brokedown buildings, bricks, and beauties.

So our evening class was canceled and it was the first somewhat-warm day we had had in a long while. "Lets go get iced chai and sit on a patio," I said. So my roommate, Jessica, and I hopped in my car and made our way to the nearby coffee shop. In the car she said, "I saw this really cool old building by the elementary school I was at today. It looks like it's being torn down, but it would be a cool place to take pictures." [And yes, of course I had my camera with me :)]
"That's it," I said, "we are going!" Just as we pulled into the coffee shop to get some tasty beverages to-go, we saw our sweet friend, Valerie. Valerie is one of the most enjoyable people a person will ever encounter and she makes everything fun, so we begged her to come with us on our little adventure.
We ordered our drinks and booked it to the site so we could steal the last hour or so of daylight.












This shot of Valerie was an accidental shot - we had moved from shade to a sunnier open area and I forgot to change my settings, so the shot was way over-exposed and highlights totally blown out. I thought it added kind of an artistic touch though, so I decided to keep it.

Love these girls.

Thankful for the wonderful people in my life.

hope your day is beautiful,
claire.

sisterly love.

There's no place like home for the holidays.
Although, I was surprised there wasn't any snow while I was there.
It was Christmas break 2010. I had just gotten my camera and did what any big sister and new camera owner would do - drag her sisters along for a little photo shoot.
It was mighty chilly, but they were brave girls. We made sure to take defrost breaks by jumping in the car to blast the heater every so often before going back out for more photos.

We did the shoot in the little country town of Montague, CA.
I have memories of riding horses in this area with friends, going on train rides around the country, and having afternoon tea and pastries at Miss Lynn's Tea house.
It is a darling little old town right in the center of ranchville :)

Here we begin with Hannah...

Ok, is my sister not gorgeous?!...GORGEOUS!! :)



Wife of a lumberjack maybe...gentlemen, she's single! ;)

Makyla Rose...another beauty :)

I will be seeing my "sidders" again in August.
While it is somewhat far off, be expecting photos from another shoot with them to come :)

hope your day is beautiful,
claire.

the first post.

I finally did it...I done got me a blog :)
I figured I needed a place to post my photos other than Facebook, so here I am. (Don't I sound legit??? oh my...)

If I had to be completely honest,
part of me is a little insecure about posting my photography online.
Like, who I am I to start my own photoblog anyway??
But then I suppose, what is there to be insecure about if nobody else but me even looks at it anyways?! haha ;)
I mean, this what I love to do - whether I'm good or bad at it - at the end of the day, I just love to take photographs. I love that a collection of pixels can make you feel a certain way, I think it's just magical.

Well friends, I am excited for this journey...feel free to come along :)

love,
claire.