Hello! I hope that this finds you doing well today. So, I am getting ready. For what you ask? Well, I am getting ready to get back into it. Shoots that is :) As some of you know, circumstances beyond my control have kept me from picking up my camera more that I would like as of late. But I am ready now...Ready to get back to the drawing board and plans some amazing things! I will say though, that this time away has given me a chance to hone some of my editing skills. I think I have grown leaps and bounds in that department and I think that my vision for the fantastic has grown with it! As I have learned this past year, it doesn't matter how many times you fall down on your face. The thing that matters is how many times you pick yourself up. How much you fight against the things that try to keep you from your goal. It's not always easy...believe me, I know that. I have lived that. The trick is how you arrive at your destination and how whole you are when you get there. I am happy to say that I did not lose too many pieces of myself on this journey, which is why I am so happy to get back to doing what I love!
So, if you are looking for some portraits, prints or a fantastic fantasy shoot, please contact me! I am always looking for new models to shoot as well. The time has come! Let's create something beautiful!!!
PS- I am also always available for styling. Because of my love of vintage and all things shiny, I have a small, but growing room of stuff to help style a shoot. Hit me up, you never know what I might have :)
A
Artfully Odd Photography
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Friday, May 22, 2015
New Senior Portrait Session & Life
Well, a big hello there! Let me first apologize for the length of my absence here. I have not been too good about blogging as of late for many reasons, but mostly because I have been living life. Isn't it nice now that that old winter is gone! Never thought we were going to make it through this year! But, we did & I have been out enjoying the sunshine too much as well as shooting a lot of people and things, but have not had much time to blog about it. I will try to do better this summer as I will have so much that I want to share with you! Like this for instance....
Steven Class of 2015
Steven Class of 2015
In memory of his Father
Senior photos are something that's near and dear to my heart. I get so much happiness from shooting these kids at the beginning of the rest of their life. They are so happy and so full of promise! It reminds me that life is a precious thing and should be full of those things always. No matter what age you are! So, CONGRATULATIONS Steven & the class of 2015! I wish you light and happiness as you start your life in this world!
Have a wonderful day!
Anna
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
New Poem-The Soul's Hammer
So, I couldn't sleep the other night. Something kept running through my brain and would not let me be. So, I got up, grabbed my journal and this is what came out. Sometimes a poem just sort of pours out of you and you get surprised by the results. This did surprise me a bit but I love how it all came together. Hope you do too. #WordsandThings
The
Soul’s Hammer:
This girl; Oh so lonely
Tears cascade down the hills and valleys of her soul
Days stretch into years as light vanishes out over the
twilight of the horizons edge
There is just her being and the endless darkness of
silence in the velvet
No words spoken; only deep, deep thoughts remain
Deep thoughts that steal her breath and blot out the
light of her arch
Dark
Dark
Dark
Night falls out of the body
Time holds no resonating beat
Rivers churn in her spirit
Trees bend with her will
This girl; Oh so lonely
Light
Light
Light
Where is the sunshine of the soul
To make it to the other side
She must grasp handfuls of summer grass
See the fields dotted with the bone white lilies of
the valley
The end is illuminated on the horizon of salvation
from death
Calm
Calm
Calm
The soul is quiet now
Time has a resonating beat
Time has a resonating beat
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
This girl; Oh so lonely
Lonely never more
The sunshine of the soul explodes
Time has a resonating beat
Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
Tick
(C) Anna Patten 2015
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Sunday, November 30, 2014
Been Too Long!
Oh my gosh!!! I am a bad blogger for sure. I can't believe that it's been so long since I last wrote here. But, in truth, November has been such a blur. We have been so busy that the only break we have really gotten was Thanksgiving day itself. We spent a quiet day at home watching Star Trek, lol. Was really nice to not have anything pressing to do. It really made me reflect that I am so lucky to have the life I do and I am so thankful for all the blessings I have. I am hoping for an easier December but I am not holing my breath as I have quite a few things popping up and one really big thing that I can't wait to announce! Be on the lookout for that.
How was your November? I certainly hope that your holiday was a good one :)
So, with December right at the door, I thought it was a good idea to offer a print sale for the 1st 2 weeks of the month. If you place an order in that time frame, you will receive $5.00 off each print. Prints make great holiday gifts! Contact me today for more information!
All right, I have to make this one short and sweet. Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead! Happy December!
Anna
ArtfullyOdd
How was your November? I certainly hope that your holiday was a good one :)
So, with December right at the door, I thought it was a good idea to offer a print sale for the 1st 2 weeks of the month. If you place an order in that time frame, you will receive $5.00 off each print. Prints make great holiday gifts! Contact me today for more information!
All right, I have to make this one short and sweet. Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead! Happy December!
Anna
ArtfullyOdd
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Fall Things & Synopsis for New Manuscript
Hello and happy almost Halloween to you all! I hope that this fall season is making you all feel right at home. We have certainly been getting the most of the season, especially with Buzz's vacation. Headed to Vermont on Saturday and I am super excited about that as I have never been before. Hoping to get in some of the local culture as well as getting some covered bridges photographed. What I could do without though are the increasingly colder temps. I am not ready to let winter in, but I had better get used to it quick. They say it will come to us earlier, like November earlier!!! Just in case, I have gotten all my sweaters out of storage and I just finished all of my winter shopping this past week. So, I think I might be ready. How about you?
Anyway, if you follow me on FB, you know that I recently finished my second manuscript last month. It was quite a milestone for me, as my last manuscript was written with a friend. While that was an amazing experience in itself, this was just lil' ole me! It was requested by some folks interested in it, that I write a synopsis. I am posting that below so you can see what I have been up to and hopefully you will like it. I have often said that writing is such a personal thing to me, (to all writers I know), and having your work well received is an amazing feeling. So, I hope this peaks your interest a bit. Should have some news on it soon. I have also begun the start of a new manuscript and have 6 chapters into it so far. I am enjoying the feeling of accomplishment that I get from writing and sharing it with you is awesome. Oh yea, I still don't have a title yet. Any thoughts? Ok, enough of that....
Again, I hope that your fall is a warm one. I hope that your dreams are coming true and if not, that's ok my friends. There's always tomorrow :) Sometimes it's hard to keep on moving forward, sometimes it's hard to have hope and on those days, give yourself a break. No one is perfect, (this is something that I am learning now, lol) and things don't happen overnight, as much as we would like them too. But one day, you will get there...no matter what your goal is. Here's to dreams my friends!!!!
Anna
Artfully Odd Photos
Anyway, if you follow me on FB, you know that I recently finished my second manuscript last month. It was quite a milestone for me, as my last manuscript was written with a friend. While that was an amazing experience in itself, this was just lil' ole me! It was requested by some folks interested in it, that I write a synopsis. I am posting that below so you can see what I have been up to and hopefully you will like it. I have often said that writing is such a personal thing to me, (to all writers I know), and having your work well received is an amazing feeling. So, I hope this peaks your interest a bit. Should have some news on it soon. I have also begun the start of a new manuscript and have 6 chapters into it so far. I am enjoying the feeling of accomplishment that I get from writing and sharing it with you is awesome. Oh yea, I still don't have a title yet. Any thoughts? Ok, enough of that....
Again, I hope that your fall is a warm one. I hope that your dreams are coming true and if not, that's ok my friends. There's always tomorrow :) Sometimes it's hard to keep on moving forward, sometimes it's hard to have hope and on those days, give yourself a break. No one is perfect, (this is something that I am learning now, lol) and things don't happen overnight, as much as we would like them too. But one day, you will get there...no matter what your goal is. Here's to dreams my friends!!!!
Synopsis of
Serena
Blaine, free-lance history writer, raven haired beauty is an average girl
living a single life in Phoenix AZ and she is looking for love. Not just a one
night stand kind of love and not her all-consuming shoe lust kind of love…the kind
of love that steals her breath away and has her begging for more. The kind of
love that she has been unlucky with her whole dating life. She knows it’s out
there somewhere, it just doesn’t know her address.
Forming
crushes on her current assignments tends to be the norm for her. She can always
find something romanticize about them, but there is always one exception. THE
father of the American Revolution. You know,
that guy…George Washington…Love him! As her assignment on him for History and
Times magazine drags on, weird things start to happen. Serena starts to believe
that she has traveled to the past and actually met the man. In her travels,
they start a passionate affair that brings her quest for love to an end. She
finds that all-consuming love that she has been searching for and a man who is
a very sexy and in charge lover. His very touch brings a response from her body
that she has never known before. Not at all what history books have written
about him. Becoming his confidant, his
soul mate, she helps him with insights to the war that come with her knowledge
of the future.
Then
suddenly, proof of her love surfaces in the present and her whole world is
turned upside down. The pull of the past proves too strong when her single girl
life in the present is halted due to a car accident. In a deep coma surrounded
by family in the future, will she decide to stay in the present or return to
her love in the past? Is she in the reality that history has taught her or has
she transported to an alternate reality where her life with the dashing General
is an accepted one?
Anna
Artfully Odd Photos
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Art Prints
New art prints are up and ready to view on the site.
Well hello there. How is everyone doing this weekend? Enjoying the month of October so far? Crisp fall has finally arrived here in upstate. We did not get much color in the Capital District, but that snap that the air gets this time of year, arrived today in full force. The smell of wood smoke has been in the air at night too...I totally love that. I think that if I could live in a world where it was this weather all the time, I could be very happy. Sweaters, hot tea, boots...Yea, its pretty great. I hope that whatever you are up to this fall, you are having a great time :)
I have a lot going on right now. I guess when fall comes around, the busy time picks up. Gone are the quieter days of summer. I am trying to take full advantage of it all. I have been working on a line of art prints that are turning out nicely I think. I have 2 novels in consideration as well as a short story, and my poetry has been coming along too. On top of all of that, I have a new job with an ad agency that I am quite excited about. Fall has been pretty good and for once, I am allowing myself to feel pretty good about all that's to come. I am, however, looking forward to December. Things will quiet down again for us then, and I plan to take full advantage of it. This has been a tough year for both Buzz and I. It taught us a lot of things about life...what's important and what isn't...so I am extremely thankful for everything. I hope that where ever you are on your journey friends, that you are happy and healthy and thankful.
Happy Sunday my friends.
Anna
artfullyodd.com
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