The morning's magic

April 3, 2010

I started the day in the kitchen preparing our traditional Friday morning breakfast of gluten free pancakes, fruit and maple syrup.  But then I got distracted. (I have a post coming up next Friday on Simple Homeschool that makes this distraction part kind of ironic. You'll have to read the post to know what I'm talking about).

Like I was saying... I was interrupted in my breakfast cooking (Friday mornings are lazy anyway, especially so when Daddy stays home as he did today to work on the dining room) by one of my garden chairs. I rescued these chairs from the neighbor's trash and they are now a sweet spot to sit in the backyard or a beautiful photo prop.

The sunlight shining through the drops of condensation (not rain, thank goodness) on the chair back mesmerized me from the kitchen window. I abandoned the pancake prep, my family is used to waiting for me when a photographic opportunity arises, to take photos in the backyard.  

Up high, down low. In focus, out of focus. Move the chair (ever so gently to not disturb those drops) just a bit over here.  High aperature, low aperature. More light, less light. 

Just taking the photos was intoxicating for me, what a way to start a morning. 

This is why I love photography. It's like making magic.

 

PS. That's my covered raised bed in the back with an old crib frame set up as a trellis and my raspberries in the back.  Speaking of which if you're in this climate it's time to prune those babies if you have them.