our world | day eight
two friends. living oceans apart. sharing 30 days of images. inspired by one word.
OUR WORLD | OCEANS APART: LIGHT
© deb schwedhelm
if you want to learn more about our project, please visit the initial post here.
the gift of time
written for the incredible motherhood with a camera blog, a gathering of images and writings, each swirling around a specific theme. this week, the topic was time and here is my submission.
time precious and fleeting unstoppable time gives time takes your past is a memory your future is a mystery all you know for certain is your time now this very moment each day a present how will you spend your time? from the time you rise till the time you rest it’s a choice your choice what will your legacy be? that you lived your life fully and spent your time well that you were kind and good and giving i hope so because time is a gift i will do my best to cherish every minute and celebrate my time but for now it’s time to say thank you for your time!
you can view the entire choir of the beautiful and inspiring voices here.
fly
hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. - langston hughes
wild & free
if one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams,and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. [henry david thoreau] a new favorite photo. :-)
i hope i never forget to live deliberately -- wild and free...
and i couldn't help but fall in love with these words of henry david thoreau...
...be yourself -- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.
i went to the woods because i wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if i could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when i came to die, discover that i had not lived. i did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did i wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. i wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.
let the season begin
super excited that the season for underwater shooting is about to begin. i actually was already underwater with cheryl jacobs during her film inspires! workshop. but this shot -- mostly above water -- happens to be my favorite from the afternoon.
but how i love this one too. red-haired CJ with her ziploc-bagged holga.
and a couple of my holga shots from the workshop, taken while walking around the neighborhood where the workshop was held. hopefully more fun film shooting in the near future. maybe even some home-developing too.
p.s. more exciting raffles being announced very soon!!
magazine feature
a few months ago, i had the awesome opportunity to photograph for babiekins magazine. i had such a blast coming up with the shoot concepts and the girls were amazing to work with. they were such troopers too -- as it was so cold AND windy on the day of the shoot. it pained me not to share the photos right after i edited them, but that's the agreement -- no sharing until the issue is released. so i patiently waited...and waited!
so without further ado, here's a few of my favorites...
a super special thanks to all the models and their parents. along with andie sleeman [for makeup] and darlina contto [for hair].
the entire spring issue can be viewed here [my spread starts on page 262].
and a few behind-the-scenes photos that one of the model's parents shared with me...
what ____ looks like | month five
i'm a bit short on words with this post because we just returned from our nevada vacation. we arrived home on the 31st, picked up charley and headed right back out -- to our friend's house for a new year's eve celebration together. we spent the night, returning to our house yesterday afternoon. then it was unpacking, grocery shopping, working on the yard, mail opening, uploading and editing photos, etc. so much to do but i'm ready for things to get back to normal. i'm also ready to get my butt back into shape (ugh!). so... here’s a bit of what 10 days, with family in nevada, looks like...
putting the finishing touches on oma and opa's really tall christmas tree, with the help of uncle joe.
opa sharing photo memories on the laptop, from last summer's visit (all the cousins stayed at oma and opa's together, for three weeks).
dogs, dogs and more dogs. my kids so love them.
there's also lots of games. uncle dan helping ryder with the polar bear puzzle.
ryder and daddy playing battleship together.
and cousins working on the 1000-piece puzzle.
skyler decided she wanted to climb the house's rock wall.
and then the other rock wall.
and finally the rock walls in one of the casinos in reno.
along with walking a tight rope.
ryder played lots of soccer with his uncles.
and with the dogs. sometimes we had to put izzy back in the house because she would actually stop the ball.
skyler finding a new way to sit on the kitchen chairs.
the cousins (minus one) -- ages 7, 8, 8, 9, 10 and 14. kiele spent most of the vacation at her dad's in CA; she joined us on the 28th.
having fun with tires.
our elf found a new friend mixed in with oma's christmas ornaments. even though oma's elf wasn't "real", sky sat him with our elf, joy.
always so much food at oma and opa's. there's something sitting out at all times of the day. and lots of eating, i did.
oma reading the littles 'twas the night before christmas' right before bed, christmas eve.
more tomorrow. :-))
there’s a group of 12 of us participating in this what ____ looks like monthly project. i hope you’ll check them all out [clicking link to link]. next up… stephanie moore | tucson senior photographer.
what ____ looks like | month four
another crazy month. come and gone. i'm not really sure where it even went. but thank goodness i have some pictures to remind me. here’s a bit of what november in tampa, florida looks like [kind of crazy to still be catching butterflies, swimming, wearing shuts and running around barefoot]…
finding and holding a butterfly, in our front yard.
ALWAYS dirty, dirty feet. kids play outside barefoot every day.
one of skyler's gifts to me. they usually end up on my inspiration board. that's where she likes them.
yep, this is how i found them one day.
the barn nursery. sky loved holding the piglet until the barn dog became interested. then she got too nervous.
we so love seeing the new additions. these were the new ducks, who are now pretty big. last time we were there, they were in the geese pen and the geese were crazy protective over them [and loud]. we're waiting on baby bunnies to be born. any day now.
more new barn friends. with each visit, we always seem to find new friends.
the deer were so timid when the barn first got them and now they love to be pet.
this guy scares me. i finally was able to take a picture of him, but not without hissing at us.
sometimes i like to explore the other areas of the barn with the kids. sometimes they don't.
the only place ryder wanted to take flat stanley was...under water.
location scouting for my editorial shoots.
playing on a tire swing. sky was doing all kinds of tricks. she's pretty fearless.
sky also seems to sit on the couch every way except how she's supposed to.
ummm...homework and TV.
there’s a group of 12 of us participating in this what ____ looks like monthly project. i hope you’ll check them all out [clicking link to link]. next up... stephanie moore | tucson senior photographer.
the beaty family | coming home
i had already blogged about lifetime's new show, coming home, which features military homecoming stories, here. but last night's episode (episode 2 | daddy's little girl) featured the beaty family's homecoming. if you missed it, no worries, you can watch the full episode here. the beaty family is on episode 2 (daddy's little girl) and starts about a third of the way in.
love them so!!
some of my favorite photos from the beaty family's homecoming...
