I have three little pairs of baby shoes in my antique china cabinet. The smallest pair that button on the side were my grandmother’s, the patent leather baby Jane’s were my mother’s, and the lace-ups were mine. Yes, three generations of darling little shoes just waiting to be photographed. By […]
Tag: art photography
“Life is Short” Photography Project
Tonight was my last photography class for the summer. The final project was to create a series of photos with a common theme using everything we’ve learned regarding light, composition, texture, line, etc. I decided to create a series on the theme “Life is Short” based on the verse in James 4:14 which tells us […]
James 4:14
Learning His Limits
This picture defines the stage we are at with our son. Notice his posture? He is on the move from dawn to dusk and every day is a full-blown effort to shape his rebellious will. And he’s so stinkin’ cute… We ‘dare to discipline’ and are in daily need of […]
Job 38:19
Irony in Photos
Irony is the opposite of what you would expect. It is the seemingly out of place element in a picture that draws you in to look closer. Having never noticed this before, I’ve been perusing different photography web sites lately looking for irony. It’s effective. I was explaining this to my teenage […]
Photographic Commentary on School
I was given an assignment in photo class called “windows and mirrors”. The challenge was to take some pictures that either conveyed the way I view the world around me or that were self-reflective. Unable to capture what I wanted in one single picture, I wound up singling out 5 photographs that, when viewed one after […]
Photography with Wings
I was beyond thrilled when I found these wings at O.P. Taylor’s (“coolest store on the planet”) in Greenville, South Carolina. These wings are so beautiful, made entirely from dyed feathers! With the help of a very talented young model I know, I was able to get some great photography practice in. […]