winter adventures | a photo essay

it's been a while, i know i know.  my laptop crashed a few weeks ago and i'm just now finally getting my old programs re-installed and getting around to photo editing again. life has been full of surprises and new adventures and old friends and midterms. but, it's good to be back in this little space of mine.

we are currently living in the mountains until spring and over president's day, the national park we currently live about two miles from, had a free day in the park. so even though it was snowing all day and our car has terrible snow capabilities, we grabbed our coats and coffee mugs and drove 20 mph through a whole loop and saw a lot of elk and frosted pine trees and mini mountain sheep along the road.good times, good times.xoxo. -m

of rainbows walls & hidden unicorns | a photo essay

aka-- attempts at being artsy | a photo essay

xoxo. 

marcia

a monday quote + snowy frames.

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” 

― Lewis Carroll

a quote + some snowy frames for your monday,

xoxo. -m

on freelensing and using a three dollar thrift store lens

For a while now, I've been saving for a 50mm 1.4 lens for my t3i, but I still have to save some more and it's honestly not been a priority in my life. But, I feel I have gotten literally every possible use out of my kit lens and I've kind of hit a wall. So I decided to try out a brilliant idea that hit me one night when I was trying to get to sleep-- freelensing with one of the lenses off of my thrifted film cameras. 

For this project, I took my three dollar thrift store 50mm lens and tried freelensing with my t3i. 

IT'S MAGIC, guys. pure magic. 

and, this was the result.

it obviously takes some extra effort--i had to manually adjust my aperture and focus on the lens, while adjusting my manual settings in camera, while using one hand to hold the lens and the other to hold my t3i body (a third appendage would have been so helpful.)-- but the results were so so worth it, and i can't wait to try it out some more.

xoxo. -marcia

amy jane | SENIOR 2014

if you've been around here for basically any amount of time, you've probably heard me talking about my best friend and how completely awesome she is. well, last weekend, we spent a few days together and i shot her senior photos. and these were what happened. (ya'll, these are some of my favorite portrait shots i've ever taken, because I mean come on!? look at her. ;) model material right there. 

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“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."  

― Roald Dahl 

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“Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.”   

―Maya Angelou

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“Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.”  

― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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isn't she such a beauty??
xoxo.
-mm

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK | part iii

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(pc: a kind stranger)

we walked 2.5 miles in the drizzling rain, wearing garbage bags. (okay okay, they were ponchos, but i prefer to call it as i see it.)
and watched Old Faithful through 3,700 to 8,400 gallons of water in the air, twice.
we also had the world's best froyo-- you guys, i don't care how overpriced it is, you have to try huckleberry froyo.

xoxo.
marcia

also: this is getting kind of embarrassing. our trip was in the first week of august... and it's october. i've been having some trouble getting into the groove of blogging again,but i really really want to. i miss blogging. so, there should be some changes around here in the near future... stay tuned!