The Response: Fun, Anyway — Cheryl I often feel like a total failure as cruise-director mom. Planning outings and get-togethers is not really my strong suit. Thankfully, my kids don’t seem to mind much. They’re rather easygoing and content to have fun no matter where they are, formal plans or no.
The Call: Flames — Jessica Total abandonment to play and experimentation is a necessary part of creativity. And sometimes when you’re waiting for the grill to settle down so you can cook the shrimp, you just have to play with multiple exposures.
The Response: Significant Shadow — Jessica One thing that I have come to realize, and I think it has made a huge difference in my photography, is the significance of shadows. I’ve always been drawn to them — to high contrast and dark, inky blacks. Lately though, I’ve seen how they shape the photo and […]
The Call: A Milestone — Cheryl It seems to me that an eighteenth birthday has a bit more significance than — say — an 11th, especially when the one celebrating is your firstborn.
The Response: Bridget on the Board — Cheryl We seldom go to the beach, but when we do, we have a great time.
The Call: Unmade Bed — Jessica I use to religiously make the beds. I even trained my oldest to make his. But, as the years went on, well, it kind of fell by the wayside. It bugs me when they don’t get made, but I sometimes forget. I leave the upstairs and don’t ever get […]
The Response: Back to School — Jessica Monday. Not that we are in count down mode or anything…
The Call: Shades of Blue — Cheryl The blue art supplies in my studio generally more of a workout than any of the others.
The Response: Me But Not Me — Cheryl I can’t imagine that anyone would ever describe me as jolly. I’d like to think that I’m generally content, generally even-keeled, but certainly not jolly.
The Call: Jolly Ten Year Old — Jessica Well, since school starts next Monday, I’m not sure he would consider himself jolly — especially since he is just now starting his summer reading assignments. But he is pretty jolly in general, and he was willing to sit and let me manual focus on his eye […]
The Response: Where did it go? — Jessica There is a little chipmunk that lives between the gate and the shed. Every time, EVERY TIME, we let the dogs out, they have to peek through here and make sure the chipmunk isn’t home. They so very badly want to “play” with him!
The Call: Where the Water Flows — Cheryl Christo called this offering “a visual river of gold.” As I was meditating on this idea of “gates,” I learned that the Scriptures use the word gates 111 times and gate 222 times. Revelation passages speak of many pearly gates on top of the golden streets of […]
The Response: Dragonfly — Cheryl Generally insects aren’t described as huge, but this colorful creature is quite large, as far as dragonflies go. It works for me, anyway. ; )
The Call: Quiet Pause — Jessica I had a huge number of opportunities to take a photo of today’s call. There was my huge to do list, or the huge boxes we carried to the UPS store to send to Alex in Alabama. There was also the huge chocolate kiss from Hershey Park and the […]