hope

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

honey bee

i wanted to capture our entire backyard in photographs since everything is blooming. i was photographing this redbud, and my little sister pointed out the honey bee. even tho i'm sort of severely allergic to bees... i think this one is cute. :D

i love how it's lit up from behind by the sun.:)

evening

"In what house, the jade flute that sends these dark notes drifting,

scattering on the spring wind that fills Lo-yang?

Tonight if we should hear the willow-breaking song,

who could help but long for the gardens of home?"
~Li Bai

spring evening + stars (long exposure)

last night i learned how to take long exposure star pictures. i went into the backyard, set the camera on a stool, and set it for 30" shutter speed (shutter is open for 30 seconds letting all the light possible) and F3.5.

it wasn't this bright out, but since the camera let in so much light, it made the trees an interesting color and the stars really bright.

i really like how the long exposure makes the stars bright, as well as the grass/trees.

self-portrait

photo essay: spring

photo essay: spring
-lenten roses from the garden-

saturday morning

i took my camera outside two saturdays ago to try it out. i LOVE the quality of the pictures from this camera. :D

i crossed over to muscrat island again and caught the horses drinking from the creek... but then i scared them w/ the shutter noise.

on muscrat island. the sun has rays. my old camera never gave the sun rays like that... :D

the train track behind our house. i was lying on the track for this picture. :P ha.

heh. crossing back over from muscrat island i fell in the marsh... up to my waist. it was 30+ degrees outside, but the pictures were worth it and my camera was fine.
i can't say the same for my boots. :P

pearls & roses

so... i haven't posted for a month- but i haven't stopped taking pictures. so i have a lot of catching up to do! the biggest news is that i got a new camera for my birthday: a canon digital rebel XSi. :D i tried it out the day after i got it using the roses and pearls that i got for my b-day as well, and i LOVED how the pictures turned out. :D

favorite. ^^
i love how the foreground is so sharp- how the pearl is so in focus compared to the window.

happy valentine's day

they're my gorgeous models, my willing guinea pigs for new pose ideas, and my siblings. only a small portion of my family is represented in these pictures... but i love every last one of them. :)

happy valentine's day :)

glorious

Dad took us ice-skating on Cascade Lakes this morning. it was 25 degrees and windy, but the ice was smooth, and the sun was extremely bright. we probably skated for 2 miles! :D it was amazing.
this verse popped into my head while i was skating:
"The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word." Hebrews 1:3
it seemed appropriate. :)

wintry

i'm backkk... finals week (which was more like finals month...) finally finished, so i had time to take some pictures today. :)

Mom took my sister and me to Copperas pond. it's surrounded by the Adirondack mountains and absolutely gorgeous.

the pond was completely frozen, so we ventured across.

it was snowing the whole time, so i put the camera settings on fast-action capture to catch the snowflakes. i like the almost antique feeling that it gives to the pictures.

we had to walk a mile back to our car along the road, but the road runs alongside a beautiful stream and the mountains, so it was worth it. :)