Nature's Souls

So...I've taken the steps. The steps to success I hope! I've found a kind of new love, or should I say a new branch to what I love to do - taking natural photos of families and people. I find there is so much more beauty in something when they don't know you're photographing them. Think of all the great National Geographic photos that will stay in your mind FOREVER! Most of them, if not all of them are not forced with stiff smiles at all...they are natural and evoke so much more beauty than Colgate teeth and 'don't know where to look eyes'. I must say I've taken quite an interest in this and I am quite surprised. In myself that is. I thought I would only be a wildlife girl, but it looks like I could be doing this for a while too. Little kids make interesting subjects themselves...

So here are a few from my new venture...little Colby's first birthday.





And one other of another beautiful little girl. More will follow of Jasmine Amber Dykes soon :o)



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Exploring all the avenues?

Surfing the web can bring you a lot of things. Friends, fame, music, power... are a few, but the ones that I find exhilarating and exciting are the new ventures and ideas to be explored. The internet for me, is a tool that I use all the time to get ideas. I used to do it often when I was a copywriter. All I did was type a word into Google images and waalllaaa! Millions of ideas came streaming in, creating new paths for me follow and explore all in order to get that 'perfect' ad. Is there such a thing - I'm still contemplating. So naturally I went to my new age tool for my passion. Whether it would help, I did not know.

You see my problem is that I want to be a successful photographer but I don't want to do it like every one else does that. That is one thing about me...I NEED to be different, one of my favourite quotes is, "Make it new~Ezra Pound". Get my drift? It's quite a hassle really, but I did find something that could be of use while on my exploration.

Natural and wild (no, not people jumping off skyscrapers into teacups...I mean, as in a game farm) portraiture. This way I will be sticking to what I belive in...my photography, my kind of way. I'm staring to like the idea more and more and hopefully you guys will too. I'd appreciate any comments on whether you think I should walk down the path, run down it or turn around...