Spring Blossoms and Best Door Award

The weather had warmed enough for shirt sleeves and I knew the time had come to visit the little church with the fabulous door.  All winter I had looked longingly at this door when we would pass by.  I had no idea the trees would be blooming and as heavenly as they come.

Looking Down

I'm usually one for big clear eyes looking right into the lens.  I love glimpsing the spirit of someone in those "windows to the soul".  My children give me one split second when I'm with my camera to see their eyes, so I've been catching a lot of looking down recently.  The vulnerability in these shots are captivating to me.  The expressions on these three are so different, though they are each looking away from me.  Baby girl is too busy reading her book to be bothered.  Eddy-bear is too annoyed at being called away from playing to pay attention to me.  Davy is one second away from a full blown laugh, which will be bigger than his body can hold.  There is so much honesty when a person looks you straight on.  There is so much honesty in these beautiful eyes looking down.

Creating An Extraordinary Moment Out of An Ordinary Occurence

Waking up is something baby girl does several times a day.  Sometimes more happily than others.  This was an especially rare occasion of happy awake.  I heard little sister talking sweetly to herself after a nice long nap.  I sneaked in with my camera and caught a few of these tender moments I wish happened every day.  They don't but at least I can remember forever that one time it did and I got to savor it.

Funny, these pictures were taken months ago and although I treasure the moments they preserve, I already look at the technical issues of the photography and wish I had a chance to go back and do it again better.  No can do--just move on and forward.  Regardless, the idea of my post is the same now as it was when I drafted it (and left it unfinished) months ago.  Taking a little thing that happens all the time and doesn't seem very special can be the perfect moment to see behind a lens.  You view in a different way when behind a camera, and what comes out of your vision onto the "film" is rendered extraordinary by the small effort.