Terrible Beauty!

Terrible Beauty
Robyn Jones ~ 2009

Intricate snowflakes, frozen in place...

balancing carefully...

not a breath of air...

to send them shimmering to the ground

like fairy dust.

Visible one moment and gone the next...

Every branch, every blade of grass, every seed,

for as far as the eye can see,

wearing a jacket of frosty snow..

cocooned against the elements, 

keeping alive a spark of life,

For springs first warm breath.

But sleeping for now..

Terrible in their frozen beauty,

As silent as death...as deep as a thought,

Dreaming silently under gray skies,

Shivering in anticiapation, 

for the seasons to change their fickle favors once again...

The Wedding 2

A new blog...

Just letting you all know, that I am still alive and kicking...
I haven't abandoned our family blog,.
but have been kind of overwhelmed with the photo work I got this summer..
on that note...
I also haven't had much of an exciting life lately...so not much to share...LOL!
Please feel free to check out and follow our new photo blog

One of the Jones Photography!

Also feel free to visit us on Facebook, under the same name!
Blessings everyone....

Wordless Wednesday!

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The Wedding...and excuses....

Sorry for the lack of posts lately...

My summer was hijacked!

Between bad weather, which has literally prevented us from going to the beach,

Kendal's change of jobs,

and all of a sudden being paid for some photography work....several times over...

(unplanned by the way) We have ended up being very busy....

not to mention how long editing takes...

We are hoping to at least make the beach once this summer...

but the way it is going...I don't know...  :(

At least we aren't in BC this year...

Where they are having something like 55 forest fires...

They aren't having much of a summer either... 

That all being said...

Here are some more pics of the beautiful bride...

You may not have noticed....

Jeremy having a pout...

You may not have noticed....
but I REALLY like photography....
I'm sure you could NEVER tell,
It's not like I EVER post any pictures...LOL!

Gracie

My Love Affair with the camera started about ten years ago, 

with a cheap little Kodak..

It was a snap and shoot..

and you had to be practically standing on your subject

before you could get any pictures...

The snap and shoot was all I had for several years

until my husband bought me a Pentax...

I LOVED that camera...

It was my first experience with a camera that had some ability..

I learned all about light and shadow,

people placement...

What actually looked good in the lens...
Worked great till I left it on the roof of my car...
......and drove away....  :(

For those of you who see my daughter at church and down town..

this is what she REALLY looks like....LOL!

Notice the nice fat bruise on her forhead,

and the dirt all over the pretty Sunday dress...

(Good job mommy for letting her out in that...LOL!)

It was my favorite camera  until the day my hubby bought me my first 

Very Exspensive Nikon camera...

and then I truly fell in love...

Today I have a Nikon D-90...

my birthday present this year...

After digital had taken over the photography world,

my poor manual Nikon became obsolete,

and as my hobby is exspensive,

for several years, I was stuck using a Kodak easy share camera.

My husband liked it, 

but it drove me crazy...

No more great indoor shots,

no quick shots of fast moving children...

no more great sports shots...

My favorite kind of photography is people..

and especially children and old people...

There is just something about capturing an expression of absolute joy or rage

sadness, or peace that makes my heart sing...

capturing that memory for an eternity...

It is different from portrait photograpy

where the shots are set up

although that can be fun too,

but candid shots are so much about what the person is doing at the moment.

I think if I was ever to take up photography for a living again..

it would be candid shots, and events photography...

Because of the kind of pictures I like, 

and because I get lazy with some of the technical aspects of photography,

my pictures aren't always perfect...

but I am learning..

 It is my Passion.

I have promised myself with my new camera

to learn ALL the technical stuff as well.

which made hubby happy with me...LOL!

I have to admit though, that my kids get tired of being subjects..

I get two reactions...

My son ignores me at times when he sees the camera,

and my older kids groan...LOL!

My youngest daughter is the only one who seems to like being a model...

and she poses like a diva...

no matter how she looks...LOL!

I am looking forward to getting back into photography again 

now that I have something to work with..

so I hope you can all bear with me, 

while I play!  

What kind of photography do you like...

and what kind of camera do you have?

Share a link with your favorite picture and I will 

do a short expose, and post your picture and give you some linky love next Monday...