Photography
Happy New Year Everyone!
With the new year comes great news: Another one of my short stories is published. My speculative sci-fi fiction short story “Lost on the South Lawn” is now published in a brand new Writing Journey Anthology. This time sixteen authors from my local writers group have compiled their stories and poems, all centered around hope.
Continue reading “New! Short Story Published!”
Inspired by the Dolce & Gabanna (D&G) annual Fashion Show in Como, Italy, my local photo meet up group hosted its very own masquerade fashion show at the Mayslake Peabody Estate.
We spend an afternoon at the estate photographing models in extravagant costumes designed and created by two of the members.
It was a bit quiet on my website this summer, mainly because I had a fun filled time… filled with great experiences, amazing vacations, exciting camps, city and museum trips, a leadership summit, and visitors from Germany and Connecticut… and while busy it sure was awesome.
This months I want to share some of the pictures I took while we were on our family vacation in California.
There is this saying,
“Leave nothing but footprints, and take nothing but pictures.”
of course that speaks to my photographer’s heart, and so that’s what I did, a lot. Over 1,000 🙂
We spent the first part of our time in San Francisco marveling at the ocean, the other part in the Sierra Nevada Mountains enjoying Lake Tahoe.
Here are some of my favorite shots from my latest photo shoot
– The Vintage Fashion Photo Shoot at Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, IL
with the Naperville Photo Group.
Continue reading “My latest Photo Shoot at Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, IL”
The following snippet details a small part of Malinka’s life before my (soon to be published) YA adult novel “Panther’s Head.”
I recently joined a very active local photo group meetup. Anyone interested in photography can join the group and enjoy the many opportunities to improve their skills and share the pictures in a fun group environment. The events are a mixture of hands-on photo shootings in the area and class room instructions.
For my first outing I asked my daughter to be my model. I was thrilled when she agreed to join me and stand model as a warrior.
She dressed up, got her hair done and put make up on to model for the first time. Thanks to the awesome make up and hair artist Katie Long-Piper! Then, I got my camera ready and together we had a blast at Dellwood Park!
Continue reading “Women Warriors Photo Shoot – A mother-daughter experience”
The following re-telling of a fairy-tale-story was inspired by ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ – it comes in two parts, this is part 2. (You can find part 1 here)
Enjoy!
Illinois is known to be pretty flat.
In the years we have lived here we got kind of used to it. Prairies, rivers, and sometimes forests are mostly the landscape around here. No mountains or even hills. In fact, the only hill in the area is a garbage hill, a huge landfill full of old trash, overgrown with grass. I mean, you wouldn’t guess it if you wouldn’t know, you can even go up there and have a nice view but it is still just filled with trash.
But, if you think that all of Illinois is flat you would be mistaken…
The following re-telling of a fairy-tale-story was inspired by ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ – it comes in two parts.
Enjoy!
RED CAP PREVENTION
Another catastrophe – Samuel stared at the newspaper in his hand. He shuddered. The front page exclaimed in black, bold letters, “Huge meteorite explosion resulting in ‘meteorite rain’ in Siberia, Russia”. Without noticing it he touched his head and the scar hidden under his scrubby hair. Continue reading “Red Cap Prevention – Part 1”
Winter is a great opportunity to investigate, explore, or to visit a place you always wanted to see. One of those places for me was the Tribune Tower in Chicago.
Back when we still lived in Germany, my friend told me about it and highly recommended that I visit it. Now, that I had time to investigate it, I found it to be one of the most fascinating buildings I have ever seen. There is so much meaning in every single detail.