My Week In Photos

My week has been a bit hectic. I was sick so I reached for a healthy snack full of vitamin C and protein. Yes, that's just tomato juice. It tastes better in stemware. ;) Paired with salt and pepper pickles (only a few) and some colby jack cheese. Yum!

A storm rolled in this week. There were tornado warnings and some pretty crazy weather. Look at these amazing clouds! I snapped this just before the rain came down.

The storm made way for a double rainbow and a beautiful sunset.

I have always been fascinated by the (quite simple) science of rainbows and the fundamental processes that create them. Did you know the top of the arch will be at 42 degrees above the horizon?

Yesterday my new coworker, Ali and I went to Bentonville's First Friday event on the Bentonville square. There were flower petals on the side walk.

And I met a girl in a shop who had this adorably cute fish purse- she let me take a photo and the sun setting through the shop door made the perfect lighting.

Then Ali and I went to the sweet shop. We got her very first ice cream float. I got a Coca Cola float (it was on special for a buck). I haven't had soda pop in longer than I can remember. We sat at the booth and I took a quick photo of the sweets in the window box.

There were performers playing with fire and juggling and riding a unicycle.

And beautiful tulips.

Today I decided it was time to hang up my birthday flowers to dry. The lilies lasted an insane amount of time- over 2 weeks! I love this cork board I made from wine corks. It's so nice to enjoy my flowers for a little bit longer.

Which is your favorite?

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Farmer & The Markets: Test Shots & Photoshoot Planning

Disclaimer: I "Gimped" out a sun flare that looked like a camera speck. That's it! The rest are completely un-edited! No judgement against editing programs. I love them. Just wanted to share some simplicity!

This weekend was super busy for me. I feel like I never have enough time to do everything I want to do. I have a few self-portraits on the back burner because I haven't even had time to edit them (not even just put my signature on them!). But I promised myself I would try to post more often, and I promised some great people I would post these photos. These were all taken on my Galaxy SII phone, with minimal or NO EDITING (do you count adding my name?) to all but one photo.

Last week I got to leave work early Wednesday night since Thanksgiving was the next day, and also because I have the best bosses ever (no joke, they don't even read this blog and I promise I am NOT sucking up! My boss Mavis is AMAZING). Best boss ever. I rushed to take some test shots during the golden hour (the hour before dusk when everything is lit up the most beautifully).

  Some people call it the magic hour, because the color shifts to a golden cast and the shadows are long and appealing, and it is the most beautiful time of day. It's a good time for photos and yoga too, apparently!

Sunday I had a meeting with Farmer & The Markets. I joked with them that they are "local-famous" here in in Northwest Arkansas. It is true. They are pretty well-known! Farmer & The Markets are a really talented  group of young collegians and their music is fun and uplifting with a ukulele, xylophone (yeah, I know- every kid's favorite X-word!), accordion, tambourine, and a whole host of other cool, unique and potentially hard to pronounce portable instruments. ;)

 I'll be doing a photo shoot with them this weekend. I was a little nervous to meet them because I am actually quite shy about meeting new people in real life, but we hit it off and they are super excited and I am super-duper excited so I can't wait to see what happens and how our shoot turns out! I will keep you updated. In the mean time, enjoy these photos.

Just so you can see- it is possible to get varying levels of focus and depth with a camera phone!

 I have a lot of work do this week to prep for the shoot. I'm going low-tech and building a GIANT reflector for a sunset shot. I am working on a really cool prop idea so there's that to look forward to, and yeah! I'm pretty stoked and praying for good photo weather! Cross your fingers, say a prayer, or do whatever you do for good luck, and send it our way, pretty please!

If you like posts like these, please help a girl out and comment below. I appreciate your encouragement! :) It helps me to know what you like so I can post more if it in the future. <3

Got any budget-friendly tips or ideas for outdoor photo shooting/lighting?

 Send me your links to your golden hour photos/paintings/etc. for features in future posts? I link back!

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SELENA MARIE

P.S. If you didn't get the hint earlier, go check out Farmer & The Market's Facebook page. If you are a NW AR local, go see one of their shows! I highly recommend it -very worthwhile!

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