Flowing into 2019

Flowing into 2019

“Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.”
-David Alan Harvey

New Year’s Eve 2018 and New Year’s Day 2019 were special for me for a couple of reasons.  First of all, I got to spend quality time with my husband, Randy.  Secondly, I had somewhat of a personal breakthrough with my photography both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

During my winter break, I saw that there was a holiday lights event before Christmas at Brookgreen Gardens,  located in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.  By the time I attempted to purchase tickets for the event, all of the evenings that I could have attended were

Charleston in Shadow

Charleston in Shadow

“Our imagination flies — we are its shadow on the earth.”
― Vladimir Nabokov

During my winter break, I had the opportunity to explore with my camera.  I received a wonderful book, Seeing in Sixes, for Christmas.  Seeing in Sixes is a collection of six image projects edited by Brooks Jensen and Maureen Gallagher.  I think I had this book in my mind as I spent a day walking through the streets of downtown Charleston.

I have spent many trips photographing in Charleston.  This time I was looking for something different to photograph.  When I saw the shadow of ironwork cast upon a tree, my series for the day 

My Favorite Images Created in 2018

My Favorite Images Created in 2018

“The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.”
― Oprah Winfrey

Each year at this time, like many of my fellow photographers, I like to take a look back at the work I created during the year.  There is a lot that can be learned by taking a look back.

Instagram supplied me with my “top nine” images of 2018.  This indicated the nine images that were liked the most by others who viewed my images on Instagram.  I found it interesting to see that of the sixteen images that I selected as my personal favorites,

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”

-Clement Clarke Moore

A tradition that I enjoy each year at Christmastime is a visit to McAdenville, North Carolina.  McAdenville is also known as Christmas Town USA.  People drive from miles away and wait in very long lines of traffic to view the holiday lights displayed

Composite Twenty-nine: Christmas Card 2018

Composite Twenty-nine: Christmas Card 2018

“I was early taught to work as well as play,
My life has been one long, happy holiday;
Full of work and full of play-
I dropped the worry on the way-
And God was good to me every day.”
― John D. Rockefeller

Each year, I work to help create two Christmas/Holiday cards.  One card is our family Christmas card and the second one is for my husband, Randy’s, real estate business.  We  work hard each year to try to come up with an idea that will be fun and unique in comparison to

Scavenger Hunt Reveals: Composites Twenty-two, Twenty-three, and Twenty Four

Scavenger Hunt Reveals: Composites Twenty-two, Twenty-three, and Twenty Four

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” 
― Maya Angelou

Several years ago, I began participating in an amazing scavenger hunt on Google Plus.  You can read about a previous post I made regarding the scavenger hunt here.  

This week, the reveals for the 24th Creativity Never Sleeps Round Scavenger Hunt began.  Reveals are highly anticipated by all of the photographers who

Getting Lost in Old Salem

Getting Lost in Old Salem

“That frame of mind that you need to make fine pictures of a very wonderful subject, you cannot do it by not being lost yourself.”
― Dorothea Lange

After leaving the Dorothea Lange exhibit and saying goodbye to my friends who experienced it with me, I drove to Old Salem Museum and Gardens.  Old Salem was within five miles of the Reynolda House Museum of American Art where I had seen the exhibit.  It just made sense to go to Old Salem before starting my two-hour drive back home.

I love the quote above by Dorothea.  Although I thoroughly enjoy every minute I spend with friends, I find that I can only truly 

A Day Spent with Dorothea Lange and Great Friends

A Day Spent with Dorothea Lange and Great Friends

“One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you’d be stricken blind.  To live a visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable.  I have only touched it, just touched it.”

-Dorothea Lange

I had been looking forward to visiting the Dorothea Lange exhibit, America, for some time now.  Realizing that I had a weekend free of travel plans, I reached out to some friends to see if they would be interested in joining me to go to the exhibit in Winston-Salem, NC.  The exhibit will be at the