And Then There Were Stars

Happy 100th post!

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately"

If you have ever wondered if Vermont is beautiful... well it is! I went camping with some friends over the three day weekend and pretty much want to move to the forests of Vermont. It literally ached to drive back towards the city and trade tall trees for tall stacks of garbage on the sidewalk. (with the holiday garbage pickups was a bit delayed)

One of the many camping activities we had was a great hike. Here are some of my favorite pics from it. There will be more pics to come once I download them from my other camera. It was quite the adventurous trip, with loads of time for shooting!!!

yet another project

Here is the most current one, of millions of projects I find myself up to my elbows in these days. Someone I love will be getting a cute, cuddly little gift very shortly ;)

I miss you!

These were taken all the way back in January when I was visiting my dear, dear friend Emily and her family. She is coming out to the city to visit in a month!!!! It is making me miss them all.. and I am aching to see her. When I was in AZ visiting the highlights were....

Heidi and I listened to Taylor Swift over and over on my Ipod.. it gave me an excuse to cuddle with her :)
Little Nathan: Pretty much if I said the word "car" he was my best friend!

And well.... Emily: Pretty much every moment was cherished! We read my old letters to her... and discovered what a geek I really was.. lol (emphasis on the was of course) And there were moments of pure laughter that I will never ever ever be able to forget... All I have to think about is me and her in the car out and about on the town and the grin spreads across my face and laughter soon follows.

Oh my goodness I miss you guys! That's what!!!

First Fig

My candle burns at both ends;

It will not last the night;

But ah, my foes and oh, my friends -

It gives a lovely light.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Sprinkles

photo class 101

This week at work I was asked to teach a photo class. A basic beginners class. I wont lie... I have been dreading this. Not because I don't like photo, or teaching. But just because I have been sooo busy with so many other projects right now, I just felt like I had no real time to get all the parts together for it. And for those of you who know me well, know I am all about, "if you are doing something you may as well do it right." So after much feet dragging and many moments of wailing and gnashing of teeth, I finally just made myself sit down at my computer and think about what I should teach...

It turns out once I got going, I had a blast pulling together all the photos from my work and many other crazy talented photographers (many of whom I am happy to call my Friends). I loved how natural it came to me, all the tidbits of info I had picked up over my years of study and practice. I had Brenda pose for some shots to show examples of good and bad cropping. I think these turned out quite nice!



And when I was in the moment, I think the class went well... I tried to keep it entertaining and not dig to much into the weeds of photo.. just basic tips to improve everyone right away. I am glad I had the chance to do it now.. somehow it reminded me how much I love it (weird that I forget... my high from a photograph can sometimes last only a few moments before I move on to the next project)

And the best news is that I now have a saved power point presentation. So the next time any one comes a calling for a photo 101 hour long class.. well, I am all over it ;)