Jan 24 2015 : playtime : playing with light. Loving the starburst on lights out of the #fujixt1 #xf10to24mm.
Jan 23 2015
Jan 23 2015 : something far away : the city! Popped down to North Ave beach tonight for some night shots of the city - handheld - and got a few keepers. Sadly the Fuji won't go out of focus like the Canon does. Need to look into that.
bostrom workshop!
As if I wasn't already excited enough to escape Chicago winter weather and head west to the sunny shores of San Diego.... now I also get to attend a photo workshop by Stacy Bostrom! I have been a huge fan of her work since I discovered her blog via the ten on ten challenge years ago. She has a most unique way of capturing light and life and I simply cannot wait to meet her and learn some new tips and tricks!! Double excited!!
Jan 18 2015
Jan 18 2015 : today is ... Sunday fun flea find day! Purchased at Jayson Home, the designers dream store! This beautiful vintage suitcase makes the perfect side table for my little reading nook. I'm in love with its details.
Jan 17 2015
Jan 17 2015 : jump : this was an interesting prompt for me today. A real challenge to be able to take a shot of yourself and jumping. I went down to the beach to see what kind of landscape was down there and actually ended up loving the fact that the mounds of sand covered in snow met the clouds and you could really not tell where One stopped in the other began.
So then I had another idea of jumping in water puddles, I always see fun pictures of this I wanted to give it ago myself. It proved much more difficult than I had imagined, but I'm pretty happy with this outcome.
Finding Robert Frank, Online - NYTimes.com
Finding Robert Frank, Online - NYTimes.com. Classic street photography from the 1950s. Beautiful black and whites! I kind of wish men still wore top hats, don't you?
Jan 12 2015
Jan 12 2015 : bright : bokeh beauty from a trip to The Lincoln Park zoo to see zoo lights!
jan 7 2015
Jan 7 2015 : currently reading : Click Magazine - one of the few magazines that I still subscribe to.
jan 4 2015
Jan 4 2015 : Jan 4 : I hear ... The click click of the newest addition to my #vintage #camera collection. She's a beauty! No idea if she works, but in very good condition so I'm thinking she might. Purchased at a cute little antiques shop in Andersonville. 
10 on 10 { Dec 2014 }
Ten on Ten once again!! Boy I have been a very bad blogger! I just realized my last post was 10 on 10 LAST MONTH (eeks!). I Must do better! I am a solid month behind on posting my Fat Mum Slim challenge photos and have certainly taken photos of life happenings in the last month. Oy! Anyhoo, I had a great time running around on Saturday snapping photos here and there along with some time at home getting the final touches of holiday to-dos done! Oh how I just love the holidays!
Vintage sleds - just like I used to have as a kid - outside a great antiques shop here in e-town Beach grasses - it was cooooold and windy by the lake today too! Some evergreen at the most adorable tree stand near the firehouse on Chicago Ave El train details Rolling waters on the shore - many shades of gray in the winter (boo) Christmas cards - addressed and ready to hit the post The most lovely vintage pillow cover (never knew these existed) reading "Good Night" Stars on my gold tree (yes... I have a gold tree and I love it!) Sculpture on the Nature Boardwalk in Lincoln Park - met some instagrammers there for loads of photos Then headed off to Lincoln Park Zoo lights ... soooo many people in there!
