A Fall Day in Speedway
It’s catch up on the blog time!!!
I loved exploring Speedway with my friends, Christina and Cody, last fall. It’s so fun helping provide friends with some photos for their Christmas cards and Speedway was a great backdrop for these!
The Rosario Mining Company in San Juancito, Honduras
As I mentioned in my previous post, there’s this really unique village outside Tegucigalpa, Honduras where an American mining company once set up shop. It is now a bit of a rundown area up the mountain from San Juancito, at the entrance of La Tigra National Park and has become one of my favorite places to visit. This post documents my visit there in June 2017.
Cabaña Mirador El Rosario owned by Jorg and Monika is the perfect cabin on a mountain and the dinner and breakfast served at the main house is dreamy. Here are some sights from the cabin and their home:
And here are some photos from the former El Rosario Mining Company buildings near the entrance of La Tigra National Park, the bright pupleria, as well as some photos from hiking near the park…
My top three favorite photos from the getaway:
I’m always fascinated by the plants I see there…
Here are some additional photos from my phone to get you a feel for the place…
Lastly, we saw a quetzal on our way back down to San Juancito!
The Gringo Cemetery of the Rosario Mining Company, Honduras
Nothing like a snow day home to have me thinking back on past trips and adventures.
In June I returned to my beloved second country, Honduras. I was able to have a quick getaway to one of my favorite places, Cabaña Mirador in El Rosario. While there, my friend Michelle and I took a little hike around the village and on the edge of La Tigra National Park. Just up the mountain from the village of San Juancito sits an old mining town that was operated by a US mining company in the early 1900’s.
This post is focusing on the photos I took at what Michelle and I call the “gringo cemetery” where the mining company buried workers who passed away while they were living there.
Some may find cemeteries creepy, but I tend to find them peaceful. This one is fascinating. I hope you enjoy some of the details of this unique place.
The Fritts Six
Hello there! I’ve loved getting back into family photography this fall and had a great time documenting this growing family, some of my most loyal clients! This sweet family welcomed their fourth child recently and I loved capturing his cuteness in these photos!
The Mansell Kids
This past summer, I had the joy (and fun challenge) of photographing my brother and sister-in-law’s children, some of my favorite kids in the world. Being that photos by Aunt Jenni aren’t a novelty to them, the group pics were an amusing challenge (see the last photo for evidence of this). As usual, it wasn’t difficult to get their beauty to shine through in the individual photos. 🙂 I love that they have made frequent appearances on this blog. It’s a joy to watch them grow!
Baby Brother on the Way
This family has made quite a few appearances on my blog! It’s so fun to capture them as they grow. True confession: Baby boy has already arrived and is pretty much ready to drive at this point due to my delay in posting here. Ok, it’s not quite that extreme… I took these photos last spring before baby boy’s summer arrival (while I was out of town, sadly). 🙂
We had a great time getting these family photos in Indy. I always enjoy reminiscing with Kara about our shared hometown in Pennsylvania and their little one has become my buddy! I look forward to twice the fun next time we’re able to hang out!
The Franklin Family Has Grown!
Hey there, friends!
I’m alive!! I thought it was time for me to take a break from educating the future of America (and traveling all summer) to update this blog and let you know that I’m still around and taking photos. 🙂
Though greatly delayed (I promise I’m more prompt when it comes to photo shoots with clients), here are highlights from my time with the Franklin family this year. They’ve grown a bit since our last session together!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
There are more family photography and travel photos coming soon!!!
The Rest of 2016’s Photo Sessions
Hello, my friends!
I’m getting my photography act together and wanted to get my blog up-to-date so I can share more recent sessions next. Here is proof that I did something other than travel photography in 2016. 🙂 I hope you enjoy these lovely families that I photographed this past fall!
Welcome to the world, little Evie!
Loved this rainbow session with my brother’s family!
I loved capturing these brothers together!
This family is a regular on the blog and I’ve loved watching them grow!
This little boy has grown so much since I took his newborn photos!
Repeat clients like this family are so fun to photograph!
I really appreciate it when co-workers trust me to capture Christmas card photos!
Here is another co-worker’s family that was so fun to photograph!
A Walk around London at Dusk
Just before the new year, I was able to take a walk around London as the sun set. I enjoyed a different angle for photos of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament than my last visit or my trip in the fall of 2015. This time I took a few (haha) photos as I explored. Hope you enjoy them!
I loved this view when I came out from the tube and saw the evening light on the clock face. When I crossed the bridge, I was struck by this doorway before turning around to check out the view across the river.
The view while walking across Westminster Bridge
The view I’d been hoping for!
There was no way I could wait out all the people gathered there to take photos, so I decided to appreciate their presence in this photo. 🙂
Poor quality photo, but I like seeing the details on this lamppost.
The Palace of Westminster
Big Ben at different angles
Christmastime with Big Ben
The view back at Big Ben as I walked toward Westminster Abbey
Central Hall Westminster
Westminster Abbey
I couldn’t get very close to this, but have appreciated this prayer on the side of Westminster Abbey since I saw it last year.
Westminster Abbey
Checking out where the Prime Minister lives… it seemed pretty secure. 🙂
Walking through the Horse Guards building.
A Morning Frost at Oak Hill
We had a frosty morning here at Oak Hill College on Thursday. My sister, nieces, and I went out to document it as it was melting. They don’t get snow very often here, but this is the next best thing. Hope you enjoy these photos!
I love how the frost in the shadows melts later, creating a unique pattern across the field.
Windsor at Christmastime
On Wednesday, Mom, my sister, and I had the opportunity to tour Windsor Castle and have afternoon tea nearby before catching the train back home.
Since my trip here has proven that my super teacher immunity is no match for British germs and I’ve had a day in, I put together this blog post to give you a taste of our time there.
My mom and I took my nephews to Windsor Castle last time I was here in October 2015 (you can see photos from that visit here, here, and here), but I found this trip to be equally fun with the addition of Christmas decor and tea with my mom and sister. I hope you enjoy these!
Christmas crackers don’t often make it into American decor, so I enjoyed seeing these at the Windsor train station.
I love the walk up to the Castle.
These photos were taken during our little detour as we waited in line on side streets to buy tickets to the Castle.
I really enjoyed all the festive decorations. They do a lot, considering the Queen doesn’t even spend Christmas in this home!
A close-up of St. George’s Gate and other views around the castle grounds. We unfortunately weren’t allowed to take photos inside the state rooms.
St. George’s Chapel
A close-up of St. George’s Chapel with animal guards. 🙂
The guards dress a bit differently in the wintertime.
Then we walked across the street to afternoon tea at Clarence Brasserie and Tea Room.
It was great getting some quality time with my sister and my mom!
What afternoon tea is all about, really.
We were able to go back past the castle on our way out to see the evening light on it.
Evening light on Windsor Castle
The Queen Victoria Statue next to Windsor.
Unique Christmas decorations by the shops next to Windsor…
The shops at the train station and awaiting our train back.
Christmastime in London at Night
I’ve been pretty pumped about this blog post, not because there’s anything special about these photos (they’re not the best quality, what with me not having a tripod with me, nor time to fix my settings for every shot), but because London is so beautiful at Christmastime!
These photos are from a couple evenings last week when I went to a show with a friend and the following day Mom and I explored Oxford and Regent Streets after we went to a pantomime at the Palladium. I hope you enjoy this trip through part of London at Christmastime. Apologies for any incorrect information I give about the locations of where these photos were taken…
More to come soon. Happy New Year, everyone!
Taking a walk around South Bank
The London Eye and Big Ben
Somewhere near or across from South Bank
I couldn’t get enough of this view of Big Ben and Westminster Palace
I wondered why there were photographers lined up on the bridge looking this way… then I realized what a great shot it was. 🙂
I loved taking in the beauty and shopping at the Leicester Square Christmas Market next to the cinemas where all the London movie premiers take place.
Trafalgar Square, including the Norway Spruce gifted to England every year as a thank you for their help during World War II.
Covent Garden knows how to be festive.
Sights from more of Covent Garden
Mel and I enjoyed warming up in the fancy lobby of the Savoy before we went to the show.
West End is the place to go for shows!
Mel and I saw the show Beautiful, an example of store windows near Regent Street, and a church at the end of Regent Street.
Regent Street
More of Regent Street
Oxford Street
Along the Thames
Shocking though it may be, here’s an up-to-date blog post for you as I visit London for Christmas this year.
With a few more posts on the way, here are some photos from my visit along the Thames on Monday with my friend, Mel. Hope you enjoy!
Here are some sights from around the Tower of London (where they used to have real lions guarding the gates).
The Traitor’s Gate and more from the Tower
The Middle Tower entrance
Shadows and the outer wall
Walking along the riverbank by the Tower, we had a great view of Tower Bridge.
Approaching Tower Bridge
View of the Shard from the riverbank by the Tower of London
Views from Tower Bridge
View from Tower Bridge
On the other side of the Thames River
The Tower of London and Tower Bridge in one frame 🙂
London Bridge City Christmas Market
I must say that London Bridge is a bit anticlimactic compared to Tower Bridge, considering the airplay of the song about it.
Streetlamps and the Shard
Southwark Bridge
It was probably the least pretty spot to catch the sunset on the Thames, but I did my best.
Coming up next… London Christmas lights. You’re going to love it!
A Look Back at 2016
There’s nothing like an icy day trapped at home to give me the time I’ve needed all year to catch up this blog!
With apologies for the slightly haphazard style of all of this, here is my attempt to catch up the blog so I can be more up-to-date on posting recent photo sessions, as well as recent travel (which is soon!).
I hope you enjoy the recap. I hope to be back with more soon.
Merry Christmas to all!
Documenting my nephew’s new glasses and my niece at six months!
The Netts are a family of three now!
Samantha is one!
It was such a joy capturing the Dowells with their newborn!
The Moores are such a fun and beautiful family. I loved catching up with them during our photo session!
I made a trip to PA this summer and loved catching up with these high school friends and their girls!
This family. How I love the Baenzigers and what a joy it was to capture them as a family of four now!
These are my adorable birthday-sharing nieces, celebrating one and three together!
Thanks for stopping by, friends!
Remember 2015?
Hey there, friends!
Welcome back to my super outdated blog! 🙂 As many of you know, 2015 was a tough year for me as I adjusted to my dad having passed away and continued to work and photograph on the side. This blog took a backseat to other things. This post is my attempt to catch the blog up on the photography that I did that year so this blog can continue to showcase examples of my work. Thanks for your patience as I get my act together. Highlights from my cross-country road trip will be coming up soon!
Here are some of my favorite shots from last fall’s sessions. I hope you enjoy the look back!
The Tang Family
The Johnson Family
The Shrock Family
The Gaskins Family
The Nedderman Family
The Smith Family
Samantha is growing up!
A mini session with my great-niece at Thanksgiving. 🙂
A Home of Henry VIII: Hampton Court Palace
I’m trying a new format on this post, since I had so many photos to share. One of my last days in London last October, my mom and I took four of my nephews to visit Hampton Court Palace.
It was such an intriguing place to visit. To think about Henry VIII walking the same hallways we walked was a bit surreal. The palace is an interesting mixture of Tudor style (from Henry VIII’s time there in the 1500’s) and Baroque style from King William III’s rebuild of a large part of the palace in the 1600’s. Throw in a giant maze, capes for the kids, and lots of nooks to explore, and we had ourselves a fun adventure! Some of my favorite sights include tapestries from the 1500’s, an emblem in the wood that should have been removed after the beheading of Anne Boleyn, being in Henry VIII’s kitchen and banquet hall, making it to the middle of the maze, and much more.
Here are some highlights from our visit posted below. Since this is my last post recapping my London trip, I included a few photos at the end of the whole reason I took the trip. It was such a blessing to have two weeks there with my mom, sister, brother-in-law, and their seven children (especially meeting their newest addition!). I hope you’ve enjoyed these posts! Get excited for some upcoming posts of recent photo shoots I’ve had and, of course, some more travel photos!
London: The Obligatory Photos
Hello again!
I’m trying to knock out these London posts so I can post more up-to-date photos soon. Most of these photos need little description since they’re the shots everyone gets when in London, so here you go!
Westminster Abbey
Outside Westminster Abbey
On the front of Westminster Abbey
This is the church where I attended Bible Study Fellowship during my trip… conveniently located between Buckingham Palace and Big Ben!
A great place to get fish ‘n chips!
On a work day, I was able to visit the building where my sister’s church meets, St. Botolph’s, Aldersgate, to get photos of the beautiful sanctuary…
Adventures in London, continued…
Good evening, all!
Some of you may have noticed I took a bit of a hiatus from blogging recently. 2015 was a rough year for me and I cut down on a few things, like blogging, to cope. My hope is to get back on track in the next few months so I can share more of my fun travels and recent photo sessions here. I hope you enjoy!
I didn’t quite finish blogging the photos from my trip to London in October of 2015, so the next few posts will be devoted to the fun that I had in England with my mom, sister, and her family.
Here are a few more photos from Windsor Castle and then some bonus photos from around my sister’s home. Stay tuned for Big Ben and Hampton Court Palace soon!
The Queen Victoria statue right outside of Windsor Castle.
Windsor Castle
It was so fun to walk this street again with fond memories of it from our visit when I was eight-years-old.
A shopping area outside the Windsor Castle train station.
It’s been a few months, but I think this is the Paddington train station. 🙂
Sundown on Farm Lane
I loved the evening light hitting the plants outside my sister’s home.
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It was a beautiful evening for a walk with my nieces!
Such a ham.
Twice the fun!
A thistle… pretty close to Scotland.
I love evening light.
Doors of Windsor
Hello, my long lost friends! In an effort to be a better teacher and good friend, I’ve cut back on blog posts recently. I do hope to wrap up sharing about my October trip and have quite a few fall family photo sessions to share with you one of these days.
I’ll start small with this little post from our visit to Windsor Castle. I’m a big fan of doors, windows, and entryways. So much so that I took enough pictures at Windsor Castle to warrant a blog post.
Here are some highlights from the largest occupied castle in the world!
I’ll start with this little recreation I attempted. The top photo is from my first visit to Windsor in 1989 with my dad on the left and our family friends, the Welches. The photo below is my nephews coming through the same gate.
My nephews hanging out with a Windsor Castle guard.
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gardens, and More…
What’s that you say? You’d like to see more phone photography from me? Well, if you insist…
While I usually prefer to only post the best of my best on this blog, I’m sort of using this as my trip log and in turn I am exposing my sometimes poor quality phone photography to you all. I’m assuming you’re not as picky as I am about such things and hopefully appreciate the glimpse of London these pics provide. After this post, I will have legit fancy camera photos to share… get excited! 🙂
We had the privilege of attending a children’s program at the famous Royal Albert Hall with my nephews.
Then we took a walk to Kensington Gardens. Fall sure is beautiful in London!
We stopped briefly to admire Kensington Palace (on right) and then continued on…
Have I mentioned that I love fall?
… to our destination. The Diana, Princess of Wales’ Memorial Playground in Kensington Gardens was so well done with lots of fun hidden gems for the kids to discover.
We had an adventurous trip home in the rain, taking many steps deep into the underground to catch the tube then a bus home.
Finally got a sister photo!
The next day Mom and I took the boys to Windsor Castle on the train.
Windsor Castle
Things you don’t see in every McDonalds…
Things you don’t see in every train station (and why small change is helpful here)…
More of London (from my phone)
Here’s another slightly lazy post much like the last one (from a photography perspective) as I had a few more days where I didn’t have my fancy camera along, but couldn’t resist taking photos anyway. Please excuse the less than stellar phone pic quality. I hope you can see past that to the great sights and experiences I’ve had this week. Here are a couple more days worth of photos and do stay tuned to some better quality posts coming soon!
A run in the rain with my nephews, a foggy day in London town, hanging with my twin nieces, and a trip to the pharmacy with one nephew where my love of Cadbury chocolate was renewed. 🙂
On Tuesday I ventured out on my own to attend Bible Study Fellowship (the lessons are the same all over the world, so I didn’t have to miss a class!). The tube part was easy, while the street part was a bit of a challenge until I bought a map. 🙂
I made some new friends at BSF and went out to a pub for my first Fish & Chips of my trip!
On the wall of the pub.
Before heading home, I went on a walk to see Buckingham Palace.
The front gate and documentation that I was there.
The Victoria Monument across from the palace.
Had to get a selfie with the palace to prove I was there. 🙂
Walking away, toward St. James’s Park
Had a really pretty walk along St. James’s Park before I took the Underground back to my sister’s place.
A Sunday in London (from an iPhone)
Hi there!
I’m behind on blog posts (story of my life), but wanted to check in from my visit in the UK. Woohoo for Fall Break and a sister who lives in London! I’ve been out a few times without my fancy camera and haven’t had much editing time, so this post won’t have the highest quality of photos, but I figured you all won’t care about that as much as I do.
So here you have my first day in London, as seen from my iPhone. Fancy pics will be coming soon!
I arrived to a wall of welcome signs!
I got to meet my two-week-old niece Sunday morning!
We went to my brother-in-law and sister’s church near St. Paul’s Cathedral Sunday morning.
Apparently this place holds some history to it. 🙂
Church Building
Postman’s Park is right next to the church. I had to get a photo of this squirrel. Last spring, my Dad randomly announced “England squirrels have pointy ears” after the topic of England came up. It cracked me up, so I had to document whether or not English squirrels’ ears are different than American squirrels. I like to imagine that these ears are a bit more pointy, even if they aren’t. 🙂
This memorial display is in Postman’s Park and I found it to be such a beautiful, tragic glimpse into the past.
Here are some samples of the tiles displayed at the memorial. I was struck by the ages of the people who passed away, as well as the graphic descriptions of their passing.
Here are some samples of the tiles displayed at the memorial. I was struck by the ages of the people who passed away, as well as the graphic descriptions of their passing.
Here are some samples of the tiles displayed at the memorial. I was struck by the ages of the people who passed away, as well as the graphic descriptions of their passing.
After church, we explored a bit before catching the tube back home.
Nearby is this awesome park created from an old church building’s walls. The garden part is based on where the pews and columns were in the original church building.
Time to visit St. Paul’s Cathedral!
My nephews set this shot up all by themselves!
Mom and I with St. Paul’s behind us. We may or may not have sung a bit of “Feed the Birds” from Mary Poppins as we watched the pigeons on the steps. 🙂
Love the reflection of St. Paul’s in a nearby building.
Of course we had to get a phone booth photo! Many thanks to my mom for capturing the photo of the photo-taking. 🙂
Addison is Four!
It’s been so fun to watch this little girl grow up! I started photographing her when she was six months old and all of a sudden she is four and has two little siblings! It was lovely spending some time with all three of these children a couple weeks ago. I hope you enjoy these sweet photos of them!
Levi is a big brother!
Hello there!
As with every delayed blog post excuse I write, I’m a bit behind due to that whole full-time teacher thing I do. Nonetheless, I had to share these photos even if they’re a couple months late. When I was home in PA this summer, I had the chance to photograph my friends’ children one morning. You may remember Levi from some of my blog posts over the last couple years. It’s always so fun to look back and see how kids grow from year to year. 🙂 I’m so glad I was able to document this family again, and now with little sister Laurel to join the photos! I hope you enjoy these!
