Life According To Instagram

This week I...

-Shared some photos of a pretty fellow photographer
-Reminded you to follow me on Bloglovin' since Google Reader is shutting down
-Shared a quote
-Listened to a lot of Iron and Wine
-Posted another Things I Love Thursday
-Started some new books
-Tried out two new Richmond restaurants! Kuba Kuba and Mellow Mushroom. Both were excellent. I will definitely be going back in the near future.
-Shared some photos of the cutest baby ever
-Spent lots of time with lots of lovely people. Oh how I love summertime for this reason.
-Talked about watching the world turn blue
-Posted some photos of one of my favorite stylish ladies
-Am selling a 35mm film Nikon N80 camera! If you're interested check out more info on my Facebook page or shoot me an email: by.leney@gmail.com



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Anna

I had the pleasure of tagging along to a photoshoot with Meagan and Anna recently and of course I snapped a few behind the scenes shots. 
 I thought I'd share them here today for a quick weekend post!
I mean I have to, Anna's pretty much the definition of stunning. 
I think we can all agree on that, no?

See Meagan's gorgeous results from the shoot on her blog here.

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Interested in getting some portraits of your own done?
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Making Art

“ Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide whether it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they’re deciding, make even more art.” -Andy Warhol

Things I Love Thursday: A Spoon Ring


For this week's Things I Love Thursday I'm sharing my spoon ring.
This was once my Momma's when she was my age.
I've had it since I was about thirteen and it's remained my favorite ring ever since.
I remember wearing it to various momentous occasions throughout high school, including prom, graduation, the first day of that monumental photography class etc. 
Then again, I pretty much wore it every day so none of that's really all that notable.

I've almost lost it countless times, once even while I was in England, but it's always found it's way back to me. 
I know it's pretty silly but it's come to mean a lot to me and I hope I'll be able to pass it on to my own daughter one day.
I'm a big believer in heirlooms and keeping things for future generations. 
(Much to the potential chagrin of my future husband who is probably going to ask, more than once, why in the world I am keeping that creepy doll, or that weird dress that I wore to my first dance, or that Batman Pez dispenser... among other things.) 
I just think there are some things we should keep around because they tell special stories, and without these things we'd forget how to tell them. 

Just so long as you aren't holding onto so many things that you're a potential candidate for that show about hoarders...
Which I'm not.
Promise.

Wyeth Baby Portraits

Sharing some portraits of one of the cutest little guys I've ever had the pleasure of photographing!
I mean really, look at that smile.
Loved spending an afternoon with Wyeth and his parents.
It always warms my heart to see parents loving on their little ones, as cheesy as that sounds, it's just the truth.
And it's definitely easy to see this guy is very loved!
Enjoy the cuteness. 

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Interested in getting some portraits of your own done?
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Watching The World Turn Blue


"She let the sun beat down on her eyelids, opening them to see that the whole world was blue. She kept doing that for some time, knowing that even if tomorrow was the end of the world there was nothing else she’d rather be doing, than listening to his voice and watching the world turn blue."

 This is from a short story a friend of mine wrote.
I love the imagery the words create. When I read them I immediately thought of this photo, taken by Meagan, and how much I love doing that too.
Just lying back, opening and closing my eyes and just watching the world turn blue. 

London Calling

Alright, small confession.
These photos are from two months ago...
That's what happens when you do several photoshoots a week!
Oops.
Anyway you might recognize this gorgeous red headed beauty from this past shoot.
This is just another shoot we did, just for fun. 
Because after lunch dates, when you look this fabulous, and I have my camera in my car...
Well things just happen.
The perks/downfall of being related to a photographer.
Also: I apologize for the excessive amount of hair flips in advance.

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Interested in getting some portraits of your own done?
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Life According To Instagram

This week I...

-Went to see Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Such a fun show, absolutely loved them
-Shared some bridal portraits
-Ate some donuts
-Shared some thoughts on summer knitting
-Got pretty darn excited about summer officially being here (now that it's here, I can really get started on my summer to do list!)
-Found a new favorite quote
-Made some new friends (one of my favorite things)
-Posted some pretty beach scenes
-Got to hang out with this beautiful lady over the weekend! Out of town adventures are the best kind



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Summer Knitting (Or Lack Thereof)

Airport Knitting 
Shot with 35mm film/Minolta x-700


Knitting is put unintentionally on hold come summertime.
I don't know exactly how it happens, but all of a sudden, I wake up one day (usually shortly after March hits) without the urge/need/desire to knit.
Which, for those of you who know me well, know is a pretty constant urge/need/desire.
So constant in fact that I have, more than once, contemplated knitting at stoplights...
I haven't yet.
But I've thought about it.

But anyway, overnight my instinct to constantly supply myself/others with knitted articles to keep warm vanishes instantaneously.
Much like when a bear wakes up from hibernation I suppose.
It's pretty odd.
However, I was especially obsessed busy with knitting this past fall and winter so I thought perhaps this would, against all previous history and former testaments to the contrary, be a knitting summer.
But it's not.

Granted, I've been keeping up with orders I get from the shop, which are mostly just koala bears and elephants and other various knit animals (which is to be expected. I don't know anyone in their right mind who would wear this or this in the summer heat. Especially coupled with humidity) but that's the extent of it.

A few of you have recently commented on the fact that you're excited to have found a blog written by another fellow knitter, however I thought I should just let you know that there will probably be few knitting updates here over the next few months.
But come September things will go back to normal, and all you knitters can be gratified once more in the fact that you are not alone when it comes to knitting in movie theaters or the embarrassing I-Won't-Ever-Admitt-How-Much amount of money you spend on yarn, or the moments when you drop your skein of yarn out of your bag but the knitting stays inside and you walk several city blocks before you realize what's happened.....

Regardless, I'm still a knitter.
I just take a little vacation during the summer months.
Because, once again, I don't care if it's cotton, it's still too hot to be holding a bunch of fuzzy string in your hands and lap.
Especially in Richmond's humidity.