All of these photos I took inside the exhibit..to show what stunning work he has accomplished.

This next photo is my favorite, I was sitting there watching this older gentlemen look at this photo of Marilyn Monroe and I knew I had to snap this. The angle almost looks as though she is peerly directly back at him.

A photo of another famous photographer, below.

One of his earlier images

A self portrait in the reflection, below.

A photo below of a man’s stomach with severe scars.

The detail in his portrait work is incredible…

This next photo below is 8 x 10′s of politicians and political figures from around the world that he was commissioned to do portraits of.

A self portrait of Avedon in his prime

and lastly, a series of self portraits of Avedon two years before he passed away

It was an awesome exhibit and I recommend to anyone who can see it, go! I believe it’s traveling around the country, just click on his website!

In other news, I have so much to post, I’m finishing up a fundraiser that I was a part of that I can’t wait to post images from, I’m working on a brand new wedding website for 2010 and trying to update my current portrait site!! Lots of plans in the making!! Keep checking in! XOXO

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walking out the door for the evening…my last chance at a photo for that day…desperate, I know…

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Went and got our Christmas Tree today, I love how it smells up the house!

This first photo below on the left is of a mailbox surrounded by rocks that sits at the top of the Summit. Inside the mailbox is a pen and notepad..every person who Summits Mt Olympus writes in their name, the date and something they may want to say of significance. It was very meaningful.

You can see the boulders that we are climbing are huge!  But then…we reach the top!! Here the girls are signing in their names…

One of the many views from the top – all of the Valley and beyond!

I encourage anyone who loves to hike to make it a goal to hike Mt Olympus, you won’t regret it!!

Here are some images from the last few days..I still have more to post on my 365 project hopefully later tonight.

xoxo

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Lemon Cake

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A garbage can, I loved the color and the pattern.

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This view is about 50 yards from my parents front door…peaceful, isn’t it?  What I miss most about living here are these rolling hills…Northern California is lined with these beautiful rolling hills and these gorgeous oak trees are my favorite.

p.s. images are film and digital. if you want a little fun thing to do and are extremely bored, ha! ha! go back through some previous posts, many of what I have been posting is film.

He is the boss of our house and he knows it…=)

As I have been laying here, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my goals both personal and professional. I have always been a goal setter, every year I take out my pad and pen and write my “new year’s resolutions.” Sometimes I never look at the list I made again because I already know what it says in my mind but for some reason writing out the goals helps make it more real rather then just part of my imagination. So for the last couple of days I have put pen to paper and wrote down things I want to have happen this year. One of those goals is to take one picture a day. It does not matter what the subject is, could be anything at all, but I have to do it for 1 year and the picture has to have been taken that day, one new picture everyday and I have to post that picture on my blog. Why, am I doing this you ask?

I think for me it will just help me grow as a photographer and by posting it on my blog it will hold me to my word, hopefully it will help me see things in a way that I haven’t seen them before and perhaps it will help me appreciate the beauty I am surrounded by everyday but often forget. No fancy pictures here, just everyday life – plain and simple.

What better one to start this project with then this?

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.  ~Kahlil Gibran