Posts Tagged ‘nature’

Frequency

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Hello my bloggy friends. : )  I have a little news… about my blog.  If you follow me frequently, you’ve noticed that my posts haven’t been up at the same regularity as before. Well, that’s only going to get worse… sorry. : ( I’m suspending Tuesday posts for now & may no longer be able to update every week.  Don’t worry, I won’t abandon you completely, just a post a bit less often.

This is due to my recently acquiring an awesome job at Cattilac Style as a T-shirt Designer/Graphic Artist.  *Throws confetti in the Air*  I’m very excited about this opportunity!

Of course, I’m still open for business.  Especially senior pictures… Seniors of 2011, you are thinking about your Senior pictures early, right? : ) It’s best to get them done by December or January so you can get all the extras, announcements, etc. you want & not have any concern with getting your stuff on time.

Now, of course, an image for the day:

iris flower abilene texas photographer macro

Yes, I’m posting a little less, but I’m still around. Email me if you’re interested in a session & we’ll work out the details.

Happy Tuesday to all!

Bluebonnets: Final

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Last bluebonnet post. : )

abilene texas winters bluebonnet flower nature landscape
Hope you haven’t missed me too much the last few days (okay, weeks) but things have been hectic.  Hopefully I can get back into the swing of blogging before too long.

Enjoy the last bluebonnet!

Bluebonnets 3

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

As some of you may have noticed, I missed last Friday’s post. This Friday maybe a repeat of that. My apologies in advance. Life is sure busy here. : )

Otherwise, we’re still in the bluebonnet theme for Tuesdays. Here’s a more detailed shot than the others I’ve shown here so far. If you look closely, you can even see some of the wildlife (aka bugs) that live around bluebonnets.

abilene winters texas flower blue bonnet bluebonnet cemetery macro

I love bluebonnets. : ) I don’t think I could have a prettier state flower (well, unless I could have a daisy or sunflower… but I shouldn’t admit it, being a born and bred Texan).

Happy Tuesday! : )

Bluebonnets 2

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Another shot of those bluebonnets in the cemetery.

bluebonnets cemetary flowers abilene winters texas

Bluebonnet Tuesday

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

It’s bluebonnet time in Texas. : )  They started blooming probably 3 weeks ago… I’ve always been a bluebonnet fan, yes, partially due to Texas pride, but also just because they’re so pretty.

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There’s a lovely field of flowers in Hatchel Cemetery.  The juxtaposition of tombstones & the lovely flowers (including blue bonnets, those pink flowers you can see in the image, sunflowers, irises, and more) is both beautiful and solemn.

I’ll be posting more blue bonnet/flower images that I took in that cemetery over the next few weeks.

Happy Tuesday!

PS Thank you, Uncle Jeff, for telling me about it & how to get there! : )

Haley: Senior 2010

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Haley is graduating from Winters HS. She’s involved in Softball, Cheerleading… and I might have heard the rumor she made ACU’s cheerleading team for next year. : )

With no further babble from me, enjoy the images!  There are a few more than usual because I just couldn’t choose.  Does anyone else think that happens alot?

haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass
haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass

haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass

Our first meeting ended with a nice downpour, so we used the opportunity to shoot with an umbrella then decided when to reschedule for another day.  Sometimes it just happens… but we got some cute pictures! ; )
haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass

haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass

haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass
haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass

haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass

haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass

haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass

The sky was gorgeous both times I met with her.  When it actually rains, it’s a problem, but when it’s just thinking about rain, you get the loveliness of these sessions.

haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass

haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass

haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass

We found a tall field of wheat… hay?… either way it was very green & very perfect for Haley’s images. Don’t her blonde hair & blue eyes just jump out of the image?

haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass

haley senior abilene winters texas portrait downtown country bubbles grass

If you want to see more, I uploaded quite a few from this session to flickr… sometimes I let my flickr “presence” slack since I’d rather post on my blog, but I was feeling in a flickr mood lately, so click over for more.  I know I would. : )

Haley: The photo shoot(s) were so much fun!  Thanks for being so full of ideas & up for anything!  (And thanks to your mom for driving us around, lol).

Cowgirl Boots

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Installment 3 of shoe images. : )

These are the cute boots that Desiree wore for our session. Aren’t they fabulous?
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The image is pretty busy, but I think it’s balanced out by the pop of color of her boots. Plus I undoubtably love the grass & the shadows it made. : D

What do you think? Is the image busy or do you like it?

Winter’s Nature: Final

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

I’m not sure what this plant is.  But I thought it was pretty. : )
abilene texas photographer nature whisper downtown details

I’ve got a full week ahead after a full weekend. We got to visit my brother & his wife & little Noah, who has gotten so big!  He still has all that hair & blue eyes!  He’s such a handsome baby.  : )

I hope everyone else had a good weekend, too. I’ll have some pretty senior images coming soon!

Happy Tuesday!

Nature’s Winter III

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

I don’t have a whole lot of commentary today.  (Yeah, I know and I was getting so good at it!)  : )

Abilene Senior Photographer Detail Nature Leaf

My next week and a half is packed pretty full, but most of it will be fun. : ) And you’ll be seeing some of it here!  (Excuse me while I celebrate).  But for today, enjoy this simple little image. And the fact that I think we’re finally seeing Spring around here!  : )

Enjoy your Tuesday.

Winter’s Nature: Thorns & Spider Web

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

I really love cacti.  They’re pretty & oh-so-deserty.  Oh, and they’re hardy little plants, so I’m pretty sure that’s why they’ve survived our oddly cold winter. So, add a spider web to that coolness and I’m a happy girl. Spider webs are very pretty, delicate and skillful. Of course, I hate the spider part, but the webs are pretty. So I was super excited to take this image:

Did you get a good look? When I downloaded this pretty little thing & pulled it up to get a look bigger than my 2 inch LCD screen I realized that the friendly spider not only made it into the photo, he (or she) brought along a helpless little fly friend.  Neat, right? Even neater is the fact that I didn’t know that creepy arachnid was there, so I didn’t even have to go to the trouble of freaking out while getting a pretty shot. Yay!  : )

Have a lovely (real) spider-free Tuesday.

Christa M. Holland
Abilene, Texas
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