Green Backgrounds – A You Capture Edition
It’s summer right? Am I the only one lazing out in blogland or what? Days are drifting by while my computer remains closed. But there’s nothing like a little You Capture to bring me out of my summer haze cave.
I love You Capture because it forces me to look at my photographs with a new eye. I do not claim to be a “photographer” (whatever that means) but I do enjoy taking photographs. Call it what you will.
I have chosen to experiment with the color green. It was one of the You Capture theme choices. Last week I got to hang out with my kids in a very green place – an amazing guest ranch near Solvang, CA (north of Santa Barbara). My in-laws started this tradition two years ago. This is our third summer spending a week there and I have to be honest, it’s a tradition I didn’t know I needed. But I’m kinda addicted.
This guest ranch is called The Alisal and it’s magical up there. It really is. At least my kids think so and in turn, so do I. Isn’t that how it works when you’re a mom? You see all kinds of magic you never saw before? Yeah.
My focus is using green as a background. I thought it was kinda cool to decide to only think about using green as a background in my photos. Once I started looking at these pictures with that focus, I realized how much fun I could have choosing different colors to use only as backgrounds. It really does give these photographs new meaning for me.
So here’s some green for you to ponder at The Alisal….
The green backdrop of The Alisal
My freshly-birthdayed 8-year-old cowgirl with green glimpses
My still 5-year-old cowgirl in the shade of a huge green tree
Six feet on a green lawn before dinner
My freshly-birthdayed 3-year-old cowboy in a green paradise
Daddy and Claire heading out to the greenish trail
A grumpy overtired Phoebes seeking refuge on a green bed
Claire and “the best skipping rock EVER” in front of a limey background.
(She later dropped the rock on a hayride. She cried.)
Grandpa V and Tommy seeing the green sights
I must say I am seeing green in a whole new light.
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Moms without Blogs is basically me, Lee, who wonders every single day how in the hell am I going to find the time to write a blog post? I\'m a mom to three kids (ages 9, 7, and 4) who are insanely gorgeous, insanely active, insanely demanding, insanely life-affirming and who have almost driven me insane. In good and bad ways. I work as a producer in reality television, I fold all kinds of laundry, I am picky about how my dishwasher is loaded, I yell entirely too much at my kids, I like desert skies and how my skin feels after a dip in the ocean, I married my soul mate even though I don\'t believe in soul mates really, I believe that laughing \'til it hurts is where it\'s at, I\'m a sucker for putting little treats into the bowls of our three dogs each night, I love driving my 1974 orange convertible Karmann Ghia, I write when inspiration strikes, and summer is my season. And if you\'re a mom without a blog, literally or figuratively, then I\'d probably like to hang out with you. Thanks for reading.
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WOW! IS all i can say.. The pictures are breathtaking. The kids look super cute!
These are all wonderful shots…photographer or not, wonderful.
Huh, how funny! I’m from Santa Barbara! Glad you’re having some fun up our way!
I totally feel the same way about you capture, it gets me thinking about new ways to take photos and forces me to pick up the camera.
That looks like such a wonderful place to holiday! Your kids would love it!
I love this idea – of the green background. Nice work. And I think you are a photographer of sorts. You know, whatever that means…
p.s. your kids are very cute!
I love the grumpy phoebes. my fave for sure.
glad to see you back here.
but even gladder that you’re having such a good time that you’re computer is staying closed.
i’m the opposite these days — i guess i’ve had a lot to say lately.
miss you. I’m going to keep my eye on warm-me-up tickets to LA for this winter. whaddya have to say about that?
You might not call yourself a photographer, but I love how your photos capture your children. Just beautiful.
You know what? Great point Jen. I actually love many of the photographs I have taken of my kids. So maybe I’m a photographer of “my kids only.”
Hope you had a Happy 4th!!
Lee
These are so sweet. love the one lying in the grass.
Love your take on the green theme – made for some really interesting pictures. I especially like the one of grumpy Phoebe. The colours of her dress contrast perfectly with the green grass and her facial expression is priceless. lol.
I love the first two pictures of your girls. Actually I just scrolled back up to look at all the photos again and I love them all. The greens really are striking.
It’s been a while since I’ve been in bloggyland…
Beautiful photos of your freckle faced lovelies!
enjoy the green while you can- in SoCal..all will be brown soon enough!
Hey lady! Wazzup? I haven’t been around bloggyland either in a while. Life has been taking over but I’m rolling with it…..hope all is well in your non-bloggy world.
Lee
Love the green backgrounds but love the faces more! Those are some awesome shots!
Can’t wait to see some of your work from Catalina.
XO
LOVE this.
What makes someone an official “photographer” any way? People liking your pictures? Then you’re the Annie Leibovitz of the blogging world to me – simply stunning.
And Oldest sends his sympathy to Claire. He says he would have cried too. (and he totally would have – the boy loves to skip rocks)
Hope you’re enjoying your week!!