close up | serenity group | july 2020

Third Wednesday of the month… how time flies. That means it’s circle time!!! Some of my fellow photographers and I are coming together every third Wednesday of the month to show how we find serenity in our lives.

I love shooting macro, close-ups and flowers. It is my therapy!!! I believe there is such a thing as macro therapy! When I get behind the lens and go exploring, I forget time and place. All worries I might have had disappears from my mind.

This particular day, I was out hunting beautiful light with my vintage lens mounted to my camera. I have a love for vintage lenses. I love the dreamy look, the bokeh and the flare they can produce. And that they are manual everything - just makes me slow down even more.

My daughter came and saw me crawling around - my behind in the air - to capture these small clovers in the field, and she said Mom, you look embarrassing! Embarrassing my 12 year old daughter in the process… well that is just a plus!

Oh and then this little guy stopped by and landed on my clover, how nice of him!

canon 5d mklll | Pentacon 50 with extension tube | 50mm | f 2.8 | 1/640 | iso 100

canon 5d mklll | Pentacon 50 with extension tube | 50mm | f 2.8 | 1/2000 | iso 100

I love loosing sense of time and place… how about you? Do you love loosing sense of time an place? Do you have a special something that gets you to that serene state of mind?

Thank you for stopping by. Now please follow the link and look at the wonderful work of my dear friend Wendy May, NE Scotland Nature Photographer by visiting her website and have a look at what brigs her serenity. Leave her a little love, while you are there!

xo

denmark | the serenity group

I lived in Denmark the first 34 years of my life. This beautiful little fairytale Kingdom where the Winters are long and the Summers are short. Sometimes Summers are cold and rainy, or sometimes warm and sunny. But I always get this special feeling in my stomach, when I go back to visit in the Summer. Something about Danish Summer just gets to me and makes me feel all giddy and like a little girl again.

Now that I live in the South, I can not have the same flowers in my garden outside my house. I miss those flowers - I am definitely more a rose garden type of girl as opposed to a tropic garden kinda girl… so I soak up every little bit of details, when I am visiting my childhood country.

Now move on over to the amazing Nancy Armstrong, Kansas City Photographer and see what brings her serenity. Remember to leave a little love while you are there.
Thank you for stopping by.
xo

happiness | the serenity group

Happiness is fresh flowers…

I so enjoy having fresh flowers my house. They make me happy and giggly and of course I love to capture them with my camera.
I was thrilled, when I saw that the Ranuculus was here. I love capturing all their layers. They are just so amazingly beautiful.

What brings you happiness?

iso 1600 | 100mm | f 2.8 | 1/125

iso 1600 | 100mm | f 2.8 | 1/125

Thank you for stopping by. Please make sure to visit all the amazing photographers in our Serenity circle to see their take on serenity.
Next up is Wendy May, still life photographer, Scotland - please visit her site to enjoy her amazing work, and make sure to leave a little love, when you are there.

Thank you for stopping by.
xo

ring of fire | the serenity group

When I was in Las Vegas, I was told I absolutely had to visit the Belaggio Garden. So of corse I packed my macro lens, my copper pipe and my ring crystal. The pipe and the crystal had been collecting dust on my shelf for ages and now was the time to have fun. 

When I arrived to the garden, I completely forgot time and place and the weird looks I noticed getting when I pulled out the pipe...

I so enjoy getting lost in time and space.  

Thank you so much for stopping by. Now please go visit the incredibly talented Kristen Ryan, Fine Art Landscape Photography to see her take on serenity. 

xo