Category Archives: Photography

Scarlett

If you’ve been reading A Moose in Moscow for awhile, you know that Lena’s first name is actually Scarlett. She is prefers to go by her birth name, which is also her middle name, Lena.
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She dresses herself, which means that she comes up with some unique outfits. I’m always curious to see what she puts together. One day recently, she picked out a red shirt, a red sweater and red skinny jeans. Truly living up to her name.
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When I asked her if I could take her outside to photograph this awesome outfit, she chose to add pink piggie socks and red glitter shoes.
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I love this girl. She’s sweet.
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And also very silly.
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Lola’s Birthday

Lola, my mom, came to visit us at the end of March. Her last full day with us also happened to be her birthday. We wanted to do something fun and out of the ordinary.

First, we went to Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.
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It was a beautiful day to be outside.

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I love hearing the birds… zoomed in really close and you can see this bird in her nest.
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Our trip to the preserve was cut a bit short by children demanding lunch. We got barbeque at the same place that we took Andrei to.
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Reed and Lena both made her cards.
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Reed made his days in advance and really took his time. So sweet to see.

We finished off her birthday by getting dinner, one of Lola’s favorites, jambalaya, and watching the sunset. It was a good one.
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Happy birthday, Lola! We love you.

March’s Photography Goals

So, March’s photography to-do list. I wanted to share what I did for each one, to hold myself account and share a few images i don’t want to do a full blog post on.

Changing Seasons

A couple of blog posts back, I covered the changing seasons part(here). I started my month off with pictures of the snow coating our back yard and ending it with a photo of pollen on a hyacinth.

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This is another favorite of mine, although it didn’t make my photo-a-day calendar.
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Okay, that’s covered.

Star Photography

Gah. I covered this one, but barely. It was more of an after-thought than taking my time and learning something from it.
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I do love that bottom one, though.

Spring Break Fun

I think I did okay with this one. Sort of like the star photography, I could have been more intentional, but it still got done. Although we went on a trip for Spring Break, I wouldn’t call it out most exciting or adventurous trip ever (okay, not even close). It was fun, but in the wonderful, familiar way. We did attend a lovely “It’s Spring” party, which I documented in detail. However, most of these kids are NOT mine and I don’t share photos of other people’s kids without permission.
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Maybe one of these days I’ll share more about our Spring Break.

Overall assessment: I think I did okay. Just okay. It got done, but I wish I had taken a bit more time to be intentional.