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Well HELLO month 9 of “What ______ Looks Like.” The month of April came and went like a blur, chalked full of birthdays, anniversaries, school activities, school testing, projects, Easter and workshop planning. Throw in some fun downtime and this is “What April Looks Like.”
Continue the circle and head on over to the blog of Sarah Cornish | My Four Hens Photography and she what she captured for her “What ________ Looks Like.”      Well hello there! Yes, I’m still here and around….just busy as a bee as I’m sure many of you are! I’m getting prepared for our second Face 2 Face in person workshop that is being held on May 19th and 20th. We are super excited as a couple of our Bloom Forum Moderators are flying in to help out. We have two spots available so if you are interested, we would love for you to join us. You can read about the details HERE. And we are looking for some CUTE models for it as well. We are having a model contest so head HERE to read how you can enter you sweet little one. So how many of you found a good blue bluebonnet field? They bloomed early didn’t they this year? We found a pretty good one in Flower Mound considering it was in the middle of town. So of course we packed up the kids to take photos and beat the crowd that was there who had the same idea. This first one below is already printed as an 8×10 and on my desk so everytime I jump on my laptop, I see those sweet faces.
no comments First and foremost I have to apologize for the picture overload! I took these during our Spring Break vacation and just felt I needed to share all of them in one post instead of splitting them up. As I mentioned, I captured these when we headed to San Francisco and then Carmel over Spring Break. It was so beautiful there and it was such a nice getaway. I definitely came back rejuvenated. I’m also am so very happy because I owe many of these photos that a took from this challenge itself. Normally during vacations and special events I feel like I have to take the most amazing photos…posed, set up and oh so perfect where in the end I’m miserable, not enjoying myself and most importantly, my kids not enjoying themselves and the moment. So this year, I just left all those feelings at home, packed up my camera and just decided to shoot when I felt like it and not to disrupt any of the free-for-all fun happenings that were taking place around me. For the most part I did it. I just let them frolick around on the beach and in the water. Now being a posed photographer, for me NOT to take a couple posed photos would well…just not be me but I would say that about 80% of the photos I came away from this trip with were all lifestyle which in turn made me happy and made them happy as well. So I give your “What Spring Break 2012 Looks Like”:
Thanks for checking out my challenge for this month, now please continue the circle with the blog of Sarah Cornish | My Four Hens Photography and see what treat she has in store for you! Show 10 comments and THAT is why this is the perfect project to be a part of right?! so proud of you too…and i have to say i adore each and every images…real life and simply beautiful Hello gorgeous photos, these are AMAZING. First off I am loving your post processing these days, it’s gorgeous. And second looks like your vacay was so amazing. The color, the beach, everything is just perfect. I’m in love with the shots you got of the kiddos! These are all so wonderful! I can feel that you totally let your hair down, and the result is nothing short of beautiful. And I totally agree, this project has helped me let go of so many hang ups when it comes to the camera. And those jelly fish shots totally belong in Nat Geo! Oh, I am so jealous! These are so fun and beautiful! Love the fish shots. Your kids are beautiful, Bren! so beautiful brenda, every one! what a fun week you guys had. i love them all, but those fish shots really are incredible. love the one with the people, middle bottom. that one is amazing. Oh honestly!! These are amazing, Bren. Your processing on these is perfect too, and they look filmish to me. PS, when did your kids grow up so much?? Make them stop. So jealous of that vacation! I loved when I lived in Monterey. So glad you had such fun! I loved these “lifestyle” shots of your family just being themselves. And you were vacationing in my back yard so it was fun to see your how your “eye” took it all in. I’ve been to those places so many times it was refreshing to see your perspective! Brenda, these are beautiful! I love the beach photos especially. I happen to think the northern CA coast is incredibly beautiful with all of the fog and chill. We were just in Half Moon Bay yesterday in fact. I’m so glad you had a great vacation! Brenda, these are breathtaking!!!!!!!!!!!! Create by Nichole Van, I’ve banded together with a handful of other photographers to start a blog project focusing on exploring the fine art side of photography. Each month, we will post a photo or series of images focused on art and photography. There are no rules. Just post what comes from the heart and allow the inner artist a chance to explore and fly. So sorry to have missed Volume 6. I had a bunch of work stuff going on and I just couldn’t get out and shoot. I was really bummed that I had to bow out. From what I saw, the circle was AWESOME! Our group of girls are so extremely talented and inspiring! I really hope you all are enjoying the exploration so far. I’ve been really really wanting to shoot a horse photo of lates (can you tell from a couple of my previous posts). I have this grand idea of a cloudy sky, the wind pushing the horse’s mane off to the side and so forth but unfortunately, that just hasn’t happened for me yet (I do vow to eventually caputre such an image). So this one will have to do. I posted this in my lifestyle challenge but for the {elevate}, I pushed it up a notch and converted it to b/w, added some more textures (for a Western Old-Time Feel) and used a couple artistic filters too. I really like how it turned out…now only if I could get that image that has been floating around in my head for the past few months, I’d be one HAPPY camper and have something cool to put over my fireplace. LOL!!
Thanks everyone for stopping by and please check out our first elevate post for 2012 by visiting Martha Schuster | i see the moon photography | Long Beach, CA. Show 7 comments Oooh this is nice, Bren. Reminds me of my riding days in Kentucky. Horses are unspeakably beautiful, and your image is perfection. Love the watercolor feel. xo Your vision is fabulous, but so is what you captured here! Hopefully you will get some clouds and a soft breeze soon! I love equine imagery! I cannot wait to see your dream image finally executed. This is one good looking horse! Oh my gosh Brenda! Yes! So beautiful. So perfect! I love what you did with this image. It looks almost like a watercolor/sketch. I hope you print this big and hang it. your work with texture is impeccable. i love the watercoloring to it as well. i have gone back to it three times now to look at the different “levels” of it!! your processing on this is beautiful!! Well, I barely pulled this one off (again). I shot this series starting at about noon yesterday and finished it around 7:00 pm last night. I so need to manage my time better! LOL!! We are at month 7 of our “What ______ Looks Like” and we only have 5 more months to go. Please make sure you continue through the entire circle to see everyone’s challenge starting with Sarah Cornish | My Four Hens Photography. So here’s is “What A Sunday Drive and Bedtime Looks Like” for this family of 4. And only in Texas can you be driving and run into a rodeo! LOL!! 
Show 9 comments brenda these are so sweet and beautiful. what a lovely day. i adore the ice cream eating, those horses! and of course those in the bed. wonderful. i’ve followed your work for such a long time, and its amazing to see how you’re children have grown. beautiful as always. xoxo I seriously did the same exact thing yesterday LOL. I had all these great ideas and then time got the best of me. I actually went to Vegas with my camera and didn’t take ONE photo with it. LOVE these so much! It looks like you guys had an amazing day!! The processing as always is to die for!! Love these, Brenda. I love how you posted those beautiful horses side by side. Those black and whites of your kids in bed may be my favorites. These are great – but I esp. love the first two. Very cool and dreamy – like a Holga. love all of these brenda! especially the last shots of the kids in bed together. beautiful! OH.MY.WORD…i always adore your pp’ing its makes my eyes happy and your perfect way of capturing everyday life makes my heart happy…ebautiful job hun little g drinking his treat … the kiddos in bed … such perfection! I love your day!!! your pp is amazing in these!!! Oh my gosh I love this post. Your kids are the cutest ever and Grant eating his ice cream, melt my heart! |
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ummmm okay the bucket of water g poured on himself is hilarious, hahaha and i love your april:)
first … happy birthday to ms. g! looks like you spoiled her with so many beautiful details. and mr. g … I just want to squeeze him. love him against that window light and with the water! what a wonderful month you had!
Oh I just love looking at your kids pictures, they are so adorable. Please tell me when get to photograph them in a couple weeks? Gracies party looks awesome, all that food looks delish
Oh Brenda Happy Birthday to your sweet girl! I need to have you plan my parties, holy gorgeous! LOVE these. You have the cutest kids EVER!