Back in June my husband and I celebrated our Anniversary in a little town about 4 hours from us, in Fredericksburg, Texas. If you have read any of my other posts you are well aware of how much I absolutely fell in love with this sleepy little Texas town.
While we were there, driving around, looking for photo-ops we came upon a little park in the middle of town. From the street the park appears like a normal park but once I stepped out of the car and onto the curb, I could see a little flower garden, so of course that is where I headed first. For a split moment it looked like any normal, random flower garden but the closer I got I noticed that there were hundreds of butterflies. I LOVE BUTTERFLIES! From the moment I set eyes on this garden I felt like I was a 6 year old on Christmas morning. I am not the nature type, or even a person with a green thumb, but I love to photograph all of it. Butterflies in particular fascinate me because of the changes that they go through in their span of life. Butterflies represent what I believe we all go through to learn over our lifetime. We all learn, we all grow and we all evolve, and hopefully in the end we all know the meaning of, peace.
There is a butterfly garden open to the public in Galveston where I spend a lot of time, and one day I will go, but it’s a controlled environment and there is something artificial about it that makes it, “Not so magical”. The day that we stumbled upon this Butterfly Garden it was shocking because it wasn’t controlled, or artificial, it just seemed that everything that was wrong with the world was perfect right at that moment.
I took quite a few pictures at the butterfly garden and I did the best I could with the circumstances. It was abnormally windy, at times, I would even get tossed around by the wind, and an hour after we left home I realized I forgot my tripod! So all in all these are two of the worst things that could happen to a photographer, but I made the best of it.
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Hi there, I’m Beth!
This blog is my world, my travels, and my thoughts, in pictures. I am an amateur photographer, and by no means a professional. Honestly, the field of Photography is so vast, and there is always something new to learn, so that title of “Professional” will be a fun, yet challenging goal to obtain. I have always loved photography and I’ve always loved to write so this blog is my perfect combo. The old adage is, “A picture is worth a thousand words”, this is true, but if you are anything like me, you want that little bit more behind what the photographer’s thoughts were at the time. That little extra is what I want this site to accomplish. This site will also chronicle my time learning everything as I go along. I am hoping that maybe I can ease someone else’s fears no matter what they decide to jump into. Because, when diving head first into anything new, it can be a lonely road to walk alone.
I have lived all over the United States from North Carolina, to California, and from Illinois, and finally resting here in Houston, Texas. What started as a vacation to the Houston area turned out to be the best move we have ever made. My feet hit the pavement and I knew I was “home”. When your soul is at peace everything in life becomes clearer and less confusing, so that alone, I know will help when conveying what I need to say here.
I am not “PC” by any means, this is real life, real thoughts, real experiences, and real photos. All photos were taken by myself, and I will always set out to use as minimal editing as possible. I feel that, too much editing takes away from the photo and also from the photographer. If I ever use a picture from another photographer, I will ALWAYS attempt to contact the photographer to ask permission, and/or give credit and links to that photographer’s website or work. As I would hope someone would do the same for me.
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