Think I’ll have a new blog before the June ten on ten? I hope so!
Here’s my ten on ten for April, from a springy day in Vermont to visit the cousins.
Our circle is small (just for this month!) while some on our busy group take a sabbatical to tend to the rest of life.
You will, however, enjoy the inspired photography of Liza Hall and Sarah Null, I know it!
I continue to love this ten on ten project–-a passionate group of lovely and amazing photographers from the United States and Canada taking ten images, one hour apart on one day out of the month, documenting life as it happens around them. On the tenth of every month, we post our ten images, and if you follow our links, you’ll make it around the whole circle. Enjoy.
SPRING is in the air, and clearly that is all I focused on this month during a regular old work-at-home day this week. I did take a photo of my neighborhood’s first daffodil on my morning run, but that was via iPhone so I didn’t add it here. But it sure is pretty and yellow!
A new decorative creature that crawled up on our shores recently, chosen by Will.
You mean you DON’T keep your earthly fortune in a LEGO bank?
It was a beautiful warm day, and I kept ducking outside to find photo subjects each hour, like this birch tree.
With such a mild winter, my dear Rosemary is flourishing. She’ll bloom with tiny purple flowers in May, they are delightful.
The boys were sorting their sea glass before school this morning, and one jar in particular seemed worthy of documenting today. This summer’s goal? A red piece and a purple piece.
The bane of my work-at-home existence these days.
Touring the yard, I discovered lots of green coming on the thyme.
You caught me—my Christmas cards are still up! My kitchen is under construction, so they hide the places with no trim these days. Plus, I love them. Seen here–two mystery ten on ten members! I love getting cards from all kinds of folks, but I am lucky to have cards from so many excellent photographers, too!
After school found us at the annual science fair. Henry was obsessed with the “fruit batteries.”
(It would take 40 grapefruits to power a lightbulb.)
Boy, is that husband talented. He can even write BACKWARDS with a flashlight. (Word choice his own when put on the spot–”write something! with a flashlight! slowly but not too slow!” This was the first and only take!
Happy spring, all!
xo,
Anna
We haven’t had much of a winter (NO COMPLAINTS), but I do savor the wackiness of indoor play in wintertime!
And then, since we haven’t had winter weather, the outdoor stuff continues as well. We’ve been tracking Sunny the Seal, a harbor seal hanging out off the coast of Stonington boro, and while we wait, plenty of winter beachcombing is available!
Tiny seal head–Sunny was feeling shy.
Experimenting with a new photoshop script for collage-ing for the new blog coming next month. (Finally!) Sorry for all the weird sizes!
That’s Sunny on the rock. (The one without the blue hoodie and sneaks!)
(Thanks for tipping us off to our seal friend, Chelle!)
It’s February, and we’ve had precisely two days of real wintery weather this year. No complaints here–I’ll take it! (54 degrees on the coast today) But when we did get a snowfall, I grabbed the camera (fast!) for this month’s ten on ten–good thing, because the snow was gone a day later.
Visit Nicki Griffith, Kansas City lifestyle photographer, and see what her winter is like so far!
Coldest morning of the winter so far!
A spectacular case of bed head.
They’re real. And not mine. Seven-year-old boys do not appreciate having lashes like this.
Snowy day!
The thisy. 7.5 years and going strong.
Boot socks. Time to head outside.
Hewitt Road sledding. It’s much warmer by now.
These boys are intense about their two days of snow.
Wet boots.
Sugar on snow, then we read from Little House in the Big Woods again. We love Laura and Mary. And sugar on snow.
I took this month’s ten on ten all via iPhone, and I enjoyed having my camera in my pocket at every minute! Head over to see Maria’s ten on ten this month, and I hope you’ll head around the circle, too.
Stonington Point on a sparkly January morning.
Hemlock tree in morning sunshine.
Thank you, Maria–this is what your forsythia is doing today!
Monday and back to work.
Sneaks at rest.
Our Christmas tree star topper.
Still recovering from the late nights and long hours of the pre-Christmas bustle–it feels DECADENT to read a mystery novel!
Bathtime!
Love notes from Henry to sick Will.
Last peek at the tree–time to come DOWN! Happy New Year, all!
As you can see, I’m not posting here much anymore–cannot wait for a new blog in 2012, finally! But I keep it around for this fun and lovely project of mine with 9 other fun and lovely photographers.
I took my ten on ten today, December 1o, 2011.
I originally planned on doing it via iPhone and kind of instagramming the look but—I wanted my real camera at the tree farm, so I cropped everything square and you have a faux iPhoneography look. All taken on the Mark II 5D with the exception of image #1.
Please follow around our circle! This month, I link to Jenn Duguay of Alberta, Canada, home of always stunning images!
First hard frost of the season. Skim ice on the cove.
Purple kale.
This naughty boy was sitting on the naughty step. I told him I had seen an elf earlier that morning. He’s looking out the window for it.
Hot chocolate at the Christmas tree farm.
Henry practicing his sawing.
Home again, with the perfect tree.
Imperfect focus, perfect eyelashes!
The amazing gingerbread party at our neighbor’s house. Each one baked from scratch at home.
The frosting is made, the guests have arrived, let the decorating begin!
Our final product. Henry wants to eat it now.
And here we are again! So excited to see what my group of ten has cooked up this month. Follow around the circle with me! I’m linking to Jenn Duguay from the North.
Some of mine might look a little familiar if you’ve stopped at Nicki’s page–we were together the day we took our pictures.
I continue to love this ten on ten project–-a passionate group of ten lovely and amazing photographers from the United States and Canada taking ten images, one hour apart on one day out of the month, documenting life as it happens around them. On the tenth of every month, we post our ten images, and if you follow our links, you’ll make it around the whole circle of ten. Enjoy.
This month I’m linking to a friend from the north: Jenn Duguay. Enjoy her view of the world!
October 10, 2011, Mount Desert Island, Maine (with a side trip to Islesford, Maine)
High temperature: 80 degrees
Morning, and one of my favorite outdoor showers anywhere. Nestled in a pine grove, it was handmade, and is one of my favorite parts of our friends’ house.
Henry foraged for the last few cherry tomatoes before breakfast, and then ate them.
On Somes Sound, on the way to Islesford (Little Cranberry Island).
A perfect day at the beach for Henry includes finding at least one piece of rusty metal. He hit the jackpot at this spot!
Have you ever seen such a sweet little sea star? It was stuck on the dock, like a little craft project.
Yes, the sky was really that color.
Homeward bound.
Somes Sound. Water temperature in August? Probably not above 60 degrees. In October? Brrrr!
Found some slightly warmer water an hour later at Long Pond. Air temp, 80 degrees.
Time for dinner and dessert.
P.S. Don’t hate me—my life isn’t nearly this idyllic! I picked a blissful vacation day with good friends in a beautiful place to document my ten on ten. Maybe next month I will show you the laundry pile after this trip!
The simply gorgeous Mrs. Kriete. For all you photographers out there, I want you to know I did NOTHING to enhance her amazing eyes. She was born with those peepers!
For all the times Steph has been my right-hand and partner-in-crime for a wedding, and I’ve been posting her gorgeous images here on this page, it is extra fun to post my images from HER beautiful wedding to her love, Ben.
Steph, at the Hotel Northampton.
On Saturday, the two of them created a feast for the senses with a glorious wedding filled with beauty and creativity, but on a misty mountaintop in Massachusetts, all of us were reminded that it all comes down to something so simple–two people deeply in love, surrounded by those who know and love them most.
First look on a mountaintop.
A sweet and teary moment.
With rain most of the night before the wedding and all morning, we prepared for weather at its wettest. But 30 minutes before we arrived, the rain had stopped, and a beautiful mist unfurled itself across the valley while we stood on the mountaintop.
You may have detected an orange/fall color theme. Banner hand-made by Steph.
A teary bride and a choked up groom exchanged tender, heartfelt vows, and then, all smiles, walked hand in hand down the aisle to bagpipe music–fitting for the misty blue and green valleys rolled out below.
After a record 35 minutes for family, wedding party and couple portraits including four locations (don’t try this at home, folks–unless your clients are both photographers who scouted the locations in advance and know how to pay attention to fading light!), we arrived at the famed Blue Heron Restaurant (home of Sue Sylvester, a.k.a. Jane Lynch’s, wedding celebration last year), where they danced, they dined, they were toasted and the room seemed to envelop them in a giant hug.
Cupcakes! Homemade by the moms.
My second shooter.
First dance to “Stand By Me.”
Conga line!
Baby due, well, now! Baby decided to go to a wedding instead.
It was a true delight and honor to witness your day, Steph and Ben. I’m so happy to have you as family as well as friends. A few to share here, and more online here!
Enjoy your mini-moon, and happy love to you both!
xoxo, Anna
Stonington, in all its movie-set beauty, is actually a movie set this week and next…home of “Great Hope Springs” with Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell. Fun to celebrity-watch on Water Street!
Tommy Lee and Meryl Streep in Stonington for the fiming of “Great Hope Springs”
Water Street transformed.
Extras on set.
Great Hope Springs Director Dave Frankel
Water Street, quiet on set!
Imagine my surprise when I realized I hadn’t posted a single thing here since my last ten on ten–that’s what end of summer and hurricanes will do to you.
I have posted plenty on my Hank & Willie tumblr blog–perfect for iPhone photos on the go!
I also have lots of new client images on Facebook at Anna Sawin Photography, and lots more to come when I get through my next editing marathon!
(www.facebook.com/annasawinphotography)
But more importantly, I continue to love this project, ten on ten–a passionate group of ten lovely and amazing photographers from the United States and Canada taking ten images, one hour apart on one day out of the month, documenting life as it happens around them. On the tenth of every month, we post our ten images, and if you follow our links, you’ll make it around the whole circle of ten. Enjoy.
This month I’m linking to my dear friend Melissa–see her ten on ten at melissawoodard.tumblr.com.
These images were taken on Tuesday, September 8, 2011. Our oldest was finally headed back to school–he had been due to start the previous Wednesday, but Hurricane Irene had other plans. The drenching rains on this day were the remains of Tropical Storm Lee, the storm that brought such devastating flooding to the mid-Atlantic area.
School supplies! I love school supplies.
Someone is really excited about getting ready for school! Will, age seven.
The bus stop crew this year, plus Henry who has one more year to go.
The cucumbers just keep coming. No complaints in this house.
What we AREN’T doing today for the first time in days. They have been boogie boarding and skim boarding for hours each day.
School work for Henry on this rainy day. He starts kindergarten tomorrow, but he’s been working on letters while Will does his summer reading.
Rain, rain, that’s okay! Mom and Henry toe to toe–off to the apple and peach orchard we go!
With a stop at Clyde’s Cider Mill on the way home, the traditional first day of school snack!
The big kids are gone for a long day!
Second grade success!
Missing our lovely nursery school, our first year without a child there since 2007. What a happy, magical place it is.
I’ve been mourning a bit the lack of kid posts here on this blog, the one that started as their electronic baby book. But until I have a new blog to debut (this fall–we had to take a breather during wedding season!), I’ve been posting client work here, and today it feels great to return to my roots and post a series of personal photos.
The inspiration for this came from a great group of women photographers. One of them—who takes the most heartstoppingly gorgeous photos of her brood—suggested this project and I am so grateful to her!
So here’s the plan: one day a month, I document life around me by taking ten photos, one roughly every hour.
On the tenth day of the month, each of us posts our ten photos, and you can follow around the circle of eight of us if you like.
Today I’m linking to Carrie of Carrie Hill Photography, and you will absolutely adore the soulful moments she captured.
So, without further buildup, my Ten on Ten for August 2011.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
On the date I chose for my ten on ten, we had the boys’ best girlfriends over for a sleepover the night before.
I came downstairs on a rainy Sunday morning to find the four of them quietly giggling, drawing and reading. We all needed a rainy day to take a break on this beautiful summer!
The dreaded Augmentin. Will showed me his finger one day last week saying, “Mom, I think I sprained my wrist.” A small, swollen cut, oozing with pus at the tip of his finger was enhanced by a faint red line trailing up into his arm.
A quick trip to the pediatrician resulted in powerful and awful-tasting doses of this goop. He’s almost done. (Culture revealed strep group A infection. Thank goodness for modern medicine!)
Sorry the photo is so small, but it features “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” playing on my MacBook. Will, Henry, and their overnight guests Olivia and Gabby are all gaga for Harry. You wouldn’t believe how quiet four children can be when they are listening to Harry Potter audio book reader Jim Dale.
“Mom! Watch! I am blowing air into my ears!”
The rain still falling, this crew took every toy in the house, spread them out on blankets, couches and chairs in the living room, and had a sale.
Books were “20:50″ each, camping gear was $1.50 a piece or $30 for all five pieces and the game of Perfection was $80. Legos and Playmobil had their own price points, and some, of course, were spesl.
Henry has had enough of the rain by now.
Finally! The rain stops. Naturally, my two and their neighbor decide to wash rocks to celebrate.
An hour later I found them over at the neighbor’s house, washing their bikes and singing one stanza from Katy Perry’s “Fireworks” OVER AND OVER.
Hydrangeas in bloom.
Pool time! Made extra special to have a swim with visiting cousin Justin, pictured on right.
After staying up til nearly 10 on the sleepover, these toes and the five-year-old body attached to it were out cold. Good night!
