Week 8: Move

Don't move. 

I wanted to enter a photo contest on a popular tech website, gizmodo.com. They have a weekly shooting challenge and this week's theme was Door. I asked my husband if he knew of any cool doors around us that I could go and see. He told me about a place called Schnormeier Gardens and the Japanese inspired tea houses they have. It's a private residence and they only open their grounds to the public once a year. As fate would have it, this year it's open June 4-7! We visited yesterday and while I did get my door picture, I also got so many wonderful shots of all the artwork they have in their 9 different gardens. 

The statue below is called Affirmation of Rejection. It's made of steel and was crafted in 2000. The title of the statue made me think of this week's theme because when one is rejected, doesn't it seem easiest to just stop? Be still. Don't move.

SA

I have three shots for this week. Firstly, we were BUSY this week so I chose to edit a picture I had taken a few weeks ago. One of the reasons we were so busy this week is this was the last week of school. I knew I wanted to do something involving Miss K because she graduated kindergarten this week and she is moving on up! I can't wait to see what is in store her future. I love the motion in her hair and the movement in her dress in this shot. This girl is ON.THE.MOVE.

My other two images for this week came from my vacation to NYC last weekend. Let me tell you, if you have never been in the city, these people MOVE. We used several different forms of transportation while we were in the city; subway, taxi, uber and of course, we walked. a lot. There were lots of people on bikes, too. Down by the water, there were helicopter tours and boat tours and people walking and biking... it was nuts. There were literally people moving everywhere!! 

- R