Being more creative.

So this post will not be about my talents or lack thereof in photography. I wanted to just take a minute and talk about the creative process. Some of you may know I used to draw a lot, and take way more pictures. However for the last few years I have never felt creative enough to do it. I think it was the atmosphere of our last house. It was just to dark and a little depressing. Well fortunately we have moved into a small quiet little house, without any super close neighbors. So this week, now that I have the house clean and a moment to myself I started to think about art work and how I have been being creative. I will start to paint and draw again soon. Recently though I have been putting my creative mind elsewhere.

Some of you know that I have been working on a book. I will not give the title or what its really about, because I am not sure which way I want to go about publishing it yet. I will tell you though that its about love, murder a little bit of stalking and deep family secrets. I have been writing short stories for years and finally convinced myself I could pursue a novel. Well I am glad to say that it is almost finished and soon I will being the rough journey of getting it published. Of course I will start another book right away. (Or maybe I already have. :) )

Anyways I have come to realize  through this journey that creativity doesn't always come out in the same form. I may have stopped doing art but I have started doing something else I love.

Most of my writing has been done at the kitchen table crowded and uninspired because of the mess. This weekend though I finally got my own desk, and I love it. I sit here typing this, looking out the window and enjoying our beautiful Saturday. Even though its February it feels like April.

Here is my new work space. :) Sorry its half on the carpet half on the linoleum. While the heater is running I have to have the table pulled out and I can't move the desk over any further. So for all of you OCD people as soon as it gets warm it will be fixed, or until I come up with a better layout for my furniture.

Enjoy the rest of your day and I hope something creative inspires you.

Garret and Jordana Christmas 2015

So this weekend was Thanksgiving weekend and all of my family was home, including my little brother and his girlfriend. They needed a picture for their Christmas cards so we went out and took one. Unfortunately it was about 20 degrees out and freezing. The sun was also very contrasting with the skiff of snow that was on the ground. So I had a hard time finding a spot that wasn't to dark or to bright. So here is what I came up with. Still haven't heard back on wether or not they liked them.

Tallie's Senior Pictures

So in my last post I had mentioned this weekend I got to hang out with my two best friends Tallie and Anna, in the last post I showed the pictures I did for Anna just for fun. This post will be about Tallie, she is graduating from U of I this December and needed senior pictures done. These are a few of my favorites. Enjoy!

My friend Anna.

This weekend I was able to spend some time in beautiful Moscow with my two best friends. While I was up there each needed pictures done for different reasons. Anna who is in the pictures I will post in this blog, has lost weight and needed some new pictures just for fun. Here are my favorites. Unfortunately I didn't get that many because I was completely unprepared, I learned a few things, always make sure you pack a memory card and make sure your camera really did charge. Otherwise you will be like me and have to go buy one and have your camera die after you hiked to a specific spot. So next weekend we will be taking a few more. Enjoy.

Evening walk in the park.

Last night me and my husband David, whom I did my last blog about, went for a walk in our local park. There are lots of beautiful parks in lewiston but this one is my favorite and of course you have seen me take pictures there before. My favorite shots where the one's of the bunnies, two separate rabbits and the image of the tunnel with the apples at the bottom. For some reason this reminds me of into the woods, or little red riding hood. Enjoy!

David Myers

This evening I had the honor of photographing my handsome husband. He is working on a portfolio site for his web development site, so he needed head shots so to speak. We went out to Hells Gate State Park here in Lewiston ID. It was that perfect time of the day and I think they turned out wonderfully. Here are a few of my favorites.

Larson Family Pictures 2015

Sorry it has been so long since I have been on here. With school and work and summer the time flies by so fast.This cute little family has grown since I last did family pictures for them.  little kids are always a challenge when taking photos, next time I will bring someone to distract him, so we could get him to look as the camera. However, they are always fun and have cute ideas.

My Favorite!