WEEK 20: 52 {Inspiring} Photos A Year

Buying vegetables here is very easy. You can walk down the street to a "subzee ki ducan" (vegetable store/stand), wait until men walk by your home with carts holding vegetables (and you can yell at them from your balcony what you want and they'll bring it up to you) or you can go to a store and buy them. It's pretty much all the same with different conveniences. :)

We've decided that the staple things you can find at almost any stand is onions, tomatoes, potatoes, cilantro and garlic. All of these items we've used in about all of the Indian dishes we've tried making. 

The man down our street had his vegetables laid out so nicely that I thought it'd make a great photo.

Canon 5D Mark II - Canon 50mm f/1.4
f/1.4 - 1/100 - ISO 250
New Delhi, India

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-Ashley

WEEK 19: 52 {Inspiring} Photos A Year

I thought it was interesting the way this man was carrying these boxes on his head.

Canon 5D Mark II - Canon 50mm f/1.4
f/1.4 - 1/1600 - ISO 320
New Delhi, India

People transport items much differently than where I come from. As you ride down the street in a rickshaw, you will often see a donkey pulling a cart with long pieces of metal, PVC pipe, or anything else you can imagine! Sometimes we'll see men on motorbikes carrying large pieces of glass (so unsafe!), or today we saw men on bicycles carrying about 20 plastic chairs stacked up on each other. I don't know how they did that!!

When we walk down our street in the morning, there are people who work with bricks, who pile them in a basket and put it on their head to carry it down the street. It's fascinating to see this!

This week's photo will be posted soon! This is late from last week. I need to stop this pattern of being late! :) Hope you're having a wonderful week!

-Ashley

WEEK 18: 52 {Inspiring} Photos A Year

A little late, but here is last week's photo--week 18!

Canon 5D Mark II - Canon 50mm f/1.4
f/1.4 - 1/2000 - ISO 100
New Delhi, India

Every day on our way to learn language, we pass by this wall that has all this graffiti on it. Color is used liberally on the aged, textured walls. Not sure what this is exactly representing, but I thought it was interesting.

-Ashley

WEEK 17: 52 {Inspiring} Photos A Year

This week has gone by so quickly--where did the time go? I almost forgot to post this week's photo of the week, but as I was about to move onto another project I saw my camera bag and realized I hadn't done it yet!

When I was walking in the market closest to me, I saw this wall several times and I wanted to take a picture of it. So the next time I had my camera, I took my chance. I love all the textures and colors on this wall!

Canon 5D Mark II - Canon 50mm f/1.4
f/1.4 - 1/2000 - ISO 100
New Delhi, India

This week begins a week of craziness, so I really do hope to post photos from my previous trips this week. However that is what I said last week. So....we'll see. :)

Until the next post - have a great week!
-Ashley

WEEK 15 & 16: 52 {Inspiring} Photos A Year

Hello from India! I was so busy last week I was unable to post or even take a picture for the picture of the week, but I've made up for it this week with two really fun pictures! Both of these photos I "looked up". You never know what you will find when you look up with your camera in your hands!

Here is Week 15:

Canon 5D Mark II - Canon 50mm f/1.4
f/2.0 - 1/250- ISO 100
New Delhi, India

And here is Week 16!

Canon 5D Mark II - Canon 50mm f/1.4
f/2.2 - 1/8000- ISO 200
New Delhi, India

Both of these were at different places in Delhi--the first was at a historical site and the next one was in the Habitat Center. These were shades from the sun (a much needed thing here!). 

Hope you are having a fantastic week! Hello weekend! I have a goal to post my pictures from Thailand and Dubai sometime this week, so be on the lookout! 

-Ashley

WEEK 14: 52 {Inspiring} Photos A Year

I highly favor this time of year in Texas. Wild bluebonnets and other flowers will pop up on the side of the road in clusters, bringing the reminder that Spring is here! It's a common event to pull over your car on the side of the road to take pictures of the bluebonnets and in the bluebonnets. :) Sometimes it looks as though God took a paint brush and just dabbles colors of blue, red and yellow all over the wild, unkempt grassy areas off the highways.

With Joshua and I in tow, Josh's grandparents took us on a road trip to Beaumont, TX to go to their favorite Seafood restaurant. On the way, they kept advising me to let them know when I saw a good spot to take pictures. It didn't take long before we had stopped and were all gazing at the beauty of bluebonnets in the fields. We went to a few places, and I quickly decided--this is the picture of the week! :)

Canon 5D Mark II - Canon 50mm f/1.4
f/1.4 - 1/3200- ISO 100
Somewhere in Texas :)

So I want to show a few more that I took. I just love these bluebonnets! They are so beautiful!

Have a good week!

Ashley

Bekah | A Senior/Family Shoot!

A little over a week ago while in Dallas I was able to meet up with a wonderful family to do a senior shoot and a few family shots. I met Bekah's Mom whenever I went through Celebrate Recovery at our church. Since I was going to be in Dallas for a week, she contacted me and we were able to work it out for me to do Bekah's Senior pictures! We had tons of fun! This family is wonderful. I really also enjoyed being with Bekah - she is a sweetheart! She has a beautiful smile and heart--I really enjoyed getting to know her the few hours I was with her. Hopefully these pictures will reflect the beauty I saw in her! 

We started in Prairie Creek Park and ended up in Deep Ellum. Time for pictures!

Thanks for checking it out! Leave a comment below! Congrats Bekah!! It was wonderful to finally meet you!

Ashley

WEEK 13: 52 {Inspiring} Photos A Year

I can't believe I've been doing this project for over three months now! It's been fun. It's getting me used to having my camera out and around.

So this is probably the first week I am behind (whoops!) and I'm posting just now last week's photo. Things have been kind of crazy for us--we are actually in the process of something big. :) I'll announce that sooner or later here on the blog.

And now the reason for this post - the photo of the week! :) I did a shoot in Dallas of a beautiful graduating senior! I actually met her Mom when I went through Celebrate Recovery several years ago. It was fun to see her again and meet her husband and kiddos! 

Canon 5D Mark II - Canon 50mm f/1.4
f/1.4 - 1/3200- ISO 400
Richardson, TX

After this, I will hopefully be posting the entire shoot - so be on the lookout!

Thanks for looking!
-Ashley

WEEK 12: 52 {Inspiring} Photos A Year

Hello from Phoenix! There sure are lots of palm trees here. The sun was setting so I snapped a quick photo:

Canon 5D Mark II - Canon 50mm f/1.4
f/1.4 - 1/400- ISO 400
Tempe, AZ

Unfortunately this is a quick post. :) Ever since we've gotten here we've been running like crazy! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

-Ashley

WEEK 11: 52 {Inspiring} Photos A Year

Kids are so much fun. 

I recently went to the zoo with all my nieces and I had such a blast. They said things that made me want to roll on the floor laughing (for example, they were watching a tiger walk back and forth, and one of them said, "Maybe he's angry? Maybe he misses his wife!" ha! So cute. I have it on video which is the best.

Since I have seen my nieces so much lately, I decided this photo of the week would be of one of my nieces. While at a Chick-Fil-A play area, I managed to snag this one of my youngest niece, Savannah.

Canon 5D Mark II - Canon 50mm f/1.4
f/1.4 - 1/100- ISO 400
Deer Park, TX

Being with them makes me excited for when God grants me kiddos. I'll wait on him for that timing though! :)

Hope you have a great weekend! Play hard! :)

-Ashley