cambridge ...

As calendar season came around again I realized I hadn't shot much of Cambridge this year. I mean for the record it's not like I don't have you know hundreds of other Cambridge pictures but I wanted a little new work in the 2015 calendar. So anyways I took a couple of trips into Cambridge last week, & now I'm super excited for winter (& maybe snow pictures in Cambridge. So this weeks sisterhood stories post features some new pretties from one of my very favorite places! & don't forget to head on round the circle for more pretties & inspiration starting with Kay! 

ps. In case you were wondering here is the calendar cover & the you can find it on etsy!

procrastinating ...

First of all ... how is it September already??? No really when did this happen! I am in shock! Anyways I am busy trying to organize my office, clean stuff out & I just got back from a beautiful wonderful trip to France (oh how i love France) & i feel like we have so much going on for the rest of the year my brain is moving between procrastinating & not enough hours in the day (& yes i am well aware the solution to that is not to procrastinate). So anyways I have nothing this week, just a couple of photos of France (I am in the midst of editing) & then i must return to my attempt at being productive! & you my wonderful viewers can make your way around the Sisterhood Circle starting with Karrie in the hopes that they have something a little more substantial to share with you & i will return to the cleaning & decluttering. Happy hump day everyone! xx

July ...

July has been a nice quiet month for me ... i've been reading every chance i get & trying to slow down a title. This means I haven't really been out shooting much but honestly i've kind of liked it. I did manage a day trip out to Wells-Next-The-Sea on the Norfolk coast a few weeks back. I went mid week thinking it would be nice & quiet ... boy was i wrong, that place was packed. But I adore the beach huts so i spent a couple of hours shooting & trying to avoid people as best i can before heading home. So i hope you enjoy the beach huts & the pretty English seaside as much as I do & then head off around the rest of the Sisterhood Stories for more pretties & inspiration, starting with Karrie. 

running ...

So here's what i know about running ... i love it ... yes i'm one of "those" ... i mean how can you love something that hurts so much? Here's the thing about running ... it lets me clear my head, i always feel accomplished (even a bad run), it gets me outdoors (i'm really not a treadmill kind of girl & yes even in the middle of winter) & i get to fly!

Stepping back a little I can admit it has never come easy for me, i have to work at it, i have to want it. Sometimes I feel like it's the same as my photography, very much a part of who I am & something I feel is missing if i don't do it. I feel lucky that i can run, & that i get to run with some amazing people. So slowly I have been working on incorporating two of my passions & creating some inspirational running photographs which I'm sharing here. 

Happy hump day everyone & be sure to work your way around the rest of the sisterhood circle beginning with Karrie. 

still life's ...

So as hard as this may be to understand after California & my epic editing sessions I was a little burnt out on landscapes, it's not that i don't love everything i shot but I had been looking at them for weeks & i needed a change. Time to step outside my little box & shoot some still life's. Still life's don't come easy to me, I have a hard time creating the picture, I much prefer to be given the picture & go from there. But I also needed something totally different. So over the span of a few days, taking over the kitchen table with "props" from around the house & a few flowers from the local florist I got creative. I played around with different lenses, had a little fun in my editing & here are some of the end results. I hope you enjoy them as much as i do ... & don't forget to head on round the rest of the sisterhood circle starting with Karrie & some more stunning photography! 

ps. all the textures i used are by Sarah Gardner & can be purchased from her website. Also her book is amazing as well!

iphone California (& a little Nevada) ...

So i haven't blogged ... because well i have been in oh so sunny California visiting with family & friends & enjoying a world wind month long adventure with Jacob. Unfortunately the hubby wasn't able to join us but we made the most of it still. So i am knee deep in editing & whilst i have masses of photos to blog about my brain is kind of mushy right now & i have no clue where to start. So with that in mind, this week's blog is going to be all iPhone ... my favorites from the trip, all over the place, lots of random & of course many many Jacob in there. I have steadily fallen more & more in love with my iPhone & the spontaneous moments it captures. All these were edited using instagram & if you are so inclined you can find me on there @oohprettyshiny. Oh & don't forget to make your way around the sisterhood circle checking out the talents of Karrie first. Happy hump day everyone! 

the beginning of our big adventure ... 

... random bakersfield ...

... adventures up in bodfish ...

... red rock canyon ...

... off the 178 ...

... vegas baby ... 

... death valley ...

... bad water basin ...

... firefighter in training ...

... i will not have my picture taken for daddy ...

... santa monica ...

... Lake Tahoe ...

... off the 395 ...

... la la land ...

... san diego ... 

... random jacob ... 

... the end!