I will always sparkle!

I promise!

I do not know who took this photo - I wished it were me! She is so cute!

An Article about my Photography

I am humbled by this article - touched by the timing of my birthday!


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I am in good company...

The Third Generation

The hands of three... Pure Love
Daddy's design
Hello Baby Girl...
Eye yi i
Full circle
Family Portrait

Me & my Nef

Nice hat... do you get a bowl of soup with it?
Morning hair! What a delicious breakfast that my Nef made for me and Dodo!

Venice Beach

California Dreaming?

Today's assignment was to find Polyester/Spandex material for me to make a long cumfy dress [for ME]. It's the pitts for PLUS size women, there isn't ever anything with any style for us to wear... well, seldom...

I shot this photo at the back of one of the shops I went into for yardage.
A quick stop at Elvera Street for a long yummy lunch, just me and Pop. Of course I had to walk around and take photos of the collectibles [junk].

And then I found this...
... or should I say these?
And then a little something that reminded me of Nashville... awe, aren't they cute?

Roses from Pop & Mom

Arriving to my home of origin, a beautiful pink bouquet of roses from my parents... so sweet. They were already drooping... of course Mom and I are discussing taking them back to the store. I created some pictures of the two that still looked pretty from the bunch [before either Mom or me returned them for the hard earned retirement monies they spent]. What a shame, I don't understand why they drooped in the same day?

Memorial Day 2009

On September 11th 2004 we honored all the fallen soldiers of the Iraque Freedom Conflict... there were so many. A flag was placed in honor of each of these fallen Americans. This photograph is one of what I saw that day before all the flags were placed on the field at the Battle Ground Academy in Franklin, Tennessee - a place not far from the sacred grounds of the Battle of Franklin.

It's TIARA time!

Email questions to: carla@acelebrityexperience.com

HELD OVER!!!

Sometimes hard work pays off...

The next ArtCrawl in downtown Nashville is June 6th, 2009 from 6 to 9 PM. It's my birthday, so I'd love to see you that evening if you can make it. We're going to the Spaghetti Factory after the crawl - come join the celebration - it's the last of the forties for this girlie girl! Wear your tiara!

Nature's Inspiration of Life a Success!

If you were unable to see the show "live" during the opening, here is a sneak peek! It really should be viewed "in person" for the full affect of a 26 x 16' wall of space.

I was able to hang 35 individual pieces of work - the main showcase was nine pieces so that makes for 43 total. It was quite an undertaking over the course of three days of hanging.

I am grateful for the friends, family, and fellow photography club members who came out to "see" the show in person. Wasn't it amazing that there was NO RAIN downtown that night!?!?!

The show is up for three weeks - if you would like to stop in and see the show, please call Studio 83 to make sure someone is there during business hours (615) 226-2003, (865) 898-1008. Or contact me 615-353-7271 or carla@acelebrityexperience.com.

La inspiración de la naturaleza de vida‏

Tuesday night out on the town...

Me, a new friend from Sedona, and my 1D MarkII...
It's amazing what a $1000 will buy...

Virginia

The colors keeping her warm were what originally attracted me to ask if I could take her photo... I didn't know she had Altzheimer's. Her son was navigating her wheel chair around; I asked him first for permission, then I asked her whether I could take her photo... She just looked at me a bit puzzled. I snapped a couple, and thanked her for letting me. I told her how beautiful she is... she just looked at me. I touched her hands; she kept "working" the end of the material on the cover. I stayed close by, she continued to look at me in wonderment. At one point I smiled at her, and she smiled back really BIG! Her daughter said that they hadn't seen her smile in a long time. What a gift to me!

After twelve children, maybe Atlzheimer's is the gift... I know that can't be easy for any of the children, I was just thinking out loud, not making a joke.

Addendum: This photograph won the THEMED contest for the Brentwood Camera Club monthly contest. The theme was to photograph a stranger.

the Joker Tween

I had a family portrait session today [or so I thought]. It started out normal... but it turned into something really surprising... Tomorrow my subject turns eleven. He wanted to do something in the vain of "the Joker" from "the Dark Knight" movie. We didn't have any make-up, but I have plenty of creativity and patience. I like this (about to turn eleven years old) young mans dramatic make-believe character. This part of the shoot took only ten minutes after the family stuff was done; it was fun to let this kid create. The affects I've applied in Photoshop took almost two hours... I think he is going to slightly freak out when he sees himself.