Posts Tagged ‘photography’
Just about caught up with the 365 pictures 🙂 This should do it, then I’ll be back on track to post every Sunday.Â
WEEK 3, YEAR 1
Alek’s final paperwork ready to head off for his summer intensive. He attended his first real audition in Febrary and was accepted into a relatively high level of class. Unfortunately another dance opportunity kept him from attending the 6-week program.Â
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While Whisper attended a birthday party at a local park, Ravynn and I took a short walk around the walking trail. How lovely that we have a little covered bridge in the middle of the park.
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You’ll see a theme. I just adore the wildflowers [weeds?] that grow in central Indiana. They don’t compare to the ones I enjoyed as a child, but some of them are moving our way. I’ll do my best to photograph them as I find them.Â
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 More weeds. These tiny little flowers would be welcome all over my property.Â
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 Cleaning up the art projects the girls brought home from school. Some are just too big to realistically keep, so we photograph then and keep the pictures.Â
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 Walking Man party!! Jordan’s girlfriend created this 10.5′ masterpiece as part of the Waking Man Project. Because it was near dusk, the Anderson Indian didn’t photograph well. One of the goals we have for the summer is to find them all. Watch for photographic evidence.
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I had such a hard time writing that last post that I’ve gotten incredibly behind the schedule that I made to keep myself on track. Here is a valiant attempt to get back on track.
I’ve made a goal to complete the 365 project. Basically the goal is to take one photograph each day for 365 days. I’m having fun so far, but worry, as always, that my life is boring and that no one will care. I started on a Sunday and am supposed to [ahem] post weekly on Sunday, so I present to you photos 1-6 of 365.
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On Sunday – Mother’s Day Sunday, the final performance of Highland Junior High School’s “Willy Wonka Jr” ran. Alek was the Candy Man. He was a true highlight of the show. His love for performing and his absolutely capturing stage presense really created a remarkable and memorable character.
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Ravynn worked really hard on her “Making a Mummy” interest fair project for Northside Middle School. This is a little peek at the mummies on day 40 – just before they were unearthed to create her display.
 One of my favorite co-workers always comments that she would starve in my house because she “doesn’t eat weird food”. I thought of her when I snapped this picture. Purple cauliflower, yellow carrots, and plain old boring broccoli 🙂
 When Ravynn completed her Mummy project, she was incredibly proud and felt very special that her dad let her take one of his original paintings to complete her display. 
 This month for the first time, I participated in the Foodie Pen Pal program. On Thursday, my first package arrived in the mail. It was a very exciting experience for all of us. 
 Friday was rehearsal for our annual dance recital. I love my little bunheads 🙂
And I have a couple rainy days in my future – at least that’s what the weather man tells me. So while Alek was at dance and Jordan was at a Teen Advisory Board meeting, I scoured the library for interesting books. I found four with varying levels of promise. All about the goth community. I hope to spend some time reading over the next few days and promise to share my thoughts and ideas with you all.
Circumstances in my life indicate I’ll be spending a lot of time in the near future explaining exactly what it does and does not mean to be goth. I want to know what folks are saying 🙂
For now, enjoy the rainbows 🙂 We ran into these on the drive to the grocery after the Egg Hunt on Saturday. Luckily Eric was driving and I could aim the camera out the window!
~ sheila
I do so love winter.
Frozen fog sounds awful, but it sure is pretty. When I ran across town to deliver Alek’s backpack to the school [woops! he forgot it] this morning, I took some photos at the park. I use this park for a lot of the product photos on my website. I rarely see it in winter. I think I’ve been missing out.
This is a rock wall which separates a picnic area from the playground. I have to admit I’ve never noticed it before.
Just after I took this photo an older woman drove up behind me and rolled down her window. “Lovely day for photos, isn’t it?” And she shook her camera at me. We talked about the ice frozen on the trees and agreed it was a shame that the paths weren’t clear for walking. I would have loved to get down by the river which I could hear running in some place I couldn’t see.
I did push my way into the park a little ways to explore the winter. I love how each branch is completely encased in ice. And how you can see the unused playset in the background – oh, the cruel beauty that is mother nature 😉
Happy to be back home, I’m enjoying a hot cup of coffee and will soon head out to the sewing studio.
~sheila
I’m so proud of my little Ravynn today.
Last winter, my friend Kim and I started roaming the old cemeteries in the area taking photos to help out with some needed tasks at Find a Grave. As I am an amateur genealogist, it seemed the right and proper thing to do [before I could feel good about posting my own requests]. Taking photos for those requests, while still very important, morphed into taking photos for our own enjoyment. Truth is these stones won’t be around forever. Even in a few months, we saw serious deterioration in one of our more frequently visited locations. Photography helps preserve them – just a little. When the kids were released from school from the summer, they started coming with us. I’d replaced my first digital camera with a newer version, so I’d bring along ‘the old one’ and let the kids take turns snapping pictures. Because there are four of them, I’d occasionally hand over the newer camera and let them play. I love digital cameras for the ‘no risk’ aspects!
On a visit to Seigler Cemetery in Frankton, Indiana, Ravynn captured this photo.
When I started listing some of my own work on our Etsy site, she asked me to list a black-and-white version of her photo. I was happy to do it – I love this photo! Several times a day, she’d come to me and ask if any sold yet. I’d been warning her it could take a couple weeks or a month – even longer – for a sale. Well, only two days in, when we returned home from dance classes last night, she checked email and found a sale.
Ravynn has sold a photo. A professional at age 8.
Now, we’re all hoping for a short winter, so we can get back to work without freezing our fingers.
~sheila
