The Modern Housewife | Maryland Fine Art & Lifestyle Photographer

This was a special project for me, and a really fun one! My dear friend asked me to take some special pictures of her posing as "the modern housewife" - but what that would have meant back in the 50's or so! Such a fun opportunity, one so out of the norm and a nice chance to just play with my camera. Vintage setting calls for vintage processing, you'll notice this isn't what my normal pictures look like. Vintage she wants, vintage she gets.

What modern housewife doesn't enjoy her wine? ;)




Ah, the story of a modern housewife's life!




Ah, thank you so much ladies....this was such a blast!

Up and coming posts: newborn session and an announcement!

These are a few of my favorite things | Maryland Fine Art & Lifestyle Photographer

Some things just make me happy. Color. Textures. Yarn.


Knitting (this is new for me!).


Crochet.


Being the hands and feet of Jesus.


Marrying two passions.


I'm sure you've heard of the horrible floods in Australia by now. A wonderful crocheter that I follow, Sarah London, has come up with a brilliant idea. She has asked for donations of granny squares, and she has dedicated this year to stitching together all of them into blankets for the victims of the floods. How amazing is that? I can crochet my little heart out AND get to show Jesus' love at the same time.

Matthew 25:40 - The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

That's an action of love.


Do any of you know how to crochet? If so and you'd like to participate, please head to Sarah's blog and get more information! There are already 278 people sharing this love for their fellow man.

Silver & Shiny - Maryland Photographer

This week was a bit of a challenge for me - silver AND shiny. I don't have much of either in my house. Thankfully Christmas decorations saved me, still - not an easy task without a macro to play with. The picture is supposed to be majority of the color. That just couldn't happen with the lens I use. Ah well. Maybe next week will be more up my alley! Enjoy.

Purple - Maryland Photographer

Continuing on with last week's idea of a color/texture a week - this week is purple, any texture.

Are any of you playing along? I'd love to see what you came up with for brown!

I'm really enjoying this project. :)

Brown | Maryland Photographer

As I mentioned in my last post, I plan on doing a lot of personal projects in the coming weeks to try and bring myself back to where I want to be as an artist. I stumbled across a suggestion by another photographer and just went with it. Every week she is going to be challenging herself with a color/texture and shooting what she sees as she goes about her every day life. I decided to play along.

This week's subject was "brown", any texture. I bundled up the girls and we went on a walk around our neighborhood. Exercise and photography - doesn't get much better than that! The amazing thing about this is that it doesn't require a lot of thought, or a lot of time. It just requires you to be aware of your surroundings and take some time to see what you might normally pass right by. This is something that I do anyway, but to someone that hasn't trained their eye in this way it could pose a bit of a challenge - though a very, very fun one!

So - my BROWN project.

I'll be posting a new challenge next week. In the meantime, enjoy your week and your surroundings! :)