Garden Days

I love spring!  Ok honestly I love all seasons... but spring always bring such freshness and colour!  This photo was taken in our garden last year.  The birdbath was a gift from my aunt and uncle awhile ago and it tends to migrate through the yard from year to year depending on what dad's decided to do that year.  He's so great with gardening and landscaping, so the yard always looks stellar!  I'm really looking forward to seeing what he does this year :o)  And to starting our vegetable garden!

Boo Radley's Apple Tree

I love apples.  Especially McIntosh apples.  These apples are not McIntosh apples, but they are happy and bright looking apples so I'm sharing them with you all!  I took this photo in Dearborn at the end of last summer while I was shooting an event for a client... who says I can't build my portfolio, my blog and my business all at once?  :o)

Greasy Webs

Spiderwebs are super cool, and can be very tricky to capture in a photo.  This particular one looked as though it had been sprayed with a very fine mist of grease and then coated in dust... or something.  It looked sooo funky I just had to hang out for awhile and shoot until I came up with this shot.  It was taken in Redford at one of Austin's gigs last summer.

Wedding Venue Sneak Peek

  This is where Austin and I will be getting married in September (without the garbage can chillin' stage left...)  It may not be the most impressive work of photography, but it was the best church photo I could dig up for a Good Friday shot to share with you... since I'm sick in bed and can't go digging in my office to find some of my older work.  I'm excited about the wedding and this building is so beautiful, so I'm glad we were able to settle on it for the ceremony.  Anyway, here's your sneak peek on that :o)  Wishing you all a lovely Easter Weekend, stay tuned!

April Showers

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This photo was taken on Mackinac Island last spring.  It was FREEZING on the island that weekend but I still managed to get some nice springy shots like this one.  All the rain made for some vibrant colours and fun water droplets on the flowers.  I may be sick in bed today, but still looking forward to the patterns of spring emerging!

Photo of the Day: Your Moment of Zen

This zen pile of rocks was sitting along the banks of one of the rivers running through the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee.  Austin and I stopped to take some photos and discovered a whole group of these little towers.  Very zen, loved it.

Photo of the Day: Sewer Flora

I am always intrigued by plants that are able to grow in seemingly impossible places.  I always find them inspirational in a way.  When I lived in the Journey House, we had a plant growing up through a crack in the fireplace for awhile.  I can't recall if I ever did get a photo of it or not, but it was super cool, I used to stare at it for hours instead of studying, lol!

Photo of the Day: Geometry

This photo was taken in an airport.  I honestly can't remember which one now... but I was on a layover and just loved this terminal.  It let in so much light and had such a neat effect, it was almost even a little dizzying but I still liked it :o)

Photo of the Day: No Painted Ponies Here!

Downtown Detroit has really worked hard over the last decade to revitalize the downtown area and create a place that people WANT to go, and feel safe and comfortable doing so.  One of the things they did was create the Riverfront which includes beautiful fountains, landscaping, walking paths, etc, and this very cool Michigan carousel.  All of the creatures are native to Michigan's wetlands and marshlands (even the mermaid lol!)

Photo of the Day: Mossy Spokes

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I've posted photos taken in Tennessee before, and this one goes with that collection :o)  This was taken on a hike in the Smoky Mountains with Austin on one of our trips down there.  I love moss, always have.  I used to find a patch of it while playing outside somewhere and make up entire worlds that lived within it.  I LOVED this tree and the way the branches were 'spoking' out from the trunk.  The moss, of course, sealed the deal for me!

Photo of the Day: Gilded Glory

So normally I would say there is definitely such thing as too much gold leaf.  This cathedral however proved me wrong :o)  This is a cathedral in Mexico City I had the pleasure of touring on a business trip a few years back.  The beauty of the architecture was simply intensified by the colour and beauty of the Mexican culture influencing it.  I could have spent hours there :o)

Photo of the Day: Recycling Shells

This photo was taken in Orlando at a hotel whose walls were treated with crushed seashells which was awesome :o) Think stucco but with shells.  Anyway I loved the curve the fisheye gave the wall which usually trips people out and makes them not able to see what they're looking at.

Hanging Lights

This photo was taken at the International Auto Show several years back.  I love going because of the details they usually put into the displays.   I love light, so the cluster of light fixtures made me happy :o)

Photo of the Day: the Palace needs a Queen :o)

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Today's post is sending out positive vibes that I will be getting a call this week from the Palace of Auburn Hills regarding good news about a potential job!  I had an interview there last week that I think went very well, but there would be definite pros and cons should I even get an offer, so I'm hoping they are interested enough to at least take me to the next step in the process before I'd have to make a decision!  I love the Palace, and I love the energy there, so here's hoping I get to be a part of it in the future as more than a fan in the stands!  :o)

Photo of the Day: Shutters 2 Ways

This photo was taken at one of our former fave locales (it's no longer in business, we were crushed!).  The awnings over their windows were made from old shutters which I thought was super super cool.  Unfortunately I couldn't get a good angle to capture the colours as vibrantly as I would have liked, but this at least gives you a feel for the coolness of the shutter awning :o)

Photo of the Day: Soaring Dreams

I have a few photos of soaring birds that I have been able to capture.  This one however is one that encompasses so much more than just the bird.  I love the sky in the background.  I also love the way the light is hitting the gull so starkly, creating such drama.  This photo makes me feel so uplifted... and helps me to focus on achieving dreams.  I hope it does the same for you!

Photo of the Day: New Threads

I am so very much looking forward to seeing my wedding gown all finished!  This photo was taken in a dutch market, but the sharing of this photo was inspired by my excitement over my gown :o)  For those of you who don't know, I decided to repurpose my mum's gown, and my aunt is the one performing this labour of love for me!  We're keeping the same basic structure, just updating some of the fabrics (read: less lace!).  This was never a dream of mine, or of my mothers, but we're both very excited about it.  It's going to be gorgeous :o)  For the sewers out there, I hope you enjoy the photo, for the brides out there, I hope you enjoy the story :o)

Photo of the Day: Bridal Glow

Today's photo was taken at my cousin's bridal shower many years ago (weird that it was so long ago now!)  By now my more dedicated readers should know of my obsession with candles :o)  I just like this photo so I'm sharing it... no real back story here.

Photo of the Day: Taste the Rainbow

I do love skittles... for the record.  But I also love rainbows... a fact about myself I had somehow forgotten until I met my friend Erica and she was a rainbow enthusiast as well!  This rainbow was captured in Alaska while I was out on the lake in a paddle boat... or a canoe... I don't really remember which... with my friend Bryan from Georgia.  I was so excited at the size of it... it took up almost the entire sky!  Of course, this was also before I had my fish eye lens so I could only capture so much of it. 

Photo of the Day: Goodnight Moon

Today's Photo was taken in Myrtle Beach, SC.  I was so excited that the moon came through in it relatively clearly (I have really bad luck with moon photos).  It was shot just after sunrise when the moon was already beginning to fade.  Ever since I was very young I can always remember the moon being a real source of comfort because no matter what, I could almost always see it if I looked hard enough for it.