Color, color everywhere!!

This time of year everything is blooming and every color in the rainbow is becoming evident everywhere we turn. Flowers just make the world a more beautiful place. Before we headed out of town for The Art Market at Historic Honey Horn on Hilton Head Island I snapped a few quick shots of the last of the dogwood and bleeding heart blooms as well as the first columbines and irises of the year.
The perfect subjects for photographs are often right in front of our eyes but, because they are in such familiar locations, we have a tendency to overlook them. We have to remind ourselves to take the time, especially in the spring, to really look around our familiar surroundings. Grab your camera and you will be amazed at what you will see through your lens. Now stop sitting at your computer and go outside and capture some beautiful photographs! You can thank me later.

(Photographers note: These were shot with the point-and-shoot.)

The driveway dogwoods

First Columbine blooms

Inaugural Iris

Bleeding Hearts

ALM Photo: Studio Update #9

It's been a while since the last studio progress report...but most importantly Spring has arrived. Beautiful sunshine and warm temperatures make my heart happy!

The studio is shaping up and there are now stairs to get up there so I can wander up and see how the light shines in the windows and on the porch. The weather has been so wonderful I wish I could sit on the porch all day, but the glass business has been keeping me very busy and as soon as the studio is done I know I will have plenty to do in there as well. Here are some photographs of the studio from a week or more ago. The concrete has been poured and the yard between the house and the studio is a total wreck- trenches for electric and water have been dug- but the inconvenience will be well worth it when I can work in a space bigger than a thimble. The glass studio is progressing also- lights have been installed, so I don't have to be scared going out there after dark. I will post some more photos soon...There has been quite a bit of progress since these photos were taken.




Stairway to studio

Extra garage...for the motorcycles

Glass studio...it's getting there

ALM Photo: Studio Update #8

Even though we have been having a lot of rain, the studio construction is still progressing. We now have windows and doors and Allan and I have been making a lot of decisions on colors, hardware and lighting. These are big decisions that will impact the studio space and our work stations. We returned from Pennsylvania on Monday evening and have been very busy this week. The Glamour Workshop in PA was great and we got a bunch of nice images and also met some local photographers who were a lot of fun. I have been working on my fused glass inventory for the Dogwood Arts Artist's Marketplace which starts next Friday and runs through Sunday afternoon. Allan has been an electrician all week in an effort to get the large kiln power supply hooked up outside my new glass studio. Not a free moment around ALM Photo this week! Check out the photos below and stop by and see us next weekend downtown on Market Square. Look for the booth manned by people barely able to keep their eyes open!

Glass studio floor (very important!)

Entrance to Sassy Glass Studio

Hobo fire- great for cooking hot dogs and waste disposal

Inside looking out