Shaping Up
October 8, 2012 at 2:00 pm | Posted in Bun, Giggles, Lollipop, Photo Tuesday | 14 CommentsTags: Beauty, Children, Creativity, Expats, Life, Motherhood, Perspectives, Photography, Shapes, Travel
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“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way — things I had no words for.” — Georgia O’Keeffe
Did I tell you our camera got stolen? In Madrid. At the airport. In literally the last minutes of our year in Europe.
We realized it on the plane. 32,000 feet over the Atlantic. When there was nothing to do but wait for the complimentary snack basket and choke down a tiny bottle of free Cabernet.
I’ve missed it. I didn’t realize how much. (The camera, not the Cabernet.)
There’s just something about clicking to manual, cranking up the ISO, and opening the aperture. Everyday colors and shapes and patterns suddenly appear, amplified, in ways my eyes just don’t notice without a viewfinder. It’s mind-altering, literally, how looking through a camera helps me see the beauty in my own life.
Oh, yes, I’ve missed it.
What do you see when you look through your camera? What helps you notice the blessings in your life? And do you go for the free Cabernet or the free Zinfindel on international flights?
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See more shapes at Beth’s.
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I’ve missed your photos! Sorry about your camera, but glad you’re shooting again. Love your view of the everyday.
Comment by Chase McFadden— October 8, 2012 #
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Comment by ayala— October 8, 2012 #
Good to hear from you again, Stacia! And I’m so sorry about your camera…I’m glad you’ve got one now. Beautiful pictures as always. I am letting too many days go by without capturing them visually, something that must somehow happen once your kids start to get older. So your post is an important reminder for me to start clicking and capturing.
Comment by Cecilia— October 8, 2012 #
Oh no! So sorry to hear about your camera. I think I would cry. When we were in our car accident a couple years ago, it was the one thing I asked my husband to grab out of our totaled car lol. But glad that you’re shooting again — the shots are just wonderful!
Comment by Tiffany @ NOH (@txblond)— October 8, 2012 #
That’s horrible about your camera. I know I would be devastated.
Love your captures.
Comment by Meg— October 9, 2012 #
Lovely to see your photographs, Stacia! (Dreadful to have something stolen like that.)
Comment by BigLittleWolf— October 9, 2012 #
That sucks!! (the camera thievery, not your post).
Good to ‘hear’ your voice again!
Comment by Lyndsay— October 9, 2012 #
I’m so sorry to hear about your camera. That would be horrible! I do love the way looking through the camera helps avoid distractions. I love the O’Keeffe quote you used.
Comment by Teresa— October 9, 2012 #
Nice shapes!
Comment by pienilintu— October 9, 2012 #
I did not know that! I, also, have missed your pictures but didn’t connect that maybe they were lacking because your camera was gone.
As for the wine? Cabernet. Definitely.
Comment by amber_mtmc— October 10, 2012 #
Love your photography Stacia! Sorry about your camera. A similar instance happened to us many years ago. We are still mourning the loss of that camera.
Comment by rudrip— October 10, 2012 #
Apparently, I’ve missed your camera too – such gorgeous shots! And I’m so envious that you learned to master the camera in manual mode. I have been meaning to for the longest time. I don’t know what’s holding me back.
Comment by Justine— October 10, 2012 #
OMG…these are amazing!!!
Comment by Elastamom— October 24, 2012 #