Author: Katherine

It’s hard to believe that it is already April and we’ve announced a new theme.  Being at the end of the circle, you obviously know the theme is connection.  In thinking about what direction to take, all I could think about was human connection.  From the time we are born, we have this innate desire to connect with others.  Quite honestly I would say that human connections – relationships with others – are what make life worth living.  I can’t imagine life without them and quite frankly I don’t want to.

My first image is one of my son and the precious little boy we occasionally watch.  These two boys adore each other.  I just love watching the way they interact.  They get so excited to see each other.  Their giggles fill our house the entire day through.  Mr. C was “helping” D build a LEGO set (another form of connection haha).

 

My next image is one I took a few years back of D and my dad.  I grew up with both sets of my grandparents living just a few miles away and the memories I have will be near to my heart for my entire life.  I’m so thankful my kids have the same opportunity to make lots of connections/memories with both of their grandparents.  My dad and D are hunting for frogs here.

Another connection that we make is the one with our friends.  L has been so blessed to have two girls at our church who she has grown up with since just a babe.  This image is a precious moment I caught of her with her one friend while we were all enjoying an evening out on the farm with dear friends.

Then of course there is the connection of love between a husband and wife.  This next image is of one of my dear childhood friends and her husband.  While they were in town visiting us we did a session of the two of them.  There is something so special about seeing your dear, beloved friend with the love of her life.  I love seeing her so happy in love.

Speaking of the connection between a husband and a wife, this next image is of a couple I had the privilege of meeting at the nursing home while my grandpa was residing there.  Every time I was there, this dear man was visiting his wife.  He faithfully came to feed her and visit with her even though many days she didn’t even know who he was.  It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about all the things he told me about their life together…the connection they had and therefore the devotion to each other.  I will be blogging the images I took of them sometime soon.  What a truly precious couple!!!

My final image represents the connection of a mother and her child….a connection that is so intense it’s almost painful.  Holding your dear child in your arms knowing that one day they will grow up and leave your home to spread their wings and fly.  It’s so rewarding and yet so heartbreaking.  This is another one of my dear childhood friends with her precious son.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by all of our blogs!!  I hope you’ve enjoyed our images.  Here is the link back to Aubrey’s blog (the beginning) in case you came into the circle somewhere in the middle.

Wow!! How is it that it is November already?!?!  I hope you have been enjoying our monthly themes.  We’ve definitely enjoyed seeing all of your images!  Everyone has so much talent!!

I’m sure you’ve seen Kim, Tori, Sharleen and Kathy’s takes on this month’s theme “Texture”!!  Aren’t their images wonderful?

For my take on “Texture” I started out with an image of a fall leaf.  Fall is in full swing here in Illinois.  In fact, many of the trees have dropped their leaves.

I was going to continue with some more fall textured images, until our beloved Chicago Cubs won the World Series and I decided to get some images of the textures of some baseball items that I had been meaning to photograph anyway.  So the rest of my images are in honor of the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series.  Way to go Cubs!!!

This is an image of one of my husband’s old baseballs that he played with when he was a kid.  I’ve never looked very closely at a used baseball to really see the texture.  I was completely fascinated by the character it has.

 

Here’s a vintage glove from a collection of old gloves I gave him for a gift one year.

Here is a vintage catcher’s mask I picked up for my husband as another gift one year.

Here is an old baseball bat that was from my Grandpa.

Not sure who the bat actually belonged to….I’m guessing Bill.  Who Bill is…I don’t know.  LOL  I loved the fact that on the bat, Bill had carved his name.

Thanks so much for checking out my take on this month’s theme!  I hope you enjoyed it!!  If you didn’t start at the beginning of the blog circle, click here to head over to Kim’s blog and see her wonderful images!!

 

I’m the last blog on your way through the circle, and I assume that you know the theme is “Time”.  So I won’t waste any more of your time and I’ll keep this short. 🙂

Here are a few photos that represent “Time” to me.  I tried to capture the passing of time.

 

In case you missed it, head on over to Kathy’s blog and see her take!!

This month I chose the theme and as I’m sure you’ve seen, it is “Black and White”. I LOVE color…the color of gorgeous spring flowers, the color of the sunset, the color of rows of paint sample cards at the store. There is something about black and white though. All of the distractions are stripped away and the focus becomes narrowed onto your subject. For some reason, black and white photos seem to evoke more feeling.

Yesterday I came across a quotation by Ted Grant that fits perfectly for this theme – “When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes.  But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls.”

Here are my images for this month’s theme. I decided to photograph a variety of things, hoping to stretch myself to find emotion in each “subject” I photograph.

This first picture was taken at our local baseball team’s game that our daughter sang the national anthem for. Later in the game, we decided to walk the perimeter of the park and I decided to try to get a picture of the bridge even though I had no tripod.  I was surprised to see that it turned out better than I expected.

Here is my son having fun running through a tunnel we found.

Music, specifically playing the piano, was my first passion.  I would play for hours on end growing up. I think the insides of pianos are a work of art, so it only seemed fitting to capture the beauty that lies within this wonderful instrument.

Flowers. As I mentioned above, I love flowers.  I hope to someday live on some land and have a big field of wildflowers.  Not only are they gorgeous in color, but they are pretty stunning in black and white too.

Here is my daughter.  We did an impromptu photo shoot by a gorgeous patch of flowers. The sunlight was bothering her poor eyes, but she was such a good sport!

And here is my son.  He is my goofy, jokester boy, who is also so sweet and sensitive.  I made him stand for a shot and he flashed me this look.  I think he was trying to get a rise out of me and was waiting for me to ask him to smile, but I didn’t.  I actually loved this expression and thought it was great.

Thanks so much for stopping by and seeing my take on this month’s theme.  Head on over to Sarah’s blog and see her take on the theme.  Don’t forget to click through to all of our contributor’s pages and leave them some love.  We look forward to seeing all of your images on our Facebook page and Instagram page!