From {MY} Heart

my two beans are straight from my ♥, their love tugs on my heartstrings daily making it sing with joy & delight. the sound of their
laughter & playing, a sometimes slobbery snotty kiss on the cheek, & sweet sleeping faces just melt my heart into a giant puddle,
 that they splish, splash & soak up my love in. i just love my two jumping beans to pieces!!

this week's theme at Paper♥Camera is {From My Heart}

more heart:

and to those of you who have just become new followers, those who have been stopping by & leaving such sweet heartfelt comments
about my family & photography, or even just taking a peek around... i appreciate ALL of it {from the bottom of my heart}!
Thank you thank you thank yooooouuuuu!!!!!! oh & hi Mom, we hope you had a glorious birthday yesterday :)

 

xoxo

{Macro Flower Saturday} Relatively

a flower's relatively small... still in a way-nobody sees a flower-so i said to myself-I'll paint it big. ~ Georgia O'Keefe

more macro flowers:

{Shoot'n Tell} Mother Nature

oh mother nature, she is a beautiful thing, this is one of my favorite shots from this summer, it's the waterfall in the japanese gardens at maymont park in richmond. such a stunning place to walk around & soak up mother nature :) mother nautre is the theme this week for Natalie's Shoot'n Tell!

more shoot'n tell:

ps~ check out my header goodness page :) now i get to enjoy them all the time!

xoxo

{Shoot'n Tell} •Circular•

i never realized how circular the process of pottery was before sitting to edit my images for this challenge. this is my bestie, she completely

blew me away on friday with her pottery finesse. her motions were fluid & uninterrupted; firm yet light pressure to mold her art at will,

slight squeeze of water to smooth the surface {um, even her sponge was circular} tools to sculpt & trim; each a circular masterpiece done with

the gentle circular spin of the pottery wheel, oh the wheel, i could have fallen asleep to that soft hum.

more circles:

it made me happier than sunshine & rainbows to watch her art being created

right in front of my eyes & to also capture her gift to share with her.

more happiness:

happy tuesday!

Show'n Tell: Self Portrait

{Show'n} Everything I'm Not, Made Me Everything I Am

{Tell'n}

here i am :) bit larger than life for me but a decent image none the less! like most who are obsessed with being behind the camera... i too hate

stepping out in front of it, but am quickly learning to have a new comfort & confidence level. for this shot i set up a backdrop of black fabric in our upstairs bath {which gets excellent natural light}, also used my studio light to put a spark of light in my eye, helps make your subject come to life with a bit of light.

lastly i cropped, then converted to b&w for a more subtle feel.

{ps! remotes really help when it comes to selfies & family images, love mine!!!}

more selfies:

I also want to say thank you to Chelsey for once again featuring my image as a favorite for last week's challenge,

Contemplate Your Shot, if you haven't stopped by go have a look, you won't regret it!

good luck stepping out from behind

the camera ladies, you can do it!!!

Show'n Tell: Contemplate Your Shot

{Show'n}

{Tell'n}

i am a sucker for a subject with texture & DoF, so when i found this cute little nut {mr. nutty} in our backyard this weekend i immediately started thinking of where it could be shot from, wanted to be able to prop it up with an elongated foreground & our fence seemed like the perfect nook. so i propped mr. nutty up, set my camera into Pfunction, adjusted the focus & ISO settings, then clicked a couple off. ps~ the fence post made for a great place to hold the camera steady too:) this one was my favorite of the bunch!

more contemplation:

happy show'n & tell'n y'all!

shoot & tell with a hint ...

{of color} childhood treasures

"if you search the world for happiness, you may find it in the end, for the world is round & will lead you back to your door."

The Paper Mama Photo Challenge - {a hint of color}

thanks to Chelsey for hosting

such a sweet photo challenge!

quote by~ r. brault

{bokeh} world's smallest beauty

"love of beauty is taste, creation of beauty is art."

thanks to Natalie for hosting

such an awesome challenge!

quote by~ r. emerson

i am also considering both images to be very {up close & personal},

a photo challenge hosted by Paper Heart Camera

happy tuesday everyone!