Humidity

Glimmer

::insight::

[you had a lot of moments that didn't last forever/ 

and now you're in the corner trying to put it all together/ 

how to love]

the red flowers at Hillsdale

 ... 

[do you hear that, love? they're playing our song.]

::companion::

i want to stand next to you for a while.

::rainbow::

[if you feel discouraged/

[that there's a lack of color here/

[please don't worry, love]

mmm. i love how vintage this looks. and i also love the S-curve. :)

::peace::

[do you feel cold and lost in desperation/
you build up hope, but failure's all you've known/

remember all the sadness and frustration/
and let it go/

let it go]

::smile::

because sometimes when i take a photo... it reminds me of someone or i randomly feel like i need to give it to someone. this one is for Em. :)

purple

i had a craving for flowers today... so i went outside... and found several. :D

georgia

jewel red

last hurrah of summer

[forget what we're told/ before we get too old/ show me a garden that's bursting into life]

el sol

i'm convinced that the sun is a natural antidepressant... i love it. sunshine is one of the best parts of spring/summer, and i love how it changes the subjects of my pictures. so.. i take a lot of pictures of it. [haha. although this is sometimes bad for my eyesight.]

el fin.

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

photo essay: spring

photo essay: spring
-lenten roses from the garden-

macro

i LOVE using the macro setting [macro: an image is depicted in the same scale as the subject, focused sharply on that subject. The subject matter is usually very diminutive object and is meant to make that object appear larger than life. www.theuntappedsource.com].

i really like how it brings the forefront of the picture into focus while making the background appear only in vague colors and shapes. i've been wondering where i'm going to get new pictures since it's so gray and uncolorful outside... but i decided to just go wander the woods behind my house. it's amazing how gorgeous it actually is outside, even in winter. the macro setting really helps to bring that out. because all of the leaves are gone, the detail of these tiny flowers comes out really well when contrasted with the stark brown and white background. anyway... if you made it through all of that... here are my pictures from this afternoon- in macro. :)

these flowers are maybe 1/4 inch across in real life. i love the little puffs next to the flowers.

the red thing is my glove hanging on a branch. i liked the color it added to the picture... but my hand got reaaally cold.

these are all of the same flower but i loved the detail.

"The color of springtime is in the flowers,
the color of winter is in the imagination."
~Ward Elliot Hour

seasons

happy 2010! since it's the start of a new year, here are four pictures representing the four seasons. [actually i just wanted to post some pictures and this was the only theme i could think of.] ;)

spring

summer

fall

winter