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Sometimes accidents end up being my favorite things. Like this shot here in which I am attempting to track flight. That white blur at the bottom right is the heron in my last post.




What is not my favorite thing is the making of decisions. For example, I like both incarnations of this shot, all watercolored and impressionistic.



Which do you like, if either?

In flight

The semester started today. My first class isn't until tomorrow evening, but I'm already overwhelmed. I think once I'm really into it and know what to expect from my schedule, I'll be just fine.

But at the moment, I want to flee a bit. You know...grab a buddy and fly away.

Like these guys.




Also, it's reassuring to know that scenes like this will always exist in this world whether I fail out of grad school or not. That's really not a bad world in which to live, you know?

Oiseaux des fantaisie

Birds at Lake Mayer in Savannah.




There's something about this picture...I was thinking it was moody, but now it kind of reminds me of an illustration in a children's book. I'm not sure why, but it does.

Emotions

Sad tree cries hearts. Is very sad.

Playing with effects

You know, I'm really not a baby person. Really. But I have a LOT of recent Charlotte pics and I spent a couple of hours editing them instead of doing homework last night.

Anyway, so this is all about effects I love. I usually love really true, really saturated color in my pictures--that or a very clean, sharp black-and-whites.

Last night, I went a...different direction.




Okay, full disclosure. That one started as an accident. I was trying to color-correct for white in a shadowy shot and it blew out the rest of the picture instead. And for some reason, I loved it.

This next one was on purpose. I wanted sort of an overly dramatic, graphic, superhero shot that was still, you know, baby and fun.



This next one feels a bit vintage and dreamy to me. I kind of want to see what it looks like on canvas.




And finally, we have the mama. I like the sort of lost space of the majority of the shot. It's dreamy in a different way and I think it's fab.



That's me playing! What do you think?

Action Charlotte!

Sometimes I like to amuse myself.

This is one of those times.


Make your own animation

Charlotte

Please, behold the cuteness that is this child.



This is Charlotte Fay. She's my sort-of niece, the daughter of my best friend Amy and her husband Andy. She drools. A lot. Like, a lot, a lot.



Despite her moistness, she's pretty secure in her parents' love.

"Yeah, I know my dad digs me," she says.



Yep, she's pretty sweet, this one. I think she's a keeper.