“…I’ll love you till Heav’n
Rips the stars from his coat
And the moon rows away
In a glass bottomed boat
And Orion steps down
Like a diver below
And earth is ablaze
And ocean’s aglow…”

– Excerpt from Winter Lullaby by William Jay Smith

Jenn Martin Spangenberg │ Pretty in Pics Photography {Chicago, Illinois}

Everyday is a gift – 4 years cured.

35mm  |  f/2.2  |  1/125  |  ISO 500

Suzie Ziemke │ Suzie Ziemke Photography {Mankato, Minnesota}

“Stand up for something, even if that means standing alone.
Because often times, the one who flys solo has the strongest wings.” – Unknown

85mm  |  f/2.2  |  1/640  |  ISO 200

Tara Marie Jurevicius │ Little White Feather Photography {Springdale, Arkansas}

Imagination takes you everywhere.

35mm  |  f/3.2  |  1/200  |  ISO 200

Erin Konrath │ Erin Konrath Photography {Chicago, Illinois}

“Common sense is the chief enemy of creativity.” – Picasso

Juli Isola │ Juli Isola Photography {San Clemente, California}

To get where you want to go, you may first need to go back to where you’ve been.

35mm  |  f/2.8  |  1/640  |  ISO 640

Sonja Hardy │ Bobo + Peep Photography {Winnipeg, Manitoba}

“Didn’t I come to bring you a sense of wonder?
Didn’t I come to lift your fiery vision bright?
Didn’t I come to bring you a sense of wonder in the flame?” – Van Morrison

35mm  |  f/1.6  |  1/500  |  ISO 160

Julia Cooke │ A Rock and a Soft Place  {Galata, Istanbul, Turkey}

“The sun wills that Jack Frost bow to the angels of sweet daffodils.” – Saiom Shriver

50mm  |  f/2.8  |  1/500  |  ISO 250

Holly Donovan │ Holly Donovan Photo {Chicago, Illinois}

Lane Proffitt │ Lane Proffitt Photography {Fort Worth, Texas}

Guest Contributor

“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels,
in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.” – Ansel Adams

50mm  |  f/1.8  |  1/500  |  1/1600

Jessamyn Rasmussen | Uptown Photography {Pocatello, Idaho}