Asheville Botanical

The Swing of things

It's been a while, hasn't it? Sorry for my absence, I can't promise I'm back for good but the need to post just kept tugging at me. This year has been crazy, the family and I went to Disney back in May and the photos from the trip haven't seen the light of day, until today. Today, I think will be the kickstart I need to get back into photography and posting regularly. 

Day 1 : Epcot

A Series of Unfortunate Events

I was recently going through some boxes in our garage when I stumbled upon one that was tucked under quite a few. As with many boxes, one may not know exactly what's in it until you open it. When I did, I was delighted to find some of my old books. Pulling them out was like stepping back into the past when I'd seen them on the shelf at my local bookstore. I remember a conversation my father and I had while I read a book asking him if he would buy it for me, and the next one, and the one that came after that, my father, being a very simple man, responded "I'll always buy you any book you want". I knew my father treasured that I enjoyed reading. He kept his word, buying me the entire series of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Those books were my life, well at least from October of 2005 to October of 2006. I am currently rereading the series now in hopes to find some inspiration.

Botanical Gardens.

After the Birmingham Zoo Brittney and I made our way to the Botanical Gardens. Inside we found a store called Leaf and Petal, where we looked around and shopped for quite a bit. 

Paper umbrellas that were suspended from the ceiling. 

It's a Doll World.

After finding Novi Stars a few months ago and reading forum after forum, I started noticing Monster High dolls for the first time. I've seen them in stores for a long time now but haven't payed much attention to them. Since looking at countless blogs and pictures, I started watching the webisodes and fell in love with the characters. I finally looked through the isles of Target and Walmart for these unique dolls. From the show Draculaura is hands down my favorite, the fact that she's a vegetarian/vegan (no site can really tell me which one) really related to me. The other characters are just as great and since I had so much fun shooting my Novi Stars, I figured I could get great shots of the Monster High dolls! I have an almost endless list of all the dolls I want to be able to grow my collection of doll photography.

Macro

I got my Macro lens last Christmas and have recently fallen in love with it all over again. Here are some recent shots taken with it!