Things are getting a tad hectic over here and I have ended up with a lot of half started blog posts and folders of photos still unedited. So for today, I decided to give you this teaser photo from Friday’s Abandoned shoot, which I’m drawn to, but probably won’t get too much play.

Thank goodness I’ll have my trusty assistant!

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This is a photo I took a few mornings ago, in the opposite direction of my last architectural shoot, which you’ll get to see over the next few days. I did the lightest of editing because I wanted it to look exactly like it did to me on the day.

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This is a photo I took a few mornings ago, in the opposite direction of my last architectural shoot, which you’ll get to see over the next few days. I did the lightest of editing because I wanted it to look exactly like it did to me on the day.

I always get energized on dreary days. I feel like exploring or getting things accomplished. I thought a little about what this photo means to me instead of what it might mean to others – to you, for instance. For work, I’m constantly thinking about how others may mentally and emotionally process an image so it’s a bit of a departure. Which maybe shouldn’t be the case.

So to me, on first instinct, this photo is about Beginnings. And it resonates with me in the same way as an earlier favorite of mine below. A couple of years separate these photos but they feel like they could become part of the same series because they are, in part, about the intense anxiety of not knowing what’s to come.

I’ve had a ton of beginnings and new experiences this past year. I’m fortunate they’ve all been wonderful. Marriage, moving in with my husband, building a huge and growing community of friends and family, selling my first home, relocating… And I’m excited about the future. A future in which I want to actively participate and explore.

In the past, photos like these would have meant being stuck. Not knowing where to go, how to get there, how to begin even with a single step. They would have meant depression and anxiety. An inability to move forward, or get out of bed. And now, they also mean intrigue and excitement for what’s to be discovered at the other side. Layers of what has been and what might be.

So Beginnings, both planned and unplanned. We want to expand our family (a baby or a Yorkie – who knows?). I want to continually develop my artistic and career endeavors, and devote myself to exploration through this blog. And who knows what else? If you’re reading, I’m grateful you’re here and part of my process.

And though I didn’t have you in mind when I was taking that first photo early one morning, or when I decided to present it on this blog, I would really like to hear your thoughts. What are your associations to this image? How does it make you feel?

Are we concerned that cemeteries and abandoned buildings talk to me? I’m not, so don’t worry your pretty head. Just enjoy my favorite shot of the day.

It’s incredible what the iPhone can do. Not just the iPhone I suppose. I don’t even carry a point-and-shoot any more. Seems silly.

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Are we concerned that cemeteries and abandoned buildings talk to me? I’m not, so don’t worry your pretty head. Just enjoy my favorite shot of the day.

It’s incredible what the iPhone can do. Not just the iPhone I suppose. I don’t even carry a point-and-shoot any more. Seems silly.

This isn’t the most inspiring picture for me. But I can’t get over that this guy fought in the Revolutionary War and to this day, is still recognized by the living, as a Son of the American Revolution. Somebody put that flag there way before Memorial Day.

This next one is another favorite, and my apologies if you’ve already seen it on Facebook. If you haven’t, maybe you’ll consider hitting the ‘like’ button on my Facebook page. {*cough* shameless plug *cough} There’s a handy link. Over there. On the left. And up a ways.

I’ve just read the Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.  I highly recommend it.   As my mind and I wandered, Nobody Owens and those who reared him were definitely lurking around corners.

I really thought I’d move on from the Zombie thing by now. {If I’d had my head screwed on straight I would have planned for a month or two of this, or even just changed the blog’s theme, because, let’s face it, this is what I love, and, well, I have hundreds, maybe thousands, [...]]]>

I really thought I’d move on from the Zombie thing by now. {If I’d had my head screwed on straight I would have planned for a month or two of this, or even just changed the blog’s theme, because, let’s face it, this is what I love, and, well, I have hundreds, maybe thousands, of photos – and they’re not going away any time soon. Hi, my name is Michele and I’m an obsessive collector of Zombie photos.}

I swear, I have all these great, shiny photos I’d love to show you of interiors and kids. Yes, folks, I said kids. Tons of great kid pictures, and they’ll surely be grown before you see them. And a few more Stand-ins laying around.

But here we are. The universe of Zombies keeps dragging me back in. Leigh for sure wants to address the Zombie movie front, so I have to hit up the Netflix. I’ve been hearing about what they’re calling Zombie mortgages. And I’m reading a book where they are currently drinking Pink Zombie vodka cocktails – which I am desperately trying to find with the Google to no avail because that just sounds awesome.

So here you go. Here are some of my Abandoned Relics. I chose these because they look like they’re coming for you. Like the Zombies.