IHF- From a Distance

Hi, my name is Cristen and I'm a serial close-up taker. I LOVE getting in people's faces with my camera. It's somewhat a bad habit (and yet I find I tend to LOVE the results.) I'm always reminding myself to step back. Matter of fact - that was one of my photographic New Year's Resolutions this year, and while I can't say I'm really doing a stellar job of sticking to it all the time, I do find myself remembering that there is more to photography than what you can see from a foot away.

I know this photo is not a new one if you read my blog regularly, but it's a favorite....such a favorite, in fact, that it is getting printed as a fairly substantial canvas in the very near future. At the time it was taken, I was actually focusing on one of the gazillion wildflowers growing out near our home when I turned around to see my son and husband doing this...

By sheer luck it survived the distastrous fall of the external hardrive last week (safely moved to my laptop just a couple days prior to get it ready for printing), and so it is my entry in IHeartFaces' weekly challenge this week - "From a Distance"...because sometimes in life you've just got to step back and enjoy the view.

Head over to iheartfaces.com to see more entries!

(PS..I swear I haven't dropped off the face of the planet...summertime is officially here and I forget just how busy that is! I do have some posts lined up in my head though, just need the time to get them onto the blog.)