elegance ...

As most of you know i am one half of "You See I See" a diptych project i'm taking part in with Tali Schiffer. Generally i just do a round up here once a month (although i'm a little behind) but anyways this weeks i had to share simple because well i love it. I love the tones of the two images next to each other, they compliment each other perfectly (in my opinion). Anyways i was too excited by the diptych not to share. 

it's the simple things in life that make us happy ...

spending a wonderful thanksgiving & birthday with some of my favourite people ...

hubby gave me hours of quality viewing ...

& you can really never have enough ...

how badly do i want this ... 

finally got our first snow!!

"i think i'll take a moment ... celebrate my age ...

"... the ending of an era & the turning of a page ...  

now it's time to focus in on where i go from here ... 

lord have mercy on my next thirty years!"

1. i've fallen in love ...

2. ... & out of love ...

3. ... & married the man who balances me out!

4. i travelled around the states when i was 21 ... explored & discovered & drank!

5. i've said goodbyes & cried & life hasn't stopped.

6. I discovered my love for photography ...

7. ... i got my degree ...

8. ... & i've found myself through my work.

9. I made friends ...

10. ... i lost friends ...

11. & now i am lucky enough to say i have some of the most amazing people in my life. 

12. I played rugby.

13. I ran from everything ...

14. ... i stopped running ...

15. ... & now i run simple because i love the feeling it gives me.

16. I know what it feels to be sad ...

17. ... & i know how it feels to laugh & love & be happy.

18. I discovered my faith.

19. I had short hair & long hair & now i have bangs.

20. I became a military wife.

21. I've lived overseas & made my "home" around the world.

22. I've read under the covers with a torch after lights out ...

23. ... & fallen in love with Jane Austin & thrillers & history.

24. I got tattoos. 

25. I played the piano.

26. I've watched the sun rise & set.

27. I've become the person i was meant to be.

28. I grew up with family who loves me ...

29. ... I know all my grandparents ...

30. ... & in 5 months they will know their great-grandson & i will start a family of my own!

You know i totally believe Tim McGraw got it right!

step one ...

So i have this sudden desire to create amazing landscapes ... maybe it's the snow or my recent post about Jennifer Squires Ross but i want to create some landscapes to be proud of. Well this evening i finally got to see snow (more than just a dusting) & so i took a walk with my camera & tripod in an attempt to get something vaguely pretty. Landscape has never been my forte & night time photography something  have no clue about. So anyways what i really need is help ... photographers who's work i can study, books to read, websites or just suggestions, hints & a how to guide for dummy's beginners! 

To all those who celebrated thanksgiving i hope you had a fabulous day & to everyone have a wonderful weekend. 

my weekend in portraits ...

Sometimes i have a great weekend in which i get to share what i love with others ... three gorgeous & totally different shoots in which i got to meet some wonderful (& not to mention incredible cute) people! This is one those things in which i can say i am thankful for tomorrow! 

if you wish to view more of the images from these shoots & others click here ... 

around the world with fPOE ... this week it's London, Canada

First of all i want to say how much i love writing these posts ... i get to look at the amazing work of a group of incredible talented women from around the world & then share with you. It's about as good as it gets! But anyways back on track this week we're heading back to North America but it's London, Ontario, Canada & the stunning imagery of Jennifer Squires Ross. & really i'm not sure where to begin. I've never been good at landscapes, i want to take a class & learn from someone who understands them & as i sit here looking at Jennifer's work it makes me want to jump on a plane & have her show me how a professional does it. I'm in love with the peace & quiet, the stunning beauty & the simplicity of her photography. 

Jennifer produces the kind of images that you would hang on any wall in your home, that make me thin of "zen" & i'm really not a zen person. They're so calming & tranquil, places i just want to wander around on a lazy sunday, escape to with my camera through out the seasons & explore so i can come to understand them in the way that Jennifer does. It's as if she becomes part of the landscape around her, never taking anything with her but leaving a part of herself behind in her work. The skill that goes into creating suck pictures blows my tiny little impatient mind, she achieves everything i wish i could & in a way that seems effortless. Yes i know i'm gushing here a little but landscape photography of this skill is something i have never mastered but i've always dreamt of, & maybe it's something i never will understand but i would at least like to try (so some tips would be nice here ... pretty please in the spirit of almost christmas). 

I've also noticed that it doesn't matter what the subject Jennifer can produce that tranquility in the curves of a flower ...

... a lonesome lifeguards chair ...

... & yes i am in love with all things snow right now!

As with every week you can purchase all the images you see in the blog post on etsy, as well as viewing more of Jennifer's work on flickr, her blog, & her website. & i have no clue where we're heading next week but i'm really really hoping for some snow!!

it's the simple things in life that make us happy ...

dreaming of snow ... 

a great weekend of photo shoots ... 

i fell in love with this coat ...

contemplating a facebook giveaway just not sure what to do ... but this giveaway is still running ... 

feeling the little dude tickling my belly as i write this!