Angie

I like her face. 

holly

reflected

i just really liked how the lights looked reflected back to me twice.

breaking out

more from the get together.
i sat on the floor and just watched...
sliding the bellows back and forth (i call them billows all the time. bellowsbillows.)
and watching.
i like these so much.

so sexy

oh how i love the color red on women. i enjoyed this get together with kiera, leslie and holly. yes and yes.

more light

i love the light in their room. I wish the window weren't quite so high, but i love the curtains (thank you Laura for making them in trade ). i won the alphabet. The drawing is by none other than Jeff Hein, whom I have the privilege of knowing. Its of E nursing and Todd and I both love it so much. So tender, and such a real and everyday part of our parenting. Happy life.

the light

this is the best light in my home. right in the kitchen. every november we do a "thankful tree" where we each write a leaf each day. i like how our tree is growing.. and i like to think about how big it will be once my kids are older. thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. kinda sad its already gone, but i'm happy i documented this.

embracing

holistic blur in my imagery.

thanks keith carter.

also completely what I wanted.

and so perfect of her busy little moving self.

the sweet light

i don't photograph outside much.
but seeing the sweet light was nice.
and i like this picture.
the glow.
mmmmm.

laughs

can't believe i got any "serious" pictures from this night.
makebelieve cigarettes are hilarious and awesome.
so are pranksters.

outing

with the ladies
at the park
beautiful.

one hundred percent

in love with this photograph.

e

in studio

playing

bonnie in color

mamiya c330 porta 400

bonnie in black and white

mamiya c330 xp2

baby shower gift

in the last year, i've really embraced taking sweet, real photos of babies. these were of sweet carlyn's new one. she is a rocking artist. blows.my.mind. seeing their awesome familiy timeline made me think about all the chances we had to be true friends before it finally stuck. i respect and love her. what a lucky lady.

checking out drafts

apparently i never published this one. this picture is fun. those chairs are fun (and won't be in my house for at least 20+ years based solely on their light color and stain-ability). That mirror rocks.

approach

I'm so completely ok with the composition of this photo. From the Sistine Chapel, this is Adam's hand... the father of us all, blessing, as it were, the hands that protected and ushered this little one's arrival. This is Cathy, the homebirth midwife I had as an attendant (with her practice partner, Briana) for E's birth and my care. I had her over this week and it was so beautiful. Having her presence is that, always. She is wise, knows me well, and really listened. Such a talk we had of so many things. As I approach my own birth experience (#3!), I am reminded, deep down, of my spiritual thoughts, yearnings, and convictions about eternity, truth and right and how those apply to my everyday, but even more in the right now about birth, children, love and responsibility.

1600 pushed to 3200, I think. This was in 2009, November-ish.

old finds

they rock my world.

couldn't resist

just one more of my beautiful old assistant and her beau. AND i learned a new way to tie my scarves that is so pretty and different. Thank you thank you. And we honked at dogs, and tromped in mud and laughed and laughed.