Beautiful Blooms + Friday Freebie

Posted on March 26, 2010

I am exceptionally thrilled to see Friday this week!

At my day job, the last few weeks have been ridiculously busy between special publications and breaking news. This week I’ve had the chance to stop and smell (okay, photograph!) the flowers. The 50mm f/1.4 lens I recently purchased seems to love them and this is the first spring since my six-year-old son was an infant that I haven’t had problems with allergies (yet?).

This? Is exciting.

Though we have a busy weekend planned, I am excited for the so-called downtime. I love my co-workers dearly, but I need a break from the news for a couple of days. And this is why I’m glad today’s Friday! (And who doesn’t love a good Friday, anyway?)

To celebrate, I’m sharing!

This weekend I am offering some of my favorite floral photos for download to use on your computer as a desktop wallpaper or screensaver. This is only good until Monday morning, (just like the weekend, it doesn’t last forever!) so make sure to grab them while you can! (I’m using Delicate, the one pictured above, as my own screensaver. It’s such a pick-me-up at work.)

If you have allergies, this is an extra special gift because you get to enjoy all of the gorgeous-ness with no consequences (score!).

Have a good weekend – and happy Friday!





New Beginnings

Posted on March 13, 2010

This afternoon I shot my first wedding of the year.

I love weddings so much. A culmination of months of preparation, excitement, joy and love, weddings are like fireworks because they bring the same bursts of happiness to a couple’s life.

Weddings are like the first day of spring – anticipated, expected, lovely, cherished and cloaked in beauty. Just like spring, weddings are new beginnings.

For some, a wedding day is a ray of sunshine, the day when every plan finally falls into place, when two lives are joined as one no matter what color dresses the bridesmaids are wearing or what flavor of chocolate was chosen for the cake. It’s supposed to be the happiest day of a bride’s life, but the secret we find out later is that there are usually happier days ahead.

When I left the wedding today, I was smiling and happy. The couple and their children are fantastic and I was excited for their new beginning. On my way home, I noticed another new beginning.

It was chilly, rainy and dreary today and in the midst of that I saw a tree with blooms on it; it was absolutely beautiful. I stopped my car, put the 50mm lens on and started snapping away.

These blooms show a new beginning is on the way – and not just for the family united by marriage today, but for everyone. Bring it on, Mother Nature. We’re ready.