The Call: When the House is Quiet, I Can Hear the Rain — Cheryl I got up earlier than most today and had plenty of time to listen to the drops hitting the leaves outside the window.

The Response: Little Red Riding Hood Has Arrived — Cheryl Expression? Yes. Explanation? No. Evocation? Yes. How do I know? Intuition.

The Response: Old, Little Red Wagon — Cheryl This is the wagon my brother, sister and I used to ride down the sidewalk on our street. My brother sat in front and steered with the handle (which has gone missing); I sat in the middle (the safest position: I’m the youngest), and my sister sat […]

The Call: Fruit — Jessica The produce of a garden is the sum of dirt, water and work. The garden is going well this year. My picture time was limited today, however, by lighting and pouring rain. I managed to catch a few before it really began to rain. Response: Graffiti — Cheryl It seems […]

The Call: Wet Grass — Cheryl The rainy weather makes me want to stay in and sulk. The Response: Operation Hovercraft — Jessica Early in the day, they were sulking around bored and bitter with hurt feelings over some perceived slight. So we pulled out the science book and did some “science.” It certainly cheered […]

The Call: Fern with Raindrops — Cheryl For weeks, we were teased with gorgeous, sunny days. Now it’s just rain, rain, and rain. The Response: Stupid Weather — Jessica Yesterday evening, I sat at the Little League ball park basking in the warm evening sunset. Today, I sat at the same park, wrapped up in […]

The Call: Folded and Fierce — Cheryl The flat plane pleases my eye. The colors, the patterns — They inspire me to cut, Layer, tear, paste and paint. Not my dear Henry, though: All he wants to do is fold. The Response: Rain Down — Jessica I was feeling a bit like Stanley today. It […]

The Call: Guess What’s for Dinner? — Jessica Narrative. Story. In certain photography circles it’s a big deal and a constant topic of conversation. The ultimate goal is to tell stories with your photographs. But a story has a beginning, a middle and an end. How do you translate that into a single frame? I […]