Photography: Autumn

I took this picture during college, in the woods on campus. A lot has changed since then, but the leaves still change colors and fall from the trees every autumn.

Photography: Champagne Mustache

A fun photo from a wedding I attended. Who can resist googly eyes and stick-on mustaches?

Photography: Pink

This is a picture I took of a flower in a gas station on a drive down the East Coast. It was so bright, and so atypical of what we think of when we think of gas stations (grey, smog, dirty) that I couldn't resist. That, and the water beading on the petals. Just so happy and full of life.

Photography: Spiral

This is another photograph from our time on Fire Island. I thought that the shape of the shell was beautiful, the ridges and sand worn parts and spiral. The colors also drew my eye, especially the grey-green-blue of the metal reflected in the colors of the shell. I tend to compose photos with elements far to either side, so this is a nice break from that habit. I am drawn to the ocean, as much as I don't really want to be in it (I'm not an ocean/lake swimmer). This fills a tiny bit of the void that not living close to the shore leaves.

Photography: Fire Island

I have to admit that I probably was drinking when I took this picture of the railing around the deck off the bar on Fire Island. I was trying to learn how to force my digital camera to focus where I wanted it to, rather than letting the auto-focus ruin all the images I could see with my eyes but not duplicate with my camera. I really love the way the texture of the wood grain stands out with the light string, trailing off into the darkness, with a few points of light of other buildings off in the distance. This picture brings back a lot of wonderful memories of the fun we had out on Fire Island.

Photography: Jump

This is a picture of my friends' children at a summertime gathering a couple years ago. I was really lucky that I took a picture just as she was jumping. I love the way her curls just sproing and she looks like she's about to take flight. The cute face doesn't hurt, either.

Photography: Sarah

This is a picture of my sister. I don't remember exactly when or where. I really love the way the sky and trees present the perfect background, and how you can't really see her face but there's no way it isn't her. I am pretty sure I took this with my whoa-old point-and-shoot digital (it was my parents before it was mine, back when digital cameras were as big as film cameras, lol). It's just a picture that makes me feel happy, and I like the composition as well.