To see ourselves as others see us

based on Robert Burns poem.  this image I took a couple of years ago.  she felt beautiful at that moment & I was blessed to have caught it.   

Words that touched me…

I had a wonderful time retyping them using my photography & picking the fonts. Life isn’t ever simple & no one is as they appear. We all have garbage we would like to bury.  Believing this helps us get through all our useless sandpaper sanders…

my black & white trip to the gardens

Had a wonderful time, beauty everywhere.  Begging to be taken. I honored that request. (with exception to the hammock, I am blessed to claim that as my own)

Cat’s paw

I love black & white.  Color is what we see everyday, but black & white pictures seem to capture what color misses.  Emotions–they inspire a feeling that they have revealed a hidden secret.  If we look close enough it seems that we can see what they are made of.  A few examples of my family

how my shoot began

then, as always, it turned into fun and tears (everyone) and begging (mom), bribing (mom). “Mommy will buy you a Mercedes-Benz if you just smile at the camera!” Kids are crazy, smiling one minute, turning into the hulk the next. I have three children much older then these, but I remember what it was like…