Amelia

So, I've been away for awhile. I am staying more than busy at work and with being the Assistant Director for the play "Steel Magnolias" which will be presented in September in Greenfield, Indiana. It's been a lot of fun so far, but I have little or no time to create art. So for now, I'll stick to my photography and begining in October...I'll be back to art.

Amelia was my gracious model for the day. We have a meadow full of Queen Anne's Lace that I wanted to shoot in, so I asked Amelia to put something white on for the shot. She has a few antique items, so she picked this slip. I love it on her.

We took some props with us into the meadow...an antique lace table cloth and an antique chair. Even though the shoot started out a little rocky, we soon got into a groove and were creating magic.

After we decided to call it quits because our legs were being eaten alive, we quickly came in and downloaded the pictures and I began to play. After making some minor adjustments and cropping the photos, I opened them in Photoshop and started using some PS Actions created by Florabella. I'm loving these Actions and find that it makes editing so easy.

As you can see...Amelia makes it a joy to photograph her.

Winter Morning

The weather has been a little dicey over the past couple of weeks, however that has been how February in Indiana has been for the past several years. Ground Hog Day brings bad news and bad weather. Over the past two weeks we've had at least two major snows, and tonight we're in the danger zone for receiving another snow storm. I stopped watching the weather, because I didn't want the bad news...but I know that we're in the "Warning" zone. Maybe we'll be lucky and only getting a dusting of the white stuff.

As you can see from the picture, the "white stuff" is covering us quite nicely. No grass blades in sight. This view is part of the property we share with my parents. The fence has been built and re-built a couple of times. My sister and I built it one summer for our horses. I think I was 16 and she was 15. Behind that fence and just down the hill from that is a rather large creek that runs next to our property. The water brings us a fantastic variety of birds. Over the years we've seen some birds that are unusual to our area, and have only stopped over because we have water, food, and lots of trees.

The wonderful thing about winter is that I get to take some awesome pictures of the snow.