I made my mom pose for this lovely portrait. People are always covering themselves with blood for Halloween, but I find a horrible skin condition to be much creepier :)
She was a great sport about this; We covered her face in Karo syrup and then added the cornflakes for the flaking effect.
This past weekend, Lizzie and I went to a Japanese lantern festival in St. Paul. There were lots of things to see, but we were especially taken with all the colors and patterns everywhere like these rows of paper necklaces…
And these colorful lollipops
How cute is this little girl! Lizzie was mocking me for stalking her to get a good picture, but goodness gracious she was cute in her kimono.
There were beautiful gardens with lovely plants
And loads of beautiful umbrellas
I’m especially taken with the one with the sparkly purple tassel
And seriously, this paper art is crazy awesome! These shots are details of a larger hanging with tons of flower folds all around it.
And finally, the actual lanterns themselves.
This was taken in my backyard useing a black dropcloth, props, paper stars, and available light. It was cold and windy, so Lizzie was a good sport about this shoot.
