Hallway Window

This was the view out of the hallway window at the top of the stairs a couple of weeks ago. It was beautiful. Last week the leaves all fell like someone had switched off the light and poof down they went. I got so engrossed in taking these shots that I stepped backwards and almost fell down the stairs...nice I know...The camera (with rented lens) banged into the hallway wall and took a chunck of dry wall out, yup. I should have taken a picture of that I was a little shaken up so I forgot to. Well enjoy this beautiful tree that I almost rolled down the stairs for :)

Night Time Snowfall + One Light

I'm not a flashy kind of girl so I love natural light...or I should say working with the light that is available. Mr.B said it was snowing out, I looked and it was lovely big flakey kind of snow. I'm so sick at the moment, but I had to go out there. I am in LOVE with these captures they make me feel lonely but peaceful.

Sweet Family

This is my brother's sweet family. They think that I am doing them a nice favor...
what they don't know is that I am using them for their cuteness :)

Stacks & Stacks

Therese works for a publisher and loves books so we went inside on the horribly chilly day. It was good to figure out creative ways to get some good shots in terrible lighting and cramped space :) yeah..bad idea for a shoot...but good for learning!
I was kinda feeling bad about it last night cause I thought it might have been a waste of time..but it turned out really good. Good pics make me happy...here are some favorite pics.
Here's a link to the flickR slideshow: Therese Shoot
Enjoy!

Therese and The Train

Here's a great test shoot with Therese, the pictures turned out so nice. I was FREEZING out so thank you soo much Therese for being patient. It started hailing / snowing near the end so we only got like half an hour in. But it was a great test for the 85mm, 1.8. UGH decisions, decisions...which lens to get first...50mm or 85mm.

The Hyster

I LOVE how these pictures came out...of course I have always had a slight obsession with closeups. But rusty equipment is so fun to take pictures of...the textures are great. Here is my Ode to Hyster.

Elizabeth Shoot

here is one of my favorite chicas elizabeth. We had both took
our cameras to an abandoned looking building (it wasnt..oops).
I dragged her over to this trash bin that looked great with her
shirt so I could take some shots..Thanks Elizabeth!
Her shoes were fabulous as well.
this new lens is really great on close up detail type shots...
but I'm not sure how I feel about it in regards to people.
Maybe it work better on little tykes instead of adults.

New Lens Test!

So I am renting a couple of lenses to figure out which ones I like best.
The first one came today!!! 50mm 1.4, is it swweet. This is so much nicer
then the out of box lens. sigh... I am in love. Here are some pink girly
pictures of j's room.

Friday Night Lights

I was backup a bunch of photos today and I found this from earlier in the fall.
It's such a neat shot...I love that it actually came out.

Last Raking

I wish I could set up photo shoots everyday...so why not i say.
wanting to shoot families, weddings, and kids I got 2 out of the 3 everyday.
So here is the fall raking. Really glamorous I know...but you take
what you can get when you have the craving to tell stories. So here the story
our the front yard clean up :)

SQUIRREL ATTACK!


QUICK-LEAF SAND


RAKING AS FAST AS YOU CAN


STUCK LEAVES

First Snow!

I actually missed the snow when I was in Seattle...
I think it only snowed twice while we were there.
It was sweet to see little flakes in November already.
Who knows how long my loving attitude will last and
the cold Michigan blizzardness will get to me.