Textures for Jenn

Today's post is for Jenn because she got me out of the apartment to shoot today! I'm so glad I did too because it was beautiful out and I got some great shots :)

be forgotten

It was a beautiful day today so Alex and I decided to take a stroll through Falls Park and enjoy the gorgeous spring weather. Since I've been slack with actually getting out to shoot, I'm breaking the photos from today into a few different posts over the next few days. Today's photos are things that people left in the park - either accidentally or on purpose. I wonder about the first one though..... did they walk home with only one boot?

Steel Magnolia

Wow! I can't believe it's been a week since I updated this! You would think a housewife would have tons of time to get out and shoot, edit and blog.... Somehow I haven't gotten into that groove yet though...... This week I actually drove Alex to work so I could venture out on my own. It was definitely exciting to brave the city by myself and not get lost. I still have a ways to go before I will be able to navigate beyond main street, haywood road and woodruff road.....

This afternoon we had to run a few errands downtown and I discovered this gorgeous magnolia tree on Main Street, so of course I had to climb up on a bench to get a better shot of the gorgeous blossoms! It's one of my all time favorite trees so it was exciting to see them out in bloom so early (at home we don't see them until at least May!)

lUnAr EcLiPsE

Tonight there was a lunar eclipse and boy did that bring back memories. This time last year, my girls and I headed up to the Look Off to watch one together. It was a great time and boy do I miss my girls! Now we're all spread out in different cities, in different provinces, and different countries. After American Idol, I dragged Alex outside to see what we could capture with my camera. My moon shots definitely turned out better than last year but last year was definitely an amazing time.




Here was our vantage point - too cold for a swim but a nice backdrop nonetheless. I was so psyched to discover that the longer the exposure the better star flare from the lights :) Unfortunately the long exposures killed my batteries quickly :(

Skater Boy

This week's challenge was Winter Wonderland. Here in South Carolina .... well that is definitely a challenge. So Friday evening, I tried to convince Alex that we should go on a snow chasing hunt up in the Blue Ridge Mountains - on the off chance that we might possibly find some snow. He came up with a different idea - ice skating. There's a rink here that holds public skating several times a week so he grabbed his hockey skates (my figure skates are back in NS) and Sunday we went to public skate. I was impressed with how many people were there - who knew you could even buy skates in the South! Here are a couple of my shots from Sunday afternoon :)





This picture is definitely not a great shot -artistically or technically - but I was very excited to see the Canadian flag flying down here so I had to share anyway