<p><a href="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0001.jpg"><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0001" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="350" alt="IMG_0001" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0001_thumb.jpg" width="525" border="0" /></font></a></p>  <p><font size="2">This is the first photo I took with my anniversary present.&#160; A brand new, top of the line spanking SLR by Canon.&#160; (We’re a Canon family around these parts:D&#160; I love this picture.&#160; It wasn’t meant to be perfect but I kept it because it was my first picture with the new camera and I couldn’t believe what a difference 18 megapixels can make.&#160; I feel like most cameras can’t capture the brown in the Boy’s eyes like the way I see it, but here it’s almost perfect.&#160; And yes, you can call him freckles.&#160; </font></p>  <p><a href="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0071.jpg"><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0071" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="350" alt="IMG_0071" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0071_thumb.jpg" width="525" border="0" /></font></a><font size="2"> </font></p>  <p><a href="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0074.jpg"><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0074" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="350" alt="IMG_0074" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0074_thumb.jpg" width="525" border="0" /></font></a></p>  <p align="center"><font size="2">{One my loftiest goals is to get an orchid to re-bloom after it has dropped it’s flowers.&#160; I think I might have a winner with this one} </font></p>  <p><font size="2">I kept clicking away all weekend&#160; - I love returning to an old hobby that I am truly, madly, deeply passionate about.&#160; I almost didn’t become so enamored with the process when I took my first class at Lehigh University.&#160; It was with Douglas Mason in the Art Department and for lack of a better phrase, he was a complete ass.&#160; I didn’t mind the whole stand up in front of the class and be scrutinized but I think it was something in his instruction style.&#160; He started the class with a snort and the statement, “You don’t have to worry about this stuff, it’s not like any of you will become a professional photographer.”</font></p>  <p align="center"><a href="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0199.jpg"><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0199" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="350" alt="IMG_0199" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0199_thumb.jpg" width="525" border="0" /></font></a><font size="2">{Weekend shoes} </font></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>  <p><font size="2">Suring another lecture he showed us some of his wedding photography and when a student joked that she would love to have him shoot her future wedding some day, he observed, “I don’t agree to do any weddings unless the bride and groom give me complete license to go what I want.”&#160; He continued, “So if you ever want an original, fresh eye, than call me – otherwise, there’s lots of other photographers around.”&#160; I’d roll my eyes some more right now, but they might fall out of my head.&#160; </font></p>  <p><a href="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0234.jpg"><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0234" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="788" alt="IMG_0234" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0234_thumb.jpg" width="525" border="0" /></font></a><font size="2"> </font></p>  <p align="center"><a href="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0133.jpg"><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0133" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="350" alt="IMG_0133" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0133_thumb.jpg" width="525" border="0" /></font></a><font size="2">{The Lucky Bamboo I gave the Boy for his one year work anniversary is still thriving and I had my lucky bunny to keep me company while I studied this weekend} </font></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>  <p><font size="2">Something about Doug Mason and the way he talked about photography, both mine and the art in general, made the whole endeavor really negative to me.&#160; Now that I am older, wiser, and away from my college years, I sit and think about a question.&#160; How many of your have heard about Douglas Mason or seen his photography?&#160; Quick!&#160; Anyone?</font></p>  <p><font size="2">Didn’t think so.</font></p>  <p><a href="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0085.jpg"><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0085" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="350" alt="IMG_0085" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0085_thumb.jpg" width="525" border="0" /></font></a><font size="2"> </font></p>  <p><a href="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0086.jpg"><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0086" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="350" alt="IMG_0086" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0086_thumb.jpg" width="525" border="0" /></font></a><font size="2"> </font></p>  <p align="center"><font size="2">{Whole wheat flax pancakes with peanut butter sauce and three-berry compote}</font></p>  <p><font size="2">I know a lot of you will expect a more upbeat end – like oh, and my professor taught me to appreciate X despite Y.&#160;&#160; Yeah, I don’t think so. </font></p>  <p><font size="2">So you haven’t heard of Douglas Mason?&#160; Well, how many of you read </font><a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/"><font size="2">Pioneer Woman</font></a><font size="2">?&#160; How many of you read </font><a href="http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/"><font size="2">From Me to You</font></a><font size="2">?&#160; How many of you love the photos on the blogs you read or can name different up and coming picture takers from </font><a href="http://fashiongonerogue.com/"><font size="2">Fashion Gone Rogue</font></a><font size="2">?&#160; There’s a lot of professionals out there.&#160;&#160; A famous movie recently reminded us, “Anyone can cook!”&#160;&#160;&#160; Well, Mr. Mason, anyone can be a professional photographer, anyone can learn, and apparently a lot of people can take better pictures than you.&#160; </font></p>  <p><font size="2">&#160;</font></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>