some quality time with my nifty fifty

wow, guys... memory lane recently decided to pay me a visit and i sure wasn't mad about it. 

my 50mm was the first lens i got separate from my original kit lens, and it officially changed the way i saw things. watch out ya'll, things are getting deep over here. through my fifty, i fell in love with bokeh, and the dreamy quality it brings to photographs. oh man, talk about a dreamboat. it's such a wonderful lens for such a great price. i always recommend this lens to beginners because the quality is AMAZEBALLS (thanks guilana), yet you don't have to go pawn a bunch of your things to afford it. since getting this bad boy, i've upgraded my artillery to some pretty impressive 'arms of destruction' - as i like to call them, but my nifty fifty will always have a special place in my heart. i mean, look at how gorgeous it makes my pictures. it's been collecting dust in my bag for awhile, so i decided to bust it out and do a mini ruby shoot - and stalk my slightly overgrown yard (don't judge me). 

before i leave you with some of my photo-babies, it would be rude of me not to mention how adorable my dog is. how can something be so cute almost all the time? 

before i forget... happy memorial day my lovelies! hope you had a fantastic weekend like mine! :)

yours truly, 

          ellen (and ruby too) xx

backyard treasures

for those of you that don't already know, i recently moved, and with that came a drop dead gorgeous backyard that i look out on from my office! it makes me the absolute happiest girl in the whole world to be working and have this beautiful backdrop filled with birds, greenery, and sunshine - just hanging out, right before my eyes :) and when i let ruby out, i get to see her run around and bask in the sun for hours. it's a life, let me tell ya!

hope you enjoy some of my sights from my new yard as much as i do! i am actually thinking about opening up an etsy shop to sell some fun little prints like these. thoughts, my dear friends?