serenity | flowers | october 2018

Welcome to this month's serenity blog circle.

AS usual I find peace and serenity in capturing flowers. This month I decided to play with my Lensbaby Velvet 56. I love the dreamy look it can give, that is exactly how I see flowers - more like shapes and colors. 
it is a dreamy lens - but it has a learning curve - I have given up on it before... but here I go again. I am determent to tame it.

Lensbaby velvet 56 | f/1.8 | 1/160 | iso 200

lensbaby velvet 56 | f/1.8 | 1/400 | iso 400

Thank you for stopping by. Please follow the circle to see the wonderful work of the incredibly talented Iris Nelson.
Please remember to leave a little love for her!
xo

serenity | tulips | march 2018

Tulips make me happy. They are such a happy flower on all of their simplicity and grace. I have always like tulips and their happy colors. 
When I gave birth to my second son, my mother in law filled my house with hundreds of tulips in different colors - what a sight to come home to. 

Today - many years later - I still think of her and my baby boy, when I see tulips and I can't help but smile.

They are my happy, my calm, my serenity.

Please head on over to Iris Nelson, Metro Phoenix Photographer of Iris Nelson Photography to see her serenity and gorgeous work! Remember to leave a little love while you are there.

Thank you for stopping by.
xo

serenity | my zen | june 2017

serenity
noun, plural serenities.
1. the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness.

To me that means getting out my camera and getting in that Zen mode. You know the place... where you forget time and space and starting being - northing else. Photography does that to me. Not only capturing my own art - but also getting lost in other photographer's work. (I have a few photographers, whose work, I absolutely adore. Blog post coming about that later).

I just love that feeling of just being. Absolutely paused in that moment - not dwelling on the past or worried about the future - just right here, right now. Photography gives me that.

What is your zen? What brings you serenity? 

I bout this different lilies Friday afternoon. I was instantly attracted to their curves and ruffles. I captured them different days over the weekend to watch them unfold. I am involve with these lilies.

Edited with a texture from Jessica Drossin using Topaz Texture Effects 2.

And then one in black and white...

Now make sure to go and visit The Rusty Lens to find her serenity and soak up some.

Thanks for stopping by. 
xo

spring flowers | serenity | may 2017

Welcome to my first post for the Serenity blog circle (next up is Jennifer Carr Photography).

It had to be flowers - I love capturing flowers - the beauty, the softness, the joy they give me. 

This month, I played with my new lens - the Lensbaby Velvet 56. I love this lens, it captures exactly how I see and feel about flowers.
It does have a steep learning curve though... and I am still learning. It is manual focus and I find it hard to grab focus - especially at the wide open apertures... wide open it is very "glowy" and soft. But I am not giving up! 

What is your favorite thing to capture?

Just to try something new - I converted the image above to black and white.

Please head on over to Jennifer Carr of Jennifer Carr Photography for her take on Serenity.

Thank you for stopping by.
xo