every friday i share a picture and (sometimes) explain how i got the shot. here is this week’s photo:

how i got the shot: there is nothing special about this picture except for how it drew my attention while i was in walmart last night against my will. yeah, sometimes i find myself in walmart against my will! but that’s a whole other post. i was drawn to this shirt not because i would wear it, but because it’s been a crazy BUSY week and all i am looking forward to right now is the weekend!

it’s the first week of school, and while most teachers have 2 months and a half off we pay it for it during the year. especially at the beginning. been working 12 hours days this week. i expect for this to stop once i get everything organized in my classroom how i want it.

haven’t had much time this week to dedicate to my side hustles, but in my head I am planning some things for fall. like? thinking about doing another teleclass soon.

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have an awesome weekend!

every friday i share a picture and (sometimes) explain how i got the shot. here is this week’s photo:

how i got the shot: this photo is from my trip from mexico. while there i traveled to this little town called dolores hidalgo, it’s a place famous in mexico’s story of independence but it is also famous for its pottery. tons of it! i don’t think the guy in the was all too happy with me taking this picture.

have a good friday!

every friday i share a picture and (sometimes) explain how i got the shot. here is this week’s photo:

how i got the shot: i took this with my nikon d700 and my lens with macro capabilities. this is from my birthday on tuesday. i had a little fiesta at mi casa complete with mexican decorations. it was fun. my friends and family are great people. to capture the cupcake i sat my camera on the table to reduce camera shake, and all the light is natural from the light in my dinning room. i think it’s a great picture, but it’s one of those things where the lens + camera are playing a huge part in the outcome of the picture. i barely did anything in post to this picture.

birthday season

i posted this on fb and made the comment that i personally know 9 people with birthdays this month. it’s like birthday season. the sociologist in me had to do some research, if you can call googling research, and found an article on abc called summertime mystery: more born, fewer die in august. interesting read.

have an awesome weekend!

every friday i share a picture and (sometimes) explain how i got the shot. here is this week’s photo:

how i got the shot: this is at my local walmart, yeah – where all the cool people hangout, and this sign really made me feel like i missed out on a good deal! a very substantial price drop. ohh, but i know better. once i saw a “rollback” sign where the current price was higher than the “was” price. yep, that’s walmart for you…rolling prices back up!

every friday i share a picture and (sometimes) explain how i got the shot. for the month of july i am doing a summer series of summery things!

here is this week’s photo:

how i got the shot: i took this picture at the dallas zoo this past spring. when i go to the zoo i just don’t take pictures of the animals, i take pictures of everything! but i love what two rocking chairs on a porch represents. life slowed down. one day i will have a house with a wrap around porch and two rocking chairs and some sweet tea! oh yeah, gotta have the sweet tea!

“Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.” – Glenn Turner

every friday i share a picture and (sometimes) explain how i got the shot. for the month of july i am doing a summer series of summery things!

here is this week’s photo:

how i got the shot: as i said last week i love patterns, and things that are more than one. while at the mall i saw this cluster of books and snapped, snapped, snapped. then while i was snapping i was like, “oh my goodness, i’m a dork!” as all the fashionable mall people passed me by.

“I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it’s better than college. People should educate themselves – you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I’d written a thousand stories.” – Ray Bradbury

so what’s on your reading list this summer?

every friday i share a picture and (sometimes) explain how i got the shot. for the month of july i am doing a summer series of summery things!

here is this week’s photo:

how i got the shot: as a photographer i am attracted to patterns, things that are more than one. this is a wall of sunglasses i took while i was in san marcos.

“I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants, head scarves, and sunglasses.” – Catherine Zeta-Jones

happy friday the 13th!

every friday i share a picture and (sometimes) explain how i got the shot. for the month of july i am doing a summer series of summery things!

here is this week’s photo:

how i got the shot: this was taken the same time as last week’s photo. this display of t-shirts by the gap is located in downtown dallas. i thought it was cool since it’s made out of real t-shirts. i love the gap, even though some of their clothes are cheaply made.

“I’ve always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet.” – Giorgio Armani

i am leaving tomorrow for mexico. my to do list today is massive. but i think i can, i think i can…

off to be more than a conqueror! ;)

every friday i share a picture and (sometimes) explain how i got the shot. here is this week’s photo:

how i got the shot: taken with my iphone. there are two filters going on here. i took this picture in my mom’s suv with the window rolled up and she has somewhat of a dark tint on her windows. the tint took away vibrancy. then i completed the look with an instagram filter. this picture was taken in the evening and the sun was peaking from behind the BELO building creating this incredible orange/red hot spot in the picture, but i focused on the reunion tower (with your iphone if you want to focus on a subject just touch the spot on the screen where you want to focus).

but you know what? i’ll just show you the SOOTC (straight out of the camera) picture!

i can go on about this picture, but i don’t want to lose my audience. haha. you all have an awesome friday!