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FIVE SHOTS + CHATTER

I’ve recently picked up my camera again, after letting it intimidate me for far too long. I have this problem with not doing something if I can’t do it perfectly or nearly perfectly. Which is why my camera has sat by my desk for six months or more…until I finally realized how silly it is to let something collect dust just because it kicks your bum sometimes. I’m a hands-on-need-someone-to-show-me kind of learner, and cameras are confusing and I still don’t really get what ISO and aperture and all that is, but the point is I never will if I don’t give it a shot.

I don’t know if all the photos I use on this blog will be my own from here on out…I would like that to happen, especially since I recently read an article that said a photographer has a legal right to sue someone who uses their work without permission. Yikes. I get the majority of the photos I use in my posts via Tumblr, which is basically people collecting photos from other Tumblrs and blogs and websites, so there is no real or easy way to always trace the photo back to the original or ask for permission to use someone’s work. I guess in my unprofessional opinion, someone shouldn’t post their work on the internet without their logo or business name on the photo if they don’t want them to be re-used by others. In any case, I don’t want to break the law or get sued for that matter. All the more reason to pick up that camera and figure it out.

Here are five shots + chatter to go with them:
one.
I cannot fully live without peanut butter. My favorite is from the 365 brand from Whole Foods, and I always stock up when I’m in South Carolina, or get my mom to bring some with her when she visits. I’ve learned the best way to mix up the separated oil is to empty the jar into a bowl and stir it around in there. Trying to emulsify it in the jar is just disaster, albeit a tasty one!

two. This guy talked me into taking a walk in the snow (as in snow-ing) on Sunday, because as much as I love the winter and the snow, I mostly just like to watch it from the warm indoors. He shot with his weapon (gun) and I shot with mine (camera).

three. My mom-in-law and sister-in-laws and I went out to a British eatery for a tea luncheon a few weeks ago, and it was such a fun time. We had the real-deal tea cups and tea pots imported from England, delicious tea, dainty sandwiches, and tasty pastry selections for dessert. All we needed were some accents and the Queen (or Princess Kate!) yet.

four. I’m about getting ready for spring, but I’m not ready to put my soup pot away yet! Seriously, soups are one of my favorite things to make. I think it’s because it’s one of the few things that is virtually impossible to mess up and you can create something tasty (usually) without following a recipe. This soup started with sauteed onions and carrots and garlic, and ended with some chorizo (so excited to finally find some at a random farmer’s market last Saturday), garbanzo beans, and kale thrown in to finish it off. Mostly it was just all stuff sitting in my fridge that needed to be used up…best way to make a soup, I say!

five. My coffee station is probably one of my favorite spots in the kitchen, especially after being awake for two-plus hours last night because of the insane wind beating against our house! Coffee, coffee, coffee, chocolate, coffee…makes everything better.

Cheers + a merry day to you all.

What about you: what are five things that you have done or enjoyed lately?

I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Comments

  1. 1. read your blog
    2. Giggle at your yeasty writing
    3. Be impressed with your photography
    4. Become hungry (4 out of 5 had something to do with food)
    5. Smile and miss you 🙂

  2. Your photos are fabulous. I can tell by the composition and editing that they are your style and I love that. Plus I love the peak into your life. You are intimidated by your camera, I am intimidated about making soup. Soup is NOT my favorite thing to make. It scares me.

  4. Thanks, Heidi! Coming from you that is a real compliment! Too bad we don't live closer to each other and we could trade photography lessons for soup lessons. 🙂

  5. Pshh. Don't know how to use your camera.
    Pssshh. Don't know how to edit.
    Girrl. You've got it goin' on. I'd say you're doing fabulously.
    Sure. You might feel like you still have more to learn…but we all do, really.
    My vote is that you get some more of your own art up on here. 🙂

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