An Assortment of Photos (Sunday Snapshot & 4/52 Project)

 So as I had these grandiose plans of taking my two youngest outside this

week for some photos in the snow.

That obviously didn't happen.

Old man Winter has decided to hit us again with another "polar vortex"

otherwise known as being "too damn cold outdoors for any living creature."

So we stay inside, that's our only choice.

I decided to take my mind to a better place

and photograph still life.

And get real comfortable shooting indoors for a while.

This week I decided to get my Etsy shop 

up and running.

It's something I've been asked about and I figured

it was about time.

My shop is called amothersartphoto

and I have about 24 fine art photography prints

that are available.

It's an eclectic assortment, some of them

vintage inspired, some travel and some of China.

There will be more prints added in the weeks and months to come.

I would be flattered if you'd stop by and 'favorite' (click on the little heart)

of my shop.

Thank you!

Color (Sunday Snapshot & 3/52 Project)

Blessed are the happiness makers.

Blessed are they who know how to shine.

~ Henry Ward Beecher

 

Just a little color.

Well, because it's Winter and I live in Wisconsin 

and though the snow is beautiful 

we all need to see some color every day.

These fresh little flowers are called Acacia.

I love blue and yellow together, maybe it's my

Swedish heritage?

(Sunday Snapshot) Summer

 

 

"The earth laughs in flowers."

 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

 

 Our peonies bloomed late this year, it was last week and they surely
didn't last long.
That's why I decided to take some photos of them.
I frequently say I don't have a favorite flower,
I love all of them.
But really peonies are my favorite...

 I've been a terrible blogger lately, school is out for the Summer,
then I got sick with some viral thing for a week.
I will try and play catch up very soon.

 

Pink

 

"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."

~ Claude Monet

 

 

 

Spring arrives in 31 days(doesn't seem so far away
when you put it that way). 

 

 

 

 

It's that time of the year when Midwesterners of the Northern variety start

to get a little stir crazy with all the ice and snow.

Color helps me.

Especially of flowers. :)

 

 



Glimpse

 

 

I am patiently waiting for Spring.

Well most days.

In the mean time purple tulips help quite a bit.

 

 

 

 

Be Mine - Sunday Snapshot and Beyond Layers

{Vintage Valentine}

With Valentine's Day quickly approaching I thought I'd
capture a little love.

The vintage Valentine was found in my late Mother-in-laws things.

I thought it made a pretty still life
with the antique cake plate and flowers.

Textures used are Kim Klassen's 'Simplicity' and 'Lookup,'

both at soft light. I also added Kim's custom gradient...
 was very happy with the effect it gave the image.

6/52 and Texture Tuesday - Free and easy

{Daisies in vintage vase}

We've had what the weather people call a 'mild' Winter

in Wisconsin.

Mild in being in the 30's opposed to 5.

I still define the 30's as cold but know that Spring can't be too far away.

Daisies are one of my favorite flowers and these surely make me smile.

I used two of Kim Klassen's textures,

one layer of Revolution and one

of Providence, both on 'Soft Light.'

(Just enough) - Beyond Layers week 1

{just enough}

Keeping it simple with oranges in a white compote.

1/52 - journey

It's a new year and pretty natural
for self reflection and looking ahead.
I was recently thinking about how it was just about 3 years ago
that I received my first DSLR camera.

My journey with photography has been interesting to say the least
and I couldn't have possibly ever seen what was ahead.
I've had a fun year, and my photography continues to change and grow.
I'm very much looking forward to learning more
 and seeing what 2012 brings.


Probably the best part for me personally has been that I've been able to give back.
A few months ago I was asked by An Orphan's Wish to be
one of their photo editors.
I have the great pleasure of choosing and editing photos each month
for their web site home page.

An Orphan's Wish provides a loving, caring environment for orphaned children in China.
It specializes in helping children with medical conditions, special needs and cerebral palsy.
I hope you'll click on the link and meet these special children.
The huge bonus is that I get to fall in love with these precious ones
as I edit away.


Hoping the New Year is all that you hope for and then some!

Kodak Brownie Hawkeye camera (circa 1950-1961).

51/52 - Christmas memories

What is Christmas?
It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present,
hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow
with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path
may lead to peace.

~ Agnes M. Pahro

(The majolica platter and plates belonged to my late mother-in- law, and the framed photo shows

 my late father-in- law at age 3. The little shoes were his too.)

It was out of tenderness for the past that I was inspired to capture these images,

and remember

Grandparents and parents who have passed on.

I'm reminded of them of when I hear certain songs, read a handwritten recipe or look at

ornaments they owned that are now ours.

It is said that all hearts come home at Christmas.

black and white Wednesday - clean slate

What the caterpillar calls the end,

the rest of the world calls a butterfly.

~ Lao Tzu

There is something that's just so great about new beginnings and starting over.
A new year, and new decade where we get to begin again
and write our story.

 I really had nothing for Black and White Wednesday this week.
And didn't feel like going out in the bitter cold to shoot.
So took these yesterday of the flower in an antique bowl.

 I heartily welcome the new year and all the positive changes it will bring.

And hope 2011 is good to you!

Hop on over to Lisa's Black and White Wednesday for many more pics,

and see what she's up to...