Tuesday, June 23, 2009

three reasons I love my job...

1. i get to create on a daily basis.
2. my momma skills come in to play. and besides photography I believe those are some of my best skills.
3. i get to meet amazing little people, even if they are teething at the time.

this is Blaine. we met at sprout for a mini session and he stole my heart.








peace.
maria

Friday, June 12, 2009

three reasons god is good...

1. for the ability to dream.
2. for the strength to build.
3. for the earth to get dirty with.

The last two weeks I have been quite because Tutt and I with the help of the kids, mother-in-law, brother in law and sister have re-done the front yard. It was a project with lofty goals and yet at the same time neither of us even questioned if we could make it happen.
Here are some of the pictures we took along the way...







the best part was working along side Leah and Kash. Kash helped haul rock and dirt, Leah painted and helped plant, they worked as hard as we did, well, sort of. they also figured out that the meandering path I fretted over for days is the perfect "road" for their bikes!




a few more details of the finished product...




now that it is done we are completely in love and satisfied! every night we walk the path discussing how good we are... cause well, that is how we roll!



thanks for hanging in there with me while I was away deep in manual labor heaven!

peace.
maria

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

three reasons to love, adore and giggle with kate...

1. she made the most perfect picture of a lollipop for leah while her mom and I got to know one another.

2. she has sweet ninja moves. really!

3. she is completely brilliant, silly, creative and brave. she is an artist.


...and artist ninja. yeah I like that!























peace.
maria

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

something i would like to share...

i have been challenged to share my crummy little iPhone pics, I didn't think much of them until I took them out of the little lady (yes she is a lady) and put them together as a "contact sheet". turns out i sort of love them all.
I am thinking of doing a piece in my house with all the phone pics that I love.
a growing piece that grows and is forever changing.

isn't it the tragedy of digital art, that we forget to take our work out of the machine and share it with our friends, family, the world and most importantly ourselves?




peace.
maria

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

another productive day at Verité...

So Robyn received a canvas for a client that was printed poorly and the company wanted her to cut out the face and send it back to them.
So what else do you do with a perfectly good canvas that has no face? hmmmmm.......?







you take pictures of course!

peace.
maria

Monday, May 4, 2009

three word to describe sarah maren...

1. confident.
2. sensitive.
3. gifted.






on Friday Robyn and I had the pleasure of kicking it with photographer extraordinaire miss Sarah Maren and her adorable husband Dustin, we were going to go to lunch and take one quick picture.... 4 hours later we were goofing off and having a much needed play date.

thank you Sarah, Dustin and Robyn, I really needed the day.

peace.
maria