Moments That Stir the Heart {Maine Lifestyle Photographer}

Posted on January 27, 2010

There can be no great love than the one shared between a child and its parents. I had the privilege and honor to witness such love, and even better, to photograph some very tender moments. It also gave me a chance to practice using textures and vintage actions.

When you have brought up kids, there are memories you store directly in your tear ducts. ~Robert Brault

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Reason and Passion {Maine Lifestyle Photographer}

Posted on January 13, 2010

Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite.
Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.
But how shall I, unless you yourselves be also the peacemakers, nay, the lovers of all your elements?

Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul. If either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas.
For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.
Therefore let your soul exalt your reason to the height of passion, that it may sing;
And let it direct your passion with reason, that your passion may live through its own daily resurrection, and like the phoenix rise above its own ashes.

I would have you consider your judgment and your appetite even as you would two loved guests in your house.
Surely you would not honour one guest above the other; for he who is more mindful of one loses the love and the faith of both.

Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows — then let your heart say in silence, “God rests in reason.”
And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky — then let your heart say in awe, “God moves in passion.”
And since you are a breath in God’s sphere, and a leaf in God’s forest, you too should rest in reason and move in passion. - “On Reason and Passion” by Kahlil Gibran

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Change is Beautiful {Maine Lifestyle Photographer}

Posted on January 8, 2010

I have felt scattered this week. Too many directions to go in but I’m feeling directionless. So many household things have fallen apart, needing my attention. And yesterday, to top it all off, I went out to start my car and a tire was flat. The end of the day resulted in two new tires. I was supposed to pay bills with that money. Oh well. You can’t get there from here without a car in Maine!

I’ve been experimenting with different techniques for my photos. The following image breaks my rules of grainy pictures. But change is a beautiful thing and I love this image of my daughter, especially when processed like this. In the near future, this one is going on my wall as a canvas gallery wrap.

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What makes me laugh? {Maine Lifestyle Photographer}

Posted on January 5, 2010

Inspired once again by a post from The Shutter Sisters.

If I’m ever in a down mood or when I’m feeling uninspired, all I have to do is usher my two dogs outside to the pasture and hang out with my them and my two horses and 11 hens. It really helps that one of the horses thinks he’s a dog. Well, I suppose he can’t help it, being a pint sized miniature horse! He always initiates play when we are out in the pasture.

He and one of my dogs, Cody, especially love to play together. They chase and play tug-o-war. The images below are from two days ago, plus I included some from last winter that I think really demonstrate lightheartedness. Needless to say, I am very entertained by their antics. In between shots I engage in the play, too!

This one just makes me smile.

Yikes!!

Dressing up for Valentines Day!

Feel the love. How can I not smile!

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End of 2009 {Maine Lifestyle Photographer}

Posted on December 31, 2009

Today is it - the final day of 2009. In terms of weather, this day represents the calm before the storm. We are in for a major nor’easter - two storms converging and taking three days to move through. A lot of wind. A lot of snow. A mixture of rain and ice.

To me storms are about release and change. There is no better time for release and change than at the beginning of a new year. Maybe a thick blanket of snow will erase all the dirtiness beneath. For some the white beauty may represent a clean slate, an empty canvas on which to create a new life. A different life. For better or worse, but different all the same.

A new year cloaked in snow can be a symbolic reminder of peace - in our lives. In the world.

A blanket of snow is a time for dreams.

A raging storm is the collective voices of life upon our dear earth. Chanting untold stories. Unleashing rage and power. Creating beauty.

The following images are various moments from this year.