Progression

A few new pictures for you. I've been venturing into texture and digital collage. Here are two of my favs so far!

And just for the fun of it: "Hatchling"

Being the Paparazzi

On Monday morning I had what my cousin Kim calls, "an ordinary adventure." I was wandering around my mother's garden with my camera when I spotted a beautiful monarch butterfly. Of course I started snapping pictures like crazy and soon my sister joined me.
It flitted around the coneflowers for 15-20 minutes, often holding very still for long periods of time! At one point Heather was gently nudging it's wings to get it to open them! (It didn't of course). Heather said we were like the butterfly paparazzi :)
Overall it was a lovely experience and I am thrilled with the great pictures we got.

Oh yeah, I got a flickr account! Check me out (haha)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26618868@N06/
Also known as "Maddox Studios" if you'd rather search for me.

Smoothies!

Yesterday it was really hot when Adam got home, so I decided to make smoothies. We haven't had them for awhile and I had some really good strawberries this week. Bear in mind, these are some of the BEST strawberries I've ever had!
Here is the recipe for awesome homemade smoothies/lassies. (A lassie is the Indian/Nepali version of a smoothie. It's made with yogurt instead of ice)


Smoothie
1 cup nonfat plain yogurt
1 cup frozen pineapple
1/4 cup orange juice
8-10 juicy strawberries
sugar to taste

serves 2

A few things to note. Generally it's better to use juice concentrate or "nectar" because it has more flavor, although I used orange juice and it was great. Frozen pineapple - I buy them on sale, chop them up and freeze them in baggies of a cup each. Taste it as you go so you can adjust the amount of strawberries and sugar that you need. Last of all - Kick back and enjoy your summer!

Photography Exercises

On Wednesday we went up to Mom and Dad's to hang out with my cousin and BF Kim. We were wandering around taking pictures and talking about how we'd like to push ourselves out of the realms we normally use for photography. The consensus was that we needed more/better people pictures. So Kim, Heather (my sis) and I decided to go down into the woods and do a photo shoot. We took a large empty frame, three scarves, a broken parasol and an umbrella. It was so much fun! The picture of me (above) was taken by Kim. Below are two of my pics: Kim with the umbrella (top), and Heather with the parasol (bottom).