Spring is On Its Way!

Can you feel it? Can you smell it? Can you almost taste it! Now, don't get me wrong...I love the winter weather, mainly because in Ft. Worth, Texas we don't usually have enough of it! This is the only place I know of that the temperature one day can be in the 80's and the next day in the 30's and then back to the 90's! There is a saying regarding Texas weather..."If you don't like the weather just wait a minute and it will change for you!"  Well, this saying is very true! You can also tell who has moved here from 'up north'! They are the ones that when we have 2 days in a row of cold are wishing for summer! My Daddy is so good to me! He knows that I love enough cold weather to be able to wear sweaters, sweatshirts and jackets for several weeks, not days! Why, this year we even had a white Christmas! I have never had a white Christmas and I am a native born and raised in the Lone Star State! Not only that we had a second snowfall and it was officially 12.5 inches! Even more remarkable was the fact that we had SNOW not ice...nice soft, powdery snow...both times! Thank You, Daddy!

Now, I am ready for spring! Mainly because I am a photographer whose main objective is Nature, beautiful colorful Nature! Landscapes, flowers, trees, clouds, lakes, rivers, streams...anything beautiful with color, bright color! Oh, I did get some pretty awesome snow pictures, but those only go so far! I am ready for our beautiful, bright blue sky with large white fluffy clouds and flowers of all colors blooming everywhere you look and trees budding out with gorgeous green foliage! You see, to me, capturing posed people, immovable objects is boring. Now I admire the photographers who are called to capture those things because they produce great work and that is because that is their gift, their specialty! I love Nature..living, breathing, colorful, growing Nature and I also love old, abandoned buildings and homes because the all have a past and a story to tell!

I am not your professional photographer who knows all the 'rules' of photography and abides by them to the letter! I am a photographer who God presented with a gift to see His masterpiece through His eyes! Who is led by the Holy Spirit to look at something and see the beauty in it, not really considering the rule of 1/3, but letting Him guide me in my composition and perspective! In my photographs I want people to be able to see what I see; I want to capture a moment, a place, a bit of Nature that will bring joy, pleasure, peace, a fulfillment to the viewer forever. I want my photography to tell a story of the subject and of me and who I am!

So all of that to say...SPRING IS ON ITS WAY AND I AM READY! HALLELUJAH!