My Little Snow Bear

Last night we had a snow storm and when we woke up, there were several inches on the ground for us to kick around and play in. Naturally, I pulled out my camera once I had my little Evan all bundled up in his snow suit and lovingly made scarf from gramma! As Kia raced back and forth to keep warm, Evan watched her and laughed big 'ol belly laughs. What a sweet boy!

7/100

#7/100: Mike + Bella (I'll let you guess which is Bella)
Fairmount may just be the warmest neighborhood in Philadelphia. I was walking around getting ready for a shoot and I was greeted by a half a dozen strangers in a span of about 10 minutes. Unbelievably friendly people in this neck of the woods, I tell ya. Mike was no exception. He was walking his sweet girl, Bella, on a cold and sunny morning in the city. He wished me luck with my stranger project, too....I don't think I will have a problem completing it if I keep coming out to Fairmount!

The big ol' apple...

Oh what an amazing city! I woke up at 4:45 am on Monday to catch a train into the greatest city in the world...New York City. I have to admit, I miss it sometimes. It was so nice to come up for a short visit.

There, I got to meet Little Anthony, Princess Jackie, and their gorgeous mommy, Caryl. Their apartment was just beautiful, and they were so much fun to work with! Here is your little preview...more to come!

Love begins with "L"

Here is Baby "L"...part One! Meghan & Lisa rock my world! We had such a good time on Sunday morning with the boys, Atti & Eli. I can't even begin to tell you how sweet these two pugs are and how much they wanted to take care of Meghan. Soon they will welcome a new member of the family, and I couldn't be happier for them....we can't wait to meet you little "L"!

6/100

#6/100: Meet Jack. Yes, he counts as a stranger too! After all, dogs are really just little people in fur coats, right? Would you just look at those eyes? Jack is a lucky little guy, rescued by a very kind neighbor at Main Line Animal Rescue. He is a 6 year old Westie-Cairn Terrier mix with a scruffy little face, and he took a little pause from his morning walk to let me grab his mugshot. What a sweetie!

My town + 4&5/100

Yesterday was insanely warm and humid, so what better way to recharge than a steamy stroll around my town? Um...I can't think of anything better (aside from sitting in my hammock with a pint of chocolate ice cream and a good book).

#4&5/100: On my walk, I decided that a hot latte was exactly what I needed on a hot day (don't question me), so I stopped into the Bryn Mawr theater coffee shop, "Milk Boy" for my dose of caffeine.

#4: Colin was a sport and allowed me to photograph him at work as he crafted a much needed cup of latte-goodness. (One of my favorite people in the world shares this name--BONUS!)

His co-worker also paused his activities for about 3 seconds after a mini-break...long enough for me to catch his quirky smirk. Hooray for espresso!

3/100

Stranger #3/100: This is Emmett. We met while Evan and I were strolling down my street yesterday afternoon. It turns out Emmett is a neighbor of mine and he was also interested in photography for a while. Now he is thinking of starting his own business, a "green" cleaning business where he and his employees use natural products in people's homes/businesses, rather than harsh chemicals. What a fabulous idea!

2/100

Okay, so today I brought my camera into Home Depot....Yes, I know I am obsessed. People looked at me like I was insane while I was snapping pictures of Evan by the HUGE 'Bounty' paper towel display. (Why is that wierd?)

Anyway, I had fun looking at all of the great tools and gadgets. By the way, all of you artists out there: when you are in a design slump, go to your local hardware store! There is just so much eye candy there...plenty of inspiration. So in addition to lingering entirely too long in the paint section, I found another stranger to photograph.

#2/100: Meet James! He is a very cool, hip cat. (Can I still say "hip"?) James is also a photography buff, so we had a good chat about cameras. We also had a nice laugh at Evan because he had fallen asleep in the cart while I was wheeling him around. Shhhh...the little prince sleeps...

1/100

Okay, so today I finally decided to get brave and accept a new challenge: 100 strangers. I got the idea from this very cool 'flickr' group and decided to run with it : (http://www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers).

The idea is to break out and try new things with my photography and also to tell the story of the person I met with one photo. Here is my stranger #1. She was a very sweet and shy college girl at Swarthmore who had, apparently, done a project similar to this in one of her classes recently! How'd I do? More to come!

Rub-A-Dub Baby

Splash!

He had so much fun during his bath today, that I decided I had to turn it into a photo story...pretty cute, eh?