You Make Me Smile

What are little boys made of?  Well, this one is made with a beautiful face and eyes to match.  This is one of my collage experiments.

"We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body."  

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Precious Memories

I made this photograph when I was at a hotel swimming pool.  A mother and her little baby son had just had a fun time in the water.  They got out and while she was keeping him warm they fell asleep.  It is one of my most treasured photographs.

God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.

J.M. Barrie, Courage, 1922  

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A Day in the Life

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Well, I just had to show one more of Sofia.  She looked so cute on the step.  All I could see was a grouping of photographs. Thanks Sofia!

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body. 

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Dance, Dance, Dance

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Sofia was such a little mover and shaker that I had to make a collage of all her dance moves.  She was just so happy and exuberant.  I did a lot of smiling that day.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body. 

Martha Graham

Mama, I'm Coming Home

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The reflection photograph reminds me of a 40's or 50's advertisement and the other photo....I mean that face!  What a cutie!

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. Maya Angelou

Brand New Shoes

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For some reason I was inspired to do several Photoshop pieces of my Sofia shoot.  I just loved Sofia's little feet.

Start wherever you are and start small. 

Rita Baily

Everything's Just Wonderful

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For the next few days I'll be posting photographs and Photoshop pieces of Sofia's photo shoot.  She was a darling; a little "mover and shaker" and was completely happy the entire time we shot.  She definitely was used to having a camera in her face and was a delight to photograph.

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.

George Bernard Shaw

Love's Proof

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Wow, I had the greatest photo shoot with Leone Ray, a beautiful little boy with the most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen!  Since then I've pretty much been on vacation, so I'll post as many pictures as days I've missed.  Some days are meant for making pictures, and some days are made for posting them!  Here we go!

“Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul shining through them”

Owen Meredith quotes (Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton. British diplomat, viceroy of India and poet, 1831-1891