Saturday, March 30, 2013

Just signed up for this class...

and I hear it's incredible.  A good friend and fellow photographer, Denean  has taken this class three times and still continues to learn something new each time!  I love her work and am excited to follow along!  Check it out, if you want to improve your photography too!

It's called "finding the light"

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

and now for the rest!

One of my most favorite place to take my camera is Longwood Gardens.  It doesn't matter how dreary, cold, miserable, hot, humid, or even nice the weather outside is, it's always warm and welcoming inside.  
I've decided to try something different on each of my trips.  I want to only take one lens. I think this will force me to see things differently, to take risks, and to grow as a photographer. 
First up, my beloved 105!




































You can see a few more of my pictures from Longwood on my previous Project 365 post!

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Project Life 365-day 85

I am really behind with this project.  Today I am going to attempt to catch up a bit with shots that I took this past weekend at Longwood Gardens that fit the various prompts that I have missed. 

Day 23 "transparent"


Day 68 "contained"





Day 75 "in the middle"



  Day 77 "light"
 

 Day 80 "weather"

 
 Day 85 "green"






Monday, March 25, 2013

It's just another Macro Monday!

Come take a walk with me through the websites of four photographers who are sharing their love of macro photography every other Monday throughout the year.  We shoot what we love, what makes us happy,  to hone our skills,  to stretch our minds and our imaginations, and because it's who we are!
 
 
 
As I sit here to type my post, it's snowing outside and snowing hard.  We've already passed the 1-2" that were predicted. It's probably the most snow we've had all winter, combined! 
It's so pretty, and I thought about going out and taking some new pictures to share this morning, but even though I will take them, I might wait to share them until it's 98 degrees outside with humidity to match!
Instead, I'm going to share pictures from the second newborn shoot I've ever done.  Just a few, so as not to give away too much before the proud parents have had a chance to see them all!





To see what Denean Melcher, Faye Kingston, and Stacy Heap Vitallo are sharing this week, 
and then find the link in her post that will take you around the circle!

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Project Life 365-day 72

"message"

Messages are everywhere.  
On our phones.  In our mailboxes. In a card from a friend. In a note on a table. 
I like the more subliminal messages sometimes.
Today, especially, is one of those days. 
As I added my picture to the page on our Facebook group page, I said "This was my message from God this morning that I'd see the sun, if only for a little while and in between rain showers this afternoon.'
Life is like that sometimes.  
We don't see the sun for a long time, but it's there.  Sometimes, it's  between the rain showers and sometimes it's after the monsoon. 
A friend of mine is experiencing a monsoon right now.  I hope she knows that at some point the sun will peak out from behind the clouds again.



Monday, March 11, 2013

It's just another Macro Monday!

Come take a walk with me through the websites of four photographers who are sharing their love of macro photography every other Monday throughout the year.  We shoot what we love, what makes us happy,  to hone our skills,  to stretch our minds and our imaginations, and because it's who we are!

The Philadelphia Flower Show is always a sight to behold.  I walked through the Convention Center for hours taking picture after picture, loving one more than the last, but not quite sure of which ones I was going to use for today's blog.  I took a break, had a great lunch at the Reading Terminal Market with my friends, and returned to show.  And then I saw these sunflowers along a fence of one of the displays and  I knew that they had to be the object of this week's post.  
The only thing missing are the bees!







 
 
To see what Denean Melcher, Faye Kingston, and Stacy Heap Vitallo are sharing this week, 
and then find the link in her post that will take you around the circle!

Friday, March 8, 2013

Philadelphia Flower Show-Part 1

For the past several years, I've anxiously looked forward to the Flower Show.  My enthusiasm peaked when Michael was in school at Williamson and the boys worked for a year to research, plan, design, grow, build, and show off their talents.
Ever since Michael graduated, it's been about photography.  I still love to see the displays, don't get me wrong, but photographing the flowers and details is what drives me now.  
This years theme is "Brilliant."
If it's about Britain, it's in!
While the state of our economy has slowed over the past years and the size of the displays, as well as the number of displays, has dwindled, the work that goes into planning and implementing the beautiful scenes is evident. 
                                                             Take a look for yourself!



Here are the other reasons I like to go to the Flower Show, my peeps, fellow photographers, my students and most importantly, my friends, hard at work!



Now just one of the three of us together.  It's a bit blurry, but we'll forgive the photographer!


Project Life 365

Holy smokes!  Do I have some catching up to do, or what?
I'm skipping over many of the prompts and just posting the few I've completed. 
Maybe spring break will prove to solution to my issues!  Until then, enjoy these...