TGIF! And some portraits

Happy Friday All,
Well haven't I been a busy bee. This photography thing has really taken off, I have been busy busy busy. I think that this could become a business. We will see. Here are some portrait photos I took yesterday. I have a lot more so these might not even be the best, but I think they are worth a peak. I really want to find a baby to photograph.
This weekend is the big trip to Turning Stone Casino to see if that is where we will be having our wedding!!!! Scary thought. We still have a year :) I need to start making arrangements for our engagement photos…. EIK…. Of course I want them to be super artistic and special but in my neck of the woods there aren't many resources.
I am going to head out. Sorry I have been so busy that I haven't been able to make the rounds to say hi this week. Between the camera and editing I have been non-stop!

Big Weekend Smooches,
Steph

Dark Days

I just wanted to give everyone a little taste of what NY has been looking like lately. I LOOOVVEEEE it. Although I am not a huge Twilight fan I can imagine that the Cullen's uprooted their home in "Washington" to come live in the Adirondacks. I can't remember the last time we have seen sun. Seriously we haven't had a day that hasn't had rain forecasted in FOREVER! I just wish I could spend more time in it, I get so inspired, but alas the working 9-5 gets in the way.

I love how the clouds slink over the sun so it casts gray/blue rays everywhere. I am not surprised I don't like the sun, yellow happens to be my least favorite color and I don't like bright yellow light being cast on anything. Although, I do enjoy a brown yellow, or an orange. Everyone calls be strange but I know there are more people like that out there.

So it has been about a month and I believe I am addicted to photography. I get butterflies when I take pictures! I have another photo shoot tomorrow with a nice young lady. These are preliminary shots to see if we will be moving forward with any themed shots. I think she will do very well. Actually we are going to sneak it in between thunderstorms. I could never be so fortunate but I hope the sky stays overcast during the shoot so I don't have to deal with the fun. Although since we haven't had any sun here I haven't gotten the opportunity to use it to my advantage for really backlit artistic shots.

I NEED YOUR HELP!!!! I am trying to think of some objects to take still lifes of (you know thing people would like and potentially want to buy) I have such a sometimes odd style that I don't always know things people like to hang in their house. Any suggestions? What would you like to hang in your house? All ideas are appreciated.

Alright happen Wednesday!

Smoooochhess,
Steph

Well Slap Me and Call Me Tuesday

I hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday weekend. I fear the break wasn't nearly long enough; I could have used another day! I really wish it were Wednesday but hey beggars can't be choosers at least it isn't Monday anymore.

So if you haven't noticed at the top of my screen I have FLICKR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For right now I am just using it for my photography. You know trying to get some input. I PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE beg you to stop over and let me know what you think. I am very new to Flickr and well… don't have many friend (picture the lonely kid in the corner… that is me).

This weekend I was lucky enough to get over the Yaddo Gardens in Saratoga Spring, NY where I live. If you look through my Flickr pictures you will see where Emily is wearing a silk green dress, those are the gardens. This place is so special that there is a HUUUUGGGGEEE stone mansion that invites the best of the best artists from around the world to live there (painters, authors, musicians, etc..) and practice and refine their crafts. This mansion is closed to the public but is has all its original fixtures and décor. It is secluded and beautiful, something that could only be described by Shakespeare. In fact, on the grounds there are cabins and in one of those cabins is where the great Edgar Allen Poe wrote The Raven. I wish I had a telephoto lens to capture the beauty of the building. Here is one of the pictures from the shoot in the garden.

I have to say I am very bummed out :( My Etsy stores have dried up…. I am sure on part of me not putting in any new items, but I can't unless things sell. I am so torn... Do I put my entire Plumes Ami shop on sale and hope things sell or do I wait for Christmas to roll around. Really my funds are dried up and I can't afford to buy much more to create more art :(. Plus, I think I made a huge ambitious mistake and bit off more than I can chew. I will probably give everything a little more time to see if there is any turn around if I add some new items. Yes, it is discouraging but even more so frustrating because I spent most of my resources and efforts building some that is flopping. The only solace I have is that the economy everywhere has crashed and I am not the only one in the boat.

This has been a strange couple of months for me and I can't seem to figure out why. Maybe it is all of the transitions I have been through. Maybe because there have been times where my soul has been broken and I have had to get back up. I think this year in general has really tested my will and my full value of self will only be recognized when I see how I put all the pieces back together. I think I am becoming a new person. What a funny thing… the transition from child to adult.


I hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday weekend. I fear the break wasn't nearly long enough; I could have used another day! I really wish it were Wednesday but hey beggars can't be choosers at least it isn't Monday anymore.

So if you haven't noticed at the top of my screen I have FLICKR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For right now I am just using it for my photography. You know trying to get some input. I PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE beg you to stop over and let me know what you think. I am very new to Flickr and well… don't have many friend (picture the lonely kid in the corner… that is me).

This weekend I was lucky enough to get over the Yaddo Gardens in Saratoga Spring, NY where I live. If you look through my Flickr pictures you will see where Emily is wearing a silk green dress, those are the gardens. This place is so special that there is a HUUUUGGGGEEE stone mansion that invites the best of the best artists from around the world to live there (painters, authors, musicians, etc..) and practice and refine their crafts. This mansion is closed to the public but is has all its original fixtures and décor. It is secluded and beautiful, something that could only be described by Shakespeare. In fact, on the grounds there are cabins and in one of those cabins is where the great Edgar Allen Poe wrote The Raven. I wish I had a telephoto lens to capture the beauty of the building. Here is one of the pictures from the shoot in the garden.

I have to say I am very bummed out L My Etsy stores have dried up…. I am sure on part of me not putting in any new items, but I can't unless things sell. I am so torn... Do I put my entire Plumes Ami shop on sale and hope things sell or do I wait for Christmas to roll around. Really my funds are dried up and I can't afford to buy much more to create more artL. Plus, I think I made a huge ambitious mistake and bit off more than I can chew. I will probably give everything a little more time to see if there is any turn around if I add some new items. Yes, it is discouraging but even more so frustrating because I spent most of my resources and efforts building some that is flopping. The only solace I have is that the economy everywhere has crashed and I am not the only one in the boat.

This has been a strange couple of months for me and I can't seem to figure out why. Maybe it is all of the transitions I have been through. Maybe because there have been times where my soul has been broken and I have had to get back up. I think this year in general has really tested my will and my full value of self will only be recognized when I see how I put all the pieces back together. I think I am becoming a new person. What a funny thing… the transition from child to adult.

Big Smooches To All Of You,
Steph