Angel and Dove

The Girl

At the Fair

Montgomery County Fair
Sept 4, 2009

Pigs

Montgomery County Fair
Dayton, Ohio
Sept 4, 2009

The 'hood

If you know me then you know I have a bit of a thing for my neighborhood. I love it. L-O-V-E. And these cute little hooligans are part of my neighborhood. They're sweet, funny and endlessly smooshable.

It was garage sale weekend so the camera and I took a stroll. Hope you like them.

Sand on her fingers

Taken Delaware, Ohio
Aug 15, 2009

The Drive-In

I brought the awesome

I’m not one to say such things about myself…ever. But yeah. I think I did pretty good with my first ever wedding shoot.

I can't thank the happy couple, Emily and Matt, enough for giving me the chance to get my feet wet with the biggest day of their lives. And I hope it's a long and happy life they have together...which better include a whole bunch of trips back to the States.

See more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmdphotography/sets/72157619803877778/

Squirrels in love

Green Shoes

Gone are the boots of spring. Alex has sprung into the new season green sneakers!

Freckles

The new freckles are killing me. Seriously. Killing me.
(I know you guys can't so much see the freckles but they're sprouting up all over the bridge of her nose the tops of her cheeks. I swear they're so cute I want to eat them!)

Prom shoot

Thomas and Lindsey

Prom '09

Shot at Delco Park

Childhood

Scenes from my backyard

April 2009

The Coloring of the Eggs

Spring...

...has sprung!

Cheese up a tree

This isn't exactly blog-worthy, but nothing else I've taken recently is either so...you get Cheese the cat up a tree.

The Stoplight Project #1

Corner of Woodman and Patterson

Drive carefully people.

Graves

Lutheran Church graveyard

New Lebanon, Ohio

The Stoplight Project

Sitting at a stoplight today I was behind this truck. The truck isn't very interesting save for the fact that it said this on the back:

All I could think of was the possibility of some crazed person suddenly popping out of the pile of junk and throwing stuff at me. I got a bit scared actually. What would I do? How would I react when a bag of trash or any assortment of junk was thrown at me?? Would my insurance cover this??

These are totally the things I worry about.

At the next stoplight I took a picture.

This shot itself isn't interesting but it got me thinking. I very rarely pay attention to anything around me at stoplights, except traffic and the screaming kids in the backseat. I wonder how many interesting things - buildings, people, signs - I've missed.

A lot of times details elude me. I walk into a room with tunnel vision. I know what I'm looking for, who I want to see. I focus on that and the real details - the interesting textures and lights and images - around me fade. I swear I'd make the worst police witness ever.

I don't like my lack of attention to detail. So I'm starting The Stoplight Project (TSP). I'm vowing to bring the camera with me, even on the most boring of rides, and document what I see at stoplights. And you lucky people can come along with me for the ride! Maybe along the way I'll discover something I never knew - some really cool building or person.

And I'd love it if I could come along on your rides. Show me what you see. For one day shoot what surrounds as you sit in traffic. It could be anything. Obviously, from the selections above, I'm not setting the bar very high.

So consider this day one of TSP. Can't wait to take my next ride!

Forever

Woodlawn Cemetary

2009

The Upside Down Girl

The world famous, gravity defying, mystifying
upside down girl!!
Kettering, Ohio
2009

Wheel

Fairgrounds
Dayton, Ohio 2009

Little Announcement

I've opened up a PunchPink etsy store! Many of the photos found here on my blog can now be purchased!

Check me out over on Etsy at PunchPink.Etsy.com!!

Splintered

Fairgrounds
Dayton, Ohio
2009

She Knits

Centerville, Ohio
2009

Pink (flower) awesomeness

Getting acquainted with my new camera.
You'll have to bear with me.

We're back

and they will eat your brains.