photography is [beauty later]
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As I was driving home from Starbuck’s to get a coffee because I needed one-I had just spent the first 2 1/2 hours of my morning with a classroom full of First Graders-some on the ball, many not so much-I was thinking I also really needed to write a blog post today. I need to [...]
photography is [our aloha house]
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_ ALOHA HOUSE from Leaves from A Grass House by Don Blanding Green are the hills behind my home; White are the clouds that froth and foam To the high blue sky where the rainbow’s veil Is a gauzy Scarf. There’s a winding trail Through fern and guava and waving ti…. …A pleasant jaunt when [...]
photography is [an aloha getaway]
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Well it’s that time again! Time for the Riddles to go on a trip to Hawaii. Yep, I love to travel with my family. I am doing a little bit of work while we are there but mostly it’s about time with family. Time well invested. So I don’t have that $3000 underwater camera housing [...]
photography is [making whoopie and other creative stuff]
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I love hanging out at home on the weekends. Of course I always love a trip somewhere but once in awhile it’s nice to stay home and see what transpires. This particular weekend was very creative for everyone. I ended up making a fishing pole out of a stick, some line and a lure [...]
photography is [not my only passion]
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I don’t know if any of you have noticed but photography is not my only passion. I think it shares a deep, long lasting place in my heart right along with the ocean. Whenever I am doing something that relates to the ocean, I know in my heart I am being true to myself. I [...]
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photography is [a nautical staycation]
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We spent the month of August living on our boat in Dana Point Harbor. We sailed the s/v Pelican up the coast in ‘gunkhole‘ style, stopping in Mission Bay and Oceanside before docking in Dana. Once settled in, we lived our lives from the boat. Dad went to work every day and we continued our [...]
photography is [soul]
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all images in this post ©Tytia Habing Photography I can’t remember exactly when I realized a stranger was following my photography but I do remember being completely honored that another photographer with so much talent was reaching out to me by making comments on my blog. I continue to be amazed and inspired by Tytia’s [...]
photography is [a night at the orange county fair]
Ferris Wheel Walking in the seashore twilight, It’s then you spy carnival lights, You slowly near the magic sight, Tangerine sky minus one kite. Take time an’ tie your pretty hair The gypsy driver doesn’t care If you catch your hair in the ferris wheel on top, In the ferris wheel on top. A silver [...]
photography is [the ripple of water]
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Water Lily by Rainer Maria Rilke My whole life is mine, but whoever says so will deprive me, for it is infinite. The ripple of water, the shade of the sky are mine; it is still the same, my life. No desire opens me: I am full, I never close myself with refusal- in the [...]
photography is [staying fit]
Fitness is starting to creep very slowly back into my life. I have always maintained a certain, healthy level of fitness my entire life but the last few years, it has definitely been less than desirable. The type of fitness that has always worked best for me is the kind that happens when I am [...]
photography is [possessed]
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[Kristianne Koch. Untitled. 1988. Photograph printed in the darkroom from a negative with litho film overlay] Sometimes I feel like I’m possessed. I can’t help but want to create new work. I am obssessed about looking at art and photography and design but I’m also stuck and lost about my own current work. I just [...]
photography is [body of water]
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Summer could take a hint Seeing you in a floral print Oh to become a pearl In the wordy world of the Cornflake Girl ~ Billy Bragg It’s finally summer here in San Clemente. We’ve been waiting for it for over a year. The kids are in heaven. The air is humid and warm just [...]
photography is [friendship]
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Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. ~William Butler Yeats A couple of years ago I had the good fortune to meet Ami and Amy at Serra Preschool. Over the course of the past two years both have been there for me in so many [...]
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photography is [the last day of kindergarten at concordia elementary]
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Thanks to an amazing group of moms, Merrik’s last day of Kindergarten at Concordia didn’t have to end as sad as it started. He was so sad about his last day of school he was sick to his stomach. But by the end of the day, he was realizing the joys of summer. Carrie, Abby [...]
photography is [a color explosion birthday party]
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Last week we were honored to attend the fabulous 6th birthday party for Gavyn Love. She is Merrik’s best friend in his Kindergarten class. They met in preschool last year and have been close buds all throughout this year. It was a beautiful day on the hill in San Clemente for a birthday party with [...]
photography is [a very special dad]
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He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland We love you Dad!! [My husband is an amazing father. Patient, encouraging, joyous and energetic. He lives fully and gives even more to those who mean so much to him.]
photography is [life as it is]
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The last few months have been a whirlwind with no sense of significant direction. Family life has cast it’s spell on me even as I am still trying to make sense of the fact that I am a mother of two kids!! As I look back on photographs I never posted here on the blog [...]
photography is [remembering drew brislen]
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When I was asked to help document the paddle-out memorial for Drew Brislen, I of course had to say yes, even though I had never met him. Being able to give back to the local community with my photography is one of the most rewarding things I can do as a professional and a passionate [...]
photography is [55 really great years]
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Well, I wasn’t around for all 55 years but I do have to say that as much as I know and as much as I have seen, my parents have had and still have a fantastic life together. They are so easygoing and loving and respectful and well, together! I am inspired and honestly believe [...]
photography is [simple life, simple joy]
Such beauty in the simple joys of life. Here goes summer.
photography is [a dream]
So now you know that the photography in my heart is not exactly mainstream. Well, the dream I have for life is not very mainstream either. I don’t long for the all-inclusive resort vacation where some stranger waits on you hand and foot and you are kept protected from the local “savages.” No, I really [...]
photography is [an art and a business]
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This is some of my favorite work lately. It’s the type of work I really love and the type of work I’ve always loved. I am not quite sure why it stands out other than it is beautiful to me. Both images are technical disasters. I know I wouldn’t be able to sell this work [...]