Abby Quillen

Freelance Content Marketing Writer and Editor

In Search of Purple

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I’ve been reading photography books lately, learning about aperture, shutter speed, film speed, and light meter.

One of the books recommends that I snap photos of a particular color each day. So I walk down our block in the mornings with my camera as my son toddles along beside me squealing about everything he sees. “Bike,” he calls every time a bicyclist passes. “Purple floof” he says as we stop to photograph a flower. “Doggy, doggy, doggy,” he shouts as my neighbor’s dog runs toward us. And I watch for the way the sunlight hits flower petals.

It feels like we’re both learning to look at the world differently. He’s cataloging names, words, and descriptions. And I’m learning to see swirls, swaths, and splotches of reds and yellows and blues.

It’s spring – what better time to study color? It’s popping out of the landscape everywhere I look … like purple.

This post is for Steady Mom’s 30 Minute Blog Challenge.

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  2. Damn girlfriend – taking over the blogosphere and the art photography market!

  3. Gorgeous photos that stopped me in my tracks… You’ve inspired to capture a few fleeting blossoms this week. We’ll see what the old point-and-shoot can accomplish. In any case, my eyes will delight in what they can behold.

  4. I LOVE your photos! Purple is my favorite color, so I’m biased, but I’d say you’ve done it justice for sure here! Keep it up!