Flowers and Bees

Yep, more flowers.  I took a lot this particular week.

Front yard porch garden

Front yard sun garden

 A tangle of flowers

Dreamy

Bees love all the variegated beard tongue growing in my front yard sun garden.  Here's some beard tongue, in pinks and purples:

 I managed to capture this honeybee on one of the blossoms.  He seemed to be enjoying himself.

What yummy honey that would be!  :)


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Christine

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Project 2012 -- Week 20 -- May 13-19

Project 2012 -- Week 20

May 13 - May 19

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My Week 20 Photos

Last week consisted of flowers and fried chicken, friends and fun.  Here are my images with their stories:

The guys worked all afternoon digging, shoveling, loading, dumping, planting, covering, and watering.  Here is the end result:

[134] Raised beds

Off to my front yard garden and the happy daisies blooming in the sun.

[135] Daisy love

Time for dinner!  I made this oven-fried chicken one night when I had my camera out.  :)  Recipe to come soon.

[136] Oven fried chicken

Later in the week, as Danny, Jacob, and I planted onions in my front yard flower garden (I ran out of room in my veggie garden!), I noticed the beard tongue was abuzz with honeybees.  I captured this guy on one of the blooms.

[137] Honeybee on beard tongue

I love this dreamy photo of my front yard garden.

[138] Garden love

We ended the week by attending Jacob's graduation from Joliet Junior College.  He, along with his friend Bryan, obtained their Associates degrees.  As they exited the auditorium during the processional, Bryan gave us a glimpse of what he was feeling inside.  I love the happiness on his face!  (Congratulations, Lori!)

[139] Happy graduate

They had a screen set up in the reception area for picture-taking.  We waited until many of the graduates and families left, and then the maintenance guy waited patiently for us to take a gazillion photos.  :)

[140] The graduate and his brothers

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Christine

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Downtown Plainfield

Time for some photog class photos again.  :)

A photog class assignment is a great excuse to go somewhere in search of great shots.  I met up with my younger brother in downtown Plainfield to find things to shoot.  I usually go out into nature of some sort, so this was a bit of a challenge.

Downtown Plainfield is a neat little downtown area, y'know, a real small-town downtown with old buildings, beautiful architecture, and center-of-town ambiance like no other place in town.

As we walked through a little park, I spotted a church steeple, and took several frame within a frame shots.

See the plane in the below?  I decided not to Photoshop it out.  :)

As I approached the base of the church building, I looked up again and was able to capture a nice view of the cross, complete with avian decoration.

Here's a quick capture of a bumblebee with my kit lens--it would've taken too long to change to my macro lens.

More neat architecture.

I tried more frame within a frame shots by catching this family walking down the sidewalk, and the shop awnings framing them nicely.

The scene in the below window is actually a reflection of the bar & grill across the street.  The guy and girl in the foreground are about to get on his Harley; I was so focused on getting the shot that I jumped about a foot when he started it!   Can you see me taking the shot in the window?

I accidentally took this shot as my brother and I arrived back at the parking lot where I parked.  I had a great time with my brother.  Thanks, Jeff!

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Christine

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365 Project -- #302-308

This is the time in my week when I look back at the images I've captured

throughout the previous week, and choose my seven favorites.

These seven--one for each day of the week--are featured below.

October 29 - November 4

A couple of lost images.  Yummy food.  A tea party.  A Bible and some music.  And a teenager with a driver's license.  My images from last week run the gamut!

I discovered these two "lost" images when I was going through my Lightroom "October" album.  The honeybee shots turned out great, and this one below is my favorite.

[302] Honeybee on dandelion

The sun turned the leaves on this tree to gold.  It was really cool framed in my window.

 [303] Through an autumn window

For a family get-together, we decided on "Breakfast at Dinner."  My sister-in-law Charlotte made the below, which were the hit of the evening.

 [304] Maple-brown butter glazed waffles

I took the below for a past and future client; I shot their Mother/Daughter Encouragement Weekend this past year, and I get to fly out to Georgia next February to shoot next year's event!  (I'm so very excited about it.)  They needed some teacup images to promote next year's mother/daughter event, and I was happy to oblige them.  I love tea.  :)

 [305] Rose teacup

My "son" Caleb was thumbing through Proverbs, and I got this shot.  (I called him "son" one day, and he started calling me "Mom."  Kinda nice.)

 [306] Proverbs

And one potential client!  This talented young man is looking forward to a career in music.  I had fun taking these images and experimenting with the light (which was very dim, yuck).  Hopefully the images I captured will give him a good idea of what I can offer.  Although I must say--I can't wait to hold a session with him (and the rest of his musical group) outdoors in good light!

 [307] Sing your heart out

Another one leaves the nest...in our Suburban.  Danny got his driver's license, and two hours later he drove off to class.  I can't tell you how freeing it is, even after just a few days, that I don't have to drive him to college classes any more.  I get to be home and spend more time with Thomas and Joseph.  I am thrilled to be a full-time at-home mom again!

[308] Another one drives away

And so ends my week of images.  Hope you captured some fine memories, too!


Capturing the moments of life.

Christine

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