Rachel Potter Photography | Vicksburg, MS Pet Portrait Photographer | rachel@rachelpotterphotography.com

Hey Guys, its another week! I am really glad I signed on to do this Project 52 with the girls at the Bloom Forum. Its been so great to get me out and shooting, even when I think I am too busy. And then having to strain my brain to explore my interpretation of the subjects. Well this week was another favorite of mine.

Landscape. I was pretty sure I knew what I wanted to shoot. I wasn’t sure WHERE along the river I would have to go to get the best angle. I started about a mile away from where I actually ended up. Finally found the sweet spot. Got some good images, played with different lenses. Good to go.

I shot this on a Wednesday afternoon. I am on call for my veterinary practice on Wednesday nights, and I usually spend the evenings at my parents house here in town, since I live about 30 minutes away “in the sticks” After work I scouted locations and got my shot. My mom had picked up the kids so I could take my time.

Fast forward to 8:30 that night. I load the kids in the car and get ready to head home. As I am driving away, I notice that the sky (only saw bits and pieces through the trees) was purple. I HAD to go back and shoot the bridge. Just then the phone rings… its a call, but they are about 30 minutes out… perfect. I race to the river. The light is fading F-A-S-T! I manage to hit every red light and yell at them that artistic potential is at stake here!!! I finally get to the over look and its CLOSED! So I park nearby and run across an pedestrian path and managed to get a few shots off before the light was just totally gone. Even still I had to max out my ISO, knock my shutter to 1/40 ( hence the crappy image quality) but its still beautiful. I had to crop out a necking couple that had snuck in the overlook. I think they thought I was an undercover PI or something. They cleared out pretty quickly. SO here is my shot. I adjusted the exposure just a tad, and tried to reduce some of the noise, but other than that THIS IS HOW BEAUTIFUL it was. Amazing colors. Hope you enjoy!

Now check out my girl, Kristin M. Young and see what she came up with this week! Make the rounds, people!!!

Its Father’s day weekend, and I am sure there are going to be tons of inspiring and moving images of fathers and their children this week. I thought about it. But this poor little tree kept coming back to me. Let me tell you its story…

Several weeks ago, in the midst of a drought and 100 degree heat, we (in all our wisdom) decided to redo our flowerbeds. Ok… it was me… but my husband helped. Anyhow, in an older section of our planting beds, this little China Berry Tree had set up his home and was growing beautifully amidst my coneflowers. He was happy as a clam.

I love China Berry Trees, and so I wanted to try to transplant him instead of just “weeding” him out. So I started thinking about where I would like some additional shade in our yard and chose a spot just outside the backyard fence with aspirations of shading the swing set in years to come. So we attempted to dig a hole. It was more like blasting through concrete, but we got it done. Added some good dirt, watered and mulched.

I watered for the next few days and by the end of the week this little guy was Stone.Cold.Dead. ( or so I thought) After a few more days of watering this shriveled, brown, crunchy stick I said my goodbyes and then proceeded to forget about him. I felt bad for moving this tree from his wonderful, cozy nurturing spot to the midst of plant hell. But I moved on.

Fast forward to a few days ago ( its been almost 3 weeks). My husband calls me at work one afternoon. “Hey, guess what? That China Berry Tree is alive.” There is no way, I said. Its dead. ” No, Seriously. Its growing!”

As soon as I got home that evening I rushed over to see, and sure enough. Despite my neglect, the continuing heat and LACK of watering, this little guy is fighting against all odds and is sprouting new growth. Now THAT my friends is STRENGTH!

Forgive the lack of artistic value in this photograph. This week is all about theme for me. And the inspiration that can be found in what seems like the most insignificant of things. Y’all have a great week!

And don’t forget to make the rounds! Check out Kristin M. Young and see what goodies she has for us!

Its time for my Bloom Forum Project 52! And guess what?!?!?!?! The theme this week is FLOWERS! I just happen to have a ton of blooming goodness in my flowerbeds right now and I have been having so much fun using my Macro lens to document them! And every sentence thus far has a “!” Can you tell I was excited about this week?…!

ok… so I know this is complete overkill…. Bare with me. And when you are done, make sure to make the rounds! Next up is Kristin M. Young, photographer of all things beautiful!

This week our theme is Curves, Lines, and Symmetry. I decided to do a collage for this one using things from my yard. Fun to try to see different perspectives on things I look at everyday!
Don’t Forget!!! … check out Kristin M Young!