 2010 at 10:04 am
OMG Amy this is so PERFECT
♥♥♥ totally love it!
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January 25th, 2010 at 10:32 am
That absolutely rocks!
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January 25th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Love those eyes : ) This is stunning!
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January 25th, 2010 at 11:06 am
So beautiful! Her eyes are gorgeous! Love the texture and crop too…
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January 25th, 2010 at 11:10 am
beautiful. i love the subtle pattern.
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January 25th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Sooooo lovely! I can’t believe the before and after—such a gorgeous transformation. I’ve never used textures, but I can’t wait to try!
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January 25th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
I agree with all of the previous comments. Phenomenal!
(I reeeeally need to learn how to bring out eyes like that)
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January 25th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Wow! I am awestruck!
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January 25th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
The edit is stunning in itself…and then to see the before and after; wow!
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January 25th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
I would have never have guessed she was eating a lollipop.
It’s a nice edit. The texture gives the shot a lot more depth and a bit of mystery too.
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January 25th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
I love the way your textured picture looks! Beautiful!
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January 26th, 2010 at 12:20 am
I LOVE it! And, thanks for sharing the original picture, I loved seeing the difference with the crop & texture! Great job!
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January 26th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Wow, what a difference, even though it was an adorable photo to start with
Beautiful!
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January 26th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Beautiful portrait! Love the conversion and texture work! Shana’s actions and textures are wonderful!
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January 26th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
OK. grrrr. My house is still a mess, the laundry is still piled high, and I still need to get dishes out of the dishwasher. BUT… even without Photoshop, I did finally figure out a LITTLE bit about texture. I’ve played off and on (mostly on, darn it) all day and have updated the pic on my post three times. With post processing texture. Then without it cause I hated it. Then WITH it again but maybe a little better. Not dreamy; definitely nubbly and rough. But by gosh, I got me some texture! And I do feel like I moved another baby step forward in understanding some of what goes on. Maybe… just maybe, for the 10 year anniversary of I Heart Faces, I’ll finally produce something good. In the meantime…thanks again for making me stretch….
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January 27th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Simply gorgeous! What lovely eyes.
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