Christiana Childers Photography Blog

I’m putting this out there….my dream.  World Wide Internet you should know my dream.  Here it goes -

I want to lead photography tours in Ireland.

There it is.  Out there.

I’ve actually been working on this for a while now.  But I’ve never posted anything about it so I’m hoping that by posting I’ll keep my motivation up, let people know and eventually give my dream life.  I’m going to add a category that is solely dedicated to Ireland and our time spent there as part of this process in getting this tour going.

I have always loved photography.  In my past life as an architect, I dreamed about changing careers to photography and admired those who had made it happen.  I tried to soak up photography knowledge from anywhere I could but it wasn’t until we moved to Ireland that photography changed from a hobby to something totally new.  It was a way to record, process and savor my life there.  It was a way to tell a story.

Now, I take what I learned about myself, about my camera into my new career as a photographer.  I think my shots aren’t just interesting photos but actually feel a little like you’re there.  A time capsule to be relived again and again.  That skill all came from my time with my camera in Ireland.

I want to take people to Ireland and not only show them my favorite spots and some good craic (Irish word for fun – sounds like crack) but also teach them to use their camera to tell a story.  Something that they can take with them that is more powerful than learning just how to take properly exposed shots.

That is my dream.

We here in Seattle have officially entered summer….finally!!  On the 4th, I think I actually saw my breath.  It was that cold.  And yesterday was hovering around 90 (depending on who you asked).  We had over 30 degree jump in one week!  Crazy!

So, in celebration of Summer, here are a few shots I took of my girls and my youngest’s BFF -

“Mom, do you always have to be taking pictures?!”These photos just make me happy.  Or maybe it’s that I have the window open and fans blowing wildly.  Or maybe it’s because I’m still in my Pjs!   What ever it is – what’s not to LOVE about Summer?!

My daughter took my phone the other day and started taking some photos with the Hipstamatic App that I have on my iPhone.  I had to share a couple with you -

Cool, no?

I got a new point-and-shoot camera for my birthday.  I wanted something I could just throw in my purse and carry with me at all times because I’ve found that I don’t take as many photos as I used to now that I have my giant 10 pound camera!  And there is no way I’m letting the girls play with her.  But I don’t mind them playing with my new one.  Anyway, here are some that R took at the dog park which I thought were quite good!

Kari did a similar as a guest blogger for Me Ra Koh and you can read about it here.  It is really interesting to see what a child sees.

And one more that R took…

Ah Blue!  Is he the cutest ever er what?!!

G got this great butterfly kit from her birthday last year and we finally got around to ordering the caterpillars (or calepitters as G still calls them and I can’t bring myself to correct her) that go with the kits. Just a side note, if you are local, you NEED to check out the toystore in Kenmore off 522 called Snapdoodle Toys.  It is a random place for a toy store, especially thee best toy I’ve ever been too.  I’m not kidding.  I’m not even a toy store kind of person (whatever that means!) but I love this store!  www.snapdoodletoys.com  So, anyway, G got a kit for her birthday and we watched the caterpillars grow and grow while munching on the food they send with them, then turn into chrysalises and then emerge as butterflies!  It was really fun to watch.  You all probably did this in school but I grew up in Yakima, we didn’t have butterflies in Yakima.  We barely had school.  Just kidding!  I just loved watching the whole process.  Here are our release photos.  Hopefully they didn’t freeze to death upon release!  Sun, sun, wherefore art thou?!  (We are getting a sneak peak of Spring today but I’m not holding my breath as it was freezing rain again on Monday!).