Fifty-two on Friday: Warmth

I love having the challenge of a Project 52 each week. It was so amazing last week to see all of the creativity flow from the 16 other women in my blog-circle. When I saw that this week the theme would be warmth, I was truly excited to see what the ladies would come up with! This week, for warmth, I immediately thought of these things...

...a smile that reaches all the way to someone's eyes

...cradling hot mug of coffee on a cold morning

...and hand knit mittens

I originally had a vision of processing these with bold colors to showcase the multi-hued mittens, but stumbled and stumbled to make it right.  I finally was pushing some sliders and presets and found the duotone BW, and  fell.in.love.with.it. Goes to show that even when you have a vision, your voice may take you in a different direction (yes, I am reading a book by David duChemin!) 

I have to thank my dear friend Tara for allowing me to torture her again with my camera. She is so supportive of passion for photography, and has not turned down one of my requests to photograph her or her boys!

The outtake, but still one of my FAVS

Now, go check out the amazing creativity of Sarah Bunch at http://www.birthofaphotographer.blogspot.com/ for her take on warmth. Blog love is always appreciated, and see you next week.

Funny Glasses-Blogging all about Pebbles and BamBam

 I love my two monkeys! When I see these photos, I just think of the song, "So Happy Together"!  Sing along with me!

Nicole was given this pair of Harry Potter glasses as part of a party grab bag from one of the friends in her classroom.  Both Noah and Nicole had a great time trying them on.  I would say, they might be able to pull off the blonde versions of Harry and Hermione? 










They were singing me a song they made up, called, "I love my mommy"  It's one of my FAVS




Those are some true, true giggles and smiles.  I wish I could be that age again, hanging out with my brother!

Fifty-Two on Friday: Self

I am really excited to share with you my Project 52 post!

What is a project 52: It's a new theme each week captured and interpreted by what I see through the lens. Last week I started my project 52 alone, but this week and for the rest of the year, sixteen other photographers and I are doing our Project 52 together. Our goal is to learn and grow from each others perspective on the same theme. I am really excited to participate with such amazing women and I look forward to how all of us will be challenged and inspired by each other work and creativity.


How will all 17 of us work together on a project 52, well...I will take a picture of our theme for the week, the way I interpret it, and post it on my site. Then under my post, I will link another photographer who is part of the project for you to see her interpretation of the theme. After you see hers, you will notice a different link under her picture that will then take you to the next photographer’s website. If you continue to click on the link under each picture, in the end you should see 16 other pictures and eventually make it back to my site.


This week, our theme is self-portrait. This theme will allow us to see the photographers who are participating in this journey and put a face to a name. Remember to check out all of the links at the bottom of the portrait!


Here is me. This week, it was my turn to step in front of the camera. Me with my coffee. My day hasn't really started until I have my soy latte in hand, and the cup...well you can't see it, but it has a crab on it. That's intentional, because I can be a bit "crabby" in the morning until I get my coffee (hee hee.)

For the next fabulous photographer participating in this Project 52 on Friday check out Sarah Bunch at www.birthofaphotographer.blogspot.com