The Hours 7:00am Collection

The first month of our Hours project is complete! Looking at the photos below I'd say this project is off to a tremendous start.

The Hours 7:00am

I can't wait to see what February holds.
The Hours site is updated each Sunday with new photos.
Follow along with us at thehours.org

The Hours 2014 - 7:00am

I'm so excited to announce a new photography project that I'll be working on this year. It is called The Hours.

I'll be spending my time this year collaborating with a group of about 30 photographers who are all from around the globe. We will each be documenting a specific hour each month throughout the year.

For the month of January we're starting with the early 7 o'clock hour.

I'm usually not shooting this early. At this time of day the alarm is going off and I'm slowly getting to all that needs to get done before work and school.




View The Hours entire collection of 7:00am hours:  http://thehours.org/2014/01/12/7am-4/

I'm so excited to see where this journey takes us all. I'm secretly hoping that a huge corporation will see our work and sponsor all of us so that we can go on a long epic photowalk together. Can you imagine what kind of lovely photos would come out of that meeting?

I invite you to join along and follow The Hours throughout the year.

Follow us:
The Hours website: http://thehours.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Hours/524446540996139
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/2504836@N23/ (you can partcipate by adding your photos here)
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thehours2014
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thehours2014
Google plus: https://plus.google.com/103078041800974995767

Fave 5 on 5 - December 2013

Oh December, you were the busiest month of all!

Here is the last round of our Favorite 5 on the 5th for 2013.  Be sure to swoop around to see each of the photographers' picks by clicking on the next photographer's link (Alison!) at the end of this post.

My photos for this month include a magical holiday train ride, sunny city views, a little love and a baking shot because there was LOTS of baking this month.



And an extra 6th one because we all need a little blurry Christmas lights each year. 



That wraps it up for 2013. Hope you had a great new year, looking forward to seeing what 2014 brings!

Keep the fav 5 on 5 circle going by moving on to see what Alison was up to during the holiday season.
http://www.alisonbentsphotography.com/


Have a great 2014!

365 - 2013

How good it feels to finally put the number 365 on the last photo of the year!

So here it is, my 365 for 2013.
What a marathon.
Kudos to those of you who have been doing these for years and years in a row and are now on your 1095 straight photo of the day!

I completed my first 365 in 2011.   The difference between then and now is that I chose to do this round by using my iPhone. The challenge would be to take photos, as well as edit photos, only on my phone. The quality suffered a little bit but the moments, my moments, are all still there.

(psst. it's about 8:00 minutes long. two songs long really. just a kind heads up! enjoy.)



365 - 2013 from Smallroots on Vimeo.


Thank you 2013!
Onward to 2014 where I will be taking a break from the 365, but will certainly be doing some sort of photo project. Stay tuned...

Fav 5 on 5 - November 2013

My 5 on 5 for this month brings lots of randomness. 
>My picks include cooking, game night at grandma's, elevator waiting, shower views, fall leaves and one of my favorite people.

{ On a complete sidenote, I can't believe it is already December?! 
How did that happen? Where did this year go? }
Take a look at what caught my eye in November and then continue to the end of the post to follow the Fav 5 on 5 "blog circle". The next person up is Alison and she'll lead you to the next photographer who will lead you to the next one, and so on, until you end up back at me.  It's a fun ride, don't miss the link at the end of this post.

See? Kind of random. Especially that shower one. I liked the darkness and the pop of color from the fall leaves outside. It reminds me to try new places, new subjects and new light just to see what I might get. Not the most mind blowing photo but interesting to place into this November mix.

Thanks for following along.
Up next is my friend Alison.
Keep the circle going by taking a look at her picks for this month at Alison Bents Photography >

Seattle - hello/goodbye

Seattle - EMP

A three part series. This is part III.

Of course no first time trip to Seattle would be complete without a trip to the Space Needle.  If we had more time we would have gone up. If we had more time we would have also gone to the neighboring Chihuly Glass Museum. We were on limited time so we had to make a choice and we decided to spend our time at the EMP Museum.  The building alone was enough to make our decision easy. 
What an amazing building. The shapes, the colors and the reflections. EMP stands for the Experience Music Project and the building was designed to express the attitude of rock 'n' roll and sound and movement and creativity. Spending our time here was well worth it.

After a few hours at EMP we headed back downtown. We walked some more and ate some more. What I'll remember most about Seattle are its grey skies and colorful everything else. It really was a whirlwind trip, what I have left are a blur full of fun memories.  I would definitely do it again.

That wraps up our short Seattle trip. If you missed parts I and II see the previous posts.

Seattle - The Market

A three part series. This is part II.

Of course the next morning started with a trip to the public market.
First stop: Breakfast at Le Panier where I picked up a Pain au chocolat and a chocolate macaron 
(um. yum.)

Then a stroll through the market. We need to talk about the flowers. I had heard about the flowers and what you hear is all true. Gorgeous bouquets for $5, $10 or $15. And these are not your average grocery store bouquets. First, they are huge. You'll be carrying them in your arms. Second, the arrangements are all so unique with flowers that you don't see everyday. If ever in Seattle you must treat yourself to one of these. 

Then on to more strolling with a stop at the famous fish market. Next, on to cheese tasting. Then fruit tasting. Then wishing we had more room and time. I was hoping to try Piroshky Piroshky and Daily Dozen Doughnut Company. However we came, we saw, we ate, and now it was time to move on.  We had more exploring to do. Any guesses where we headed next?

Seattle

A three part series. This is part I.
 
It was the end of October and a big birthday was about to happen. I knew I wanted to do something "different". We decided to do a quick getaway, a really quick getaway to somewhere we had never been before. 

Seattle was our destination. 

With less than 48 hours we had to take in as much as we could. We walked the city. I didn't mind the grey skies. They actually gave the trees a neutral background to show off their fall leaves. We walked and walked. Then ate and walked. Found a happy hour and toasted to our good fortune. 

Our adventure had just begun, we knew we had more exploring to do. With a full day ahead of us we wondered what would tomorrow bring?

Fav 5 on 5 - October 2013

Oh October. You've been so good to me.
Red. Yellow. Orange. Brown.

This month's installment of my favorite 5 on 5 includes many of my fall favorites (so far). There has been so much color this year, like I've never seen before. Much of it was found during a quick trip I took to Seattle where color was exploding above and below (you Seattleites don't know how good you have it!). Color and fog are such a good mix. I'd be interested to see if you agree below.

After a quick trip through my October fall keep on trucking to the next photographer's favorites for last month. The link to Alison's picks are at the bottom.

Tell me, do you heart Fall as much as I do?

Saying goodbye to October and on to November where I will be focusing in on gratitude.

Find out what everyone else was up to in October by following the photo circle.
Up next is Alison, view her favorite 5 on 5 at  Alison Bents Photography >