adirondacks

we went on a hike in the adirondacks in november-- and i took 200+ pictures. the adirondack mountains are GORGEOUS. these are a few of my favorites pictures from that trip.

these first three are of moss. lol. i know moss pictures are scintillating. but seriously, i never realized how pretty/intricate/other-worldly moss is until i looked at it up close.

and there are a bazillion species of moss too.

and they have the weirdest little shoots! i like this picture because of the water droplet suspended on the edge of each little shoot-off.

the adirondacks are full of birch trees. reaaaaally tall birch trees.

i love this picture cuz of how the trees form a natural pattern.

ice

i discovered a new photography technique: shooting through a sheet of ice. i found a piece of relatively smooth ice on a pond and randomly decided to take a few pictures through it. sometimes the ice was in focus and sometimes the object was... both types of pictures were so cool. because the ice had little defects in it, the pictures were usually a little skewed, but it added to the effect. anyway- next time it freezes- i'm trying this again! :D

in this one the branch and needles were in focus...

while in this one the ice was in focus.

it also created this awesome fish-eye effect.

i love all of the colors and whorls in this one ;)

i think this makes an interesting self-portrait. lol.

b&w photos w/ color

i love the black and white plus a little color effect. i try not to use it too often, but i like how it brings out certain colors and focuses the viewer away from distracting colors/objects within the picture.

macro setting. i love this one, especially the little cobweb in the corner. :)

this was my first attempt at making parts of the photo have color so it's a little messy, but the vivid green moss on the rock and the tree complemented each other well.

my favorite. this little inchworm reminds me of hope for some reason... he's so tiny (and trying to balance a water droplet on its back!) but he's still persevering and crawling up the branch.

There was a little ballerina on the sand dunes!

my brother at his favorite pastime. :) i liked how this looked just b&w but i wanted to put emphasis on the colored pencils.

my "girls in a tree" photo shoot... haha. i got this weird idea for a picture and got the girls to cooperate. :)

Merry Christmas :)

no picture taking happened today- i took this one last night though. hope everyone had a great Christmas!

christmas eve

the house felt super cozy after coming home from the Christmas eve church service tonight and so i wanted to capture the coziness/warmth/Christmas cheer/whatever on camera. :)

the girls and mom baking last minute christmas cookies.

this was taken through one of the Christmas tree lightbulbs... i unscrewed it and then held the camera very close to it- sort of making a extra make-shift lense? idk. anyway. i like how it turned out.

haha... someone's excited for Christmas. i set the setting on fireworks and then moved the camera in frenetic circles while i took pictures of the lights on the tree. :D

my sweet puppy is all tuckered out... i can't believe we'll have had her for a year tomorrow.

this reminds me of a cave. plus this candle smells AWESOME. :D


two of the gorgeous roses that dad got for mom. :))

well, it's 10 minutes until midnight. and i need to go to bed. merry christmas eve and goodnight. :)

a few favorites

"Brown paper packages tied up with strings/ These are a few of my favorite things"
*hums*

these are several of my favorite pictures that i've taken this year.

"I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Phillipians 3:14

"Where flowers bloom, so does hope." -Ladybird Johnson

:)
did you know that...
"Butterflies are self propelled flowers"?
-R.H. Heinlein

“God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars." -Martin Luther

-a dying sunflower in December-
“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." -T.S. Eliot