Mar 12 - A Little Dreamin'

(22/365)

And yes, I'm thinking about Paris. Dunno why. Maybe it's the lines on the Eiffel Tower, the thought of being somewhere I haven't ever been, hope for a little adventure that doesn't require any major planning because it pretty much can't happen with two kids under three and my health issues.

It makes for a nice mental getaway on a rainy day.

I'm slowly revealing the new house behind the photos - there is less cluttered space here, which is so nice for opening my eye up. The colors were a little weird today with the cloudy; I couldn't get my skin tone balanced right, so I went to a b/w conversion to save time.


(21/dust)


(Image © Informal Moments Photography)

a spirit of youth in everything...

“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” (william shakespeare)

This photo is my response to this challenge at The Four. I love this whole concept, creating a picture around a quote or a poem.

88/365 - glow for a rainy morning

Just shooting one off for the day. Couldn't sleep, so I'm up working. This glow and bokeh is from our neighbor's light, shot out my window on a slow exposure. I I think the streaks of light here are flare...

Yay, it's a #88.

85/365 - a million sparkles

The wind was bad at the beach when we went yesterday, constant, cool, wearing, spitting sand into our faces and sending the white-capped waves sideways up the beach in a boil. But the sun was bright, and the motion of the light in the water shimmered and shone, creating a sparkle I had to catch...

storm a'comin'

On Saturday night, we had bad weather come through, a system that wrought tornadoes and rain and thunder and unease. I distracted myself behind the camera, trying out my new twin lens reflex camera for some TTV fun (before it got dropped yesterday!) and took some pictures of the rain. I just loved these two, so I thought I'd post them, because I can!

82/365 - beauty's sweet nearer

And tulips, children love to stretch
Their fingers down, to feel in each
Its beauty's sweet nearer.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A Flower in a Letter

And I am a children today, sleepy in my bathrobe, shooting soft to escape the tired, glad to have a tulip to stretch my fingers down and feel sweet beauty nearer...

79/85 - take my breath away

It's been a tired sort of day for me - I was rearranging and organizing and re-organizing and cleaning and all the while I was really too tired to do any of it but couldn't rest until it was done. The sun hit this dried baby's breath in the afternoon as I was finishing, and I came to find it with my camera and take a moment to *see.*

I know this is a bit over-exposed, but I just couldn't get over the soft color and sun-warmed tones...

Bonus Shot Friday

I decided to include some life today for my Bonus Shot Friday, the day I can post whatever I want on here. Not that I can't any other time. Anyway... I absolutely love this shot of my Piper, so excited about getting out of her high chair. The bokeh in the background just beautifully captured my favorite early evening light!

So now that it's REALLY Friday, I'm making time for the bonus shot. Do you have one to share? Leave it in a comment! I'd love to see!

76/365 - Baby's Breath Bokeh

Not my best shot of the year, but I just loved the fresh, soft feel of this baby's breath, the result of a happy oversight on my husband's part. He never gets me baby's breath with the flowers he buys, because I am quite allergic, but I'm so happy to have some to photograph, I don't mind at all! Besides, I'm already allergy-medicated up for allergy season, which evidently comes early in the South... ;-)

73/365 - Red Bokeh Wine

I'm loving the red azaleas out my window. Today, they offered the bit of bright I needed on this mostly cloudy day.

Sixty-Nine - Some Bokeh With That Tea?

Shutter Sisters suggested taking a picture of something pretty today. I went for tea with bokeh near the sheers in our living room. It's a really gloomy, icky day here. Hurrah for soft, warm light!

Fifty-Nine - Pink Spring Coming

I absolutely love the pink bokeh around the edges of the background in this SOOC shot!

Fifty-Five - Pink Spring Rising

The problem with this 365 project is that some days, I just find way too much to shoot. This is somewhat okay today, because it's Friday, and I'm putting up a bonus shot, but good grief, I got a bunch! This is what happens when the sun comes out! So I had to pick a 55/365, and I found a criteria to pick, anyway. Shutter Sisters gave a bit of a challenge yesterday that I decided to try, about intentional bokeh. This is the shot that grabbed the most bokeh this morning, so this is what you get! Go visit them and see what they had to say about bokeh - it was really helpful for me! I've gotten this stuff accidentally before, but the on-purpose stuff is a bit more creative. I just love this one pink bud emerging from the bokeh background...

Forty - Impressions of Spring

Piper and I took our walk this morning around ten, before the sun's light moved to the noon-time bright, but I was still having a bit of trouble with my exposure. Still, Trouble or no, I fell in love with the way this one came out, all bokeh-ey and colored, shot through with purple and bright that really shouldn't be here in February. So since I'm shooting a photo a day that I *like*, this one definitely gets the number, even if it isn't sharp or focused or perfect.

Thirty-Six - Sun Finds Blue and Brown

I love the almost-vintage effect of this shot, with the sharp brown seed husks in front and the blue bokeh in the background, all lit up in late afternoon light.