an autumn picnic

Thanks to Ben and Elisa for being so fun to photograph!

(And yeah he really does play the accordion.)

a cabin in the misty mountains

"Men come tamely home at night only from the next field or street, where their household echoes haunt, and their life pines because it breathes its own breath over again; their shadows morning and evening reach farther than their daily steps. We should come home from far, from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day, with new experiences and character."

Henry David Thoreau

"Baker Farm"

Walden

 

I dream of such things.

Autumn Leaves

Last weekend, the talented Andrea (partner in all things artsy and adventurous) and I went up the canyon for a little photo-play to capture this transient and fragile little phase we're in, before the leaves change and before our lives change. So, so happy to be friends with this girl.

i do weddings...

For a while now, I've been photographing weddings, graduation, lifestyle portraits, and other such special events for friends and family. That kind of photography takes time--significant time--and until now, I haven't had enough time to do anything other than stuff for friends and family. But the time has come, and I've decided to go big. Starting today, I am now open for taking pictures for the WORLD.

In other words, if you're looking for a photographer or if you know someone who is looking for one, I'd love your recommendation! You can check out my photographs over on my photography site.

And just for the fun of it, here are seven reasons you should let me do your photographs:
1. I am friendly.
2. I've got street cred (awards in various travel photography competitions, state fairs (yeeehaw!), and art shows, and I'm published in Inscape and Stowaway magazines)
3. I've got goooood prices.
4. I have freckles (who doesn't love a freckled photographer?)
5. I don't use profanity (your mom would like me).
6. You already read my blog, which must mean that you at least sorta like spending time with me, right? (wink wink)
7. If you recommend me to someone, something magical will happen to you within 7 days. If you don't, you will get in a really scary accident, will lose all your money and friends, and your grandma will disown you. Just sayin.

(In other words, hit that little "like" button and I'll love you forever. --->)

Andrea

From a night of white lights, dancing, root beer, and lots and lots of pictures.

the Caribbean

I got to spend the last week in the Caribbean with my family.

Lucky lucky lucky.

We drank too many strawberry daiquiris and cherry fizzes

swam until our fingers were white and shrively,

and spent hours and hours in the sun, sand, and surf.

Here's some pictures from the first few days.

through the woods we ran, deep into the mountain sound

a Day of Ages

Last saturday I lived a thousand ages in one day.

We packed up the old truck and drove ourselves into the heart of the woods.

I say a thousand ages because when you're with people who have the same heart as you, the same outlook and desires and feelings, you feel like an old soul and a good soul.  And in those thousand ages we did all sorts of stuff (all of which was interspersed with Lord of the Rings quotes and random outbursts of song.  Unbeknownst to us before this weekend, we all share the same affinity for Lord of the Rings and for singing.):

• ate gourmet quesadillas, cobbler, waffles, etc.
• fished on the lake at 5:45-sunrise
• walked the road back, past a dead deer and a beaver dam and a crawdad cemetery
• hiked through forest woods and quaking aspens
• slacklined (I fell off, and nearly lived out my greatest fear: having your right leg slip left and your left leg slip right.)
• told scary stories around a wood stove while eating dutch oven
• lots of moments of people jumping out of the woods to scare us (ray and stephen, nathan and stephen...stephen and stephen...)
• the truth game, in which we all became best friends forever.
• invented the best game in the world, called "Orcs in the Woods" (this is the more P.C. title)
• decided if ever I have a band, we'll be called The Cabin Fevers
• played lots of nerts and phase 10, in which nathan proved himself after we more or less sabotaged him with an entire round of "skip"s.

Best of all, we woke up to snow and hot cocoa in the morning.

lovely lady {lauren}

a few photos from an unbelievably fun photo shoot this afternoon.

this girl is so beautiful (right?!) and so fun to be with.

what a great beginning to the weekend.

chances are i'll set sail tomorrow

6. Gather your belongings on a cloudy day. Set sail for an island off the coast of wherever you live. Give thanks to the sea for bearing you away from your heartaches and troubles. Repeat c. 35 trillion times.

(words from Ian Varley's "Nearly 100 Ways to Approach Infinity")

(post-title courtesy of montt mardie)