I recently participated in the ArtWorks, Inc. 8th Annual Members Only Exhibit. This year, the exhibit is at the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center at WKU. If you have a chance, go by and take a look at the show. It features thirty-five local artists sharing a variety of genres …
As members of both the Sunny 16 Photography Club and ArtWorks, Inc., my husband and I are honored to have the opportunity to exhibit with talented artists in the Bowling Green area. Currently, we each have a piece in Stonehaven Gallery at Barren River State Park. This exhibit is the …
I’m a member of ArtWorks, Inc., a local group that advocates arts in all mediums. Each year, ArtWorks sponsors the All Kentucky Juried Exhibition. This exhibit is open to all professional and amateur artists in Kentucky. This year, I entered “Writer’s Block” and “In Time” with hope that at least …
Have you been thinking of scheduling a session with your favorite fur baby? Well, now is the time to do just that! During the months of August and September, 100% of the session fee for every pet session scheduled will be donated to Smiles for a Cure to raise funds …
Anyone who really knows me, knows that summer is my absolute favorite season. Give me sunshine and heat any day over darkness and cold! There are so many beautiful things to photograph when summer arrives. Some of my favorites are butterflies and flowers. Here are a few of my finds …
My husband has recently taken up learning photography. He started with a basic point and shoot, then moved to a point and shoot that allowed him to photograph in (M)anual mode. There were frustrations, however, because he couldn’t pick focal points and do a few other things I suggested would …
I’ve recently been invited to a couple of get-togethers involving local artists of many genres. I look forward to these nights when they are announced. The one I attended in March was at a local tattoo parlor that was in the process of relocating to this awesome space. (Visit Age …
I’m happy to announce my next basic photography workshops for teens. I’m offering two sessions to cover spring breaks for area schools. The first session will be Monday, March 25, and the second session will be Wednesday, April 3. The workshop is the same as my Basic Photography class, but …
It’s time for the February installment of Fine Art Friday. I just happened to have an image printed this week for an upcoming exhibit and thought it would fit the bill for today as well. These are my husband’s work boots and I just love all the textures from the …
As a member of 4 The Love of Focus, I was thrilled to join their Fine Art Friday group. This is my first time to participate in this type of share as I tend to keep to myself more than I join in groups. How fitting, then, that my first …
Back in August of 2012, American Idol came to Bowling Green, KY for a day of tryouts for the current season. A friend asked if I would like to go downtown and photograph some of the action. I did go, but didn’t take many photos of the singers and musicians. …
I just came across a great article about taking the time to learn photography before spending tons of money on expensive equipment. Read the article here: Photography Talk. What better way to share my Black Friday offer with you! Mention that you read this article and receive 15% off a …
Ric and I spent Saturday morning at Lost River Cave and Trails with several members of the Sunny Sixteen Photography Club. It was a great morning to be out on the trails taking photographs of the beautiful fall foliage. I was concerned that I wouldn’t find anything new to photograph …
This past weekend I went on the Kelby World Wide Photo Walk with a group of fellow photographers here in Bowling Green, KY. This was the first year I had participated in the walk and I really had a great time. I’ll definitely be going on the walk in future …
Ric and I took a quick trip to Mammoth Cave National Park to see if we could capture some of the beautiful fall colors. We weren’t disappointed. We happened to get there at a perfect time to catch some awesome reflections on Sloan’s Crossing Pond. I’m told the pond is …
A few rays of sunshine to brighten your day!
On a recent Sunday morning, Ric and I were driving around Bowling Green searching for inspiration for an upcoming photo exhibit I am participating in with the Sunny Sixteen Photography Club. The theme for the exhibit is In “Reverse” due to it being in conjunction with a classic car show …
I recently spent part of an afternoon hanging out with a friend and fellow photographer at Lost River Cave. Anyone who knows me, will know I have to visit the Butterfly House every time I am there. I am a butterfly fanatic! I only wish there were more varieties to …
Sharing the pretty lilies from our front yard…
Have you recently gotten a dSLR camera, but you’re just not certain what all those buttons are for? Maybe you’ve had one for awhile and you love to take pictures, but really want to take things a step further and take better pictures. Why not take a photography class and …
Don’t miss out on the fun here in Bowling Green! Schedule your session today. I look forward to hearing from you.
My favorite shot of the day from a walk around the WKU campus here in Bowling Green this morning.
Are you looking for an awesome local gift for someone? Or maybe you’re looking for a fun little gift for yourself? Then check out Christy Long – Nature is Art. Christy and her husband are both artists who offer handmade gifts that you will love. I recently purchased this dragonfly …
We’re still enjoying the spring here in Bowling Green. Flowers are abundant wherever you go. I happened to find these sweet Gerberas when I was grocery shopping earlier this week. Personally, I think pink rules! Add a touch of yellow and Bam! beautiful daisies abound. Enjoy!
There is an upcoming exhibit April 13-15 at The Medical Center here in Bowling Green. It’s the annual Women-in-the-Arts exhibit celebrating female artists in Kentucky. This is my first year to participate and I wanted to share my exhibit pieces with you here. Be sure to also stop by The …
My friend Chris C. is the queen of dandelion and landscape images. I give it my best shot once in awhile just to say I tried. I took my son outside with me yesterday to block the sunlight and, by pure luck, got this shot. Here in Bowling Green, the …
Spring has sprung here in Bowling Green and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I’ve been waiting for my plum tree to flower and it finally obliged this week. I love the delicate flowers it produces. The touch of pink near the center just really draws me in. These tiny flowers …
Though spring is still a few days away on the calendar, it’s really already here in Bowling Green given the very mild winter we had. I’m certainly enjoying seeing everything begin to bloom and I’m hoping to take a walk around Fountain Square this weekend to take in all the …
Many of you have seen the images I’m sharing now, but I wanted to post them as a group to spread the word about two exhibits going on now. First, there is the Public Art Hanging at The Gallery at 916. Head to downtown Bowling Green and stop in the …
My Project 52 assignment for the week was Ten Minutes from Home. Since I live in Bowling Green, sometimes ten minutes from home can be a mile away. This week, however, was a slow traffic week and ten minutes from home took me to Three Springs Park on a beautiful …
Many of you know that I’m participating in a Project 52 as well as a 365+1 in 2012. Well, I’ve also decided to take on a 50 With My 50. That’s a photo each day with my 50mm lens for 50 days. I’m not sure why I’ve taken on three …
Many of you know that our three kids are well on their way to becoming adults. In fact, our daughter is already a young adult and has a home of her own and the boys aren’t far behind. I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for 21 years and, as I near …
It’s time to kick off Project 52 for 2012. First up is Resolutions.
Project 52 is coming to a close for 2011. I must say, at times it’s been difficult to keep up with taking a photograph each week. I wouldn’t have thought this in the beginning. I’ve gotten behind a couple of times, but have managed to catch up and I’ve only …
A few weeks ago, the theme for the Project 52 group I belong to was sunrise. Well, my house is surrounded by trees and I just have no clear view of sunrise until late fall and winter. I skipped that week thinking I would come back to it once the …
Recently, I took a walk around downtown Bowling Green with a friend and fellow photographer. We stopped by Circus Square and Fountain Square and a few places in between. Here are three of my faves from the afternoon. Pink Lemonade Fuzzy Purple
Well, the toadstool was alone until I gave it some flowers. Now it just needs a butterfly. : ) The first image was day one, the second image is day two when it’s open more. And growing!
The latest from my Project 52. The theme is Intentional Blur and I kind of like the red against the green for this image.
Just thought it was kind of cool…
Reminds me of sunshine…
At the request of a fellow photographer, I organized a photowalk for today. We met early this morning on the WKU campus. Hoping the rain would hold off for awhile, we strolled around campus for a couple of hours. I had a great time of fellowship with my husband, daughter, …
While on vacation this week, Ric and I took a walk around a trail at Shanty Hollow Lake. Wow, was it hot and muggy! We didn’t stay long, but the brief time we were there allowed me the opportunity to capture some reflections on the lake. The reflections remind me …
Have you taken a walk around the trails at Lost River Cave and Valley, lately?
Don’t you just love the smell of honeysuckle? I especially love it when I can open my windows and fill my house with the wonderful scent.
When my peony starts growing every spring, I normally pull it up and give it to a friend. This year, when I was digging it up, I saw that there was a bud on one of the stalks so I left that side alone. Within a week, I had this …
I found what I thought was a snail shell at the office where Ric works. I put it on a shelf to bring it home and, to my surprise, came back later to find it had been on the move. I found it on the underside of another shelf. I …
Waiting to open… Rained upon… Floating… Through the rails…
I’m once again trying to make the best of this never-ending rain we seem to be having in Bowling Green. Just like I was quickly addicted to dandelion photography, I’m now finding myself addicted to raindrop photography. I think it all comes down to the challenge of the small stuff …
I took a few moments off and on today to look around for my Zen garden and decided to find it in the droplets left behind by the rains we had all morning.
I posted my bokeh shots a week or so ago and was instantly addicted to shooting dandelions. I’m still not certain why I felt the need to photograph them, but I did and now I’m adding a few more images to the blog. These are probably the last of the …
Tulips seem to yell SPRING IS HERE! They are so bright and you can find most any color you might be looking for when searching. My recent walk around downtown Bowling Green allowed me many opportunities to photograph bright, beautiful tulips. I do enjoy the watercolor effect I captured with …
Zen is wherever you find it. Today, I found mine in the crooked branches of a Pink Flowering Dogwood.
Week 15 of my Project 52 is Bokeh. I love, love, love bokeh! Honestly, what photographer wouldn’t? I normally can’t stand dandelions because they are, after all, weeds. When I realized this week was bokeh, I instantly thought I wanted to get an image of a dandelion. Not at all …
I’ve driven by our local fire department many times and thought I would absolutely love to photograph the antique fire engine that’s visible from the large window wall. For whatever reason, I just never thought it would be okay to go inside and request this. Fortunately, I have a friend …
I recently had an issue with someone downloading my images from facebook and decided it was time to get a new watermark stating my images were copyrighted, along with the tag “do not print, copy, or save”. Thank you to Christina Kafkakis for designing this for me. Here is my …
The final installment of Macro Monday is here with a pair of D’s drumsticks.
Week 13 of my Project 52 is Fruit/Vegetables. I chose raspberries because I just love the bright red color and I love all the textures that can be captured in a single image.
Things I Love Thursday continues with spring. I get SO excited when I start seeing all the trees and flowers budding in the springtime. I love to walk around my yard and act like I’m on a treasure hunt to find the new buds and sprouts. These buds are of …
What Is It Wednesday is here. Take a guess at what the image is, leave a comment here with your guess, and your name will be entered in a drawing on March 31st for a $5 Barnes and Noble or Starbucks gift card. Once the correct guess has been made, …
Spring Fever has bitten and Tasteful Tuesday will reflect that. In honor of the beautiful weather and warm temps we had here on Monday, I made Tortellini Salad and we had dinner on our back patio. The first of many for the season, I’m sure. Ric and I certainly enjoy …
For today’s Macro Monday I’m celebrating the arrival of spring with more floral photography. I hope you don’t get tired of it because I know I certainly don’t. I don’t even know what this tiny flower is called, so I’m naming it Lemon and Honey for this post. If you …
Week 12 of my Project 52 is Spring. Ric and I took a walk downtown and the blossoms from the weeping cherry trees caught my eye. The buttercups were in full bloom as well and I just might share them later. For now, I hope you enjoy the cherry blossoms …
Take a guess at what this image is and leave a comment here. If you are the first person with the correct guess, you will have your name entered into a drawing for your choice of a $5 Barnes and Noble or Starbucks gift card. Drawing will take place on …
Today’s Tasteful Tuesday menu is Blackened Shrimp with Mango salsa. I generally serve it with a side of rice and occasionally some bread. Since tonight’s meal is for Ric’s birthday and all three kids are here eating, I’m adding ciabatti to the plate. All of the ingredients are fresh and …
I normally cannot stand rainy days. Today, however, I decided to take advantage of the rain for my Macro Monday image. Yesterday, Ric bought flowers for us to have for our table and I put them outside on the patio for a few minutes to catch raindrops on the petals. …
Leave a comment here with your guess. The first correct guess will be entered in a drawing on March 31st for your choice of a $5 Starbucks or Barnes and Noble gift card. Please do not leave guess comments on Facebook. After the correct guess has been made, I post …
Normally Tasteful Tuesday, I changed it up a bit today for Mardi Gras. My fab cousin sent me some King Cake, tons of beads, Moon Pies, and Zapps chips. So, for Fat Tuesday, I thought I’d share some of it with everyone. Happy Mardi Gras, Everyone!
It’s Macro Monday and I’m being a bit diverse. I’m showing one true macro shot and one shot with a macro lens set a a different focal distance. Still, I love this macro lens and the clarity it has. Macro lenses make awesome portrait lenses. So, Imagine, Celebrate, Laugh…whatever you …
Project 52 – Week 10 is Underneath. I really struggled with this one, as it’s still winter here and there are no butterflies, spiders, bright leaves, or anything that I would normally seek to photograph the underside. I was looking out the back door and noticed Cameron’s skateboard in the …
Things I Love Thursday is all about Reax… I really, really don’t like shoes. Unless, of course, we’re talking flip-flops. If I must wear shoes, I prefer my Nike Reax. Can you say comfortable? I bought my first pair of Reax when I started Turbo Jam. Now, my eye is …
It’s time for What Is It Wednesday. Do you have a guess for what the image below is? If you do, leave a comment in this post and your name will be entered into a drawing March 31st for your choice of a $5 Starbucks or Barnes and Noble gift …
Today’s Tasteful Tuesday brings you yummy Cinnamon Coffee Cake. The recipe can be found here: Taste of Home. I left out the walnuts because we have a teen with braces, but I have made it with walnuts and they give it a little something extra. Leave a review for me …
Macro Monday brings you colorful drinking straws to brighten up this rainy day.
It’s all about music for Things I Love Thursday! I enjoy most all genres of music. Give me rock, alternative, country, R&B, a bit of rap, blues, throw in a bit of pop, I don’t mind at all. I have an iPod with two docks that get moved from room …
It’s time for What Is It Wednesday. Correctly guess what the image is and your name will automatically be put in a drawing for a Starbucks gift card. Drawing will take place February 28th. Comments are time stamped so everyone will be able to see who was first once the …
It’s Tasteful Tuesday and time for yummy veggie pita pizzas!
Week eight of my Project 52 is Vintage. I had several things in mind that were readily available to me for this image, but the ones that pulled my heart the most were these items that belonged to my papaw. His reading primer, his report card from the 1927-28 school …
When Ric asked what Thursday’s post for the week was titled and I told him “Things I Love”, he immediately said, “I know who’s getting their picture taken today”. Nope. That’s tomorrow for Furry Friends Friday. Thursday’s will be about things I love. Shelby is not a thing to me …
As part of my weekday blog series, I’ve decided to have a challenge every Wednesday. I’ll post an image and you have to guess what it is. At the end of the month, the winner from each week will have their names placed in a drawing for a $5 Starbucks …
It’s Tasteful Tuesday here on the blog and I’m sharing one of my new favorite recipes. Thai Chili is a yummy recipe I discovered in my January edition of Clean Eating. It’s so good that my family was asking for it within a couple of weeks from the first time …
I’m starting a new weekday series on the blog and today is Macro Monday. I thought I’d kick it off in honor of Valentine’s Day with a yummy, fluffy cupcake from Gigi’s. The frosting is so tall and fluffy on these cupcakes! I think the frosting is taller than the …
As a business owner, I enjoy meeting and getting to know other local business owners – especially those who work with other local businesses to produce high-quality products. I am more than happy to purchase from these businesses and have often offered to share their products on my site if …
Week six of my project called for body parts. While this image isn’t necessarily what some would consider a true body part, I wanted to capture it anyway. We’ll say the eye is the body part for the project. How’s that? My kids have always gotten compliments about their long …
Week five of my Project 52 was flare. It wasn’t a great week for flare as we didn’t have very much sunlight thanks to winter really settling in here in Kentucky. The sun finally came out on Friday afternoon and stayed through the weekend for everyone. The temps grew warmer …
I’m in a group with a few friends on Flickr and we’re doing a Project 52. One photo per week with a suggested theme. Last week’s theme was Macro, thus the image of the watch in the previous post. This week is Tired. I wanted to do something other than …
Take time for yourself and take your life in the perfect direction for you.
He doesn’t have a red nose, but I still call him Rudy. : ) I want to take a moment to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday weekend. I hope it’s fantabulous for all of you!!
