Eye-Popping

I've been tweaking my photo editing skills again.  By again, I mean always, only this time I actually added a new skill to my tool bag.  Mostly I just try to teach myself by playing with the sliders in Lightroom and then being dissatisfied when they don't look like I envision.  So yeah, some motivation.  And I actually learned something:  how to make eyes pop a bit.  

This girl and her eyes are going to be trouble.  

Pintrest at Work (aka, Eyes!)

I think I mentioned that Pintrest is totally changing my life?  If you don't remember, you can look here and here.  Well, found a fun pointer list about how to photograph eyes in a way that is fetching and stands out.  I love to play with photography, but really know very little.  I hope one day to take a formal course. . . or two.

Anywho, we went to the pumpkin patch yesterday and when I went to change Little Bit's diaper in the back of our rented Jeep Patriot, the light. was. perfect.  So then when I had to take Monkey to the car to get his agua, you guessed it--I put him in the back to snap his picture, too.  I am really thrilled with the results.

And yes, some of these are copies--I couldn't decide if I liked them better in black and white or color.  Of course, my favorite feature of my children is their eyes and I'm always trying to capture the amazingness in pics.  Of course I'm not biased a bit.  Right?