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Come Wander Along with Me...

I wander...it is simply what I do.  Since I was a young girl, my parent's tried everything to keep me close to home, going to such  measures as to buy me goats.  Though I loved my goats, my heart still  wandered.  

Growing up in rural New Jersey, I was surrounded by dense woods and long stretches of farm land to fuel my imagination.   I felt at home in the arms of the forest and spent many days laying upon the fragrant mossy soil staring up through the filter of leaves... watching the light dance.  It is these experiences that I work to remember.

In adulthood, I discovered the joy of capturing those precious moments, through my camera's lens.  Though the many years in between my youth and the present, I have enjoyed many wonderful adventures and am currently wandering in another people's land.  For the past 10 years I have had the pleasure of living in Europe and learning to look at life in a very different way.   

Through my images and my wanderings, I hope you will enjoy seeing the world around you... in a new way.

So...I invite you to "Come Wander Along with Me..."

This is Starting to Become a Habit

Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 11:02am Posted in Antique Cameras, Experiments, Large Format, Living in Europe, Observations

Yesterday we had to do a bit of shopping and boy were we shocked when we got the bill.  The problem I believe was we were seeing everything in a new way.  The way of the Wet Plate Process.  It was like we were speaking a secret language, I even noticed a man trying to figure out what the heck we were talking about.  I would hold something up and look at my husband with a quizzical look and just say…” Collodion?“  He would either nod, shrug or give me a flat out look of ARE YOU CRAZY WOMAN.  I have to admit that was usually the look that would get me to put the item into my cart.

So today, we are back in the studio shooting and justifying our indulgent purchases by making them into Art…or at least attempting to.  Seems you do a lot more cleaning of glass than actually capturing images on it but all good things take time.  BUT, my ratio of cleaning to keeping is definitely getting better.

Here is the result of my visit to the vegetable isle yesterday.  I have to admit, this darkroom stuff is really starting to become a habit!  I think Fruit will follow Fungus today…

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March 8, 2010 - 23:21 Phil Vaughn - This made me laugh. So, you buy the things that your husband raises his eyebrows about? Maybe we can find an explanation for the size of the bill in here somewhere! I like the fungus shot and eagerly await the fruit. Thanks for the story! Lots of grins in a few lines... Phil

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