site under renovation

I don’t know if it’s age or winter or the simple realization that less really is more but I am SO feeling the gray and white tones lately.  When I started photography, I was all about high contrast, saturated colors and pictures that packed a punch.  But I’ve since become quite fond of subdued tones, soft moods, faded colors. More nostalgia, less noise.  Photos that make you feel like perhaps you are stepping into another time.  Photos that make you want to take a deep breath. And I want my blog to reflect those qualities.

So we’re renovating around these parts, have you noticed?  Same old flat with a fresh coat of paint.  This blog has remained virtually unchanged since its inception and until I can afford to buy a new home and migrate from this humble abode to my very own domain name (rather than the longest url known to man… why I chose such a never-ending blog name is beyond me), I felt the need to redecorate, move some furniture around, dust the shelves.  There are still a few things to do to make the place a little more homey, but so far, change feels good.

Also…. Saturday morning, the most glorious light poured into my kitchen and instead of doing the million and one things I should have been doing, I got entranced and ended up taking photos for 2 hours. That’s 250 photos, people. I am a woman obsessed.

Still, I would do it all over again. Light like that don’t come around every day.  And when it’s -30 degrees outside, you have to get your photo fix somehow and suddenly things that have been sitting next to you, unnoticed for months, take on a different shine under morning’s charming light and you realize you have a house full of subjects just waiting to be captured.

There is beauty at your fingertips. Always.