I love puppies.

      Nay Aug Park in Scranton, PA held a public event to support the local Griffin Pond Animal Shelter and American Red Cross, called Bark In the Park. Since it was an animal-type theme (mostly dogs), I quite enjoyed myself, because

I LOVE PUPPIES.

And birds too, I guess.

But more so puppies.

My hair must have ADD.

It decided that it wanted to be shaved on the sides for a full-on mohawk look.
I'm happy I didn't argue with it.

I feel like a super model.

 I wrote some of my favorite Bible verses on my bedroom walls. I feel like this one describes how my ADD hair is feeling. 

Thanks to my brother Alex for taking on the job of buzzing the sides of my head. May my little hairs remain on your back porch, in your bathroom sink, and forever in your heart.

A day at the lake.

My friend Caity's little sister Jenna enjoying the boat ride.

My sunset-lit visage.

 Fire & more fire.

My friends Caity and Kelsey watch the sunset on the dock
while I creep away to (what else?) take photos.

Young love.

      My friend Catherine asked me to take pictures for her and her boyfriend Jared's one year. It was my first paid job, as well as my first formal couples' photo shoot. We just drove out to the countryside and looked for an ideal location. Upon seeing a certain beautiful field of tall grass with a stunning landscape behind it, we pulled over, tentatively looking for the possible owner of the land to ask permission. When we couldn't find a human in sight, we just went for it. About an hour in, the land owner pulled up in a pickup truck and demanded to know what nonsensical things we were doing. I explained to him that I was simply photographing my friends and that I was extremely sorry. Thankfully, after a short lecture on trespassing and a comment similar to "There's nothing to take pictures of there anyway, the grass is too damn tall", he let us be. 

Well, mister, I must politely correct you in saying that NO, the grass was not too tall.

Happy Independence Day.

Oh say can you see...?

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So, it turns out that if you take a basic 18-55mm lens off of a D-SLR and flip it around,

it makes an impromptu (but very effective) macro lens.

Heck. Yes.

What a beautiful little hummingbird.