Waco was a fascinating place, still so very small town Texas, but with this booming mecca in the middle of Magnolia. It also has a gorgeous riverwalk area and of course the beautiful campus of Baylor University. Seeing a touch of the Gaines family almost everywhere was a testament to their mission and Joanna’s impeccable design taste. Their complex at the Silos was so well thought out and perfectly planned. It was such a visually awesome place to photograph and visit. I hope you enjoy this!

Also I was in Texas with these three, and well they are my favorite…so all the better!

Street photography and travel photography

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We had the fun fabulous blessing to spend a week in Orlando at the beginning of this year and it really was the perfect trip. In some way we chose the perfect moment to go. Our family was just the right ages for everything to be magical, fun and almost easy. We had only been to Disney World once before and it had been so crowded I vowed never again. But this time we chose the perfect season as well, we walked on rides, had a wonderful balance of big kid and little kid rides, and just had a blast. This trip is also one of the few times traveling with all my children where I really felt like I was able to capture the story of our trip in photographs. In the past I was always too tired, sore, etc to carry the camera in addition to whatever else was needed to survive an amusement park. My children are at that golden age where there is still magic in Disney for them, but they do not need to be carried or have constant snacks. This opened my arms for my cameras.

I felt like we really soaked up each moment of our time and looking back at these images just brings the entire week back to life for me. My oldest had to go on a few more kiddie rides then he would have preferred and my youngest was slightly scarred while falling down the big drop on Splash Mountain. In order to capture and really enhance the magic of Disney I took a lot of double exposures on this trip. I love their whimsical and amusement park feel.

These double exposures were shot on my Lomo LCA+ camera. I honestly hadn’t used it in years before I went on this trip, and it was the best camera. I loved how small it was and the images that I got from it are by far my favorites of the trip! Love my little girls profile here, floating high above the castle.

Harry Potter World was just as magical for my big boys as Disney. Especially my biggest boy pictured below. There is nothing like seeing things that you have only imagined in your brain come to life. Also the rides there in Universal were super exciting and fun!

I always feel a bit like I should not love Disney because it is such a commercialized place. Perhaps I am just a brain washed American, but I adore it. I will always relish in the magic of it. This trip in particular was one of those perfect moments spent with these five beautiful people, my family.

My photographer friend Emily Hamson went to Disneyland around the same time. We decided to connect our blogs so people could check out both experiences from two different perspectives. Emily is a talented Utah Nature Photographer and mother of four; click on over and see how they do Disney on the west coast!

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I became slightly obsessed with the subway system while I was in Moscow. Apparently a huge project of the USSR, Stalin made them all beautiful and called them the People’s Palaces. The detail and artistry put into just about every station I saw was amazing. It was a cool experience to feel like I was walking through an art museum or amazing architectural building every time I was getting from point A to point B. I made a project out of it and I hope you enjoy these images from underground. Click on the linked text to order a fine art print from my travels around the world.

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Moscow completely surprised me. It was such a clean and safe feeling city. It was huge and modern. Maybe I sound naive saying these things but as I tell most of my friends about my trip, it seems that I am not alone in my presumptions about what Moscow would be like. I loved it there.

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I figured out this was my fifth time in Paris. Makes me feel like a spoiled person! I feel so lucky to have seen as much of the world as I have. Traveling really fills a part of my soul. I loved this time to Paris. I had seen the sights and was able to just relax and photograph what I saw. Street photography is always my favorite thing to do in Paris. I first got into photography looking at a Eugene Atget book in high school. He was a pioneer documentary photographer in Paris in the 1900s. When I walk around Paris, I still feel his influence and a desire to capture life on the streets of Paris.

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