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March 6, 2021March 4, 2021

Share Six | Frozen

Until the last few days it’s been a frozen tundra here in the Midwest. Almost every week we got dumped with snow, and with temperatures staying well under freezing, the snow had no chance to melt. This made for perfect conditions in which to do my favorite cold weather activity: hike to the ice falls. Last winter we didn’t really have a long enough cold stretch to completely freeze the creeks and falls, but this winter we did. It was so great to get outside and see the falls!!

One of my favorite things about the ice falls is the color of the ice when the sun is shining through them.

This next picture is from a series of pictures I took of my daughter. It was snowing the most beautiful big, fluffy flakes, so we hurried out to our backyard to grab some pictures.

My next image is of a beautiful snow covered tree that was illuminated by the street light. I spotted it as I was driving into my daughter’s school’s parking lot one evening on the way to pick her up from theater rehearsal. It stopped me in my tracks and I had to get out and get a picture of it.

This next image I took a few weeks ago when I decided to take a drive down to the river to enjoy the sunset.

We have woods behind our neighborhood, so after the most beautiful snowfall that left our neck of the woods looking like Narnia, my son and I had to go explore the winter wonderland. The snow didn’t last long as the temperatures were too high, but it was absolutely stunning while it lasted.

These last two images are a little throwback to previous Share Six challenges. They were two of my favorite images, and what with the theme, I couldn’t help sharing them again.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Next up is Janet Douglas. You won’t want to miss her amazing images!! Click HERE to see them, and then continue on through the blog circle to see all of our other talented contributors’ interpretations.

October 6, 2017October 6, 2017

Share Six | Double Exposure

So this month’s theme is Double Exposure. I unfortunately have an old DSLR that does NOT have a double exposure function, which means I have to do it in Photoshop. I did however find that one of my favorite photography phone apps has a double exposure function, so some of my photos are done in photoshop and some are done in my phone app.

My first image was one that I did in the app using a picture I took of one of my antique cameras and another picture I took of a flower a while back. So every aspect of this image was done with the phone, except I used photoshop to add my watermark.

This next image is two of my favorite things – the Milky Way (at my favorite vacation spot) and a piano. These photos were taken with my DSLR and merged with the phone app.

The next four images are of myself and my family members with something that we love. First up is my husband and a baseball. These images were taken with my DSLR and merged in Photoshop.

Next is my son. He LOVES the outdoors and climbing trees. So I took a picture of him (with my phone) and a picture of some branches of a tree (also with my phone) and double exposed them in the phone app. I have to say, this is probably one of my favorites.

My daughter’s images were also taken with my phone and double exposed in the app. She is an avid reader, so the other image is of some of her favorite books.

(Their pictures kind of remind me of those childhood profile cutouts we did in school as children.)

Last is a self portrait of me that I took several years ago. I LOVE playing the piano and have been playing since I was five, so I double exposed the image of me with a picture I took of our piano. I took the images with my DSLR, but I double exposed them in the phone app.

I hope you enjoyed my take on this month’s theme. Oh, and if you are like me and your DSLR does not have a Double Exposure function, download the app Snapseed. It’s a great photography app!

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July 5, 2017July 5, 2017

Hanna’s Senior Session

I had the privilege of photographing Hanna for her senior portraits. I’ve known this young woman her entire life. I even babysat her a few times when she was little. Her family is very dear to us as I have also known her parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles my entire life. They feel like family to me.

It’s been so fun to watch Hanna grow into the beautiful young woman she is. She is beautiful both inside and out. She is also incredibly smart and talented.

I had a blast doing her session. She drove us around her grandparents’ farm on their gator…her friend beside her in the front and my husband (my assistant) and I in the back with my equipment. What a fun ride. Talk about a dream session. The farm offered wonderful backdrops!! Here are some of my favorites from her session.

Hope you enjoyed these pictures! If you or someone you know will be a high school senior this coming school year, it’s time to start thinking about senior portraits. Head over to my website for info and pricing, and feel free to call if you have any questions!