Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too […]
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Gathering light
She was a sun, radiant, growing, gathering light and storing it – then after an eternity pouring it forth in a glance… ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned M x Credits Makeup Abe Zakhem […]
The stars
Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward. ~ e.e. cummings M x Credits Makeup Abe Zakhem Makeup Hair Mehrium Ajaib Wardrobe nevenka Jewellery Olivia Marcheline – Genuine […]
Black and white
Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony. ~ Coco Chanel M x Credits […]
Breathless
A stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby M x Credits Makeup […]
Dreaming
His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind […]
The most precious
In just a few day’s time, we’ll be taking a trip. It’s not always easy to find enough minutes to really be together – the kind of together that has no phone calls, or work, […]
Cristy
Cristy is having a baby! Much wished for, dreamed of, and almost here. There’s something very special about taking photographs of such a dear friend. Knowing the journey she’s had to get here, admiring her […]
The first thing
I hear footsteps, and she’s there. The light hits my eyes at the same time as her arms embrace me. Hair in tangles. Climbing in beside me. Cozy cuddles, keeping warm. Watching the clouds outside. […]
Motherhood
I never imagined having such overwhelming love for someone I had just met. The way I felt in our room all alone that night, watching her sleep, wondering how she could really be mine. How […]
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