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How Shallot Can You Be?

April 22, 2011 by Rayna Diane Hennen

I forgot about this photo a few months ago when I made my first recipe with shallots. I remember loving how smoothly and easily the shallots gave under the knife and how pretty they were. The purple skins and the white insides against the texture of the cutting board. This photo is a happy rediscovery. Now, what WAS that recipe… I do remember it was quite tasty!

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Iced Berries

February 11, 2011 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Was out running some errands while visiting my mom during Thanksgiving… Nah, who am I kidding? I went to the craft store! Even if I had to go can that really be considered something as mundane as an errand?! So, was on the way back up the windy, twisty road and it had been snowing, just a dusting though. Everything was just covered enough to wipe away the dreary browns

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Petaled Wood

January 28, 2011 by Rayna Diane Hennen

It was a beautiful fall day for a wedding. One of my closest friends married his long-time girlfriend out on the deck of a really lovely catering hall. While I have wonderful photos of the wedding (the kiss! of course!) I’m very much into the details of events and places. Moments that capture what I was feeling the whole day. The sunlight on the deck, the flower petals like confetti.

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Diner on the Diagonal

January 21, 2011 by Rayna Diane Hennen

You really can’t get shots like this in New York City. There are always so many people which is not necessarily a bad thing – the different types of people all in one place make for some interesting days sometimes. Other times… well… We were on a motorcycle trip and stopped here for breakfast. Once I saw the view – the stools, the bright light at the end of the

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A Touch of Decay

January 14, 2011 by Rayna Diane Hennen

During one of our motorcycle trips in the fall of 2010 we stayed at the Taconic Campgrounds. Fall was in full force outside the city and we hit it just right for two weekends in a row. We were exploring the campgrounds, heading to get firewood when we passed these little pink flowers.

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Parachutes and Javascript

January 11, 2011 by Rayna Diane Hennen

I don’t have to work for the #1 ad agency in the world (some would ask well, why not?) but I have read some job descriptions that, while I could do it, it didn’t inspire me. That or the company left something to be desired. Did I apply? Yes, to a couple of them but since there are only so many jobs available on any given day and after I have taken care of any freelance work, there is inevitably down time. So, as my grandfather used to say, might as well do something even if it’s wrong. Meaning, doing something is better than nothing because it gets the ball rolling.

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I saw a Yarnbombing!!

October 5, 2010 by Rayna Diane Hennen

completely forgot that, on Saturday, I passed a VW Bug that had been Yarnbombed!!

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Adventures in Photography

September 30, 2010 by Rayna Diane Hennen

And then, the other building, in another part of Brooklyn. As you walk up to it with your camera you are quick to avert your eyes from the man who just pulled up his pants from taking a quick pee on a fire hydrant.

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Peonies

August 25, 2010 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Small green globes that shroud
the delicate within –
angelic white kissed with sunset pink.

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My Own Worst Design Enemy

August 12, 2010 by Rayna Diane Hennen

A Corner of My Future Site I am currently in the process of redesigning my own website, which showcases a portfolio of my web design work along with my photography. It is long overdue and certainly could benefit from more copy and a more coherent design and flow. Looking at the site from a potential client or employer’s perspective one would wonder who this designer is. What does this designer

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This is the photo I'm referencing for the painting This is the photo I'm referencing for the painting I sketched out. This is available for purchase - links are in the usual spots. 📷 🌺 

#cherryblossoms #floralphotography
I am at the point where I have to be vigilant. I h I am at the point where I have to be vigilant. I have been here before, trying to capture an idea. ✏️ 

These prep steps are necessary, for sure. Trying to dive into some things with no prep or planning 

But.

Prepping and planning can go on forever as a way of not ruining the idea in your head. In fact… writing this post is a way of productively procrastinating. 

I am at the point where I could draw an outline of the flower shape that I want to do but my brain is like OMG you’re going to ruin it because you have no idea what I'm doing (I don't). Welcome to perfectionism - my arch nemesis! 

This is productive because I am working through my thoughts to stave off perfectionism and creating a post to share on social (which I'm really consistent about...) 

Now about that painting outline... 

#creativityandcringe
Welcome to August! Did you know that August was on Welcome to August! Did you know that August was once the 6th month of the year and the first-ever sandwich was created by.... the Earl of Sandwich. Lunch just wouldn't be the same without it! ☀️ 🥪
I have pulled off the side of the road to grab a c I have pulled off the side of the road to grab a close up of a flower but every now and again, I'll get a scenic shot that steals my heart, too. 

The Sentinels.

#winterphotography
#snowypines
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes - including you. - Anee Lamott

Softness in Winter

#snowypine #winterphotography
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Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible. - Joyce Brothers

#snowymoss
#snowymossontrees
#winterphotography
Continuing with the Bluebeard collage. After doing Continuing with the Bluebeard collage. After doing this I changed the blade on the xacto – the edges of the chair had white rough edges.

Bluebeard is originally a French folktale though many countries have a version. In the spirit of IMDB unhelpful, one-line descriptions of movies: A man with a deadly secret, intent on luring a young woman to be his new bride. 😄 🤷

A little more specific: The tale is about a wealthy man in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of the present one to avoid the fate of the previous wives. 🫣

This will be for the first spread, the ‘romance’ – truly, it’s not romantic, he’s trying to sway one of the sisters into, what will be a not so sweet marriage.

There will be 5 spreads total: the romance, finding the little door, the bloody key, the brothers to the rescue, and (kind of a gruesome end) the vulture.
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