October snow?

...and a lot of it, for that matter.

I'm all for some snow photos, but this was SO early!

Taken 10/29

Well, it's Fall

Went to a nearby park to check it out for an upcoming session, and took my little assistant along. He loved running along the paths, peeking carefully over the water's edge at the fish, laughing at the ducks.

Taken Sunday, 9/25

I can't believe that the leaves are starting (slowly) to change already.

Bzzzz

Taken 8/13

Ew!

To change it up (I know not EVERYONE wants to see photos of William every day - tee hee), a spiderweb in the morning light. Darn those beach towels drying on the porch railing in the background.

Taken Thursday, 7/21

Evening

We were out of town this weekend, and drove 6 hours home on Sunday. That night rolled around without me having taken a picture all day, and W was already in bed, so I snuck out on the porch. These are the flowers on the pretty dogwood that hangs over our deck.

Taken Sunday, 6/5

Summer Haze

I love playing with the light around sunset. This was taken in the garden in Jeff & Barb's side-yard. It had rained, and was gray most of the day until dinner time.

Taken Friday, 5/27

Dusk

Went on a little stroll tonight after W was in bed, around 7:30, just because the light was so pretty. It was getting a bit too dark by the time I took this shot, but I still like it.
Summertime, and the cotton's (well, grass, really) high...

One of those days

It's been a busy week, and I realized in the evening on Wednesday that I hadn't picked up my camera all day.

Alas, a quick "Let's see what I can find on the porch" shot:

Taken Wednesday, 5/11

May Day

I feel like I've been posting a LOT of William (and portraits in general) lately, so something to change it up:


And, because I can't help myself... playing today at a little local May Festival:

Spring Mini Session

More fun shoots in the bluebonnets (?)... this is a little girl in our playgroup! I think she's beautiful.

I have hundreds of photos to edit!

Taken Thursday, April 21

Bluebonnets... in PA?!

We lived in Austin, TX for 3 years, and each April there is a crazed rush as everyone gets bluebonnet pictures 9which is the state flower) with their kiddos. It's a big deal down there. Well, who knew that a park down the road has a beautiful field of similar (Daddy thinks maybe these are bluebells?) flowers... I was so excited!

I have some sessions there coming up, so I took William tonight to test out the light. I'll be saving the best ones for his grandparents, but here was a cute outtake. Can't wait to edit these. It was gorgeous.

Getting there...

A few feet from this sad-looking weed were bright yellow dandelions - Spring is here. It's still cool out today, but really hoping we turn the corner soon!

Flower Picking

Today couldn't have been prettier. This was taken almost exactly at noon, which is just about the worst natural lighting possible - direct, harsh, overhead with strong shadows. Crazy pollen particles in the breeze. Who cares, though... this little guy picked his Mommy a flower for the first time, and nothing else really mattered.

In fact, I can't choose just one favorite today. A few minutes later:

...Just kidding.

Well, I spoke too soon. Despite some of the recent posts (i.e. yesterday's "In Honor of Spring") we woke up to SNOW today. I decided to embrace it, and ran outside, dodging melting, falling clumps of snow, in hopes that this is the LAST wintry storm we have this season. So much for that tease of a 70 degree day last week.

Cook Forest

Saturday, 3/19

We went for a hike in Cook Forest near Clarion this weekend.
It was hard to choose a shot - some really beautiful scenery.

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I could not care less that this may be the least exciting photo I've taken all year. LOOK AT IT!

It is absolutely gorgeous out.

We're going out of town this weekend. I'll be taking photos every day but will post them all when we return on Monday night.

Experimenting

This post could also be titled "I'm spoiled."

My Father-in-Law is into photography as well, and gave me a 70-200mm from the 1970's that - guess what - WORKS on my DSLR with a converter ring. Cool, right? ...except that it doesn't autofocus, which is a challenge when you're used to the ease of AFing on new lenses.

So the compression and bokeh at 200mm is lovely, of course, but when I snuck out on the porch to play with this baby during W's nap today, I was humbled. It was windy, and the tree branches were all over the place. This was hard!

I actually liked this one even though I clearly missed focus. Reminds me of a watercolor with the blending colors in the background. It looks foggy and misty, yet sunny at the same time.

So, two thoughts. 1 - Props to Jeff and those who took (and continue to take... but what kind of a masochist would CHOOSE to manually focus?!) great shots with lenses like this one. 2 - I'm glad I played around with this lens today. Created something nice and different.

Just because it's pretty

Tuesday 2/22
Boalsburg, PA

COLOR!

It's been dreary around here. Snow, ice, rain, slush.
Today I had a huge treat - got to spend an entire day with 20 photography friends at Longwood Gardens.
My eyes are way too tired to edit these now, so all of the above are straight out of the camera.
But of course it was such a great way to spend a Saturday. Fellow photo nerds, conversation, and gorgeous flowers.

Frozen

Another day, another ice storm.