All signs point to blog

So. Well well well. What have I to blog about? All sorts of random things.

Last weekend i had one and a half shoots. I call the shoot I did for my friend's toddler a half shoot, because it was stricly for fun. No business. The other shoot was again for the magazine I did a photo for-- which so far I have not revealed because I'm a believer in "don't hatch your chickens before the eggs", though I'm not getting paid for the gig, but it is great experience/exposure/advertisement. The first magazine photo isn't out yet, so I'm hush hush about it until it hits the stands. That way you keep coming back to read my nonsense anyway. :)

So back to last weekend, shooting the toddler. Her name is Allie, you've seen her before. Adorable kid.

With a smile like this, who wouldn't giggle in agreement?


We went to Sun Prairie's Sweet Corn Festival. An inexpensive, entertaining event. I unfortunately just got braces & was not able to enjoy any sweet corn, and to tell you the truth, I don't even like corn, so it wasn't a huge dissapointment. What was a huge dissapointment was the fact that cheesecurds cost $SIX DOLLARS. Six dollars? I could get an angus beef burger at Hardees for six bucks. Out of their minds. I starved until I found a Culver's after the event.

My next blog will be about the magazine, it should be coming out next week. I'm probably making too big of a deal out of it.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Single white female & night photography

Okay, so I'm not single. But I am female, and I do love night photography.

Here's the thing, when John is out working late, and I have a Friday night with nothing to do, I enjoy going out on my bike scouting locations for night shots. But being a female alone in the dark makes me feel incredibly vulnerable.

I have said in the past that I would go and get myself some mace...One of those things that looks good on paper but I've yet to do. Perhaps I'll tie a string around my finger tonight so I remember to complete that task tomorrow?

None the less, I did go out tonight and indulge myself in a wee bit of night photography. I only shot from three different vantage points.

My favorite from the night:


old cars are just too cool




The last photo brought warm fuzzies to my heart... I was sitting in the median on East Johnson and a truck came to a slow halt by me. My first thought was, "oh great, I'm about to be harassed", and then out pops a 12 year old girl's head, "Hey, do you need any help?"
I was not expecting this and replied a cool, "No...". The driver who was probably the father said, "Oh, well it looked like your bike was broke or something".
Then I realized they were caring Madisonian people. I said, "Thanks for checking, I'm fine!".

Wow, I did not realize that this good natured spirit still existed in the world! Maybe it's a Madison thing, or maybe there's still hope for good in the human kind.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

Over the weekend John and I were fortunate enough to have great friends invite us to their campsite though we had zero money to pitch in. They said, "It's all paid for, we have plenty of food, just bring yourself... and a tent".

So we did.

The friends had the luxury of enjoying Kettle Moraine State Park for three nights, we joined them just Saturday night. I'm so glad that we went, because it was so enjoyable to be with good friends and in a beautiful Wisconsin state park.

Of course being there for a limited time did limit my photo taking, and I didn't want to tune out my friends with the camera, so few photos were taken. But the ones that I did get, I'm pretty happy about.


This is the second stairway to an observation tower that overlooks much of the park. Unfortunately photos from the tower were a bit difficult with the thick haze and humidity in the sky. I did manage one my friends though (sans Becky, she was trailing behind).



I went black and white due to the haze in the background.

And lastly, a photo of a road.


"Beauty often seduces us on the road to truth." --David Shore,

August, all moved in.

So I've been putting off blogging, because frankly I've got nothing to blog about. So if you have a busy internet surf planned, you can exit now. :)

But if you really have nothing better to do than read my blabbering blog, then sit back & have a glass of wine... or a bottle of beer... or whatever it is you might enjoy!

My last blog was about how I came to the realization of all the last things I would be doing at my old tiny apartment meant for tiny people. No, not people as in plural. There's enough room for one tiny person who doesn't have many possesions. I on the other hand have a husband who hoards all his things from his childhood on.

Lucky for John (husband), the new place has enough room for all of his crap, plus my hobby equipment that spent the last three years in a coma in the basement. I now have a corner in our DEN (yes, DEN!!) for my full sized keyboard, a music stand, and my saxophone. Having this extra space has even got me jazzed enough to play my instruments. Unlucky for John I'm in desperate need of some practice.

Having all this space also has gotten me the photography bug. I just wanna shoot shoot shoot! We have a spare bedroom that is empty just for photography sake. If I could be any happier about that I might burst. Tonight I did scratch the itch for a photo idea that I got as soon as the livingroom was set up. It is a self portrait, but I would really like to recreate this shot for someone else. Any takers??