Happy Valentine's Day-2012

A few heart quotes for your Valentine's Day!

"Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely."
     ~ unknown 

"Beauty is not in the face; Beauty is a light in the heart."
     ~ Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) 

"Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home, sweet home For there the heart can rest." ~ Henry van Dyke (1852-1933) 

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."
     ~ Helen Keller (1880-1968) 

Thirty One Days of January- 365 Photos

One month out of twelve! Hopefully, I can keep up with the 365 project as I only lasted until March of last year. It is easier to use the iPhone to take the photos simply that I have it with me at all times. Each day, I upload a photo to the Project 365 pro app on my phone. There is a free one, but I bought the pro version which costs $.99, but with it you can save your monthly photos to your photo album on the iPhone, email or print. There is a drawback that each photo is not clickable or can be enlarged. Flickr in conjunction with Mosaic Maker has that capability, but does require loading the photos to Flickr and then using the Mosiac Maker to create a collage.

Stay tuned for the February 365.

A Squirrel with His Lunch

This little squirrel caught me off guard, but I wheeled around and quickly shot his photo before he scrambled out of sight with his unidentifiable lunch in his mouth. Image shot with a Canon 5D Mark11, 75-300mm f/5.6 at 300mm. ISO 3200. Topaz DeNoise5 used along Topaz Detail.

Six Words Memoir

Have passport-Have camera-Mission possible.

Mine is a very simple six word memoir and I believe it describes me completely. My love of traveling along with my love of making images, whether I take extensive trip abroad or a just a day or weekend road trip, is an important part of who I am. I'm also happy my family loves to travel with me!

If you would like to compose a six word memoir, check out Smith Mag. Image shot with a Canon 5D Mark 11, edited in ACR, one texture "embrace" used twice, then Rad lab for an antique effect. Black and white photo converted with Nik Silver Efex

Plum Elegance

My love for photographing plums rivals that of pears. Displayed are two images of some Italian prune plums that I have photographed. The top color image has one layer of texture-a subtle one-just to soften the effect. The black and white image was processed in ACR, then using the Lo-Fi app- Kodachrome look with a slight blur, heavy grain and a vignette was applied.

More plum links
Plum Crazy-Part One
Plum Crazy-Part Two
Plum Ratafia

"The Door to Happiness Opens Outward"

Image shot at Wormsloe State Historic Site near Savannah with a Leica d-lux5.  Rad Lab actions, plus two layers of "evolve2"  texture by Kim Klassen were used with the texture brushed away from the face. Sharing withTexture Tuesday-the Open edition.


"The door to happiness opens outward"-Jiddu Krishnamurti 

Antique Wooden Bowl with Pewter Spoons