georgia

nov. 15 - the birthdate of georgia o'keeffe... 


honoring a woman who as a person and through her art has influenced me profoundly... 

'i've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life -

and i've never let it keep me from doing a single thing  i wanted to do.'

'to create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage.'

'whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing.

making your unknown known is the important thing.'

'the days you work are the best days.'

and here is my girl, 6 ft. above me - atop the suburban - capturing her world through a camera lens... may she always know that she is bigger than fear... 

tree hunting

'to many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, 

but a ritual of reassurance.'

~ philip andrew adams

today was very much that for me... setting the kids loose looking for the 'perfect' tree... 

14 yr. old photo face - he is really the biggest goofball...

the first 3 pics were taken by em on her itouch with the hipstamatic app... 

hope you enjoyed your weekend... 

helping hands?

there is no 'now you see them,' it's just 'now you don't'... & it isn't the work of magic, but rather the work of ...

paws! the kitten is really the perpetrator, the others are just guilty by association - or so it seems...

the lighting this morning is perfect! it is overcast, my favorite time to shoot pics of my pieces... but (dun dun dun duuuuuuun) it did not coincide with nap time... & you know they are going to end up sleeping all day - it's raining!

what takes the most time for you when you shoot? lighting? a camera that just won't get in close enough? figuring out a good backdrop? editing?

mine is keeping the pieces on the paper or stool or whatever...

it must have taken 20 minutes to get a few shots of a pair of earrings... why do i bother? because i have to help out with a baby shower for the teacher at school today (hopefully showering before it!) , then drop the kids off at the movies, go to tae kwon do, etc, etc...

i think lorelei may have it right - shots on the body at least keep the jewelry where it should be!