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creative footprint

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I’ve been busy nursing my baby girl and therefore I am currently a sister of a few words and even fewer shots! But I wanted to share with you a thought that’s popped in my head lately: “Photography is our creative footprint.” Isn’t that true? It’s our unique mark… It’s the evidence of where we’ve been and what we’ve seen… It’s the special trace we leave behind.

So leave us some footprints today showing where you’ve been recently! I haven’t left the house much in the last month and I certainly will appreciate you taking me for a stroll! 🙂

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  6. You words took me back. I have such vivid memories of the time I was first nursing my newborn son. He was born in April, and I would look out onto the tulips blooming in my back yard… Ah, sweet memories. Thank you for that!

    My recent creative sojourn was in Paris, just a week and a half ago. I met an online friend one afternoon, and it's a really interesting example of "creative footprints" to see the images we both took on that day.
    http://www.kateyeview.com/2010/09/beginnings-of-something-beautiful.html

  17. I've left my trace in a number of places recently. I LOVE your post today, btw and hope your girl is doing well.

    Let's travel backward, I've been …

    … in my backyard this morning: http://www.dianeschuller.com/blog/2010/09/21/frosty-mornings-in-the-peace/

    … taking time to go photograph something that caught my attention years ago: http://www.dianeschuller.com/blog/2010/09/19/easy-going-autumn-days/

    … capturing fall migration: http://www.dianeschuller.com/blog/2010/09/15/a-beautiful-day-in-the-peace-wapiti-region-of-alberta/

    I LOVE the whole premise of your thoughts today — thanks you. Healthy wishes for your daughter.

  19. Since Friday, I have been on a

    horse ranch,

    http://lastpictureshowphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/black-and-white-ball.html
    http://lastpictureshowphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/carsen-0-audra-1.html

    in backyards,

    http://lastpictureshowphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/trampolining.html
    http://lastpictureshowphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/leentje-four-ways.html
    http://lastpictureshowphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/cole.html

    and at a wedding taking place at a winery. All in my native Idaho.

    http://lastpictureshowphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-flickr-stream-attended-my-cousins.html

    http://lastpictureshowphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-flickr-stream-attended-my-cousins.html

  21. Since Friday, I have been on a

    horse ranch,

    http://lastpictureshowphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/black-and-white-ball.html
    http://lastpictureshowphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/carsen-0-audra-1.html

    in backyards, all in my native Idaho. I never go anywhere except Southern California, and that ain't happening for another week.

    http://lastpictureshowphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/trampolining.html
    http://lastpictureshowphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/cole.html
    http://lastpictureshowphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/leentje.html

    You don't have to go anywhere to play with light and kids.

  27. Thank you, sisters! Even though it was so hard for me to show up, you made me feel like it was so worth it! I'm glad you enjoyed the concept of a creative footprint. Keep on leaving your mark! You are all so very unique in all you do and in how you capture the world around you. Much love xo

  32. I remember those days so well! After my first was born in June (2000) I spent a lot of time at home watching every match of Wimbledon. Enjoy your time with your baby girl!

    This summer, I had the unique opportunity to take pictures at various Nature Conservancy preserves throughout New Hampshire for their upcoming 50th Anniversary brochure. It was so eye-opening. The pure beauty of unspoiled landscapes. That and time spent exploring with family is my creative and heart-felt footprint on the summer of 2010.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rslaflam/5012992227/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rslaflam/5013598540/in/photostream/

  33. That is such a lovely thought. both my babes were born in the winter, and we really were housebodies those early months.
    Enjoy your time with your little one close – it moves so quickly.

    Now we get to such exotic places as . . . school. I almost always have my camera for our walks to and from, you never know what you'll see. Here's what I saw this morning:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/5013538270/

  35. enjoy that baby girl. i look at mine all running and busy and grown and think about those long, lovely, beautiful days of simplicity. enjoy.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/4786513979/in/set-72157624698188887/
    Colorado River
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/4786513933/in/set-72157624698188887/
    Silverton, CO Animas River
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/4742452887/in/set-72157624698188887/
    Dashboard in Moab, Utah
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/4574998485/in/set-72157624698188887/
    Her feet my shoes, Durango, CO