Image of the year

Typically, we start the new year with a resolution. Instead, I'm ending the old year with my personal favorite image from 2009. After reading LeggNet's Digital Capture blog post about his year-end tradition of looking back and decided I should start the same.

What I love about this image is the sense of wonder it produces. Who is this floating girl? Why is there a dog? How is she floating? This was also one of my first images where I set out to create a particular idea and ended up with something even better than I had pictured in my mind. Previously, my ideas had usually fallen far short of what was in my head.

Hope you have a great 2010, see you in a year!

More Costumes, Dancing

This past weekend was the last weekend for the Dickens Fair, and the December Gaskell Ball. We spent most of Saturday dancing; it was wonderful! I purchased both CDs from Brassworks and I've had various Victorian dance pieces in my head for the last few days.

Jessie made a beautiful new blue day dress:



we discovered a T-Rex:





and danced some lovely waltzes at Fezziwig's:



Later that evening we went to the Gaskell Ball. Jessie wore one of her red ball gowns and looked absolutely lovely:



Next week, I promise a blog post about something other than costumes. The topic? Moving into our new cottage!

Waltzing

It's been a long time since I posted anything here! Since my last post, I've been busy with a variety of waltzes:

First up, the Gaskell Ball in October. Jessie and I had a blast dancing in our "schmancy dress" (her words) ! I have a set of photos from the event up on flickr



Fast-forward a few weeks to the Dickens Christmas Fair with more fancy outfits, and more dancing. The fair is a lot like a renaissance faire, but with Victorian England stylings. More photos are up on flickr. We're going back in a couple of weeks, so look forward to more photos (I'll try to actually post something here).



And for a waltz of a different kind... Jessie and I started a daily photo project just after my last blog post here! In our Photo Waltz project, each of us takes a photo every day, and we post them side-by-side on the Photo Waltz site. We don't share our photos with each other until they're on the site, so the results are always a surprise. Every day, we rotate places, first her photo's on the left, then mine; our photos waltz through time. Here's one of my favorite pairings: