Light Up the Sky

Painting with light is such a fun thing to do when a photographer's favorite natural light has set (I'm talking about the sun for all you who don't know). Sophie, Courtney and I turned the lights out, switched on our phone flashlights and I set the long exposure. We heard to click of the lens opening to let light in, ran around like rhythmic dancers & then stopped at the sound of the lens closing. Awaiting the camera to process in order to view the creation we made was so fun! Check out the tornadoes, signatures, waves & just plain craziness.

Cape Cod Kids

My cousins and I left early Wednesday morning to get down the Scussett, squeezing in one last beach day! Family friends and my mom were down their waiting for us. By 10:30, we hit the sand running (a figure of speech, we were probably moving 1 mph due to the long-ish walk, heavy load & humid heat!) One we claimed a spot, we walked to the water and felt the numbing Atlantic. It was so hot though, we went in because we had to cool off! We sunbathed all day, took a walk on the rocks and enjoyed some country tunes - what's a day at the beach without those? Later, we went back to the camper, washed off and enjoyed a dinner. Kaitlyn and I took a walk on the canal together. I was out of energy when we piled in the Jeep and headed home right into the sunset. 

 

 Canal Stroll 

Headed Home - Peace out CC

New Hampshire - Live Well or Sigh

Hiking up to Newfound Lake is a tradition that I love taking part in! Year after year my cousins and I have squished into one house and spent the days on lake, nights by the fire and staying up late creating many memories. The view never gets old at the purest lake I know. We get great use out of my uncles boat as we participate in water skiing, wake boarding, knee boarding, and our favorite Mableing. Mable is shorthand for the Great Big Mable, a 4 person water couch per-say bound for a lot of laughs and hopefully just small injuries.

This week I pretty much brought my camera everywhere. After I had said "I wish I brought my camera.." a few times and Becca said, "Katie, I think its time to just bring your camera everywhere. You can't miss the opportunity for the perfect shot." What a wise girl that one is. I had a blast. Here's my picks from the 1,309 total.

Day 2 - We got a few scattered rainstorms, but luckily they cleared and the sun shined shortly after. If that seems odd, let me introduce you to this thing called New England weather!

Cousins & Cape Cod

It feels like I spent my whole childhood at Scusset Beach. People often tell me stories about me being there, that I was too young to even remember myself.

Well, I went back this past week to visit my parents who were staying down there. I brought my cousins Kristen and Becca. We got a camp site that had cable blocked by a tree (silly tree!!) and we were all almost out of data. In response, we got creative with what we had on hand - bikes, cards, my camera and picturesque surroundings. Here's what our week looked liked:

 (Kristen took the pictures of me as we mirrored this kid who took his senior pictures very awkwardly the day before, and since I actually have my senior pictures to take soon I thought it was fun to get in on the action)

We went out for seafood one night, a must on the Cape! This place had tables on a deck by the water, a pretty nice view to eat by!