Archive for November, 2011

just a few from tonight that melted my heart

By On November 27, 2011 In Black and White, Personal With 17 Comments Permanent Link to just a few from tonight that melted my heartPermalink

When I am able to have photos like these with my loves, I am so thankful to own a camera. Digital, analog, it wouldn’t matter as long as I could hold on to those special moments in time. These were taken tonight when my friend Tara and I tried to have a photoshoot with my kids to get a Christmas Card photo. No small task I tell you.

But these, these melted my heart and pulled it into a gooey mess. My little girl has grown. My heart breaks for those mornings when all she needed was to be close to me. Now she is busy. Being busy with her brother, finding her voice in our family. But moments like these, when she just wants me. Oh, how I love and hold onto these moments.

Fifty-two on Fridays | Thankful

By On November 24, 2011 In Film, Project 52 With 7 Comments Permanent Link to Fifty-two on Fridays | ThankfulPermalink

This is a very fitting week for the theme of this weeks Fifty-two on Friday.  Our theme is Thankful, and I have just filled my tummy, my cup, and my heart with wonderful food, drink, and time with my family celebrating what we are all thankful for.  There are so many things that I am thankful for, but most importantly is my family.  When every breath has been taken, every moment spent, all that matters to me is the sweet family that God has blessed me with.

I have to say that my Thankful collage wasn’t taken this week, but over the last five months as I continue to explore film and all of its beauty.  My last image is one from our Thanksgiving feast tonight at my grandmothers.  It is noisy and imperfectly perfect.  It is my grandmother surrounded by her great grandkids.  Such a lovely and precious time. We love you “Gigi”!

Happy Thanksgiving, 2011

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Now please take the time to head on over and check out my friend Melissa Deakin | Buffalo New York Photographer and her post of thankfulness!

Uncomplicated Goodness | Simple Black and White Film Session

By On November 12, 2011 In Black and White, Film, Personal, Simple Session With 12 Comments Permanent Link to Uncomplicated Goodness | Simple Black and White Film SessionPermalink

Simple.
Bare.
Whole.
Uncomplicated.
Unguarded.
Goodness.

This was a simple session inspired by the amazing film photographer Diana Palmer of Yan Photo. I hope to do more of these types of sessions for my family and friends.

All were shot using film. If you want to know more about my journey shooting with film, catch it all here and here.

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Fifty-two on Fridays | Favorite Album Cover

By On November 11, 2011 In Project 52 With 9 Comments Permanent Link to Fifty-two on Fridays | Favorite Album CoverPermalink

We are back for an exciting Project 52 theme this week, {Favorite Album Cover}  I am jumping in my seat to see what the other wonderful ladies in my photography blog circle produced for this post. I think this post was a challenge and stretch of our creativity.  As always don’t forget to click the link at the bottom of my post to check out the next photographer in our circle and how she interpreted the theme!

{Favorite Album Cover} Shot with Neopan 400 film, tone added in Lightroom 3

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And my inspiration!

Now don’t forget to head on over and check out Lisa Turner | Denver Colorado Child Photographer

10-on-10 | November Edition

By On November 10, 2011 In 10-on-10, Lifestyle Photography With 16 Comments Permanent Link to 10-on-10 | November EditionPermalink

Wow, I can’t believe that we are in our fourth installment of the 10-on-10 project. My 10-on-10 project is very personal project and different than the other photography projects (like my Project 52) that I’ve taken on this year. My project 52 this year was really aimed at improving my photographic vision, composition, and creativity. This project is about photographing what I love, what I want to look back and remember most, where rules of composition, high ISO and blurry photos are the least of my concerns. I’ve had to move past the thoughts about what clients or potential clients might think when they see these pictures as some are not technically perfect. But my 10-on-10 post is for me, and I am just happy that you are here to share in it.

I am joined by several wonderful photographers in this journey of capturing 10 photos over 10 hours that show the realness of life, the moments to remember. When you are done reading my post please follow the link at the bottom to visit my friend, Laurie of A Favored Life and see how she captured her day.

This month, I was so happy to have my mom down for a long visit. It’s been about 18 months since I’ve spent any real length of time with her. She has spent the last 18 months battling breast cancer. For any of you who know my mom and have met her in person, you know that she is strong. She is a fighter. I am thankful that she has made it to the end of the treatments and is feeling like herself again. Her visit was a perfect time for me to capture my 10-on-10. I am beyond words thankful to have photographs of her with her grandchildren. I have so few pictures of her from my childhood because she was always the one taking them (sound familiar), so this time around I made her promise not to hate my camera and just let me capture those moments with her grandchildren.

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-Sustenance

-With her grandchildren

-First ponytail

-Time at the park

-The business of lunch

-Competition


-Heart-melting love and goodbyes

-Right before the airport tantrum (she didn’t like that I left my mom at the airport)

-Afternoon siesta

-Time to think

Please don’t forget to visit Laurie of A Favored Life and see a slice of her day!

3 Superheros and a Bird | Halloween 2011

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The Franklin’s had a wonderful Happy Halloween. It was filled with school Halloween parades, parties, Superheros, one Sesame Street bird, lots of photos and of course way to much chocolate!  The kids really enjoyed trick-or-treating in our neighborhood.  And of course the Halloween Witch showed up to collect her candy in exchange for Super Why gifts.

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I hope everyone had a happy an safe Halloween!

Fifty-two on Fridays | Shadows

By On November 3, 2011 In Black and White, Project 52 With 8 Comments Permanent Link to Fifty-two on Fridays | ShadowsPermalink

Can I just say…we are at week 43 of this Project 52 adventure, and I want to scream, “Shut the front door, no we are not”! I cannot believe that this project is coming close to the end. I think that I’ve missed only a handful of posts. I can say that I am thrilled to have stuck with this project. I feel as though my creativity and how I see my life and the lives of my family through the lens has been stretch and molded. I can’t wait to pull my Project 52 book together and have it all in one place, my posts, my hard efforts!

As always with these posts it is part of a larger blog circle of photographers all interpreting the same theme. Take the time to click on the next photographer at the bottom of my post to find out how she has interpreted this weeks theme.

This week our theme is {Shadows}. I am pushing myself to shoot more dramatic lighting and so I dug into books, ebooks and the web to figure out how to shoot what I had envisioned in my mind for this theme. I am quite happy with what I produced!

This picture shows my night. Every night for the last 2.5 years I sit beside my daughters bed, sometimes we talk until it is time to go to sleep, other times I read books on my iPad. But every night I sit beside her until I hear the steady rhythmic breathing of her little body. I don’t begrudge that I need to sit with her. In fact, I think I will be sad when the day comes that she doesn’t want me to sit beside her bed to help her fall asleep. Its a unique and special time with her. She knows I there, in the shadows, and that is what she needs.

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Now head on over and check my friend Melissa Deakin | Buffalo NY Photographer and her wonderful interpretation of this weeks theme!