It's that time of year again.  Pumpkin Spice everything (yay!!!), apple picking (missed it this year), harvest festivals and CORN MAZES!  One of our very dear friends shared the trick to beating any corn maze and now we can't go to enough.

  No more getting lost, now we time ourselves for how quickly we can get through.  We did this one in 34 minutes.  BOOM!  The challenge to a corn maze, from a photography perspective, is that all your pictures start looking the same.  Can you relate?

  So, I decided to change things up and practice freelensing for variety.  I've got to admit, the fall colors are my absolute favorite and getting some dreamy shots just makes me want to cuddle up with a big old PSL.  :)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have you ever found yourself putting things off "until the kids are older"?  I'm sure most of us have.  My sweet husband, who's been athletic his entire life, put off joining any softball leagues so that he wouldn't be leaving me to do all the parenting.  Awesome, right?

  Well, these kiddos are well on their way to being full grown.  While we were busy putting things off by being busy, our son started playing sports and we coached.  Finally, it was time for daddy to get to play. 

  We went out for a game and not only was Z the bat boy...Ivy was videographer and I got to shoot in dreamy light.  Some things are worth waiting for.

On the advice of a fellow documentary photographer, I picked up Gretchen Rubin's "The Happiness Project."  I should have called this blog post "The Book I Almost Quit Reading...Twice!"  But I didn't because I, in fact, kept reading it and found some valuable insights.

  Much of the book refers back to her personal Twelve Commandments.  Turns out, I had a big personal Commandment of my own.  "Get thy butt out in nature every single day."  Hey, it's my Commandment, I get to write it the way I want to. 

  And as I've been living this personal wisdom, I've noticed it doesn't just make me feel happier...the whole family is happier when we've gotten ourselves outside.  This Sunday, we expanded our Breakfast Ritual to a walk around our town's trails.  We might be doing this every Sunday from now on...