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Spring so far.

In the mountains.

New colors.

New smells.

Cool mornings.

Warm afternoons.

Thunderstorms.

Anxious for summer, but enjoying spring while it lasts.

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I’ve been spending a lot of time outside with my camera, so I thought I would give you a big dose of what my spring has looked like.

May will be a busy but fun month. Lots of trips planned. Vacations with friends.

The summer months will be exciting, too.  Still working out those details, so more on that later.

Hope you are enjoying the warmer temperatures.

-t

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When I was younger I use to paint a lot.  Like all the time.  Mainly still-lifes. I’d paint fruit and other objects all arranged neatly in some dramatic light. I loved the shadows, the way the cloth draped, the colors. Paul Cezanne was my absolute favorite, with Van Gogh being a strong second.  I’d put some music on, grab some fruit and paint. It was relaxing. (Lame, I know.)  The paintings would hang around for a couple months and then I’d paint over them.  (Mainly because I couldn’t stretch a good canvas to save my life and I didn’t want to shell out 50 bucks.)

But sometime during high school I stopped painting.  I realized it wasn’t cool to spend your Saturday at home with brush in hand. Even though I was always known for being the artistic guy around the classroom,  I couldn’t let my hobby effect my social life.  So after a while painting sorta fizzled out and except for a few classes in college, I haven’t painted since.

Lately however, I’ve been working on a collection of photos that bring me back to my painting days. No crazy textures, or  those terrible photoshop-brush-strokes effects.  I just want to try and create the same style and feel, but with a camera.  I want them to be simple. Very simple. I want them to be about light and composition, color and contrast. Its a study and process for myself. There isn’t a story, no recipe, no explanation or moment attached and I think thats OK. I have felt this pressure recently to only take and share photos that tell you something.  Photos that have a purpose. But I wanted to shake that responsibility and feeling. (part of the reason behind the lack of post around here) I used to paint simply because I enjoyed it. (and Im sure I still do.) I couldn’t ever tell you why I painted what I painted, but I didn’t care.  I just cut loose and painted for myself.  So I am going to try and do that.  Set aside time to create and shoot just for me.

I’ll share more later.

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A few weeks back, on a very cold morning, I took a walk around a farm.  I love all the different roof lines, colors and dappled light.

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

-Tim

Dropping in to share a few photos that have been keeping me busy lately.

Also,

I have a feature in the second volume of Kinfolk Magazine. Go check out their new website and pick up a copy.

A holiday decoration guide I photographed for Kinfolk is up on their blog. (Styling for those photos by the creative genius, Adelaide Brown.)

Hope your winter is off to a great start and that you take time to enjoy this holiday season.

See you in 2012 with lots of new things.

- Tim

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We all made marshmallows the other night. Quite simple and really awesome.

We put them in white hot chocolate with a bit of cinnamon and cayenne pepper and dusted the top with dark cocoa powder and confection sugar.

They’d be just as good in a cup of coffee.

Try it.

It was good.

-t

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Breakfast recently.

This morning: Fried egg on toasted baguette with avocado, pickled jalapeños, tomato jam, jack cheese, cumin, cilantro and a dash of hot sauce.

Coffee on the side, of course.

What did you have?

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(all photos were taken on my phone)

Lately.
Colder.
Jackets and scarves.
Lots of coffee, pressed.
A trip to Portland, Maine.
Some early October snow.
Massachusetts and back.
Long drives into the setting sun.
Food and drinks in Nashville, TN.
Friends back in the mountains.
Collecting rocks on the shore.
Reflections.
Fall fading to winter.
Coastal dining–lobstahhh and the best scallops Ive ever had.
Gelato–goat cheese with cherries and salted caramel pecan. I died.
Sharp autumn light. Different every day.
Baking.
The last of the apples.
Traveling.
Packing.
Moving soon.

More later.

-t

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Dropping in today to do a little blog swap and share some good-eats photos from my pal, Michael Muller.

Michael Muller is a freelance photographer and musician who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His band, Balmorhea, is top notch, (seriously, have a listen) and his photography is spot on. (see his portfolio, here)
Michael is a writer and photographer for The Scout and also a fellow contributor for Kinfolk Magazine.

He blogs at Threading In The Choirs.

His Twitter and Pinterest.

Check him out.

Thanks, MM!

(you can see my photos here)

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Every year about this time, we head out to our favorite apple orchard.
We pick just before the sun goes down.
Weaving in and out between the trees.
Tasting as we go.

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( Please excuse the changes and lack of activity around here. The blog and portfolio are under construction.)