Model portrait (midnight) 2010

Modelportrait(midnight)2010

Dear Everyone:

I enjoy painting portraits

of models from images

from magazines.

Hope that you enjoy this image.

She is illuminated by a midnight

sky behind her.

Helen.

Leaf portraits

leafportrait012009

leafportrait02009

leafportrait032009

leafportrait042009

leafportrait052009

leafportrait062009

leafportrait072009

leafportrait082009

leafportrait092009

I was running yesterday and noticed

many leaves coming down. A true

sign of autumn. Some of the fallen leaves

were lovely so I decided to return to the

street with my camera and take shots of them.

I decided to call these shots leaf portraits.

I returned with my camera and started

shooting fallen leaves. This required

bending or crouching to get my close-ups.

I got many great shots.

A jogger interested in what I was doing

asked me if I was taking pictures of bugs

on the ground. I corrected her but found

this speculation to be quite funny.

How eccentric to be taking pictures

of bugs.

Hilarious.

Hope that you enjoy these images.

Have a look-out-for-the-small-

guy-kind of day.

Helen.