Amy Anne Photography

I am fully aware that I get a big fat F for FAILING when it comes to updating this blog and I hope that people will still occassionally check in to see my increasingly infreqent posts!  I have a lot of stuff I want to post that I’ve taken this past year and I’m trying to get better at creating time to do this… so bear with me!

These are some shots from my first try at a Holga camera.  Again, since I’m pitifully late with posts, these were taken back in Feb 2010.  I love how you never know what your going to get with these cameras (the double exposure was completely unintentional) and I even enjoy the occasional light leaks.

Every year my husbands family rents a big cabin and we spend the week here enjoying each others company, fishing, walking the trails and of course, eating copious amounts of food and snacks.  It’s been a tradition in his family for many years to visit this beautiful place, but the family has decided to branch out and visit some new locations.  So, since this was our last visit to Fish Lake for a while (which was back in August), I wanted to capture the memories, beauty and even some of the quirks of this place.

Not a trophy fish, but the only one caught that day.

I saw such an abundance of wildlife.  The deer (hidden in the aspen trees) and I stared at each other for quite a while before it finally ran off.  And, it’s hard to see, but the deer on the shore has a baby in tow.
I would have to say that this trip ranks, as the absolute most amazing skies that left me in awe of nature and our last night there topped the list.  We first had a full, double rainbow (which the pictures give absolutely NO justice to) that was the most brilliant and largest rainbow I have ever seen.  This was followed by such a brilliant and glowing sky, so full of color, that it was humbling.  The glowing light was bathing everything; bathing me in a warm blanket of light.  Again, the photos just cannot do justice.  Because of the high elevation of Fish Lake, the clouds were so much closer than I’ve ever observed and I honestly felt like I was looking up at heaven… indescribable… spiritual.

I know we are well past Halloween, but I just recently got these negs back from the lab.  It’s so dang hard to get shots of this nugget!  She is constantly on the move and of course, she doesn’t want to behave for my camera.  Can you tell she’s getting ready to stand up in the shot on the left? Nonetheless, I got a couple cute shots to keep in the archives

On another note, a huge congrats to my cousins who came into town for a day to finalize their adoption to this sweet little angel.

I think a Giraffe is an absolute wonder.  A majestic and beautiful creature.

And Elephants too…

At the end of February, 2010, we took a trip up to Moab, Utah to visit Tom Tom’s VW shop.  VW enthusiasts state wide (and even out of state too) have spent years trying to get the owner to sell some of his treasures, however, he would not budge.  It was rare that he would even allow anyone into the yard, let alone sell something.  You see, Mr. Tom Tom (I can’t remember his last name) was a VW hoarder and he coveted every car on his lot.  He spent approx. 30 years (according to his son) collecting everything VW and putting it right into his yard.  Well, Mr. Tom died recently and his son has been trying sort through it all and sell (finally) most of everything.  A buddy of ours wanted to purchase a nice bug to fix up and use as a daily commuter and since we have a vehicle trailer, we took the trip up to help him bring it back.  And, of course, we wanted to scope the yard for any parts we might need ourselves.

What I saw was unbelievable!  Cars were literally packed in like sardines.  They had been there so long that trees had grown up through many of the bumpers of cars and even inside in a couple and the earth had swallowed up the cars by several inches.  If you wanted to see a car in the back of the yard, you actually had to walk on top of the cars to get there, because there was absolutely NO space between most cars.  Then, there were the piles and piles of car parts.  Even the insides of cars were filled to the roofs with parts.  To top it all off, the inside of the shop was full with hundreds of engines and of engine parts.  We were there for several hours and didn’t even look at a fraction of what was there.

If anyone is interested in a definite fixer upper, vintage VW, let me know, and I’ll get you in contact with the owner.

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