Ok, I gave myself a strict 15 minute time limit to edit todays image from I Heart Faces.  I used a Lemon and Honey action, and then the CoffeeShop (free)  Perfect Portrait action.  I selected the background and adjusted the hue to bring out a little more red.  Such a beautiful image...how could you go wrong?

Here is my Fix It Friday edit for I Heart Faces:

I am so proud of this one!  I decided to go for it this week without using any of my regular action shortcuts.  Sooooo, it was a great learning process.....but I spent the whole night fooling around with different ideas, opacities, etc, etc.  Ooops.  So, I know that when I am in a hurry, the actions are SUPER helpful.  But it is pretty exciting to see such a big difference that I could make on my own.  That builds my confidence to know that I can cover myself if it comes down to it, in a pinch.  Plus, I made myself a before and after template which makes it much easier for me to see a difference (and maybe stop editing before it is too much?)  Ok, so now I am on to some actual work :(
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So, I am going to put some of my images into a "show!"  It is for a lobby of a theater production (small scale) but I am so geeked out!  I actually had to create some things to put in, because I couldn't very well use portraits of people's children, which is most of my portfolio thus far.  Here are some of the new images:

I went with a "Textured" theme.  I have been inspired and playing with textures from Kim Klassen.  http://www.kimklassencafe.com/  She has some beautiful work, and free/affordable textures on her site.  I found her through Amanda Padgett's Everyday Elements, http://everydayelementsonline.com/ (which looks very promising, if I ever get time to explore further!)  Anyway, it is the first time I have really gotten into the idea.  I don't tend to like the portraits with textures, but somehow the photos of objects really clicked with me.