Afternoon Escapes

In preparation for a hectic week, my husband Cameron and I decided to escape to NJ for a few hours on Saturday evening and again on Sunday – a distraction free place to crank out some work, some beautiful countryside to view, to pull up a chair and a birds eye view on my parents’ deck, and some time for an impromptu photo walk with my dad through the state park right up the road from them. I have a tendency to always pack up my photo gear just incase the perfect shot is waiting to be found but this time, I instead forced myself to travel light with only my Lensbaby…and in so doing, forced myself out of that perfect shot box and into a cherished place where I could playfully dance around the light, focus on evoking a sentiment and capturing a mood and essence instead of a technically flawless photograph, and where I could somewhat throw caution and a quest to photograph what and how I as well as everyone else photographs to the wind. And it felt amazingly liberating, wildly creative and toe-tingly exhilarating. These are by far not anywhere close to perfect images, they aren’t intended to be – they are for me and are the perfect representation of one of the best, most “perfect” days we’ve had in awhile…so yes please, can I have another 😉