Erica Baker Dave and I traveled up to Bethlehem, PA for Christmas this year. It was a great long weekend with family, though the absence of both of Dave’s precious grandmothers was certainly felt throughout the holiday. We really enjoyed a quiet few days with loved ones and even got a nice snowfall on Christmas Eve. In the spirit of relaxing with family, I didn’t take out my SLR once, but here …
Merry Christmas Eve! This is Dave and I’s third Christmas together since we’ve been married, and our first time sending Christmas cards. I have seen a few “Year in Review” cards floating around the internet and loved the idea. Dave’s brother, Chris, is a Graphic Designer and volunteered his talent by illustrating a unique card for us. I think he did an amazing job. Hope you all like them as …
A couple of weeks ago I showed you all a few of our photos from the ancient rock churches of Lalibela. If you haven’t seen the post, you can check it out here. We really enjoyed touring the ancient sites around the mountain, but I think the city of Lalibela was equally as fun for us to explore. We were dad to have just missed a festival that was scheduled for …
Dave and I went up to Pittsburgh to visit his parents for Thanksgiving this year. My parents moved to Illinois this past summer, so this was the first holiday we have celebrated where our parents live in different states. It was strange not to be able to drive back and forth between homes, but also great to be able to be fully present with each of our families. We had …
Dave and I scratched a destination off of my bucket list while in Ethiopia: We went to see the ancient rock churches of Lalibela! I have wanted to visit this remote city in the mountains of Ethiopia since I first heard about it in my African History class in college. These churches were carved down into the rock of the mountain to create churches modeled after Jerusalem about 800 years …
Dave got me a great little blue Holga last Christmas and I have had a lot of fun figuring it out. For those of you who don’t know what a Holga is, it’s a plastic film camera that creates images with strange light flares, soft focus, and lots of vignettes. Though I admit I have been a bit frustrated with the little camera at times, I have enjoyed the freedom of …
We are beginning the long process of sifting through footage and transcribing interviews in the next couple of weeks and are excited about what we see. I wanted to share a few productions photos to get you all excited for the film and also share a bit of what we saw over our two weeks in Ethiopia. We spent most of our trip looking through a lens, worried about things like …
Africa is getting so close, I can smell it. Those of you who know me well, know that I have a slight love affair with the continent. I blame my father. He took me to Cote d’Ivoire at the impressionable age of 14 and I saw the country with young eyes. I viewed the trip as my first taste of real adventure, and you can hardly blame me for falling …
Hello all. 26 months after getting married, Dave and I are finally getting a blog up. Instead of writing a long post about our lives over the past two years, I have opted to share photos taken on my beloved phone camera. I love to look back through the albums on my phone at the little pieces of life that I chose to document. It amazes me how quickly we …