Fine Art Botanics | Personal.
This week started my yearly class at Chicago Botanic Garden teaching Macro Photography in the greenhouse. It is always a welcome change of pace for me to communicate the technicalities of the camera, meet new students and spend some time away from the computer. I wander with my class in the green humidity and it relaxes … Continue reading
Changing of Seasons | Personal.
This time of the year is always busy and as I began to write this little post I looked back to see what I was saying last year and it was more of the same. It is the time in the season both in weather and the industry to start taking deeper breaths, slowing down … Continue reading
Portrait of a Poppy | Fine Art Botanicals
My two photography portfolio classes have come to close for this Spring. I taught 30 fine art botanic students searching for their own artistic voice at Chicago Botanic Garden. It was a challenge for me to quiet myself enough from the fast paced wedding world to the silent subjects of nature. This year especially it … Continue reading
Portrait of a Ranunculus | Personal.
It has been a while since I have shared any of my fine art botanic work. For those who know me personally or professionally know that nature is a big deal to me. The weather affects me… a lot. I get grouchy in the winter and sing loudly around the studio when it is warm. … Continue reading
Teaching Time. | Chicago Botanic Garden Instructor
It is time to shift gear a bit. As many of you know, both my professional inspiration and personal well being stems from my love of nature. As a marriage, I am now on my second season as a photography instructor at Chicago Botanic Garden. Sometimes it can be a hard shift for me to quiet … Continue reading
Breathing Deeply | Personal
I don’t have any words, the image says enough. Breathe a little deeper today. Shot I grabbed during a DARLING engagement shoot yesterday. LOTS of beautiful things coming up this week.
A Tribute to Summer | Personal
Dear Summer. I am sad to see you go so soon. I will miss your large laugher of color and long daylight hours. Thank you for coming so soon and staying so long. Please come back as soon as you can next April. I will be anxious to catch up and see what new things … Continue reading
She wanders in gardens.
As most of you know, Jessie has been a busy gal. She is meeting people, shooting, editing, writing, teaching, and finding time for me (Eric) somewhere in there. If you frequent her blog, spring is the best thing to happen to her. I smile knowing that she leaves home early to find a garden to … Continue reading
Living Inspired.
In the past two weeks I think I must have been asked at least five or six times about what inspires me. When I look over this blog, it seems so terribly obvious that I am amazed that I forget so easily. For me, it is undoubtably nature. I come alive when I am outside. … Continue reading
Remembering.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of remembering and its role in our present perspective. I often am frustrated because I am not where I want to be, where I swear I should be by now. I am just not there yet. When I quiet my impatience and frustration and turn my attention … Continue reading
A Simple Life…
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter… to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring – these are some of the rewards of the simple … Continue reading
Branches.
Yesterday as I was out for my thirty minutes of solitude with my camera I stopped and focused on these branches. There were just a few yellow remaining leaves that were blowing off as I stood there. I am embracing the changing seasons, the changing light, the absence of color. The landscape is now not … Continue reading
Was it something I said?
Dear beautiful fall leaves…… Why have you left so soon?? Was it something I said??
Summer Fades to Fall.
As the summer light seems to be fading, and I watch the remaining flowers finish with their cheery presence I always find myself contemplative. I think about seasons of life. I think about the quiet hush Fall seems to bring to my soul with the brisk morning air and crunchy leaves under my boots. Yes, … Continue reading
Ravenswood Art Walk 2009
This past weekend, we packaged up carefully all of my fine art botanic prints…. and Eric designed beautifully our display at Ravenswood Art Walk 2009. This art exhibit had over 2,000 attendees, 184 artists and 43 venues…phew! It was blocks and blocks of artistic talent all out for all to see. There were dancers, painters, … Continue reading
Monday Morning….
On Monday morning, my soul found some quiet or at least less panic. It was very cloudy, and the air was so humid you felt like you were walking in the rain. Now I know for many, this is NOT an ideal morning, but for me it was just right. Warm sticky mornings remind me … Continue reading
Quieting my soul….
My newest venture is teaching a Photography Portfolio Workshop at Chicago Botanic Gardens for eight weeks. Last Monday was the first class where I met a variety of talented aspiring nature photographers. I designed this class to help these individuals develop their own nature portfolio to show off. Each student has a theme or focus … Continue reading
Vacation – Part 2- Palouse
For the second leg of our trip, we were in Eastern Washington visiting family and enjoying the wide open spaces. Eric’s grandfather, Otto, is an avid photographer and took us for hours through the Palouse, to select barns and photo opportunities. The Palouse is a region of the Northwest United States and it stretches from … Continue reading
My Motto.
“Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us, and see the beauty in ordinary things” [ Thomas Merton] My Motto. So much of who I am, and who I have yet to be.
Stroll around the block…
On Friday afternoon, it was lovely and in the 70′s, which around here seems to be a rare treat! I rented a Canon 5d Mark ii for a wedding I had on Saturday , so Eric and I ran outside to test what this baby could do! I have been going back and forth on … Continue reading
