just dreaming & ideas....

I am lucky....

I get to collaborate on a shoot with t.h.e. hannahmichelle of coffee&parchment. Ever since we randomly connected (thanks flickr + mutual friends) i've been intrigued by the simplicity of her style and the depth of her compositions.

I'm excited and a bit nervous - she's going to be photographing me - and I've never been one who is comfortable in these settings...but I thought it would be good to remember what it feels like to be one the side of the lens without the controls.

As we've been talking about the photographers who inspire us and dream shoots I needed a place to keep my ideas. It's always fun to go into a shoot with ideas in mind for a style and feel but it has been challenging to try and come up with something that hasn't been circulating the blog world (along the lines of big balloons, vintage cameras, anthropologie clothes) ...Definitely nothing wrong with any of those (because I love the idea of all those things!) but what an opportunity to challenge myself creatively.

So I don't know what we'll actually flush out (gotta figure all that out today) but here are some images i've been mulling over in my head. Some are nothing but a dream (clearly I am not a 5'8" model with flowing blonde hair) but they all are my favorites. None of these photos were taken by me...but unfortunately because I saved them all to my harddrive I don't have the credits.

Enjoy!

burning daylight

This post should have been called burning the midnight oil. It's actually 1:21 am and I'm here blogging. I started editing around 11:00 and just...kept going.


I was on a roll going through what is easily my most favorite shoot ever {joyce+peter} and found another shot I couldn't wait to share.

Strawberry Fields, originally uploaded by Courtney Lynn.

Feet that constantly move to music {even when there's none playing}...
Eyes that take the world in all at once
{takes mental photographs on an minute-by-minute basis, thanking God for what He has made}...
Sings in the car, in the shower, in the kitchen {but no good in karaoke}...
Arms that want to fly {but settle for climbing trees}...
Thinking a million thoughts and dreams {but struggling for the words to describe them....}
Loves to write {but abuses ellipses}...

Bright colors make me feel alive.

...so I take pictures.

lazy summer days

, originally uploaded by Hanna L..

I LOVE THIS. It's a flickr find that was very much what I have been wishing for...summers when we could wander off into the woods and come back before dinner and be tucked into our beds at night.

Many questions...

, originally uploaded by many small guesses.

Fall is almost hereeeeee...

I found this on flickr and thought it was so pretty...
Fall is not here yet. :), originally uploaded by Single Malt.

and here is a photo that popped into my email inbox via Hanka:

I love it...because its a moment frozen in time, because its my cz family, and because it means that Johannes has officially left for Bible college. I wish I was in Ostrava riiiiiight now.

but don't worry a big blog post is coming tomorrow!