new adventures

My adventures this month have been traveling in France & being a tourist in my own city, raising kittens & growing vegetables. Each time thankfully experiencing something new for the first time.

How are your adventures going?. Have you been anywhere or experienced anything new?....

first journeys,
boat trips,
new love,
the perfect view,
splashing around,
or a busy day.

Share your adventures to new places or doing new activites here today....

beach love

My favorite antidote to months of racing through the demands and commitments of daily living. An irresistible invitation to slow down, let in a little joy and savor a better pace of life. And probably my favorite thing about summer. I can't really explain what it is about that vast expanse of sand, sea and sky that helps me re-discover that feeling of inner abundance and brings me back to a place of peace and calm. I can let my cameras sit on a shelf and forget about them for weeks, when presented with the opportunity to spend time at the beach I will always pack as many as I can, giddy with anticipation and excitement.

Today share your love for the beach. Let’s celebrate the sense of freedom, connection, the pure and unbridled joy, and the beauty of the ocean.

what we dream of shooting

Rice fields had always been on my dream list of places and things to shoot. Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan, Phillipines, etc. Somehow I've been chasing them all over the world in order to capture their inexplicable beauty. I love capturing the vastness, the saturated greens, the workers with big hats and scarfs, the flags dancing with the wind...  I often have a hard time remembering it is actually all about the rice! :)

How about you? What are the places (or things) you dream of shooting in this lifetime? And if some of your shooting dreams have already come true, please share those images with us today.

clues

"We need to find inspiration whenever we can, because when we're spiritually tuned in, everything is a clue pointing us in the right direction."- Sarah Ban Breathnach, Peace and Plenty

Haven't you found those clues? When you're tuned into the frequency of the Universe? When you're following your bliss? When you're moving toward the direction of your dreams?

Today, share with us your direction. Share an affirmation that you are finding your clues. Or find an image that reminds us of the beauty and power of the path before us. Let's walk in the right direction together.

back in time

Spending Spring Break on the Sea of Cortez means capturing hundreds of photos that boast bright vibrant colors. Shooting my daughters splashing in the shore where impossibly clear blue water meets soft white sand under a cloudless blue sky and full sun offers conditions where the shots come out perfectly, just as they are, straight out of the camera (aka SOOC).

Even still, some moments captured aren't about the color of the landscape. In fact, processing them in a way that dials out all distractions is one way to allow them to say more. About childhood. About simplicity. About a place and time we can all relate to. Whether it's looking back at old vintage photographs or remembering our own retro childhood, some images we capture now can still up those distant memories and remind us of the beauty of the past.

Today, let's be time-travelers. Share with us the shots that take you back in time.