Evening Inspiration

Last night we had the most incredible thunder and lightening storm:) Just as I got into bed a massive crack ripped open the sky and the aftershock of thunder rolled through my belly. Completely awesome. But it was right after dinner that the sky began to fill with dark clouds and the evening light changed into that wonderfully magical studio-style backlight.

I hit the backyard in search of some shots and found a shock of colour as some new flowers had appeared-the first of my poppies and iris' were open and reaching for the electric sky.

Here is what I came up with. A steady hand and slow shutter speeds had to do as I didn't want to run inside for the tripod and risk missing the light.

These were taken with a 4.8fstop and anywhere from 60-150 shutter speed. Flower season has arrived in my garden and I will have plenty of inspiration for the coming months!

Cheers,

S

Violet Urge

Again...I had to have this shot. I feel greedy even now saying it but I do get these urges that can only be selfishly fulfilled by 'taking' the shot and forever holding onto it as one of my posessions. I did my best without a macrolense-I still only have the 18-55m lense that came with my D40 and I really miss my old macro from the old school Cannon. But alas...I got to fulfill my little violet urge and created what I see as a mysterious, rich image.
Happy Monday:)
S

Lines on the wall

The late afternoon lighting was just way too cool to pass up on this one. There was a shot there but I didn't quite know what it was going to be. I just had to have the light. Low evening light was slicing through our bamboo blinds in the bedroom and it painted itself on the hallway wall. Kinda cool...but that's about it:)

S

Line Ups are Everywhere

The more I search for line ups the more I find they are, of course, everywhere. Above, my bathroom buddahs are lined up and having a good laugh at life. Below is a calm scene in my back trails of mom and babe in nature. She was squawking like crazy at me as I pulled a Lorne Green in the grass to get this shot. Too cute.

Class is in two weeks and I must find the best line up by then...

Enjoy your weekend!

S

Birthday Heaven

Happy Birthday Jasper! And I mean really...can you imagine a happier moment on your first birthday? You very own cake...and everyone is cheering you on to grab handfuls of it and mash it all over (and into ) your face? Yum.

Spring Line Up

Happy Victoria Day! These colourful packs of seeds had been waiting patiently all month for me to plop them in the ground. Finally, this weekend they met their destiny and now I must wait patiently for them to work their natural magic. Yes, I set this shot up-unlike my usual random photography. But the morning sunlight combined with these colourful packages were just calling out to be lined-up for my class assignment. More to come...
S

Warmth

Earlier in the year we were asked to capture the term: Warmth in our photo class. It was a great focus word as it kept cozy thoughts of warmer days in our minds and helped to withstand the final days of winter. I experienced a wonderful AHA moment in my basement one afternoon. I went down to stoke the fire, and there was a streamful of warm afternoon light pouring in through the one tiny window in the basement. No other light existed and it was a beautiful sight-whatever it touched it lit up in a warm glow. It happend to be striking an old ratty rocking chair and my cat Tesu thought it was the best place to lounge in the house. So, here she is. My challenge was slowing down the shutter speed enough to capture the small amount of light in the space. That's when the 'light' went on and I realized what my new tripod is for...AHA!!!!! I was able to slow it right down to 30 or 60 and capture my wee cat-when she stayed still of course. Lesson learned!

S

Line Up

Happy Tuesday!

I am working on my May photography assignment and trying to capture the term 'Line-Up' with some sort of style. Here is my first attempt using my Beyond the Kitchen door cooking class as my subject. These bowls were ready to devour dessert: rum drenched warm mango & pineapple chunks over homemade vanilla bean ice cream. I was too busy eating to capture the finished product-sorry!

More to come...

S

April Chicks Shot

There has never been, nor will there ever be, a life free from problems. It is not the presence of problems but how we tackle them that determines the quality of our lives.

Magnolia's make photography easy. This shot was taken at the Filberg Lodge in Comox around 10:30am on a sunshiney day. I was working to capture a story for another classmate-about the beautiful and tragic cycle of life and death. Here, this glorious magnolia flower has just reached her peak and is showing the first signs of decline-tiny brown marks and soft petals. In the forground is a tiny bud who is just beginning his journey and so the cycle continues. Thank you to Sandy for sharing her inspiration. I like how the backlight gives this flower a heavenly glow.

Happy Spring:)
Sarah

Balance

Reach your state of balance...Find your 'Equilibrium'. These are phrases I often use to motivate and inspire my fitness clients with my training company: Equilibrium Lifestyle Management (ELM). When I was creating the vision for my company (while sipping latte's with my girlfriend Jen, over long beach walks along Dallas road in Victoria) this concept of finding one's unique state of balance was the lifebreathe of my dream. It is what I truely believe in. Balance is dynamic-it is everchanging, adapting, molding and evolving to our current reality. The key is reaching a balance between life, love, work, health that results in a happy, joyous life. This is the most individual state that I can think of as every one of us finds joy in different ways. Find your joy. And follow along as I share my own joy of photography with you. My second passion to Fitness is in fact taking beautifully balanced photos. I hope you enjoy them and look forward to your feedback!

Cheers,

Sarah.