Day 12

What? When you're cleaning, packing, and gassing up the car for a road trip, you don't have a monkey who doesn't want J to go? No?

You are unlucky.

Day 11

Today I actually had the luxury to drive somewhere for the sole purpose of parking my car and seeing what I could see through my lens. It was a beautiful afternoon, and New England this time of year has a lot to offer. I drove to a near by small town (very small town), parked at an old church, and wasn't disappointed.


This Church was actually established in the year 1743, and is where one of my best friends married last fall. It's really a beautiful old building.

Outside the church is a cemetary. I'm pretty sure all the headstones had the same family name on them: Farley...


... except for this one:

The rest of the town common is quaint and picturesque




To put into perspective how charming and unchanged the town center seems, this same picture in black and white looks timeless, no?


And to end it all off, my favorite shot of the day:

Day 10

I'm not going to even pretend that I took pictures yesterday. No sense in lying to you fine folks, right? ;) So instead, here is a few of my favorite pictures that I've taken on days that were not yesterday:

These two little angels were so fun to have as "models". That is, until they decided that they didn't want to be "models" anymore. And then they were divas.

Somedays, I really really really want to be him. Look at how freakin happy he is?! And then I remember that I can have Beer. He cannot.
I think he's training to be as fast as her... the smaller one... who started with the second group of kids, caught up to the first, and finished before them. Yeah. She's quick.

If only they'd stay still long enough to get a good shot.

Day 9

Today was one of those days where I needed inspiration. I was so tired by the time I got home from work that it was all I could do to make dinner and flop on the couch. No I didn't get my run in. Yes I have a little bit of guilt. I'll forgive myself after tomorrow's run :)

But for inspiration, I immediately went to my google reader. What should I try to photograph today? Not surprisingly, my fingers floated over to today's post from Shutter Sisters. Today's post was "words words everywhere". This is one of my absolute favorite photography blogs. The girls are always thoughtful, and inspire me to look through the lens differently than I did the day before. So today, I give thanks, as well as credit, for inspiring me to attempt to capture words in my home as well:



and my personal favorite (mostly because it comes from a card with a dirty joke on the inside. and yes, I am that immature. Well, we are that immature. Ha!)


Early to bed, so that I can make up for that run I procrastinated on tonight...

*I played around with the white balance for these shots, as well as the aperture level. Smaller window means less light gets in, and shorter depth of field. (I think. Window analogy via DPS can be found here.)

Day 8

A lot of times in life we have tunnel vision. Times when we are so focused on one thing or idea, that we forget to look at the whole picture. And that in turn can lead to missing out on so many things. It's not always a bad thing. Many times we use tunnel vision to get something accomplished, like a project at work, or a personal goal. However, it's important to remember to slow down, appreciate the big picture and the details. Focus on all the good things, and the things you'd like to change.


Tonight I remembered I need to live in the present more often. To be present. Enjoy these years in my twenties, before they are gone and I look back on them wondering how they moved so quickly. I remembered to appreciate myself for all that I am, and to forgive myself for trying to be something else. I regained focus.


Letting go of that tunnel vision can be scary. Sometimes it makes all the difference in the world.



Off to have cheesecake with J <3

Day 7

Day 7?! Already?! Haha...

So in addition to starting a photography blog, I've also recently signed up for a marathon. 26.2 miles. All in a row. Scary. 133 days to train.


My training would be nothing without this guy. I'm actually pretty proud of that time too; today's run was only a 3 miler. J woke me up from a nap on the couch so that I could get it in before dinner... So hard to go from sleep to run. He was right though, I did feel so much better afterwards.

Played with a flashlight for this one, held directly above, with a slower shutter speed. I like the reflection on the table...

Definitely time for sleep now though. Busy Monday tomorrow, as usual!

Day 6

Today was a beautiful Saturday, and I was fortunate to spend most of it outside. J was busy doing something to his truck...



So I was left to sit around, hand him wrenches every now and then, and take pictures at my leisure. I love days like this.

And of course we enjoyed these...



Till tomorrow!