Project 52 - Week Six - Valentines

Besides my two little, adorable, Valentines, my first Valentine is my husband! So, I decided to concentrate on that subject this week. I had something in mind all week...problem is that it took daylight to execute it and my husband has been working from sun up to sun down for the most part....well, he is here in the morning but it is usually chaotic so it never happened.

Then, I was just taking pictures of him around the house. I saw our Beer Pong sign...yes, we do have one...and it spoke to me. I know this has to be hilarious to most, but my husband and I were Beer Pong partners before we even dated. I lived in this college party house and he would come to every one with his two best friends. Since they were a team, I decided to team up with him. Needless to say, the rest is history.

So, this may be a bit silly, but it does have some meaning! Maybe I will get to do the other picture eventually...so, I won't reveal that one. I hope everyone enjoys their Valentines Day...in my household it isn't really V Day, but B Day...baseball day since it is the first day of Spring Training...yes, we are that crazy...LOL!!

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Project 52 - Week Five - Obsession

I have quite a few obsessions....my family, my computer, photography and Christian Bale to name a few! But, for this subject I decided to show an obsession that I have had my entire life....the Phillies. I am a baseball fan through and through. I have grown up around it. My dad coached (still does) little league since before I was born. My great grandfather (although I have never met him) was a bartender for the Phillies in the mid 1900s....the stories I heard were amazing! Then, when I was six, in 1980 the Phillies won it all for the first time since they were created in the late 1800's! It hasn't always been easy to be a Phillies fan...they are the losingest sports franchise in history. Lately, things have really turned around and I keep pinching myself!

In 2008 I got to witness live the second championship in their history and even writing this I tear up. I was pregnant (very pregnant) with my second and jumping up and down like a pogo stick. That little man in my belly even had his middle name changed to Cole that amazing October night! My four year old has been to 3 different MLB stadiums (not including Minors) and has seen about 60 games live...even two playoff games.

So, you can see how much the Phillies are in my life!! We have an entire room dedicated to them and I was going to take pictures of that, but I just loved the simplicity of this image! So, there you have it...a book on my Phillies obsession. Did I mention I have a dog named Ashburn (non-Phillies fans - that is for Richie Ashburn - a beloved player and announcer). Enjoy!

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Inspirational Poem that I would like to share...

This is a poem I read when I was in high school that has always meant something to me! I try my hardest to live by these words!!! Click the picture if you cannot read it! Enjoy!!

Lost Gem

So, I am finally getting to my file clean up from 2010. As per usual, I often find images that I overlooked! Here is one image that I cannot believe I never worked on. These are my boys when I was doing a Christmas card shoot in October. When I saw it, I saw the potential and went for it. I LOVE it now! Click the pic for a larger preview! Thanks for stopping by!!

Project 52 - Week Four - Lines

This week's theme is Lines! Lines are a very important element of photography....they can really change up a photograph. There are leading lines, which can lead your eye to the subject; there are horizon lines that could cut your photograph in half if not utilized correctly; but those are only a few examples.

I had one idea all week, but then we got a surprise snowstorm....16.5 inches of surprise (that was after a 6 inch surprise storm the night before). So, we ended up spending all day in the snow. I was snapping away like crazy and then I looked up at our Willow tree and the sun was peeking through so it hit me! This was what I would do. So, I present you with my interpretation of lines!

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Project 52 - Week Three - Yellow

When you think of the color yellow what comes to mind? For me, it is sunshine, warmth, Coldplay, and my four year old's first official favorite color (he has moved to blue now, lol). This week our assignment was to photograph something yellow. This proved to be quite a challenge for me because the weather has been mainly snow and although I thought of yellow snow, I just couldn't make that creative...who knows maybe someone else can...ha ha.

Anyway, I look out my back window and go figure, a tree with slightly yellow leaves amongst all of the snow. Why hadn't I noticed this before? That is the entire point of this awesome project. To open our eyes to the world around us and get creative with it. So, there you go. Here is my interpretation of Yellow.

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Project 52 - Week Two - Bokeh

This weeks theme is Bokeh. For those of you that do not know what Bokeh is, here is the definition in wikipedia - In photography, bokeh is the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image, or "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light."

I chose two photograph's to show Bokeh. Really, because I could not choose one. The first is really true bokeh. I am working on my Valentine's Marketing images and these two stood out to me with the Bokeh. Click the pic for a larger preview! Thanks for stopping by, but don't forget to head to the next blog for their interpretation of bokeh. Info and link below!!!

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Ok, I tried something else with my bokeh and wanted to add it. I created a heart cover for my recently broken 50 mm lens (auto focus is shot) and came out with this...