My favorite quote ever...

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you.
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, it will never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.

-Mother Teresa

Calling opinionated photography peoples

 So today I was taking  photos of myself for practice. (my models were watching a movie) When I was going through them afterwards, and I noticed that in my favorite picture, I had accidentally cut the bottom part of my chin out of the frame. Whoops. Easy to do when you're using a 50mm prime lens and your arms are getting tired. I put the photo in my profile slot, but  I'll probably replace it, depending on feedback.
So my question is, would the photo look better if I was to: crop the top of my head out also, leave the picture the way it is, or delete it?  And please don't be too shy to give me your honest opinion, even if it is to stop photography altogether, 'cause I'm going to keep trying anyway. :) Personally I think it's an okay picture, but it would have been a whole lot better if I wasn't missing the bottom part of my chin, and if I had cropped the right part of the shot out, and not the left. But on the other hand, I'm not shooting for "okay" photos. Practice makes perfect, I guess.
Anyway, I hope everyone has a great week,
Kelsey

Favorite photos from recent photo-shoots

These pictures are from a photo-shoot my older sister, Kendal and I did while we were on vacation.

I love my Chuck Taylor sneakers, and I thought they would make a good prop. :)

                                                                       My dad and I

           
These were taken with my new 50mm "pancake" as my friend Cailin calls a prime lens :)
This is my sister, Anna. She makes a great model!

 

~Kelsey

At Loooonnnng Last- the Finished Easter Dress

I don't know if any of you saw the Easter dress posts that I did way back (before Easter, of course. :) ) and I don't really know if anyone still follows this blog, but I realized today that I never posted a photo of the finished dress! So here it is:

 

Blessings,

 

~Kendal