Vintage Glass Floats

Beached vintage glass floats are something people in the Pacific Northwest find awe in...They are collectibles here worth collecting.  They come in various colors and various sizes and sometimes different variances of round shapes.  You can find small or medium, but the real commodity is for the large vintage glass floats.  My husband has a real good eye for them!  We know some others here that have great exploring eyes for these now collectibles too.  


Check out this photo here of the latest ball my husband brought home!  Once a fisherman's work commodity, to a temporary home to varying slimy sea creatures and cleaned up and placed in my kitchen with the others =) (those little guys can find a home on a beach rock somewhere!).   


If you are not from the Pacific Northwest then perhaps you are wondering what is a glass float...or better yet where these come from and why they exist.  Check out this article which explains in detail and maybe you can become a collector of original vintage glass floats as well.

...A Thing For Stairs...

Apparently I have a thing for stairs.  From my personal experience of capturing shots of the upward climb or downward I know one can carry out a quite delightfully stochastic photo experience...of stairs.  Each set of stairs holds a different take and a completely different story.  Take these examples I have encountered and see for yourself what I explain.  

Branches, Sticks and Snaps

Here is a shot I landed through the brush as my husband was surfing a small fickle break one day.  I quite like how the branch is in focus and he is in a slight blur in the background.  As if I was shooting the branch and yet caught him in action.  It's pretty sick...I love catching shots like this.  I only realized that recently as I came across this one and remembered I have another just like it but with the focus on a surf board and in the background our friend in the barrel.  It's pretty sick too--I'll have to put that one up another time.  Much love!

Caxxi

So I like to change the s's in my name to x's...whatever.  :)

Here is a picture I found of myself taken sometime this year...on a beach...of course!  I just found it and LIKED it. . .lots.  I like the lighting I guess or .... I just like the way I was taking a random snapshot of my face like we all do and it happened to come out so nicely--the light is bright in the background and yet my face is not shadowed out...  Looks serene and pure...Yeah.

Monday Plumeria

I didn't know what to title this one so I just put down whatever popped into my head first.  Monday Plumeria.  I just looked up Plumeria (my favorite Hawaiian flower) and apparently its 'common' name is Frangipani....Okay.  Well I'm not naming this Monday Frangipani I don't care what Wikipedia says.  It sounds too much like 'friggin panti.'  

Back to this photo!  =D  So this is a photo I took early this year on a beach on Whidbey Island.  Awww...I love this photo.  The colors are great and the relaxed state my face is in...I mean I just look at peace.  I want that moment back.  There is almost nothing better than sitting on a warm beach with the sun resting on your face, closed eyes, just listening to the shore pound however heavy or light and smelling the sea's clean scent with a soft breeze and your boxer by your side...

Eye Catcher!

Definitely colors are a huge eye catcher for me in photos.  The right color shots can really make a photo stand out from all!  This is another example of a beautifully shot photo (one I found online as you can see by the name), but could not pass up putting it on my blog just to share it and remember it.  I love contrasting colors so so much and this is a great example with the red and sea blue/green there...Reminds me of my jewelry...I like to make jewelry with contrasting colors a lot of times.  If I was a wedding photographer I would aim to get the bride a shot like this one!  Good work guys!

Idyllic Power

Funny how we can feel so small in life or invisible at times as individuals.  From my experience it can be difficult to build oneself up to feel lofty and seen again...meaningful.  But sometimes doing something so small is all it takes to feel big again.  It's true!  Take this picture for example and what it brings out to me...That sometimes as a woman, just tossing back your head, throwing back your hair can make you feel powerful again.  It does something...like looking up.  It's a positive move and in some small way a move of power.  Next time I feel small and invisible I may just take my head upside down and flip it back to feel revived.  No seriously...I know from surfing that afterwards when I pull my knotty hair from out of my tight, stinky, sticky, wetsuit that when I bend over, tousle my fingers through my hair and throw my head back up as this it is refreshing and a bit of a power trip.  Haha...I guess you'll just have to trust me on this one or try it and agree with me :).  I think as a woman this movement can add a bit of sexy to our ego and maybe that is why it can be an empowering move in just a moments time.  Also the colors in this photo are idyllic (pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity).  

My Love x Picnik

Ahhhhh....or awwww....or sigh....My love.

This is my husband the other day.  My Mr. Wonderful. 

I have been playing with a new picture program and dare I say its name?  It is called Picnik!  What a wonderful program for editing photos easily!  This picture was good before (see below) but I made it more, well, stochastic!  ;)  I love this style of photo with I guess that "seventies" look to it and I am not a flower child nor do I want to be considered near to one.  Lol.  *ahem*

Uh, so yeah just wanted to share my new photo-editing discovery and probably from here on out a lot of my own personal photos I post will be edited personally with the help of Picnik.

(P.s.  My husband prefers the original picture better (below) so whatever floats your ship I guess)  haha

Run..and run..and run!!

Today we woke to a crisp, clear, glassy water day...In November!!  Gotta love that!  I spent the morning making a couple of necklaces for my small business @ http://www.etsy.com/shop/IslandShimmerDesigns, cleaning around the house, cooking and taking care of my injured husband :(.  But by mid afternoon I wanted to take advantage of the days beauty and so we drove to a nearby beach to let the dog run..

and run..

and run!!

By then the wind had blown its way in so it was mighty cold, but still worth it.  I brought the camera along hoping of course to be able to catch a nice shot, a super moment.  I caught a few and I will post those on my Facebook page, but here is the one I chose to add to my blog.  I like the colors this camera setting arrays.  As you can see I managed to capture our whole family in the shot....sort of  :o).