Happy New Year!

Here's to peace, love and happiness in 2010. Wishing the best to you and yours. x


HAPPY NEW YEAR Double Banner by bekahjennings

I love Simon's Cat.

Good Bye 2009!

As I look back on 2009, I can't help but reflect upon the experiences I have shared and more importantly, appreciate the people with which I have been blessed to share 2009. I am so grateful for you all!

Tatsuro Kiuchi.

Such a lovely illustration style.




Heflinreps :: Tatsuro Kiuchi

Chair socks.

These made me laugh. I'm now trying to decide if my couch and chair are male or female.




designspray - Personality Socks

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Bora Bora Sterling Silver Necklace.

Pretty.



Supermarket - Bora Bora. Modern Map Sterling Silver Round Necklace. from dlk designs

the scribbled words that say love

Far Away

... sometimes an impulsive 2:00 AM cross-country trip is the only solution

by MykReeve

by krxxxa

Trendspotting: Hats

"I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it's a conversation piece." Hedda Hopper


Hats are the new trend => Check them out

Engagement Portrait Photographer West Yorkshire

Laura and Alan

Laura and Alan will tie the knot in February at the Bridge Inn in Walshford near Wetherby and we met up with them today to discuss their wedding photography and their plans for their big day. Afterwards, we braved the cold to take some photographs of them together around their venue. This session helped them relax and feel more confident in front of the camera. We are really looking forward to working with them on their wedding day.

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West Yorkshire wedding photographer

Weddings

West Yorkshire Family Portrait Photographers

Carole, Dan and Scarlett

Carole and Dan recently celebrated their first wedding anniversary and we were their wedding photographers when they tied the knot at Hazlewood Castle on 7 December 2008. Today they came for a portrait session, bringing along their beautiful baby Scarlett, and what a stunner she is! Scarlett is one of the most cheerful babies we've ever met! Carole and Dan were a fabulous couple to work with when we photographed their wedding and seeing them again today was like meeting up with old friends. Thank you for travelling all the way up from London for your portrait session. It was so lovely to see you again.

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Baby portraits

Christmas

(above) My daughter, Ellie

I hope you are celebrating this Christmas season with the ones you love!

Merry Christmas

There's no political correctness on this blog, so I would call this holiday what it is:

Merry Christmas!




by michelle-w

Dennis Flood Photography.

I bought prints of these photos last week and absolutely love them. If you're looking for some really saturated, reasonably priced, gorgeous photos (especially from a quiet, lovely Canadian fellow with a great eye and a tiny dog named Frank), you need to check out Dennis' online gallery/store.


Dennis Flood Photography

International Year of Astronomy prints.

By Simon Page. Gorgeous.




"Intl. Year of Astronomy - Giclee Print by Simon Page

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Wally – giant wall cards.

Again, my love of giant things jumps out screaming.






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Dadada Studio :: Wally

Men's style

Check out men's style for inspiration

Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2000.

Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2000
by Mike Sinclair

When I took this picture my sister was living in Las Vegas and I was going out pretty regularly to visit her. I had a routine of photographing in the late afternoons and often she’d come along. We liked discovering her new town together. Usually, we’d start at Las Vegas Boulevard and slowly drive out to one of the edges of the city. The town was growing like crazy—its population almost doubled between 1990 and 2000. It was changing so fast I feared much of what we saw would be gone by my next visit. Not only were the old casinos being replaced with new ones but on the perimeter of town new subdivisions were starting to replace the small ranches, trailer homes and Christmas tree lots.

We listened to the music of Last Forever a lot on those drives, its merging of old and new melodies seemed comforting. This picture makes me think of lyrics from a song on their first album:

I’m on a planet, held down by gravity,
But there’s a big sky. Up there it’s endless
Reason to believe.

20x200 : Print Information : Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2000

Phone box has new life as library.

Things like this make me ridiculously happy.


The traditional phone box was bought from BT for £1.

A traditional red phone box has been recycled into one of the country's smallest lending libraries - stocking 100 books.

BBC News - Phone box has new life as library

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Ophélie

C’est que la voix des mers folles, immense râle,
Brisait ton sein d’enfant, trop humain et trop doux;
C’est qu’un matin d’avril, un beau cavalier pâle,
Un pauvre fou, s’assit muet à tes genoux!
Ciel! Amour! Liberté! Quel rêve, ô pauvre Folle!
Tu te fondais à lui comme une neige au feu:
Tes grandes visions étranglaient ta parole
––Et l’Infini terrible effara ton œil bleu!


––Et le Poète dit qu’aux rayons des étoiles
Tu viens chercher, la nuit, les fleurs que tu cueillis,
Et qu’il a vu sur l’eau, couchée en ses longs voiles,
La blanche Ophélia flotter, comme un grand lys.




---- 'Ophélie', from ARTHUR RIMBAUD Collected Poems

The Brain to the Heart

Stars tied to breath

don't have to be there

when you look.

No more than drops

of blood on ginkgo

leaves & inconsequential

eggs & frog spittle

clinging to damp grass.

Sure, I've seen doubts

clustered like peacock

eyes flash green fire.

So what?

When days are strung together,

the hourglass fills

with worm's dirt.

What do you take

the brain for? I know

how hard you work

in that dark place, but

I can't be tied down

to shadows of men

in trenches you won't

forget. You look at

a mulberry leaf

like a silkworm does, with all your insides,

but please don't ask me to be responsible

-- Yusef Komunyakaa, Neon Vernacular

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Photo Session with Tigers

yes, these are tigers, aka, 'big cats'.

shot at a special studio in The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina



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Giant writing paper.

I can't help it. I love giant things.


Three giant sheets of writing paper.
A little moment of everyday surrealism.
Comes rolled in a cardboard tube.

Set of 3 sheets / 500x707MM (B2)

brighten the corners

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Lanvin Spring 2010 campaign preview: Jamie Bochert, Photo: Steven Meisel

Steven Meisel photographed Jamie Bochert for the Lanvin Spring 2010 campaign on November 16, 2009.

Lanvin Spring 2010 Campaign
Model: Jamie Bochert
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Hair: Guido Palau
Makeup: Pat McGrath



From Womens Wear Daily:
Fashion ad campaigns have recently been loaded with prostrate models. “I thought maybe we need a bit of action,” said Lanvin’s artistic director, Alber Elbaz. Cue the French house’s women’s spring-summer advertising, shot by Steven Meisel and featuring Jamie Bochert in one heck of hurry, rushing down a corridor in a New York studio. “She moved so fast, even the chandelier was moving with her,” Elbaz said. Bochert was fully qualified for the fast-forward campaign, as Elbaz related that the model recently pursued a purse snatcher for 12 blocks in Brooklyn — and reclaimed her bag from the thief. “That’s the kind of girl I like,” Elbaz said.

American Vogue December 2009 editorial: Isabeli Fontana, ph: Terry Richardson

Terry Richardson photographed Isabeli Fontana for an American Vogue December 2009 editorial on October 15-16, 2009 with stylist Elissa Santisi.

American Vogue December 2009 Editorial
Model: Isabeli Fontana
Photographer: Terry Richardson
Stylist: Elissa Santisi
Hair: Ward
Makeup: Diane Kendal

Yeehaw fabric.

If I was the least bit inclined to sew, I'd buy it. Maybe someone out there will if I post it. Such cute illustration.




Yeehaw fabric by ChEngel on Etsy

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