SHE'S GOT THE BLUES
I love silhouettes as much as my friend Valerie does. She is the one that too me to the Guthrie for my birthday! When you're at the Guthrie, it's easy to get super cool silhouettes on the blue level and the yellow level. My favorite thing about shooting these shots (like the one I did yesterday) is that you can see the city really well in the background but just with a cool tint.
There are places you can look out over the stone arch bridge and if you go to the other side you can see the city skyline, and you can also see where the new football stadium is being built. Just another one of those really great things to love about Minneapolis.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!
So yeah! It's my birthday. I'm just turning 35, and I love this age. I met my wonderful "famous" friend Val for the farmer's market in Minneapolis and a little brat for lunch with my beautiful daughter.
I've had the greatest birthday, seriously. Lots of texts, messages, and Facebook reminders. Went and got a few tattoos for my big day.
Throughout this photo project, I have not done a SELFIE. So today was the day!!! And I owe serious thanks to Tiana and Valerie for helping me set the shot up. Self timer, so it's not in the real sense "selfie. " But it will likely be the only one I do in the project.
Peace out y'all.
ZIPitty Doo Da
I know this is not the best focus, composition, etc. But it's what I've got for the day.
I could wait until tomorrow but I'm trying to make certain that I keep up to date until the end of this project. I tried today, and this is the best I got.
The point is...it's like, the guy, driving by, action...with life in the background. I don't know what else to say.
SOCCER SILHOUETTE
Summer is truly my favorite season of the year. It's the busiest time for soccer season. But there's just something great about fall soccer.
Tonight I was picking up my super athlete from her ODP training, and at the field next to her were all the mini soccer players who were just starting their first season of the sport. It's so adorable, and there's just something I like about watching soccer at the time of the night when the sun is starting to go down.
I've always wanted this shot of her playing her sport. Now I have it!!
BIG SIS, LITTLE SIS
This one is from a recent portrait session I did that I just got done editing. As I've stated in my bio and often in my blog posts, doing portraits of people is my favorite! After this session, I realized this is the first time I've had to shoot someone who would not stop moving. It was a fun challenge. These sisters were both so beautiful and it was such a pleasure to take photos of them, especially together watching the love of the big sister with her baby sis.
During my project, I have explored many avenues of photography, and I've not taken a ton of time on my blog to showcase portraits because it's something that I KNOW I love and want to continue doing. I wanted to explore other things during this project to see if I would want to expand beyond portraits and sports.
I haven't decided yet and will solidify my conclusions when the end of the project is closer at hand.
DEAR DAHLIA
The dahlia, one of my favorite flowers. When I had a flower garden, I grew them, and they were easy to grow. The come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and petal counts and arrangements. They're fairly easy to care for in a garden, and they're magnificent to photograph.
This lovely was spotted in a little bouquet at the Wabasha farmer's market in St. Paul. That occurs on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the summer.
This particular beauty caught my eye because of the tinge of pinkish purple at the edge of its petals. I bought a bouquet to keep on my desk at work that had a few different dahlias in it. I love buying myself flowers.
MR. ED
Well, Mr. Ed is actually Ms. Shelby. But I really thought this photo looked like Mr. Ed. Remember that show? I miss things like that.
But today I took my daughter to a friend's house who owns horses, and my super sweet friend took my daughter riding on her horses. I am not a big horse girl. I will ride one if necessary but I don't go out of my way to ride them. However, I do think they are one of the most beautiful creatures and the deserve to be photographed.
I surely could have taken the time to compose a beautfiful photo of the lovely Shelby, but I don't often get the chanc to be super close to an equine beauty such as her so I took advantage of getting a close up of her.
I'm sure my friend will let us come back again and I'll do Ms. Shelby justice with something more beautifully done next time.
