Brown Eyed Susan by Patricia W @ www.artscow.com

Now that I have introduced you to Artscow! I had designed a kit for Artscow because I couldn't find the exact thing I needed. I didn't realize there was a contest. Surprisingly my kit came in 24th. The top 20 get a prize. This kit I tried a little harder to make a full kit, paper, embellishments, alphas, and frames. If you have an artscow account go and download it, its free. I'm #16 right now with a few more days to go.. Woohoo!

http://www.artscow.com/digital-scrapbooking/Brown-Eyed-Susan-6238

Artscow

One of my clients told me about ArtsCow.com. It has a multitude of merchandise that can either be personalized or enchanced with a photograph.
All the products I have ordered have been terrific. They are in Hong Kong so the shipping takes awhile but the products and the price are certainly worth it.



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New Baby Coming Soon

It was my pleasure to meet and take this family's picture before the birth of their new baby.

Graduates

Graduates and their Families

I had the pleasure of photographing two graduates on their special day.

More Wedding

I am so excited to share some more wedding photographs with you.

Wedding Photography

When I started Mamarazzi my focus was on family and children photographer. I have tons of experience with working with families and children on a daily basis and knew I could provide excellent photographs for that demographic. As I gain experience in being a photographer I have started to gain confidence in other areas of photography. This year two couples have entrusted me with capturing their wedding day. I'm very grateful. If you are looking for some great wedding pictures and at a reasonable cost ... I am the photographer for you. I'm looking for more experience in this field and my price reflects accordingly. Please contact me at 905-401-7075 or 905-871-8435 to discuss availability and prices. You may also email me at mamarazziphotos@yahoo.com.

Angles

I love taking photos from this angle when using a great textured ground. It turns the ground into an awesome backdrop.

Too see other great angles to take photos from visit I heart faces

School Photos

I had a request from a client to take a few pictures of her daughter. Her daughter missed school pictures due to illness and never got sent on retake day.

Zazzle

I Love Zazzle. I found this website when I was looking for the perfect gift to send my friend long distance. I ordered the product and had it shipped directly to their house with a note attached. Since than I have ventured into creating some designs of my own.


Make personalized gifts at Zazzle.

I Heart Faces Photography: "This week's photo comes from Caroline at Frogmum. She writes: 'My daughter is standing in our front garden - I was laying down. It was a beautiful day, but her face was in full shade & looks a bit blurry. She looks too dull against the blue sky. I'd like to be able to pull the whole thing up and make her pop out without losing the beauty of that blue sky.'"

Original Photo

Edit #1

So I wanted to brighten her face without losing the blue sky. This first photo, I used brighten and contrast, and in levels brightened her face. I also used the patch tool to lighten the shadow under her eyes.

Edit #2

The 2nd photo, I selected the girls face with the lasso tool. Than adjusted the brightness. This way just her face was brightened instead of the whole picture.

Hands On - I Heart Faces (and hands)

This week's theme at I heart faces is Hands. I knew exactly what picture I wanted to share. Its a picture of my ( My Dad) Grandpa's hand and his precious granddaughter (my niece). To me it represents the importance of family and how each generation is important to the other.

Follow the logo below to see more great Hands On pictures...

Fix It Friday - February 19, 2010

The top photo is the original photo... Below are my edits.
This first picture I cropped differently than the other three I did. Other than that, I adjusted levels and enriched the colours in CS3

This copy I cropped it differently and adjusted levels and enriched colours

I tried some textures in the next two pictures. First I made the picture black and white, than choose a texture to put over top. Instead of overlay I used pin light for this technique.

This edit is the same as above, but darken instead of overlay or pin light. I loved the difference.

To see other edits, please visit I Heart Faces

Valentine's Day at the Zoo

We celebrated Valentine's Day at the Zoo. It was nice to see the Zoo in the winter. The Polar Bear looked very comfortable. The Lions and Tigers came out for a special Valentine Day treat.

Valentine

Fix It Friday - Jan 29, 2010

The orginal photo -- what a great idea. This week's theme was texture so when I thought of my edits of the pictures I added texture.

Edit #1 -- fixed levels -- cropped it -- added layer (frost texture) and multiplied it... Than with a layer mask cleared the texture from her face.

I turned the picture black and white, my texture layer I put on hue. Using a layer mask I erased all the texture from the girl and her snowman.

I Heart Faces - Texture

This week at I Heart Faces their weekly contest is -- TEXTURES -- I decided to go with natural texture instead of added texture in photoshop.

On family vacation this summer. We were visiting a museum with a barn. I wanted a picture of the barn wood. I begged my family for one more picture. My family was sick of the Mamarazzi. Therfore, Mamarazzi had to get in front of the camera and hand the camera over to a family member.





Visit I Heart Faces to see the other entries to this weeks theme and some tutorials on texture in photographs.

Fix It Fridays

Above -- The Original Picture

Edit Number One -- Fixed Levels -- Than added my favourite black and white action -- call Warm and Snappy. Than added a black border.

Edit #2 - adjusted levels, sharpened image, cropped and added border

Edit #3 - I adjusted levels and than used CoffeeShop Color Pop Actions -- decaf and to finish it burned the edges with left on burner action

To see more edits -- head on over to