As the calendar turns from November to December so does the seasons turn. Autumn is the season I hold onto to the most, being that it's my favorite. Every day is filled with bittersweet memories, pastimes, and traditions. Are you feeling the same? What's your favorite season?

 

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Champagne Overlay #1 / Multiply / 100%

Champagne Overlay #4 / Multiply / 100%

 

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Colors of Autumn: Gold

Join me Kristy, Life-n-Reflection and Lisa, Simply Living for a Colors of Autumn Photography Challenge! Weekly Oct 3rd thorough Oct 28th. 

This week we are inspired by Autumn's Gold. Golden crops of beans and sunflowers rolling across the plains of the Midwest. Golden yellow tear drops dangling from the trees after an autumn rain. Where do you see Autumn's Gold?

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In the Studio: Tiger Lily

On our Wedding Anniversary this summer my husband brought me home 7 vases of flowers. Yes, seven. I spent hours the next day photographing all the unique beauties. This Tiger Lily was one of the most unique his picked. The yellow was so bright and I just had to see it softened up. What do you think?

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White Washed #2 Texture / Soft Light / 70% Opacity  

Add a layer mask and brush away texture from your subject with soft brush at 75% opacity

 
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The Journey: Migratory Sunshine

As the days spread into weeks and weeks into months; the days of sunshine migrate across the calendar. 

Here we are half way into the year. Reflecting on the year thus far,  I think of happy days as sunshine in our lives. Although, some days we have to make our sunshine it's still certainly been a sunny year.

 

"Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows." 
- Helen Keller

Photo Before and After: 

Enhanced with Hazel #3 Overlay and Seventeen Cool Texture from Texture Masters Collection Vol 1

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In the Studio: Nesting

Spring is in full bloom! Forsythia is always one of the first to bloom on our hill. We are greeted by it for the first few weeks of Spring before the blooms are shed and green leaves take their place. So, I cut a few branches to grace our dinning room table and to create with in the studio. Which lead me to open the windows and dust everything (including the ceiling fans). 

 

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