photography for doers and dreamers
I’m a true Seattlite… I love the rain. When we get flash storms and sudden gusts of rain, I smile. When I wake up and see it’s grey outside with drops falling from the sky, it makes me happy. Today I smiled when I saw this… Is it any surprise that one of my favorite [...]
Do you ever just think to yourself… “What in the world am I doing?” The subject of my photos today had to be thinking that at some point. Who is he and why is he standing next to a freeway dressed like a leprechaun? By the same token, who am I that as soon as [...]
In your home. In your schedule. In your workspace. Without it, you’ll miss the abundance, creativity, and life that surrounds you each and every day. Image specs: Nikon D50, 50 mm lens, 1/125 sec at f/1.8, ISO 200. One video light. Processed in Adobe Lightroom with Matt’s Summer Haze 2 preset (Gavin Seim) and Old [...]
School’s out and summer is here. For many busy moms that means the time with kids in school is over… at least for a few months. It also signals a time to get creative with our time and their time. Coming up with fun activities to keep the kids engaged and entertained can tap a [...]
Ever feel like you’re stuck in a rut creatively? Maybe you’re making strides in one area to the exclusion of all others? Perhaps you’re focused on photography, but still dream of writing a book someday. Or maybe you’re a whiz at design, but really want to return to your roots as a painter. Maybe you [...]
Everyone is graduating, moving on to another level… it’s the end and the beginning wrapped up in one. I know my Teen Identity juniors are over the moon about finally being seniors. My daughter is thrilled to have finished her freshman year of high school. My little one, well, he is moving on from pre-K [...]
Everyone I know struggles with a burden, or yoke, of some kind. Traditionally, a yoke is a “wooden device attached around the necks of beasts of burden so that they can be made to pull heavy loads.” But you, my friend, are not a beast of burden, nor should you be carrying a heavy load. [...]
You know the rest, but that’s not really what I was thinking when I shot today’s images. I just saw these cool looking sticks in a random arrangement and decided they would make a good subject. I shot from the ground looking up at the top of the arrangement so I could separate out some [...]
Watching LOST finale at Liana Banana’s house… that’s new, but the vintage cameras I found on her wine cabinet, those are historic… beautiful, vintage goodness. The three cameras I shot today were inherited from Liana’s grandfathers… one camera from the early 1950s. As far as she can tell, they’re still in working condition. What a [...]
It’s easy to go with the flow, to fit in with the group, to do what we’re told. Maybe not easy, but it feels easier to listen to the music someone else created, exclaim about images someone else took, enjoy books someone else wrote. It’s easier than writing the book inside us, creating our great [...]
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