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.

wednesdays and itrow

Was cutting up these:

realized I wanted to photograph them like so:



Had some help. Love this image the most. THIS is what it means to create for me, sometimes. the bits and snatches I can catch during our everyday lives. The things I see as beautiful are PART of my life, not elaborate productions all the time.

ITROW*: let's talk about cottage cheese

Do MEN eat cottage cheese? Probably only once in the last 10 years have I WANTED cottage cheese, and I can only stomach it with peaches (as photographed above right before I devoured it). And even then, before the bowl is finished, it makes me gag.

What are your thoughts on cottage cheese? Do we just eat it because its "healthy"? Do YOU eat it?

*ITROW stands for: In the realm of women. This is where I photograph the beautiful mundane (and discuss it) that is superfluously minute in women's lives.

ITROW: i'm back

How could I not be with this new friend of E's hanging out at my house?

ITROW: butternut squash

oh the failings of having winter squash go bad. they are supposed to last forever, so having one go bad... oh my.... I just remind myself that it was the last of 3... and I made lots of soup with the others... and besides, I wouldn't have been able to get this gorgeous picture. as it dried out on my counter for a few hours it got even more beautiful to me.

ITROW: comfort

There's something about a yellow room with quilted pillows and country-feel siding that enables deep breaths and true calm.

(image taken at Cathy's).

in the realm of women: chocolate and kitchen-aids

yum.

"the Mother of all Living"

on friday I was in the studio all day doing large format for all sorts of things (more to come from that). I grabbed a few digital shots so I could show what I'm working on in between processing and posting the film shots. There are more from this fine art maternity shoot on my client blog. CHECK IT OUT!

ITROW--running water

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ITROW--Foccocia

I like baking bread. Especially this kind. You feel so gourmet, but it is easy, and completely delicious!

ITROW--fashion-inflicted pain

birthday presents and small sizes

This little outfit had been hanging there since his birthday. It looked so perfect against the clean white, being a mother is a beautiful thing. I am enjoying having things his size as accessories in my life and home. I photographed it a few weeks ago.

four men i wish i didn't know

And I wish T did not know we were such good, old friends. T has a relationship with them of his own. Its so unhealthy.

new favourite

W's new favourite toy.

I must apologize about the spelling, I'm reading The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble, and she's a Brit. That should explain the "u".

ch ch ch chocolate

little presents at linda's luncheon.

coats

essentials for inclement weather



little coat



family.

the endless debate-- black and white or color

I cannot decide which I like better. I love the muted colors, but the tonality of the black and whites is great too. Either way, I'm seeing a lot of these spoons.

don't get mad, get the camera

So, I subscribe to multiple photoblogs (which apparently is not as abnormal as I thought), and they give me such inspiration and a sense of normalcy about my love for photography. They also are therapeutic in the sense that I see how others deal with life through photography, and find the time for it, which is something that has been hard for me with a little tazmanian devil crawling around.

Well, one of them posted an interview with Brad Slade, and his words have been like rain in the Sahara for me. Case in point-- see photograph above. My lipgloss was left in my pocket, and melted and got EVERYWHERE on our clothes in the drying cycle. Now, this has happened me before. Coincidentally, it was the last time I owned colored lipgloss. It was the night before I got on a plane to go marry my darling husband. And it ruined all my favorite clothes then. Wellllllllll, this time it didn't necessarily ruin my favorite clothes, what mom has those anymore?! Oh no, it ruined my ONLY clothes, the ones that fit right now in the post baby body.

BUT, instead of getting mad, I got the camera (as Slade suggests). And it was easy for me to just deal with the pink spotted clothes... (let's be honest, it was that, and that I went and got some new shirts for cheaps at the downeast warehouse). I am happy with this image. Oh it evokes memories for me.

So, next time you do something not so smart, and have to deal with the consequences of your own actions, don't get mad: get the camera.

(And not only is this interview great, but Brad Slade photographs for the magazine Seeing the Everyday. I think I just might actually subscribe to that one in print.)

breakfast

yum yum yum. it looked so good I HAD to photograph it. Scrambled eggs with fresh minced parsley, red onions and parmesan cheese. BEAUTIFUL.

ITROW-- chocolate

nothing says feminine like lace... and nothing combats everything female like chocolate, eh, right?

(p.s. I REALLY love the black and white one. it was not what I was going for when I shot these, but it pops for me. I'm happy with the other ones, and they will stay part of the project, but that one was my fun alternative process image)