February Snow Storm...

Another 6 inches fell two nights ago...sigh.  It's very pretty, but I what I wouldn't give to not live where it's cold more than half of the year.

On my drive to the doctors, I kept pulling over my car to take picures of all the prettiness.  Luckily, I didn't get stuck in a snow bank. :-)

The shop is still slow going, but Im trying to list new prints regularly and have now had 8 sales!  whoot!  I am loving the fact that photos I take that dont fit anywhere else seem to fit perfectly in bird and bloke...well, most of the time.

Anyway, here are a few images from yesterday...some available in shop:

http://birdandbloke.etsy.com

More night bokeh and the years largest moon..

I think I can be officially stamped a night bokeh addict.  I just cant help myself.  Im fascinated with not only the bokeh, but even more the play of movement, light and shadows.  Plus, its a lot of fun to shoot and what shows up on my camera never fails to surprise me.

Of course, the night of the largest moon of the year I am out and about, but not with any lens that could capture its size and beauty.  I did get these 2 sad images though.

Did any of you capture it or witness it?  It was truly grand!

New work...

We have several new things in our shop...these are just a few of them.  Its been slow going, but I ordered some prints this week and they look amazing!  We are printing through whcc, which deal only with professional photographers and use beautiful archival papers and inks.

All of these, and more, are available at http://birdandbloke.etsy.com.

{Memory Lane}

 {I Will Follow}

Some objects just seem to photograph beautifully.  Old typewriters, vintage cameras, vintage fans, suitcases and of course pianos.

{piano}

I love train tracks...the idea of going somewhere new...or going home...

{Stray}

My new favorite.  I love this so much I think I will frame it and hang it myself :-)

{Soir Bleu}

C O L O R

We have added some color photos to the shop!  All black and white is simply too limiting, especially for me...I love color!

The shop, which is here by the way:::: Bird and Bloke :::::, is a bit slow going.  I am running 2 other shops and those are top priority right now as they actually bring sales!  So, Im adding to Bird and Bloke, and doing a little promoting, but not a whole lot.  There just aren't enough hours in the day.  I do love having a shop with my hubs though, and doing it together makes me (and him!) very happy.  So, I plan on keeping it going for now, anyway.

So, here are a few new photographs we have for sale in color...enjoy!

Shop now open!

Andy and I have spent the past week going through our photos and thinking of names and working on banners etc.  and the shop is finally open!

birdandbloke.etsy.com!

We also started a twitter account...what for, I really dont know!

twitter/birdandthebloke

Some of the photography for sale in the shop includes the Drive series (see first post here) and our images from the Ann Arbor law quad...a favorite destination.

Its great to somewhere to sell my images that just dont fit in my other shops ( Elle Moss and Alice B. Gardens).  Like these abstract works:

We will be filling Bird and Bloke over the next few days, so check back for more!

Night Driving = Cool Bokeh

From our "Drive" series of night driving, bokeh inducing images.