Unbroken Horse

Gray and Change

Sunira — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:25:48 +0000

I am still working on the set of images from my shoot with JoAnn a few weeks ago. It’s been an arduous, but very rewarding process. I’m honing and refining my skill at editorial type photography through this because JoAnn was nice enough to lend me all her time as well as plan out a beautiful itinerary for that day. I saw so many wonderful places and she was a super willing model.

This photo is easily one of my favorites partly because it is just so natural. The light leak effect was done with some leaves in the foreground and the little bokeh bits in the air are actually floating seed fluff from nearby plants. The magical look didn’t require any Photoshop and I’m really trying to understand my personal style as I develop it.

I’ve read article after article from photographers, artists, and business people about solidifying your style and I’ll admit it’s one of my greatest struggles. I want to just buy a pile of actions from some other artist and just tweak my photos. That’s easy. It works. I can even be considered smart, efficient business. But if my personal history has taught me anything, I need to find a way to do things myself and understand my color, depth and composition choices. I can’t just do it because it “looks good”. I want to know why it looks good to me. I am looking into picking up some books, particularly On Photography, to help me understand the photograph, both as a product of my mind as well as a product of my surroundings and a force of it’s own.

Hey it’s Memorial day weekend! Hope everyone’s gonna have some fun! I know I am! :)

Great Scott

Sunira — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:40:28 +0000

Life’s SO DAMN FULL that I wish I had a time machine! Or a clone! But today I have just a wallpaper to remind myself how awesome all this is. You can have it too. Just clicky clicky! :)

Bad Sunira

Sunira — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:17:23 +0000

I am a bad girl. A bad bad girl.

I’ve ignored this poor blog for weeks. What kind of person am I?

A person eyeballs deep in EPIC ACTIVITIES.

Epic activities involving tons of fun things, amazing and wonderful people and friends, and adventures, and things like getting paid to have super fun. I don’t know guys, it’s like life is one giant confusingly wonderful acid trip I never want to come off of. Anyway, I only have one photo to show you today. Just one? Unheard of. Unsatisfactory!

It’ll have to do until I can sit my arse down for about 124iuque45u428p9 hours to go through 400 gigs of adventure.

SOON!

Is this trippy enough for you? Huh? Huh?

Park

Sunira — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:06:35 +0000

Last year I felt like I missed every season, every detail of so many beautiful things around me. This year I’m sort of trying to make up for it. I see so many details, and enjoy them all. I am so wholly attracted to the simpler things in life and they’ve certainly never let me down! I may post bits of this park over and over, but something beautiful is always happening there that I just have to share.

What’s up buttercup?

Purples and yellows are big this season. ;)

The peas made me reminisce about high school biology class. :)

No shoelaces needed to enjoy moshing around some fresh spring greens.

I’ve watched the seasons change around this bridge for years now.

Sweet little purple flowers.

My favorite little spring flowers. They’re tiny and barely noticeable when you’re not looking for them.

New greenery.

I only had my wedding ring on me. Perfect natural setting for a ring shot. Couldn’t help myself.

Lovely.

I can’t stop looking up!

The vine growing around this tree gave it a mystical look.

The pale rich spring green is one of my favorite colors.

Looked like honeysuckle… maybe a distant relative?

A father was playing with his two daughters.

We watched this little spider keep his web clean from falling flower debris.

Green spring life everywhere.

Nice patterns.

I can’t quite tell the male from the female but they were both impressive.

The treat for the evening was the barred owl and it’s mate, in a tree far above us.

Signs of spring everywhere.

I like this cloud formation.

The moon is half risen.

Next time I go I think I’ll go down this path.

A sweet little finch.

Dogwood

Sunira — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:31:23 +0000

A white dogwood blooms in the Georgian spring.

Guys?

Sunira — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:29:59 +0000

My little Manfred. He’s a very reasonable cat and I sure love him when I get to visit him at my parents home.

Evening Walk

Sunira — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 03:47:54 +0000

One of my favorite outdoor hangouts is McDaniel Farm Park. Featured plenty of times on this blog, this place is really magical. I don’t know of any other place that retains its beauty through all junctures in weather and amidst every season. Spring has barely sprung at the park and I couldn’t help but find myself there on a balmy Tuesday. I captured a few spring spirits already fully adorned in flowery grandeur. If you live in Georgia, now’s the time to get out!

Studying Light in a Car Wash

Sunira — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:04:22 +0000

The prospect of going through a car wash brings me the same level of glee I experienced when I was seven and doing the same thing. It’s almost like you’re transported into a different world for a minute, or into the gaping maw of a slobbery soft-toothed sea creature. The thrashing abstract art of it all just begged to be captured.

Never

Sunira — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:46:22 +0000

I was especially inspired by Ron Swanson today. Enjoy this wallpaper! It’s on my desktop. :)

Little Shop Adventures

Sunira — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:23:44 +0000

One of my favorite, charming aspects of the Savannah townscape is the abundance of little shops selling everything from large antiques to novelty knick knacks lining every street. The stores are mostly family owned and the personality of the shop owner is reflected in the walls of each establishment. I’ve always been used to going to Savannah with a large group of friends or my huge family but the town is an entirely different experience when you arrive with just one other person and no schedule. I prefer the peaceful meandering, actually!

Beautiful old typewriter. I just love the circular keys.

They have so many old things they can just use some as doorstops!

I’ve told Jeremy he may pick up pipe smoking when he is 70. :)

I always love collections of old cameras. The Tri-Lens one in the middle really caught my eye.

We ate a surprising amount of asian food in Savannah.

Large jewelry was a recurring thing in Savannah. You go big in the south!

I find myself gravitating towards Yarn and bead stores lately. I do love making earrings out of beads but I think I may learn to knit soon, for making blankets and amigurumi.

Tiny little knitted sweaters! Each one wasn’t more than 4 inches in height!

We picked up some pretty yarn for a friend of ours. I loved the entire rainbow of color in the store.

Part of what makes Savannah charming is the little personal touches the shop owners put in their stores. There’s nothing chain about these places.

If that alpaca had been for sale it would have come home with me for sure.

Colorful yards of yarn on display at the store.