Archive for the ‘me & mine’ Category

For our prompt this week, we were supposed to recreate or create an album/song cover. This is such a fun thing to do. I spent hours looking for an album cover that I wanted to recreate and I kept coming back to the ‘Beibster’. It took a lot of convincing on my part to get my oldest to be willing to act like Justin Bieber…he is not a fan.  Alas, I got him to pose in his best Bieber form.

To continue through our circle of photographers and to see how they interpreted this album cover theme, you can begin by visiting the incredibly talented Lubbock, TX family photographer, Misty Setzler.

moments.

April 26, 2012

Our life is made up of moments. Some motherhood moments are so fleeting…the early days with a newborn, the milestones, the continuous (and rapid) growth of our children, etc.

I want to savor these moments when my children’s arms are wrapped around me.

To continue through our circle of photographers, you can begin by visiting the fabulous, Misty Setzler.

Project 26 Me & Mine.

March 29, 2012

It’s time for another post in our Me & Mine series. Unfortunately, the last time around, our family was in the clutches of the stomach flu, so I had to bow out.  Thankfully, we are all better now and on to brighter days! For this month, I had my husband snap some photos of me with my littlest right before nap time. We were reading together in his big brother’s bed and sharing lots of giggles and goofiness.

To continue through our circle of wonderful photographers, you can begin by visiting the stunning blog and work of Jayme Franklin.

Since it has been largely overcast and cloudy here, I was doubtful as to what I was going to be able to find for our theme of morning light, but then I got lucky today and had the sun streaming into our kitchen. As dogs love to do, Maisy found the patch of light in the kitchen and basked in the warmth. My little boy, Jack, enjoyed the sunshine as he ate his Trix cereal.

It is always amazing to me how much the sun makes me feel more energized and invigorated. After winter, days like this are true treasures!

To continue to be inspired by morning light and the other photographers in our circle, begin by visiting the incredible Heidi Adams.

 

It’s another addition to our project 26 and this time our theme was story. I had great aspirations of photographing a story…lots of props, etc….but time got the best of me and so I settled for photographing one of my most favorite people in the world reading a story. His fake glasses crack me up; he reminds me of  Carl Fredricksen from the movie Up. Ultimately, I believe that every photograph tells a story.

To continue through our circle of photographers and view their interpretations of story, head on over to the fabulous, Heidi Adams.

So, this round for our project 26, we are taking photos with ourselves in them again, instead of behind the lens. Last month, I was photographed with my youngest, so this time around, I made sure to include the two older boys with me. Once again, I enlisted the help of my babysitter to take these photos. I set everything up and was happy to hand the camera over to her. I am hoping to try my hand at a tripod and a timer soon, but our tripod has been lent out to a friend and I am patiently awaiting its return. So, here I am with my sweet bigger boys.

To continue viewing all of the photographers in our circle, you can begin by visiting Heidi Adams. I am so excited to see what she has in store for us as she just welcomed her fifth beautiful son into the world a few weeks ago.  Congratulations, Heidi!

It is week no. 2 for our Me & Mine group. This week we were to take faceless portraits. This is such a great concept–I love that I had to think of how I wanted to communicate the important details about my children right now without showing their faces.

1.) a little guy who is new to wearing underwear, but doing a great job 2.) the same little guy wearing some converse sneakers holding a favorite stuffed animal 3.) my middle guy who is obsessed with all things WWE  4.) my oldest who is currently learning to play the recorder 5.) my sweet scruffy Maisy Daisy

Now you can enjoy viewing the other photographers in our circle, beginning with the incredibly talented Orange County Photographer,  Allison Jacobs. I can’t wait to see her faceless portrait.

It’s a new year and that means a new chance to improve my photography and grow with fellow photographers.  I have joined a new group of amazing women and this year our focus is to make sure we are in more photos with our families. This could not be a more perfect challenge for me. Because I am usually the one taking the photos, I am rarely in the photos. But, that is about to change! ;)  This week I handed my babysitter the camera and had her photograph me with Jackson on one of the only snowy days we have had thus far this winter (just about unheard of in Buffalo).

This image is my favorite because apparently whatever I was saying was very funny. That exuberant laugh is totally him!

To continue through our blog circle, you can visit Heidi Adams and see her first post in our Me & Mine group.