21 April 2011

Fleeting Beauty





I'm not sure what it is about lamp posts, city buildings and blossoming trees, but I'm unable to walk half a block without stopping to take a photo. While I'll almost always choose the SLR over the iPhone, I love the soft, not-quite-in-focus quality of these. I'm beginning to think it's time to venture into film...




I wish the trees looked like this forever. On the other hand, there's something to be said about the beauty in their brevity.


(all photos my own via the iPhone 4)
Posted by at 6:00 AM
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12 comments:

  1. Eva @ Four Leaf CloverApril 21, 2011 at 6:56 AM

    I like how you wrote it might be time to venture into film as if it were something new. I still feel like I just stopped using film yesterday. I don't quite remember my photos turning out this artsy when I took photos either, ha! Our white tree (like the first one you've posted) is already green and has lost all of its blossoms. I do love seeing all the yellow in fields, though! As always, wonderful post, Kayla!

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  2. marjorie roseApril 21, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    These are gorgeous and dreamy and dramatic all in their own way! Beautiful!

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  3. BrandiApril 21, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    I miss taking photos with film. In high school, I used to roll my own spools and print my own photographs. It was so much fun experimenting with images in that darkroom.
    And these trees are lovely, but I'm glad they don't stay like this. If they did, we wouldn't have that gorgeous green umbrella of shade in the summer.

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  4. Erin {pughs' news}April 21, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    That picture of the magnolia tree and the lamp post is stunning.

    I was lamenting that most of the cherry blossoms have blown off our trees last night, but then my husband reminded me of how lovely and cool the front yard is in the summer time, with its canopy of green...

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  5. carolineApril 21, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    Gorgeous! Just started noticing the blossoming dress here in Boston!

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  6. A Crimson KissApril 21, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    Darling, these photos are absolutely lovely! I agree-there can be something really magical about the fuzzy quality of iPhone photos!

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  7. kimbirdyApril 21, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    stunningly beautiful! i love these sights. we had lots of them in san francisco, but none in los angeles. so sad. but i'm glad i have your photos to remind me of those memories!

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  8. WinnibriggsHouseApril 22, 2011 at 4:27 AM

    What beautiful images! Just found your blog and I will be back.
    Jenny

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  9. Kayla PooleApril 22, 2011 at 2:37 PM

    WinnibriggsHouse, thank you so much!

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  10. AliceApril 25, 2011 at 12:24 AM

    i totally agree that there is something irresistible about magnolias, buildings and lamp posts... they def get me every time!

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  11. kaitApril 25, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    these pictures are absolutely beautiful. chicagoland is looking pretty bare still so i needed to be reminded of what is still to come - thank you so much for sharing!
    xx,
    kait

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  12. AnonymousApril 27, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    Beautiful pictures! Have you ever been to the museum of gaslamps in Berlin? It's in a huge park, showing more than 80 lamps from all over the world. (you can also find in on flickr if you search for "gas lamp walk tiergarten")
    Anyway, thanks for sharing! I like your blog very much.

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