My mom and 2 of her friends have dubbed themselves the “3 Amigas” (with just a little help from my husband).  All three are school teachers & so they did a mini-shoot together the week before school “officially” started (aka the week when they are doing workshops & work days).

They met when I was in Kindergarten (so long ago!).  My Kindergarten teacher is the one on the left in the image below, my mom is on the right, and in the middle is the mother of one of my kindergarten friends (who went to another school about 3 years later).  Anyway, they’ve stayed in contact (and a little bit out of contact) over the years.  So here they are, the 3 Amigas!

As you can see, they had a great time… and I got some wonderful laughs for myself too… oh, yeah, and some cute pictures!  : )

Really, it is a super Neat-o program.  It creates Digital Polaroids (thus the extra “d”) for you right on your desktop.  It’s like a modern version of old photography.  I love it!  You can even shake the image on your desktop to help develop it.  Really.  Check it out!

http://www.poladroid.net/

And, of course, some samples (I can’t share just one!).  And Abby will love me for it since there’s another preview for her! Hehe.

Go Poladroids!

I know you’ve been anticipating this post since the preview about a week ago.  : )  (I at least know Abby has!)

And now here they are.  See, didn’t I tell you they were an adorable couple? (Feel free to agree in the comments!)

I had so much fun with this photo shoot.  I was my first in Abilene & it gave me a chance to explore the town a bit.  I grew up in Merkel (about 15 minutes outside of Abilene) and so Abilene was the place to go to the mall, catch a movie, and get good food (except, of course, the little local & yummy places in Merkel – Mesquite Bean, anyone?).  However, I never truly looked at Abilene through the lens of my camera & it was fantastic!  I’ve already found a few other places that I want to do some shots as well, so if you’re interested in a session, but location uncertain, have no fear!  I’ve been gathering ideas for a few weeks now & am ready to explore them!

Now, for all the wonderful (and yummy – check the Chocolate sign!) photos:

Dewayne is a Mac guy.  I concur totally!  I mean after all, their logo is both healthy & yummy!

This was our last shot of the day & totally Dewayne’s idea & I love it.  I know it’s natural to want to look at the camera for shots (I do it too!) but sometimes a lack of eye-contact works!

Rocking the lens flare!  : )

I shared the post about other’s Diptychs about a week ago.  Now I’ll admit that it wasn’t totally a self-less effort. : )  I’ve been working on some Diptychs of my own & I thought it was definitely time to share.

For both of these, I took the opportunity to play with my manual focus & manual exposure.  It’s been a while since I’ve done that (I prefer not to typically when shooting for clients for a multitude of reasons) & I really enjoyed it. : )

And, if you’ve been following me since the beginning of my old blog, you’ve seen this one before, but it’s one of my favorites, so I wanted to post it again. It fits in the post & besides, I just ordered a little version of each side so I can hang them in my office (can’t wait for them to come in!)  Yep, I love it.

Be sure to let me know what you think in the comments!  Which of the 2 Green Shoes Diptychs do you prefer?

Here’s a Preview from their Just Because session.

I had so much fun. (And aren’t they so cute?!? Well, you can’t see them in much detail in this shot, so you’ll have to agree with me after I’ve got their full post up). : D

Oh, and check out my new watermark. What do you think?

More pictures coming from their session! : )

Diptychs are a pairing of two images (in this case photographs) to create one work of art.

They fascinate me because there is so much that can be done with diptychs and  yet if they’re not done correctly they can seem a little cliche.  So successful diptychs are witty, artistic and beautiful, at least measured by me.  : )  I’ve been interested in them for some time & have done a few on my own, however, today, I wanted to share diptychs that I love done by other photographers.  I hope you enjoy!

Creator - Deviantart: erlebnis

“Ewiger Mond”.  Creator – Flickr: [ angela ]

Summer.  Creator – Flickr: (Karina)

Confessions of Europe.  Creator – Deviantart : Nico1

Lost in a Simple Game of Cat and Mouse.  Creator – Flickr : michelle..

Creator – Flickr : [ angela ]

Less Gravity.  Creator – Flickr : memothek

Two Parts.  Creator – Deviantart : AnnaSaguinsin

CooCoo. CooCoo.  Creator – Deviantart : Unionhoney

Fragmentation of a Wheel.  Creator – Flickr : pchweat

Little Women Grow Up.  Creator – Flickr : pulciografa

Cemetery Sorrow 2.  Creator – Flickr : IrenaS

Cemetery Sorrow 1.  Creator – Flickr : IrenaS

As usual, all copyright & awesome image credits go to the creator of each diptych.

PS. Yes this means that I’m back online!  Hurrah!

I haven’t been able to upload anything new in the last few days. This is very sad because I’m working on 1 or 2 things that I’m pretty excited to share.

It’s because we just got to Abilene & haven’t gotten internet setup for ourselves, but I’ve been piggy-backing on a neighbor’s internet (thanks neighbor!) Of course, because I’m not sure which nice neighbor is helping me this way, & I can’t properly thank them, I’m trying to avoid too much activity so I don’t steal all their bandwidth.

Basically, long story short, I’m waiting for some internet here so I can share new things with you! However, between now & then don’t be afraid to check out my Link Love pages, which are fairly new (just before we moved) for some lovely photos & other stuff from other artists.

Besides that little update, I’ve officially registered my new business name here in Taylor County & my new brochures & business cards came in (though the business cards are waiting for me in Lubbock)!  And I love my aunt because she’s been so helpful in getting me a job opportunity.  : D  Wonderful things are happening & I’ll have some lovely images to back that up with (like I just played with my camera in Manual Focus & Manual Exposure for the first time in months!) so bear with me for a few more days (hopefully no longer) and I’ll have some new stuff up!