"Shells"

When walking on the beach in North Carolina last week I photographed a picture of these shells(1st image). The reminded me of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's. "Gift From the Sea." Beautiful inspiring book about life. She relates shells to the people in your life collected along the way. Life's treasures. Your shells.

We all have our shell collections. Mine gets bigger all the time. I am including pictures of some of my shells and other people's shells. Unfortunately, some shells only stay in our collection for a short while and others are there for a lifetime...

Have a beautiful day my shells!

Natural Light!

I started a photo shoot this week using studio lighting and noticed the light coming in from the nearby window on a rainy day. I turned off all electronics and used natural light and a reflector for the attached images. I loved the results! Please take a look for yourself.

natural implies lacking artificiality and self-consciousness and having a spontaneousness suggesting the natural rather than the man-made world...

I stepped away from technology and used what was there. There is so much man made everything out there from cell phones, to computers and with computers of course there is Facebook and e-chat and Skype... Also, in reference to man made...how many of you would rather look at a landscape that was created by nature or a landscape created by man such as skylines? I choose nature....

What if we were to turn off all electronics in our world and begin to notice, once again, what is naturally there. I bet everything would become more vivid from the color of a sunset to the smell of the rain. Without the electronics there would be no compulsions to turn away from what is right there before us. Use nature as your headphones, your eyes to see beauty, and have lunch with a friend with the cell phones turned off...

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

Phil Brown La La Land at La Zona Rosa

Hey all! I had the pleasure of photographing Phil Brown, formerly from Little Feat, opening for Robin Trower at La Zona Rosa. Austin Texas! Go to this link on YouTube to see and hear the performance! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TocpBHLTuIA Attached also is a picture I took of Phil Brown and another of Robin Trower! Photography again in Austin Texas!

LA Scott

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Happy Summer everyone! Attached are two pictures....do you suppose an eye that big (first photo)...if it were to shed a tear....would make a ripple like in the second photo ..... cry me a river...perhaps? Have a wonderful weekend!

Photography here in Lakeway and Austin Texas has unlimited possibilities! I am very passionate about my photography! Check it out at L A Scott Photography www.lascottphotography.com

Lots of love to you all,LA
-- Lori Ann ScottL A Scott PhotographyAustin, TX 78734512-809-2329 lascottphotography.com

The Economy

I was just thinking that maybe it is up to us to stimulate the economy! I know some of us have great capabilities in that area. One of my long time friends could probably correct the economy entirely on her own with only one trip to the mall!

So ladies!! It is up to us to get this economy charged up!! Let's help President Obama!

Seriously, I overhead a conversation at the thrift store(that is where I go shopping for purses..here in Lakeway Texas the ladies get rid of designer handbags after they are just a tiny bit used). Anyhow a discussion was taking place on letting the business cycle run it's course. Meaning no stimulus packages but tax cuts so people and the business cycle can be naturally stimulated with comsumer spending. hmmm

I do believe the economy is hurting in every area. It is a tough ride for us independent business owners. L A Scott Photography is hanging on with all it's might! I believe through these times we need to exceed expections on every level and work three times as hard at doing that! That is what I am doing!

Remember me for your photography needs here in Lakeway, Austin, Texas and the outlying areas...Round Rock, Marblefalls, Bee Cave, Cedar Park, Burnet, Wimberley...I even go as far as Dallas! I do all types of photography- event, promotional,publicity,wedding,product,website,portraiture, business card photos! I also sell my fine art photography!

Lori Ann

L A Scott Photography

www.lascottphotography.com

Last Minute Holiday Photography Needs?

It is still not too late to book me for your holiday photography needs here in Austin, Texas and surrounding areas....Spicewood, Marble Falls, Burnet, Lakeway, Driftwood, Bee Creek ...

Give me a call and I will do my best to fit you in! For those holiday cards...it is not too late. Family portraits, candid event photography at your party! Call me at 512-809-2329 and we will get it scheduled!

Lori Ann

L A Scott Photography

So Austin!

Hi friends, family and clients! We are so fortunate to live in such a diverse place as Austin. I was looking through my picture files looking for inspiration for today's newsletter and voila! I realized I have lots of images that are so Austin! Sometimes we forget how wonderful this place is to live until we step back and take a look...whether it is through a camera lens or with our own eyes~~~ Look at what I see!! Take a "look" around and see all there is to see!!! and have a wonderful weekend!
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Reflections on Photography.....

Hi all!

Another wonderful week!

I have been in a reflective mode this week....these two photos were taken in Tobago this past summer in a small fishing village on Castara Bay. I stayed in the village the entire time and spent big parts of my day walking the beach.

The boats they use to fish are very primitive with nets and oars. They are so rustic that they are beautiful. "Survival" and "Blessed" were hand painted on the sides of two boats in particular. They caught my eye. They summed up life for me while walking the beach. Life is all about Survival-- but how much do we really need in order to Survive vs. how much we think we need? Surviving in Lakeway, Texas is a whole different thing than surviving in a small fishing village. I am sure that the boat with Blessed on it is how the fisherman feels every time he is able to get up in the morning and go out on the bay and throw his nets out in order to survive.

Surviving in Lakeway, Texas is being able to afford the price at the gas station and feeling Blessed is not choking to death when you pay~~~~

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Lots of love to you all,
Lori Ann

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So Austin....

Hi all! These birds are so Austin....loud and peculiar.

Grackles....they are called.

I have no idea why they are always looking up at the sky. Maybe they love the Texas sunshine...or they have spotted something the human eye cannot see....I find myself looking up when I see them looking upwhile running the loop at Townlake...the only thing I can see are those beautiful condiminiums that are also projecting upwards. I did a little research and last year at about this time there were many found dead downtown Austin. We all know that Austinites are treehuggers(I don't necessarily hug trees) but I have a very kind heart. I remember when it happened because there were also lots of dead pigeons near the foot bridge where I run~~~ I felt bad for those birds....awhile back a pigeon had flown into the side of the supports to one of the bridges I run under down at Townlake and it had broken it's neck....it was struggling in the water so a bike rider and I fished it out of the water and we helped it by putting it out of it's misery. Ok ... so give me a tree in trouble and I would probably hug it too...Anyhow, that is my photo of the week...sorry I missed last week:)

Love to all of you,Lori Ann lascottphotography.com