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Beyond Function
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My name is Laurel. I am a girl who loves to be inspired by places, ideas and images. I recently got married to my best friend, Justin and we have a puppy named Lillian. This blog documents our life through photos.
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New location

I have struggled with blogger for a while, as you can probably tell from the constant change of templates and backgrounds, to find my place in this blog world.It seems like I can never find the right...

08 nov 11

Happy Halloween!

I really love how these Halloween photos came out. I took the whole roll was shot in black and white. (or you could call it a series- I like to think of my photo sessions in roles of film. It he...

01 nov 11

Everything is cuter with a bandana on.

Sporting her Halloween bandana for the weekend.

28 oct 11

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem. ~David Carradine

 Summer is gone. On to winter!Robert Frosts STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVEVNINGWhose woods these are I think I knowHis house is in the village thoughHe will not see me stopping hereTo watch hi...

27 oct 11

I love nights like this. You and me- making our our traditions. No moment is wrong and everything i...

26 oct 11

Eat, drink and be scary. ~Author Unknown

You dont really know how to celebrate Halloween until you have celebrated the holiday in Bellingham, WA. It honestly takes over the town. Let me give you an idea.. In one part of town there are ...

25 oct 11

“If were going anywhere, were going down the aisle, because Im too tired, too sick, and too sore to...

I know this has been shared around, but I stumbled upon it the other day. It STILL made me cry. Tears of happiness and tears of pain. Just tears because it is so beautifully told. Grab a tissue. http...

20 oct 11

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Lifes Little Instruction Book

More edits same photos... working with curves. There is a whole world out there I am just learning about!

19 oct 11

Weekends dont count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless. ~Bill Watterson

There is honestly nothing better than a slow Sunday morning.The kind of morning that wakes you up moment by moment, from the dew on the windows, to the fresh brewedcoffee, to the weight of the Sunday...

17 oct 11

Whatever you are be a good one. ~Abraham Lincoln

We were the BEST darn pumpkin pickers you have ever seen.  

16 oct 11

Hope is a waking dream. ~Aristotle

Working to soften some of the photos and introduce a dreamy quality. Thoughts?

11 oct 11

Black and white photography is a perfect lie. We must not let colour destroy this image.- Patrick S...

 These are three of my favorite edited black and white photos.

11 oct 11

The goal is not to change your subjects, but for the subject to change the photographer. ~Author Un...

When Justin and I got engaged I realize I didnt have one photo that was the "newspaper engagement photo" in our thousands of photos from over the last 6 years. Either the picture was not...

10 oct 11

"Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine. " Rossetti, Christina

I had the AWESOME opportunity to shoot a friends engagement photos this weekend. I was beyond nervous, because I have never done anything like this. However, it went so well and the pictures are a te...

09 oct 11

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. ~G.K. Cheste...

  Every now and then we hold class online. When we do, I head to a little coffee shop with the best view in town. Jacobs ladders also made an appearance.What a view!

07 oct 11

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something ...

 I really like to composition of this photo even though the little crab is not in focus! {but the coffee cup sure is! What are you thinking Laurel? Maybe I was trying to be artistic?}I am i...

06 oct 11

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. ~Henri Fre...

It was so refreshing. This lady just owned being a mushroom farmer. I just found her fascinating.

03 oct 11

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. ~Jimmy Johnson

The Bellingham Farmers market is a wonderful place to people watch! It is almost like visiting another country.It is that little extra.

02 oct 11

Everything is easier for me if you are there.

1. My life is likely to last 10 to 15 years. Any separation from you will be painful remember that before you get me.  2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.   3. Place you...

30 sep 11

"Cooking is like love... It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." ~Harriet Va...

 There honestly is nothing better. This is a recipe handed down from generation to generation. The photois of my Grandfather, a true believer that brandy waffles  and an ice cream...

29 sep 11

A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabian Proverb

28 sep 11

“Who is staring at the sea is already sailing a little.”~Paul Carvel

WELCOME to BELLINGHAM Isnt this sky unreal? A true oil painting with a water canvas.

27 sep 11

Love is...

Love is keeping a setting on your radio for your wifes favorite station in your car.  Love is finding old photos and realizing the best is yet to come.Love is growing together.Love is.

27 sep 11

Home is not where you live but where they understand you. ~Christian Morgenstern

My parents are visiting for the weekend. It is nice to feel so at home with everyone I love here right now.

26 sep 11

Be like the wind. It only exists, when it is moving.

23 sep 11

Summer, I am going to miss you.

21 sep 11

At this point in my life.

Have you seen this website?Emotional bagage check { not a huge fan of the name, but the idea is just too sweet}.. It is such a touching idea. You can share an anonymous worry or y...

20 sep 11

Date nights.

We are married but we still have date nights. These could range from a movie to the fair to a night out or a fondue dinner in. Each one I swear is better than the last. The only rule is the day that ...

19 sep 11

coffee and movies

I am recovering from a cold today, so I predict a lot of this... and movies in my foreseeable future.

18 sep 11

Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. – Henri Cartier-Bresson

There are times of boredom that there is nothing more exciting than a self directed bathroom photo shoot. I ask you not to judge- I am only hoping that you have been there too.   ...

17 sep 11

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