No. 3 Depth of Field

A Day at the Derby (Party)...

I love working with depth of field. B was so excited to get to play Mom horseshoes as she calls it. This was a great composition to define a really wonderful day. Dirty fingernails and all!

AND I won the derby pool!!!

No 3 entry for the Photo Challenge from 
http://www.inspiredbyfamilymag.com and http://www.thehollierogue.com/
wish me luck!

Photo Challenge #9 Rule of Thirds

Photo Challenge No. 9 Rule of Thirds

Our summers are spent as we like it...as all summers should be.


No 9 entry for the Photo Challenge from 
http://www.inspiredbyfamilymag.com and http://www.thehollierogue.com/
wish me luck!

Salvidor Dali interview (first half) with Mike Wallace

click here for the second half

I stumbled across this very early in the morning and was fascinated. I can't figure out if Dali is a genius or a narcissistic crack pot? The paintings are genius but was he?

Photo Challenge #3

Happy 9 3/4 Birthday!

This year my daughter will be 10! It's not until August. Summer birthdays are wonderful and horrible all at the same time. I know, I have one. You never get to have cupcakes at school,most of your school friends are off on vacation and the weather is less than desirable. SO... we had a Harry Potter themed 9 3/4 birthday party and painted the Hogwarts Express at a studio here in town. Since the train is accessed through Platform 9 3/4 we felt it was an appropriate time to celebrate being ALMOST 10!

Challenge Photo #2

Photo a Day Challenge #2

This time of the year is all about the Spring Recital. With two ballerinas in the house, we are at the dance studio alot!

Photo a Day Challenge

OK, I may be coming to the party a little bit late but I look great and ready to go! There is a great photo challenge going on right now at  Inspired by Family Magazine and co-hosted by The Hollie Rogue!

It's called The Photo-a-Day Mommy Moments Challenge and it challenges you to capture different moments in your day leading up to Mother's Day. There are themed prompts for each day if you'd like a guideline. Best part is that you could win TONS of STUFF, an even better part it will stretch your creativity and get you "shooting". Prizes will be given out at the end of the period.


They are looking for creativity and originality ladies! You don't have to be a professional, cell phones and point-and-shoots are perfectly acceptable!

You'll need to post your photo submissions to your blog and then link up to the photo challenge linky. All the details can be found here. The challenge and linky officially goes from April 16th - May 11th. 

I'll be posting my entries here in the next couple of weeks. Make sure to let me know if you participate so that I can keep an eye on my competition!



Have fun!

The Soul of an Artist

Does everyone have the ability to be creative they just haven't allowed themselves to find that part of them? OR are some people born with OR without the ability to be creative? I just came from one of those drink and paint places for my daughter's birthday (we drank izzies). They sketch the basics of the painting for you and then an instructor takes you through step by step how to paint whatever painting you may be trying to create. Most of the girls were 10ish and had a pretty good grasp of what was going on.  I watched my 4 (and 3/4 - she made me put that) year old tackling the Hogwarts Express Painting (not a beginner piece). She was doing amazing. Following the guide and following directions. Then I took my eyes away for a second and she had gone nuts! She followed some inner-voice and her Hogwarts Express became this unique abstract of a train. It's amazing and it got me wondering about creativity. 

I've always believed that everyone can be creative. You may need to practice a bit and figure out how to allow yourself to be creative, but everyone can be creative in  their own unique way. Watching my daughter made me realize, YES everyone can be creative but there are those innately talented people that are creative in spite of themselves. They can't help it. My daughter held it in as long as she could and then she HAD to let it out. I wish all parents would give their kids, or themselves for that matter, the chance to let it out, some really incredible things seem to happen when you do.