In two weeks I’ll find myself at the airport boarding a flight to India. I have some mixed feelings about it. One, I am super excited about the trip. It’s been exactly one decade since my last visit. Things are going to be very different from how I remember them at 16. Two, I am a bit...

I’ve been playing with Lightroom 3 and so far I like it! I thought I was going to miss the control over details that I had in Photoshop but the adjustment brush is way awesome at fixing that caveat. Working this image was definitely fun. It was easy to reduce all the noise without any real...

For having such a strong aversion to spiders, I sure do take a lot of photos of them....

We had some intense rains last week....

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You can almost see me in the reflection. I think it’s cool that you can see the surrounding bushes and the houses....

Tips of the leaves of a garden plan I have in my front...

Leaving church last Sunday, I found this guy staring at me on top of my car trunk.  He is miniscule but my natural fear of spiders makes me very aware of their presence around me. In fact, just today, I had to make Jeremy pull over into a neighborhood after Thanksgiving with my family so...

I was perusing a list of artists related to deadmau5 when I came across Ellie Goulding. The soft british voice mixed with some synth and a medium beat makes for easy listening. Her cover of “Your Song” by Elton John is refreshing. She’s an easy listen. Check out Lights and...

I’m tempted to wait until after tonight to post some epic shots of a birthday party but there’s always next week! Here’s some mobile photo highlights from last week. An ominous sky. Love me some WaHo! I discover a photo compositing tool for my phone! Love it! Crop of a...

I have no idea what these are but Jeremy and I found some on one of our walks and spent some time trying to photograph it. Jeremy’s trying to use his phone. I liked his results but they’re not on here. This is what I wound up with, with the best bokeh ever behind it. :] Here are a...

Lavender. Now that’s a color I didn’t expect to see in the fall. I wish we had actual fields of lavender somewhere I could go shoot. Until then this random purple stuff’ll have to do. :) My good friend the smart weed makes an appearance. God knows what this is. Or this. But hey,...

My most favorite person in the world turned 27 yesterday. That’s okay. Clearly he’s still 10 inside, which is one of the best things about him. Happy Birthday again, Jeremy! The entire set of photos from the surprise shindig are here. Nothing professional, just fun....

So Jeremy and I engaged in a photo challenge this evening. We had one hour to roam around the park and take photos on our phones. We could then process them on our phones and then pick out 10 favorite. This was hard because I took close to 200 photos but here’s my 10. I chose to stick to...

Mobile Photo Friday is a collection of photos taken over the last week or so. The requirement is that all photos are taken on a phone, edited only on a phone. I use it to challenge myself to be visual and creative during every hour of my day! Have a good photo you took with your mobile...

Another series of images I took last weekend and the weekend before of fall glory! :) The leaves are like an inch deep in some parts. Fall can be even more stunning with some serious blue sky. I think looking up is one of my favorite things to do this season. As well as producing bokeh....

I was so thrilled to see this little guy on my walk early Sunday morning.  Cardinals are such amazing creatures. A flare of red among the other fall colors had me swooning. When I was dejected about having no subjects to shoot that morning, God provided this, and some others, instead. ...

Okay people it’s bokeh time. I made jeremy hold this up in like 20 different positions so I could get the bokeh right in the background. Poor guy. He tolerates me. It was super bright that day. Here’s my cheerful assistant. :-) The sun was super bright. :/ so things got washed out a...

Okay these colors were cray cray. It was like walking through an enchanted wood. And everything was on fire. It gives me the shivers looking at these photos. :) This entire week will likely be fall photos. I have … oh … nearly a thousand in store....

Or more appropriately a juniper bush It’s so cold… but I have to force myself to go out and experience my seasons....

A flare captured at boot camp The sunset after a few sprints I attempt to smoothify my face Dez, Daniel and myself all being Dez :-) Dans! :) The sun strikes the trees while I run laps. Sunday evening at Gwinnett...

The hours before my engagement, I was making Dez mad by taking photos on my phone in the middle of boot camp. :) WHAT ARE YOU DOING. Sorry Dez! The photographer’s heart in me is never...

  What. I am engaged?!   FYI I had not a single inkling on Tuesday night that the question was gonna be popped! I actually went to boot camp and took the hastiest shower I have ever taken, had thrown on a tshirt, jeans and shoestring-less shoes and run out the door with wet hair...

I love this photo so much. I took it this Saturday and everything about it came out perfect. I love the little bokeh created by the glow on the berries… and the color is spectacular. I can just see it as a 60 x 40 on my...