A Garden Variety - Aureolin

Aureolin
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Myles and I went photographing this weekend. His little fingers were exploring the petals of the flowers very nice and delicately. I was just about to tell him what a great job he was doing of being so gentle when he ripped the flower into pieces and then started to shove pieces of it in his mouth. Ohhh what an interesting time we have photographing together....and I can honestly say I wouldn't change it for the world!

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Harvest the Sky

Harvest the Sky
An abstract photograph of a tulip
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We are back from camping. We were camping for two days in Big Basin camp grounds towards Santa Cruz, CA. We had a really great time and it was really exciting to take Myles on his first camping trip. There was quite a bit of time spent knocking dirt out of his hand before it got to his mouth.

I was really surprised by the lack of flowers up in that area. I found one campground that had a blooming tree and was going to capture them, however, when I went back there was someone setting up their tent.

So as promised...this week is another image that I have been working on for awhile now. I am very excited about this image! I imagine this one printed on canvas and hanging above our bed...or maybe in the living room...either way stretched on canvas. What do you think? Where would you hang this image?

Intimate Abstractions

This evening my husband re-imaged my computer, thanks Bryce! I knew it was something kinda slow but I didn't anticipate exactly how long it was going to take. Well the nice thing, there are more than one nice things about getting a much larger drive, was that since I couldn't work on my computer I had to find something else to do.

So what did I do....I soaked myself in a nice warm bath and finished a book I had been reading. Sometimes you need something to force you not to do the same things that you generally do! Even though it threw me off of my typical nightly routine, I am really glad for the change of pace.

This week I have two new images for Intimate Abstractions rather than the Garden Variety that I typically post on Wednesday evenings. Next Wednesday, I think, will be another week for Intimate Abstractions. I am going on our first camping trip with Myles this coming weekend and we won't be back until Tuesday evening, which is also Bryce and my third anniversary. I will be taking lots of new photos while camping but don't think I will have time to edit them for Wednesday...never know though.

The Mint Collision

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Sailing to the Sun
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A Garden Variety: Butterfly Landing

Butterfly Landing
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I am amazed how time flies! So it feels like to day should be Wednesday, since this is a short week, but it would also be nice for it to be Friday already. Hope everyone had a great fourth of July! We had a wonderful weekend with lots of company but didn't actually get to see live fireworks since Myles is only 10 months old he had to go to bed. Maybe next year.

I appear to be having issues with Blogger on Wednesday evenings and had this image ready to post but was unable. So yet again I am a day late.

A Garden Variety - Hydrangeas

Tried to get this to post last night but Blogger was down.

Troll Skin
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Venusian Paradise
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Images from the day that I discovered that the other side of the apartment complex has hydrangeas.

I think I know what my favorite flower is until I discover that almost every time I am photographing a flower I fall in love with that kind and it is my new favorite. Growing up my favorite flower was always a daisy. During school I fell in love with calla lilies and tulips. I think I would still have to say that daisies are my favorite but I must say also that calla lilies and tulips offer more unique possibilities for photographing.

And what about you? What would you say your favorite flower is?

Figuring it out!

I have been starring at this image for, what seems like, forever. I have tried to work on it and will do a little then close it back down because it just isn't working right. Then I tried adding a texture to it and it came to life! I love ah-ha moments just allow work to finally come together!

Monkey's Tail
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So here also is the before and after so you can see the difference. I have found quite a few photographers on facebook that show their behind the scenes or give examples like this, before and after. I love their courage to show their work unretouched and I find it very inspiring.

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A Garden Variety - Ringing June

Life has been pretty low key this week which has been really nice. I just discovered a great new group Escala, which is a string quartet, and have been listening to this cd nonstop. I find it really motivating to edit to!

Ringing June
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I thought I would include an image of how I work now...wearing Myles while photographing. Not as easy as it was before but totally worth it and kinda fun!