Be still my heart

Happy Birthday to a very special lady! She is such a giving, generous soul. Literally.

Miss you always, Meghan!

Sign post

Here are some more pictures from the Lake District. We went on a hike up into the hills following a path under the assumption that what goes up must come down. Well, somewhere along the way we lost the path and then had to trail blaze our own way down. Just when we reached the bottom we found this sign – and the path that we should have been on the whole time. Oops.

I can't decide which of these pictures I like better. I'm leaning towards the top one. I like the position of the hand on the sign and the fact that you can see the child's chin. On the other hand, I like the angle of the signs on the lower picture better. Any thoughts from the peanut gallery?

Lake District

 The Lake District is gorgeous in a way that is difficult to describe until you go there. The hills don't seem that tall until you hike to the top and you can see everything laid out beneath you.

Leaves

This one is a bit depressing since it's fall and the leaves won't stick around much longer. But I love the texture of the leaves. I need to dig up my portfolio of all my old black and white prints. I miss working in the darkroom. I took this one at a farm outside of Iowa City during my Alt Break trip sophomore year. I can't believe that was 4 years ago.

Happy November

Hope you're enjoying the first day of November! Have some holly from Kew Gardens in England. I was playing around with saturation in Photoshop. My pictures usually need some help in the color department, since my old point-and-shoot does not have the world's greatest sensor... oh, how I would love a digital SLR... Anyways! I was playing around with the saturation and it turns out I can manipulate the colors of a photograph separately. For my first experiment (above) I desaturated all of the colors except the red berries. I think it gives the picture more texture. Plus it really makes the berries pop. What do you think?