The Best of 2010

A year end review of photos I took in 2010 (not of family or the kids). Starts at New Year's 2009, ends December 27th, 2010. Not a lot to show for 2010, I was pregnant and bought my first house. Hence, I was too busy, too hot, and didn't feel like taking much. A new year awaits.....














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The Macro Safety Net

I think I'm in some kinda of macro safe place. Like, "it's safe here doing macro shots." Why? 90% of the time they look cool as long as they're in focus. I need to get outside the macro box and do other stuff. Scary stuff, learning stuff. Big girl, "let's evolve as a photographer stuff."

Other stuff involves really thinking about framing,lighting, speed, f-stop, and all that other stuff that really good photographers do ten times better (without thinking!) than me.

Somedays, I get lucky. Most days, I just go macro.

Preoccupied

For the last couple of weeks I've been a little preoccupied with miss Maya. Doctor's visits and now a "waahh?" procedure tomorrow make me nervous. She's still a baby and she has no idea what's going on. And in the end all this precaution will be for nothing.

Just doctor's being overly cautious and causing a wee little girl unnecessary trauma.

If we were Scientologists, she'd have years of auditing.

Good thing we're not Scientologists.

Good thing we are animal lovers!! Here's a few pics from a short visit to Old Macdonald's Farm at Bever Park.

Hopefully We'll all get some fun time in the coming weeks, and I'll get some much needed photography time. It's my drug. And I'm dying for a hit.


more photos at my flickr site and some will be coming soon to Maya's blog!

Brighter Days

Oh what wonderful weather! Maya has been enjoying days in the park with Momma and Dadda, and Momma has on occasion been able to sneak away for walks along empty paths.

But I'm tired of taking "brown winter" pictures! Where are the greenies?? Where are the little peek a boo flowers and sprouty things? Perhaps I'll find some today and feel much better.

I love love love spring.
I love it so much I made a spring shelf. On it is my picture by Cori of my niece Nika, some bunnies, my little ACEO of "Pauline" (makes me think of the Neko Case song) by Annette which was my first purchase off of etsy. I love it. I've decided to buy something off of etsy every month from a different country. This month I'll be getting something from here and I'll show it off when it arrives!!

The whole shelf just makes me excited about spring and pretty girly things. I feel like now that I have a little girl, I have to represent by buying cute knick knacks of bunnies and things for her to adore when she's older ("Momma where's the dancing bunnies?"). I remember loving little treasures like that.



And Maya love love loves bath time.

Fog

I woke up on Tuesday to the most wonderful fog. I say wonderful, moody, delicious fog- but some woman who came into the store looked at me like I was crazy (she said the weather was awful????) when I said I liked fog. I was bummed that I couldn't go take some photos, but on my lunch break (fog lasted past two p.m.) I spent ten minutes taking some and then the rest of the time cuddling Maya.

I wish I had had more time to compose and think about the shots. But the baby was waiting for a momma visit. And this is what I got.

Winter's Closing

Don't cha just love love love sunsets?


Today was a gorgeous beautiful March day. 65 degrees and sunny. Windy, but sunny. And instead of spending it outside at the park or on a trail with Maya I spent it sewing and baking for a baby shower. Thankfully, I finished everything in time and Hopefully Saturday (my next day off) will be just as beautiful, or maybe even half as beautiful, so that I can go take some photos and Maya and I can spend some time outside.

Hopefully I'll have more to blog about this weekend!

LoveLoveLove Day 2

I love these macro pictures that Kyle took last summer.

And I love sloppy open mouth Maya kisses. She gives kisses, that's just ahhh.

Bowling: A Photo Essay

In crafty news I'm making valentine's to send out "from Maya." And gathering ideas for some of The List

Winter Shadows

Cold. Negative Temperatures Iowa Cold. So cold yer breath freezes in your nose. But look at what happens when it's cold. The biggest full moon of 2009 was this week (not because it was cold, but because of how awesome the universe works), the sun casts awesome shadows on the fresh snow, and nature goes thru it's wintery course.

In other news, I have the bestest baby ever and I ran on the treadmill which helps me work on The Word.

And I completed number 24 from The List! I'll tell you about it once it's sent.

That's one down and 29 to go...

I'm working deligently on number 29.....