Jan 16 2012

sleepless wanderings

And all my days are trances,

And all my nightly dreams

Are where thy grey eye glances,

And where thy footstep gleams -

In what ethereal dances,

By what eternal streams.

~Edgar Allan Poe


i spent a morning with my daughter wandering around in the fog on one of the last days of 2011.  we had a lovely morning, and the ethereal qualities of the grey all around reminded me of many sleepless nights i’ve had of late.  not necessarily unpleasant….but more of a lucid dreaming feeling – listening to music and actually finding comforting thoughts through the madness.  i worked with this photo in one of those sleepless hazes, listening to my beloved david sylvian (gone to earth) and finding some much needed peace within.

enjoy a look round the first {elevate} a fine art exploration circle of 2012 by wandering over to the talented jules trandem and see her beautiful post.

as always, thanks for stopping by.

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Oct 10 2011

summer haze

you know how the time flies

only yesterday was the time of our lives

we were born and raised

in a summer haze

bound by the surprise

of our glory days…

~adele

it’s almost time for me to grasp the extended hand of autumn – i’m trying, really.  but some things are just so hard for me to let go. in a perfect world, i could probably spend my days in a summer haze and be perfectly content. but then i’d have to give back this lovely bowl of pumpkins on my table, or give up my dream to shoot my son in a golden leafed crown… nor would i be able to cozy up in a sweater or make those 500 comfort food recipes i pinned in pinterest! with the swing round of our 2nd posting in {elevate} a fine art photography exploration, i chose an older session, but with hopes that it might be a cathartic release of summer and a moving on towards beautiful autumn. i’ve already had a small peek at some of the other artist’s postings – find yourself inspired as you look around the circle.  please have a look at  gina oh’s incredible work and continue through the circle from there.  thanks as always, for stopping by.

*for those interested, many images shot with one of my favorite artistic lenses – the lensbaby composer, using a combination of the plastic and soft focus optics.

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Sep 11 2011

{elevate} a fine art photography exploration

Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,

there is a field.  I’ll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass,

the world is too full to talk about.

~Rumi

the quote by rumi stands as one of my favorties, and has inspired me from the time i ever picked up a camera. i love my job, and i love the family sessions as well as the commercial sessions i have been privileged to shoot over the last several years. i love the opportunities i have been given through photography, and i love the “can’t keep up pace” of running a business (most of the time!) what i do miss, though, are the days when it was just my soul shooting. just me and a raging list of ideas – and not just “ideas” -  but the expression of myself through a lens. there was no right, or wrong, or perfect exposures, or rule of thirds. they were the days before i took on clients and shot solely for myself.  the images that i have tucked away are the most dear and probably the most honest images i have taken.  recently, a small group of photographers got together and formed a group dedicated to the exploration of our photographic souls.  a pocket of time set aside to find ourselves again, to explore what moves us and permission to give ourselves an opportunity to create those images from that “dreamy field”.  once a month, we will shoot the emotions and ideas begging to get out and share them in a circle for each other to enjoy, as well as anyone else that might want to look, explore or be inspired. the first image that i’m sharing is called “beyond” and is from a fog series that i shot last summer. 2 of the images from the series have been exhibited, but this one has never been seen, and is my favorite of the group. it was shot in the very early morning with my cell phone.

i’m so very excited about this project, and i can’t wait to “lie down in that grass” and dream a bit with this group of very talented artists. one of those incredible artists is gina of gina maxine photography.  i hope that you will look to see what she has shared in our circle.  thank you to all of the incredible ladies who have asked me to be a part of this project.  it comes at a time more needed than you know.

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