Early Morning Sunrise Part 2

Sometimes the sun shines through my dining room and illuminates things in my living room. It is a golden rich light that can only be seen for a few minutes each day. Taking photos of cameras....interesting concept.

Early Morning Sunrise Photos

Sometimes you have to get up early to take beautiful photos. Taken on my D5000 with my Lens Baby 2.0.

Blackberries.

 Having picked wild blackberries before, this was my first experience with a 'you pick' berry farm. Luckily, I saw the sign advertising the fresh berries and made it down to pick on the very last day of the season. It was so hot Saturday morning; after only a few minutes the sweat was dripping down the middle of my back.

I literally took 100s of photos over the weekend....mostly random objects, but it felt good. This berry picking trip wasn't meant to be a photo outing, but it turned into one...and I really like some of the photos.

For a while, I felt like I was missing out on certain pleasures.... experiencing things only at lens length, always having my camera in between myself and whatever I was doing...so I took a break from carrying it everywhere. But lately, I've had my camera (and lens baby) with me at all times...and it feels good to be documenting again...too many times I just take one photo with my iphone, and it doesn't seem like I really capture the essence of the experience....like I can with my Nikon.

Now....I can't wait to make a blackberry cobbler. 

Berry King Farm. if you want to check it out for yourself. Its just south of Reddings Mill.

Lens Baby: Kansas City Art Walk

The Kansas City art walk is one of my most favorite things to do. It seems I only ever get to go in the summer, so it is always super hot.

I love wandering through the galleries and taking photos of the people in the streets in the Crossroads District.  I really really love the Hammerpress studio....and the Grunauer, the German restaurant.

A few of these photos are neat shots from the weekend in KC, but most are from the art walk. 

These are from a little Moroccan place in Westport.

Lens Baby Addict {Around the Art Room}

Photo Walk with Lens Baby 2.0 Around Joplin

This week, the weather is predicted to be near perfection...

Sunny...

80 degrees...

Every.

Single.

Day.

And I am still in school...

But the evenings have been so nice. Perfect for a photo walk around the neighborhood.

 I took these photos near my house in south Joplin, MO.

It has been almost one year since the May 22nd tornado...Lots of things have changed.

My favorite time of day: golden sunset light...

Not a Banksy.

Sunset Reflecting off St. John's Hospital

Ammmerika.....MMMM...RIKA

A perfect Vanilla Sky