Beautiful tulips in Kansas

Here are my tulip images from my trip with Marjorie.  I have been wanting to go take tulip photos for the last several years but didn't want to go by myself.  I enjoyed sharing this experience with my good friend. We were in tulip heaven!!!  I didn't realize there were so many different colored tulips!  We were privileged to catch most of them at their peak. I've included my favorite tulip images for you to enjoy!

 

Tulips, etc. by Marjorie

My friend Marjorie accompanied me to photograph tulips in downtown Wamego, Kansas, then we drove to Ted Ensley Garden in Topeka to photograph more tulips.  I was so impressed with the quality of Marjorie images!  They have not been altered except to darken them and enhance the color to match the original scene.  I had no idea what Marjorie was photographing as I was so focused on getting images for myself.  This first image is my favorite that Marjorie took.  She did an awesome job and I have included my favorites for your viewing pleasure.  To view all of her images, they are available on vimeo here.

Farm Cat Portraits and a Dog on the Run

I just adore this farm cat of ours!   Java, our dog, doesn't care for Kitty at all, but Kitty likes to torment Java and it is very entertaining to watch them interact.  Java is not running from the cat here but is running towards my husband who just got on the tractor to do some dirt hauling.  Java is a man's dog and she doesn't pay me any mind when my husband is around.

We enjoyed a beautiful Easter Sunday church service and ended my day taking these images of my cute little farm cat named Kitty.

Two cute farm mousers!

We recently acquired two farm cats to help alleviate mice from building nests in our tractor and rabbits from chewing wires on our car.  Yes, it was rabbits!  We drove to church one night and the car was not running right.  The next day my husband opened the hood and out jumps a rabbit!  Needless to say, my husband was convinced we now needed cats!  Boy, was I happy!  I love animals and now I have a couple more that I can spoil and enjoy capturing their cuteness!!!  I teased the black and white one by opening the screen door a bit and just adore the image below where he is sticking his paw through the screen.  I've named that photo "cat burglars."  You can see the gray cat in the background of that image keeping watch like a real burglar! The last image of the grey cat shows his loving personality.  He is the most lovable cat I have ever met.  If you are a cat lover like me, I know you will enjoy the images I've included below.... :)

A trail of dust, a muddy horse, and a laughing donkey

It felt good to finally get outside during our spring weather and take pictures of our happy animals as they they were let out into the pasture.  Both the horses splashed in the pond and got wet, but Ace decided to roll in the dirt after he got out so he got pretty muddy!  I had a hay day capturing our babies as they enjoyed their new found freedom!  Jane, one of the donkeys, was having so much fun you can see her laughing below! :)  I picked out my favorites from the photography excursion and have included them for your viewing pleasure!

Aerial view of Arizona landscape

I recently flew to Phoenix, Arizona, to attend my first Imaging USA. Imaging USA is the largest annual convention and expo organized by pro photographers, for pro photographers.  I traveled light so I didn't take my DSLR camera, but my little Canon G9.  I had never seen the mountains of Arizona and was awed by the rugged beauty of the landscape.  These images were perfect fits for black and white so I converted my favorites and have included them for your viewing pleasure.  Enjoy!