It’s poppy season here in Northern Italy! I LOVE driving around this time of year and seeing the poppy fields everywhere! In between a couple sessions for friends, I even managed to get a photo of me and Ben in the poppies!
The Poppies!!
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I’m Back! Energized, And Ready To GO!
It has been an awesome, crazy, super busy couple of weeks! Ben and I spent a week in Amsterdam, where we experienced Queen’s Day and the crowning of a new king, along with seeing gorgeous fields of tulips and the AMAZING Keukenhof Gardens! (lots of photos of that trip coming soon, along with more of my Paris photos!) I was back home for a whole day, spent volunteering at our annual bazaar, before leaving again-this time for a week-long Leadership Conference in Germany! I am now home, and excited to get back into the swing of things! I will be taking one more week off from my 365 Project, and will officially resume it next Saturday, May 18!
Kids At Play
I absolutely love love LOVE photographing kids!
My absolute favorite way to photograph a child is to take them outside and play! Today I took some photos for a friend of mine, and I don’t think it could have been a more perfect day to let her girls run around as I chased them with my camera.
The older girl even helped me pick out some awesome spots for photos! One of the places she wanted a photo at was the tree below!
I had a lot of fun with these two today! They were absolutely wonderful, and made perfect models! Of course, I’m sure the promise of gelato afterwards may have helped at least a little.
IR Photography
The first time I saw an infrared photo, and knew that’s what I was looking at, was on an awesome photography blog I found through WordPress. Ever since, I found myself wanting to experiment with IR photos! Tim’s IR photos are probably about a million times better than mine, so you should check them out! Today I experimented a little bit more with it, and finally got a photo closer to what I’ve been shooting for!
Too Much To Do, Too Little Time!
I will be taking a short break once again from my 365 Project. I have several trips coming up and need to get caught up on the massive pile of photos waiting to be edited before I take any more!
I did take some time to experiment with my IR filter again today (it’s been a while!) Still not getting the results I want, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out one of these days!
365 Project–Week 30
I usually do a Thankful Thursday post each week for my 365 Project. This week, as I was going through my photos for the week, I realized I could easily do a Thankful Week instead! So here it is, week 30 is now officially Thankful Week!
Day 204-Saturday, April 13, 2013
Thankful for our trip up the mountain. We were supposed to go to Trieste with the Photo Club, but when Tiffany and I were the only ones that showed up (along with our hubbies) we decided to go to Piancavallo instead. The trip didn’t last long, as there was several feet of snow, but Ben and I made a couple stops on the way back down (including the spot above) and then spent some time at the market in Pordenone! It was a wonderful, relaxing day!
Day 205-Sunday, April 14, 2013
Thankful to see beautiful flowers in my yard, that I didn’t have to plant, or attempt to keep alive! This year I realized I need to plant flowers that require zero regular maintenance to stay alive, like tulips and daffodils. (I also like that they come back on their own every year!)
Day 206-Monday, April 15, 2013
Thankful to live in Italy, where wine is not only cheap, but also amazing! I’ll miss spending no more than 5 euro on a bottle of awesome tasting wine when we move back to the states.
Day 207-Tuesday, April 16, 2013
As much as I miss having a car, I am VERY thankful that I can call these people friends! This is the awesome, amazing family that let me use their car for the past 6 months while Dad was deployed, walking out of the airport right after he returned!
Day 208-Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Thankful for the cooking classes we have with an amazing Italian chef! One of the things I wanted to do while living in Italy is to learn some authentic Italian cooking, mainly how to make tiramisu. At this one we learned filled pasta, but the one before we learned tiramisu!! (I put my skills to the test this week and tried making it on my own, and it was a success!)
Day 209-Thursday, April 18, 2013
Thankful for the amazing women I’ve met in the past year. They never cease to amaze, inspire, and entertain me.
Day 210-Friday, April 19, 2013
Thankful for the beautiful weather we’ve had all week, and the beautiful flowers I see everywhere I go!
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Lugano, Switzerland
As I was catching up with some of my favorite blogs, I came across a photo by Meg Travels that reminded me of a trip Ben and I went on last year. You see, I have a photo of the same exact gate!!
Ben and I went on a trip to Lugano, Switzerland about this time last year and had a wonderful day at the lake! We got to tour a chocolate factory…
Look at really awesome cars all over the city…
See lots of beautiful flowers…
And I may have spent a good amount of time photographing this fountain as we were waiting on our bus, as this trip was shortly after Ben and I started going to the photo club, and we had just learned about photographing moving water!
It was great to see Meg’s photo, and have it take me on a stroll down memory lane!
