It rained on and off this weekend, and in between the downpours the light was often beautiful as I looked out the window behind my computer monitor, so I couldn’t resist heading outside with my Lensbaby to take photos of our little baby crabapple tree. It’s a funny little tree because it really hasn’t grown […]
Over the years, I have written a large number of tutorials for other websites, and I’ve decided to update them all and include them here on my blog as well in a new “Tutorials” section. I will make it my goal to add Tutorial posts periodically (until I run out, anyhow 😉 ), starting with […]
Our last Disneyland trip on our annual passes was last month ( 🙁 ), so I brought my Lensbaby (this time the Sweet 35) to play once again (see here for the non-Lensbaby images from our trip!). I feel so inspired when I use the Lensbaby lineup—they encourage me to look at the world in […]
I admit, I was the one who voted to try this again, and though I feel like I got closer this time, I still feel like this “out of focus stuff” is eluding me. But I got closer, which has fueled me—I am going to practice this in earnest! I just love the softness of […]
For the last five weeks I have been taking a class called Style & Voice from the amazing Lynne Rigby at The Photographer Within. It’s been wonderful and intense: It’s all about narrowing down who you are as a photographer and what you want to portray with your work. I think my style is pretty […]
Yup, we went to Disneyland again (links to other trips can be found at the bottom of this post, and I’ll post a Lensbaby Disneyland link from this trip on March 20th with our Through the Lensbaby blog circle!). And I admit it, we miss it already! It truly is such a magical place to […]
I realized when going through my images this month for this post, that I have really gotten hooked on my Lensbaby! I am finding myself pulling it out more and more often. I love that soft and dreamy feel, and often the Lensbaby gives me just the right mood that I can’t quite achieve in […]
I am so excited about the themes we all decided on with our blog circle for this year, because once again I will have to step a bit out of my box to create each month’s image, and that is a wonderful thing! My portraits are normally all about light and joy, but to me […]