96/365

Okay... I am going to admit that I rendered the sky into this photo.  Did anyone even notice?  I tried to make it as natural as possible.  The day that I took this photo it was cloudy and the sky got blown out in the photo.  I wanted to try to put it back in a bit.

95/365

94/365

Shutter priority is still my weak spot.  I am still figuring out speed vs brightness. 

93/365

Maternity Session: Jaime and Chad Moore... and the future baby Cason!

I loved... LOVED!... shooting this maternity session!  Jaime and Chad are the perfect clients.  She was willing to do almost anything to get a great photo.  She braved ants, sharp rocks, a broken flip-flop, and melt your face temperatures with a smile.  There was even talk of her climbing a tree... which of course her husband and I quickly rejected! 

 

 I am looking forward to when baby Cason joins us.  It will be soon now.

92/365

Our historical downtown street in Springdale, Ar.  I have to admit that it does look much better in this photo than it does in real life.  In real life I am very disappointed in my town for letting it become the way that it is.  It is run down and over half the buildings are empty.  It is so sad.

91/365

90/365

Bean pole.  There were no beans left on the poles though.  I have been trying to experiment with different compositions, angles, and subjects. 

89/365

In an effort to pull myself out of a photo funk I am forcing myself to do some editing and blog posting.

So upsetting...

Once again I am so far behind.  I have been so overwhelmed lately with everything going on in my life that I haven't even been able to make myself open photoshop to do any editing.  I have taken photos.  I feel almost like I have writer's block... only it would be photographer's block I guess.  I think that I have lost my inspiration.  I had my husband drop me off on the far end of our "historic" downtown area the other day and I walked the entire thing taking random photos.  I transferred them to my computer and that is as far as it has gone.  Mentally I am lacking focus... on everything in my life right now... so I have made a decision... my 365 will be just that many photos, but they are not going to be consistently that many days.  I am not going to try to catch up from this point but only to continue forward.  I am hoping that if I remove the pressure of having to catch up my brain will allow me to move ahead.  Here is hoping.