I am so grateful to feel back in my game photographically speaking this week. I am inspired again. Lots of ideas. Not a lot of time, but I'm so close to finishing my project and now know I can.
This is from my drive to capture the snow yesterday. I needed a red fix. A break from the bleak. A pop of my favorite color.
I parked, waded through a frozen tundra praying not to fall in a hole in very porous sneakers that got cold and wet (should have had my snow boots) and shot this squatting down in the cold, crunchy field.
FaVulous POV and love the Big Red Barn!!! Heroic effort too! BIg Huge Red FAV!!! Glad you are back in your game Amanda. Love that you used your "sewer slut' for your profile shot. It is so cute!!
ohhh that´s beautiful! I wish we had landscapes liek this here.. The snow is the perfect frame for this amazing scene. Total fav for me, Amanda and LOVED the new profile pic.
@jsw0109 This is my old standby barn. I don't have as many great ones around me like you (or I just don't get out much to find them). Thought you would appreciate a barn shot, though, as a fellow barn fan and all.
@eyesmile Once when I was a kid, I used the word slut at the dinner table when we had company. I didn't know what it meant. Boy did I get some looks and in trouble.
hahaha...I told a joke once at the dinner table that I thought was funny but didn't realize it was slightly off color and got the same response!! Still not sure it was that bad!
This has to be viewed large, then you really get to appreciate all that lovely detail, its a super shot. Snow boots next time madam, we don't want you coming down with a cold!!
@roseolivia Thanks so much, Rachel. So loved hearing that you and Jo got to meet up! You've got Lisa and Lucy in your area, too, right? What a great group of ladies!
Lovely barn - completely different to the barns round here. Maybe we should start a series of barns around the world. I hope you're not intending to finish at the end of the year.
@dh Not fully finish, but I need to get my life back and post waaay less. Maybe weekly or when particular inspiration hits. Can't be an every day thing anymore. 2 years of this has killed me and I need to make real friends here and get out more:).
This makes me think of a big red Noah's Ark sailing on a snowy white sea. The detail in the barn is super Amanda, a lovely scene. Hope your son's whooping cough is improving and you are all getting some sleep again.
@paulaw It is...thanks so much, Paula. No sleep interruptions (from him anyway) for days now. So grateful. I so see the Ark. How funny!! Thanks, guys! @rellimdj
@jsw0109 Let's say I did...for the sewer tart inspiration. Merry Christmas, Jeff. So so glad that this met the approval of "The Barn Master!" Sounds like a shot/selfie you need to do. And go!
@amandal I've just been and had a browse at the Mad Hatters now, you guys have done some incredible things this week. I would definitely have been the weakest link, you are all so creative, it is so far away from my style that I would have let you all down I'm afraid, so a wise decision in hindsight!!
@seanoneill I am so the weakest link, but I am creative and willing to be on both sides of the camera. And hopefully I will learn and grow a lot. Even still, I'd have loved to have been on your team. How's Ben feeling? How's things looking with the wait?
@amandal Ben is good thanks, but Rebecca and I are very worried. Though the op is keyhole, it is very pioneering. The hospital have done 17 ops like this, 16 successful, but none had the potential complications that Ben's has. I am actually a bit of a wreck over it all, I love my boy and my family so much and the thought of one of us coming to harm terrifies me andhas seen me lose much sleep and shed many private tears. It is largely why for the last month I have been withdrawing from participation on 365, just posting and running and making the odd comment where I can on my oldest (like you my dear) and a few new friends projects where I feel a connection. I finish a year of B+W next week, and I am thinking that I need to leave after that to focus on my family, until it is all over.
As for the "team" thing, I have been a team player and leader, all my career, and now in my community. I think that photography is such a personal thing, that for me, when I thought about it I realised that I couldn't be part of a team, I would fail the team, and that wouldn't be fair on you all. I just need to plough my own B+W/no-selfie/urban/landscape furrow. Thanks for your support, which always, is greatly appreciated.
@seanoneill I absolutely understand, yet can't even imagine how difficult it would be to feel so scared about what your child is going through and hoping/wondering that things will go smoothly. I get it, you are NOT a team player;-). No worries.
@seanoneill Yeah, I guess not. Pardon the over empathy. I do have kids, and they have been sick and it has been scary, but not nearly as life threatening or serious. I thank God for that. You must be very strong parents as a result of what you've dealt with over the years. And of course. Have a great night with your family.
February 13th, 2014
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@sandypw @m9f9l Thanks so much for the faves, lovely ladies!!
@kreepybug @softbootsailer Thanks so much!!
Is that a Christian cross on the top of one of the window ?
@cazann Aw, thank you kindly, Caz!!
@psychographer @rachelwithey Thanks so much, girls!!
@mzzhope Thank you very much, Hope. Love your comments!
As for the "team" thing, I have been a team player and leader, all my career, and now in my community. I think that photography is such a personal thing, that for me, when I thought about it I realised that I couldn't be part of a team, I would fail the team, and that wouldn't be fair on you all. I just need to plough my own B+W/no-selfie/urban/landscape furrow. Thanks for your support, which always, is greatly appreciated.