Save the Date mockups and recent pictures

. . .a Save the Date card I designed. . .

Thank you, TVA.

This was the original Save the Date I had designed.

Finding our shadows.

Life cycle of a camellia flower.

Front yard tulip.

Ladybug. Could be a Manbug.

Norris Dam State Park.

Long overdue!

". . .And I do this to remind me that I'm really, really tiny

In the grand scheme of things and sometimes this terrifies me. . ."
-I Like Giants by Kimya Dawson

Result of a disposable camera in a hot car all summer.

Jellies!

I heart you more than fire codes.

"Are you feeling, feeling, feeling like I'm, feeling
Like I'm floating, floating, up above that big blue ocean
Sand beneath our feet, big blue sky above our heads,
no need to keep stressing from our everyday life on our minds
We have got to leave all that behind."
-At the Beach by the Avett Brothers

Inspiration

Louise Brooks photographed by Eugene Richee in 1927.

A little bit of everything. . .

White branched tree by Pellissippi Campus, Fall 2009

View of the St. Lawrence River from the Wolfe Island Ferry, March 2010

Jackson and some tea candles at a local gazebo one cold night...

Fourth of July 2010

The Anticipatory Pigeon. (Kinston, ON March 2010)

Some great Market Square art. (A picture of a painting of a painting.)

Hit the road, Jack.

Share the sunshine.

Railroad bridge over the Tennessee River in Knoxville

From the UT Botanical Gardens Spring of 2008

Road leading up to Max Patch, NC

All the above-the-clouds glory that is Max Patch.

A little bit more railroad. . .can you tell I love them?

Sneaker.

A FIYAH lizard scrambling around Max Patch, NC. Not sure what kind it actually is but I enjoy saying "FIYAH lizard!"

"A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos."
- Henri Cartier Bresson

If something struck your fancy, most of my photographs are available for sale here.

Insomnia and Mutant Dandelions

I used to have pretty bad insomnia. Because of that, I get to see things like this:

Also: I found this little freak in my front yard. It was, originally, supposed to be a dandelion. I love it. He still had little fluffers so he got to create more of him, hopefully. Lets just hope his genetic freak out didn't make him barren.

This guy is resilient. He is survival. You see fugly and weird, I see beauty and potential. Welcome to my world.

Portraits

My lovely friend, Afton, let me practice on her!

This is Jess. It was her birthday so she got portraits made as a present for her mother, because, well, ya know. . .she did birth her.

This is one of my favorite pictures that I've taken in awhile. I freaking love it. This sums up Jess quite well.

I'm proud to say that most of these weren't photoshopped much at all except for black-and-white-age. A few required small light adjustments.