My First Gallery Exhibit ~ Charlotte Nature Photographer~

Yep – that’s right. I have a piece that is going to be in a real life gallery! I while back I entered a photo into the 2009 Nature of Mecklenburg Photo Contest and Juried Exhibition (you may remember me posting here about it) and although I did not win… I got picked by the sponsors at a “Sponsor’s Merit Pick” and my image will be displayed in Shain Art Gallery here in Charlotte. If you would like to come out and join us at the reception – it will be Friday September 18th at 7pm.

Shain Art Gallery
2823 Selwyn Ave

I would LOVE to see some friendly faces there!

 

I’m back for a couple of weeks anyway ~Travel Photographer~

Hi or should I say Guten Tag!

We are back from Germany and home for a couple of weeks before we head off again to visit my family in Indiana.  Well I say visit but it’s really to celebrate my dad’s 60th birthday… Yay!

Just a quick heads up that believe it or not… it’s almost time to start thinking about booking your fall photo sessions if you want photos for Christmas/Holiday cards. 

I will put up a calendar in Aug. as to what days I have available.  My kids will be in sports this fall so I will be limiting session and only shooting two weekends per month (I also have to leave some room for rainouts etc).

Also… I will be introducing some new “Collections” that I have been working on and a few product updates so stayed tuned!

In the meantime, here are a few photos from our recent journey to Germany:

This is the castle we stayed a night in!

Cochem Germany

The mosel valley

Ernst by waterway

My fun husband

Me and My hubby in Ernst Germany

Ok – this last photo I must explain… our waitress asked us if we would like “matches”.  I told her no … I’m good thanks.  She said “they are free, it is matches festival tonight” so I thought, then said… “sure”………what the heck, I can use some “matches”……needless to say… I did not expect this to arrive in front of me.  In Germany, matches=sardines.  I’m sure I have misspelled this but I swear she said “matches”

 

Indiana charm

I am so excited to share with you that I just sold a beautiful collection of 4 photos from a series I did while visiting my parents in Indiana.  The wonderful lady who purchased them is having them framed in these unique old barn wood frames that are simply beautiful!  I can’t wait to see them hanging on her wall!  Deborah is just moving here and is a fantastic Interior Designer (I mean she chose some of my stuff so of course she HAS TO BE AWESOME!).  Here home is to be included in the Charlotte Home show this fall!  I can’t wait to see the collage on her walls.  I promise to go take a picture of them once they are hung and post it back here, but for now… .here are the photos she chose.

 

Happy Memorial Day!

I was lucky enough to take a nice walk with my family on the greenway today and thought I’d share a picture…. gotta love turtles!

 

……….twilight……………

There are very few things that I can say have ever had an addictive “pull” on me……..

But the “Twilight” series of books is certainly my vice these days.  It’s so silly since they were written for highschool girls, but hey…. when I read these books I FEEL like a highschool girl!  Go ahead… make fun of me all you want, but ladies… if you haven’t read them… you are MISSING OUT on the best love story!

 

I won!!!!!!!!!!!! I won!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whoot whoot….do’n my happy dance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That’s right…. I won!

What did I win….. a photo contest!

My photo was chosen to hang on the walls of the wonderful company that handles all my portrait print work.  They had a call for requests from photographers to turn in some of their other non portrait works to help them decorate their new building and this one was one of the chosen:

This one is:
“Three Amigos” taken while I was visiting my parents near Nashville, Indiana

 

a little bit o’texture

I’ve been spending some time trying out some new textures and thought I’d share what I’ve recently come up with.  I hope you like them

Only in the south can you find crosses at the beach: