week twenty five in pictures
lovely
in the shadows, peaceful
quirky, habit
yay
here I am
photo a day : 24 of 52
week twenty four in pictures
t is for..., we live here
flying
the beginning, pastel
simply
cross
10 on 10 { june 2014 }
It's a weekday and I still managed to get my ten on ten in - woot!Today was a completely dreary Chicago summer day - cold (54•) and as you can see I was in a jacket and scarf, that's just wrong, wrong! It's June! Started the day with a protein shake and toast and a little beautification. Had to charge my Up band - try to do this when I am most still during the day so I don't miss any steps! Despite the cold temps I have mad the switch to iced tea for the summer { love } and snapped a photo of cute little angels as part of today's Fat Mum Slim photo challenge - today's word is 'fly.' Lightened up the rainy day with a new CD from Nicolay - fabulous DJ and part of The Foreign Exchange. Oh and my custom Vans came today ... and ... I don't love them (booooooo). I have been on the hunt for a fun "animal sneaker" since I saw this on Pinterest ... I have ordered six pair now and nothing looks right on me at all. Oh well, I guess it's time to move on and find another shoe to obsess over.
Hope you had a great Tuesday! Happy 10!
photo a day : 23 of 52
week twenty three ... it's JUNE!!
joy, doing
family, ordinary
11 o'clock, pattern
adventure
photo a day : 22 of 52
week twenty two in photos
neighborhood, meal
pet
unique, negative space
side view, sunset
photo a day : 21 of 52
week twenty one in photos
something I drew, alone
waiting, card
free, black + wihite
sunrise
Saturday sunrise
Today's prompt for Fat Mum Slim photo challenge is "sunrise." I am never up for sunrise - not a morning person - so I was not sure what to do for a photo. Well, Phoebe decided to wake me with the sun at 5:20AM. I laid there for a couple minutes and decided to hop out of bed, throw on a jacket and head over to the beach. Boy, I've been missing out!! It's warm light over the soft waves with cool breeze and birds soaring high above... Lovely, just lovely.
senior shaun
A friend of a friend has been asking for a couple of years now that I take photos of her son, and this being his senior year of high school, she really wanted senior portraits that were different than what everyone else would have in town. Since I'm not a portrait photographer - as stated here on this blog many times before - I declined several times, but finally decided why not. They can still have other photos taken if they aren't happy with what we get... Shaun is the first person I photographed that I don't personally know and I have to say that made it extra difficult! With my friends I can joke around and have a good idea of where to go for cityscapes and good times for light ... etc. This was scheduled for 2pm on a bright sunny day - not great. I really had to make the best of it and find shade anywhere I could. And... he's got glasses, oy! Do you know how hard it is to not get reflections in glasses? Even harder to try to remove said reflections if they do creep in ... Man, this one was tough! I think they are happy with the results - they used them for his graduation party invitation, but my own critique ... meh. It's REALLY hard to capture the essence of another person in photographs. Huge props to you professional portrait shooters out there!! 
photo a day : 20 of 52
week twenty in photos mother (Happy Mother's Day to all you lovelies!) ready, I spy lines, from where I walk create bag
10 on 10 { may 2014 }
I did manage to sneak in my 10 on 10 this month, but not very creative. I was out and about and kind of all over the place and wasn't really thinking about the photos... Despite that, I had a wonderful day. Waffles, a lazy morning with tea, good reads and the kitties, acupuncture, scoring the most beautiful peonies at Whole Foods, a photo shoot with one of my friends and then The Foreign Exchange show at the Metro! A great Saturday!! 