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Friday, August 17, 2012

1,000 words

When I get to capture moments like these….

I realize a picture not only means more then a thousand words.

They are moments. They are memories. They are stories of people who love, who hurt, who laugh till they cry and cry till there is no more left in them. They are cuddles and kisses and “I love you’s.”

They are priceless.

I am so thankful to be able to document mine and my families lives.

Be sure to check out the ultra fabulous Sarah with My Four Hens Photography and see what More then 1,000 words means to her. And if you want to see the rest of our themes, check them out HERE.

Live better. Love more.

♥ be

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gina - this is one of the many reasons i love following your work-your documenting your very own family. so wonderful1

Kara May - Beautiful post Becky. Your kids are darling!! I LOVE the drama of the shadows in the last image on the right.

Kristin Rachelle - Love these beautiful captures of your beautiful family!

Thursday, August 16, 2012

brooke

I am not really sure what to say about Brooke. Except that she is honestly one of the kindest, most genuine and sweet human beings I have come to know.

She is one where I would not be surprised if she became the next Mother Teresa or something. She is that amazing. no joke.

Plus she kills it behind a camera (well in front of it too!). Check out her beautiful artwork HERE!

She is a beautiful mama to three cute kids and a wife to her Mr. fireman hunk.

Said Mr. fireman hunk texted me to see if I would like to be in on a big birthday surprise for Brooke. Of course! How could I not? He got her a makeover and I took her pictures.

I am serious, I would take her pictures daily if I could.

Live better. Love more.

♥ be

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imene - that is one lovely birthday gift. Your friend is lucky!

Toni Raper - what a great thing to do for your wife! how wonderful you got to shoot someone who means so much to you (its all I wanna shoot actually). beautiful as always.

dylan - Great images.. lovely gal.

jaime lackey - awww my 2 favorite people. one behind the lens and one in front. it was magical! great gift becky!

Brooke - Whaaa???? I didn’t even know you blogged these until I saw someone pinned them. Thank you so much Becky, you are so wonderful and kind to me. I love these so, so much. You are my favorite, always and forever :)

Joy - These are so beautiful! The pictures and the subject. I agree with all that was said about Brooke, she is such a good, incredibly person, inside and out!!

Heather Hamilton - Brooke is just GLOWING in these! Beautiful work, Becky!!

Valerie - What? Why have I missed this post? My beautiful friend & fav photog captured by Becky’s heart? What’s better than this? Amazing. Brooke you are beautiful and I can’t wait to see you again, so as you Becky xx

Friday, July 20, 2012

color my world

It’s moments like these that add a little color to life.

This week’s theme for our 26 week project, is Color My World. I had a hard time with it actually. I didn’t want it to be literal. So I thought about the things that make me happy. That can brighten my day. And it usually always has something to do with a funny face my kids make, or the fact that little boys would rather keep playing then fix their little crack peeking out of their pants. Or that my Sadie is actually old enough to climb in our tree in our front yard.

Yeah. Its those moments that color my world.

Be sure to check out the amazingly talented Sarah with My Four Hens Photography.

Live better. Love more.
♥be

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Jessica Deane - Beautiful! the butt crack chalk picture just melts my heart! such a boy shot!! love.

Bobbie Brown - I always get excited when I see that you’ve got a new blog post up in my GoogleReader…because I always love what you capture :)

Heather Hamilton - Oh my gosh, the plumber’s crack in #3 made me laugh out loud!

aubry - yes, beautifully done. you get the best expresssions!

Carrie - It has been far too long since I visited your page full of beautiful art. What a treat xoxo

stephanie - So beautiful. Love that bum shot ;-)

Friday, June 1, 2012

what warm weather looks like…on us

It’s getting warm here and we have been living outside. It has awakened something inside of me.

I can kind of be a home body. And when I say home body, I really mean- recluse. But this warm weather has got me wanting to be out. To be with my kids on the lawn. To see friends and let the sun hit my skin a bit.

It’s been therapy for my spirit.

I think, for theirs too.

Welcome back, summer.

Check out what warm weather looks like- on us-

Check out what ____ looks like to Wendy VonSosen | San Francisco Bay Area Photographer

*all images taken on my Mamiya RZ Pro II with Fuji 160s medium format film.

Live better. Love more.
♥ be

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shalonda - oooohhhhh love love love…the sister hugs the baby barefeet and the bikes rides…def summer warmth

jules - I’m counting down the days (4 more school days) until we get to just relax and hang out with friends all summer. I love how you capture these sweet days with your children. they are absolutely beautiful!!

Becca - Aw friend, these are beautiful! I love your cute family :-)

leah - oh becky! your girls are so precious. and your boy and that belly–i could eat him up! beautiful as always. yummy color. all images taken on “my mamiya” love the sound of that. xo

Stephanie Moore {Tucson AZ Photographer} - Your kids are the cutest little things. And I always adore the brightness and light in your photos, beautiful!

Kristy - Love these. Love you. I can SEE a beautiful American summer… and I’m dying for it.

Life with Kaishon - Your summer looks like it is very beautiful indeed : )
Don’t you just love these days? They are the best of the year!

Brooke - How have I missed all of your posts lately? These are gorgeous. You are amazing.. sheesh. Your children are absolutely beautiful.

Monday, May 14, 2012

being a mom

I keep starting to type out my thoughts here and just keep finding myself deleting everything I write.

I wanted to write about mother’s yesterday, but again, nothing sounded right when it came out.

Maybe because its a complicated subject. It seems as if it should be simple enough, right?

We love our kids. We would do anything for them. Once you have them they change your life. You wouldn’t have it any other way.

But there is more. For me at least.

Can I be candid?

IT’S NOT AN EASY GIG. (and just as I am writing this, I have kids yelling at me for just..one..more..drink of water before bed.)

Motherhood is a sacrifice. It is an all out internal battle sometimes. Trying to not give up on who I am completely (my hopes and dreams), but wanting to do everything in my power to provide love and nurturing. Plus, at the end of the day, I realllly don’t want to raise crazy ass kids.

Honestly, I gave up on trying to be the perfect cookie cutter mother a while back. Nothing about who I am screams- come to my house and it will look perfect and my children will be on their best behavior 100% of the time, and on top of all that, I will have pot roast on the table at 5pm on the dot.

In fact, if you came to my house right now, the first thing you would see are a pair of socks by the door (oh how I loathe random socks laying around the house). Then you will find a diaper here or there that needs to be put in the trash. There are about 3 too many empty cups of water on the kitchen table. Empty bottles in my bedroom, a pile of laundry that needs to be done and a bowl of ice cream that is desperately calling my name.

Dinner wasn’t fancy tonight. It was a salad with some grilled chicken mixed in with it. But it was the same meal we had last night. And guess what? No fun drinks tonight. Hope you like water…cause we got lots of it.

It’s not how I dreamed I would be. Every girl, I would imagine, dreams of being a super mom. Every one else in the world works off of 24 hours in a day, yet- for me, that would just be far too many. I would get it done faster, better, more awesomer.

But, it didn’t turn out that way.

Yet, I am okay. I am me. I may not be a domestic goddess. I may not be able to play barbies for more then 10 minutes (and that is pushing it). I can’t always stop what I am doing to watch Tangled agaiiiinnnn or I don’t always have the patience to read all 20 books they picked out for me.

But I love my kids with vigor and a crazy intensity that drives me to work my tail off every single day. To be there, even if I am in tears because I am tired and just want to what I want to do. It’s an unconditional love that I never knew existed. It’s filled with loyalty. It’s driven by the knowledge that they are part of me. And I am part of them.

Yeah, it’s hard. But there is absolutely nothing more rewarding than to love your child with everything in your heart, and to be loved the same in return.

Cause even though they ask a million questions, they shower me with even more hugs, kisses and cuddles. And I love them deeply.

I hope this post isn’t seen as negative, but hopefully someone out there can relate. And know that they are not alone in just being okay with who you are. As a human being. As a mother.

And now…some of my favorite ‘grams (Instagram, if you will) of my favorite people on this entire planet.

Are you on the ‘grams too? Find me at becky_earl

Live better. Love more.
♥ be

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melissa zihlman - I posted something similar last week on my blog…that being supermom is overrated. It’s time for people to stop trying to measure up to the things they see on the Internet…we’re all in this, doing this job, because we adore our children and we want them to feel loved and wanted. Your children know that, I am sure, and you are blessed beyond measure, my friend.

Shannon Wilkinson - I love you. That’s all I could say but I will add that this might be one of the most honest and real posts about motherhood ever. It took me twelve years to have Olivia. Twelve years and 5 miscarriages followed by two more before Bella. And I am so far from the perfect mother I dreamed of being. I love my kids in a way I could never put into words but bedtime can’t come soon enough some days, dinner is sometimes Cheerios and dishes will often go more than one day without being loaded into the dishwasher. There are days when Liv tell me she needs underwear for the next day because she doesn’t have any in her drawer and rather than doing all of the laundry that needs to be done I will wash enough to get through another couple of days. And folding went out the door with Bella. Too many clothes and not enough hours in the day. And yet, I love it. Most of the time. Thanks for writing Becky. Because today I needed this. Today when ugly mom came out because I couldn’t listen to the whining for one more second. <3

ashley machado - Becky! I am going to call you Beck-Star! Why? Because you are star in my mommy world! You love your kids with such a passion and intensity and I love that about you! I feel and have felt these very same things! I too have decorated my house with empty bottles, oh…and the diapers….they are like centerpieces here (not really, but you get where I am going with that).
Being a mom is the toughest thing I have ever had to do and my son is my teacher. Our kids teach something each day and to top it off they love us just as much if not more then we love them. maybe… ;)

Thank you for this post sweetie! I loved it and you! Cheers to being an awesome mom!

Mickisha - Such a beautiful and honest post! Thanks for putting into words exactly how I feel. It helps so much as Mothers to know we are not alone in our struggles and inadequacies. Your writing and your images capture emotions so perfectly. Thanks for sharing so much of yourself!

DITA - Oh, you are far from alone. I feel the same way though I do still TRY…and I realize that the TRYING is what me a great mom. I TRY because that’s who I AM but the courage to TRY clearly comes from my love and devotion to my children.

They have changed my life immeasurably. I still daydream of the days before them and the dreams I had for myself….but at the end of the day…dog tired after trying to do it all and feeling I’ve fallen short….I sneak close to their little (and now BIG) faces and I just smell them as they lie sleeping….and I smile myself to sleep at night.

Tomorrow is another day, Becky…another day to be YOU and to share these moments with those little stinkers that will never ever come again! Yep, I’m right there with ya.

DITA

Melissa Stottmann - I’m in tears. Such straight honest words that are so exactly me. <3 Much momma love <3

Lisa Linton - AMEN sista! At least you had the time to blog about it. Ask me when the last time I did an entry on my blog..humm let’s see about a zillion years ago! I have even forgot all that you taught me and have to be retaught again. Awe my old age is catching up with me! Each kid of mine has taken my brain cell and I have no boobs left..sucked every last bit out. I have nothing left! Motherhood is a love hate relationship. I guess someday we will remember these as the “good ol days”????? RIGHT!

Posy Quarterman - Thank you for sharing so candidly, Becky. I too wrote and deleted yesterday, something along the lines of “Mother’s Day is stupid!” but more to the point, I wanted to write about letting go of expectations. This whole gig, which I’ve only been in 4 1/2 years, has been all about learning to let go of what I think I want and just embracing what it is – even when it’s a 2 year old punching you in the face at 4:00 a.m. on your birthday. It is more than a full time job, it sucks beyond belief sometimes, and yet, we still love it. They own our hearts, and I am grateful for that. I appreciate your honesty here because it would be easy to believe it is all beautiful and graceful in your neck of the woods, just based on how incredibly stunning your images are. So thank you. And may the laundry fairies visit your home while you sleep tonight (right after they finish up here!). xo

Marta - Thank You for this post. That’s exactly what I wanted to tell baut being a mum. It’s not easy at all, even our kids r amazing and cute.
Greetings from Poland
xoxo

Nine - Simply the truth!

bonnie - thanks for being honest and sharing your feelings. i can relate so well to this. sometimes mothers day gets me a little down, as i see everyone FB posts about “wonderful” everything about being a mom is. but it IS hard. it is also wonderful also, but not many women are brave enough to talk about the hard. i love all the honesty in your photos as well. you are an inspiration, as a mom and as a photographer.

Stephanie - It’s funny and no coincidence, i feel, that I keep reading posts like this from other mothers. We are all struggling to keep it together on the inside and out. It’s like all emotions are coming to a boiling point, spilling out onto the proverbial stove, and out into the universe for us all to share and know we are not alone…..I have been wanting to express the same feelings on my blog and luckily for me, just writing this for you, I have my first paragraph. You are doing it beautiful Becky! xoxo

Wyndee - Becky~You are such a wonderful role model. And so honest. You have described the current state of my house in your post. I’ve always looked up to you. Thank you for having the guts to put your life out there for us to read and be uplifted by. :)

Anna - I absolutely love and agree with this post.

Also, seriously how many questions can a three year old ask??????

leslie - l love this post because its the honest truth! this is my life as well. I threw out being the “perfect” mom, whatever that means out the window into a dumpster a long time ago as well. Since then I have been a happier mommy.
thank you for writing this and all of your amazing work.

leslie:)

Heather Hamilton - Loved reading this. I can totally relate! Your honesty is refreshing!

Lana - You’ve shared my sentiments exactly…. and I can’t play Barbies for longer than 5 minutes :)

heidi - I can so relate!!!

Amanda Keeys - Oh honey. A huge resounding & short and sweet ME TOO. Except, I don’t feel “ok” with being the Mama I’ve become. Or well, sometimes I do. But mostly I don’t. :/

jude - bless you. thank you for your honestly. i’m so glad that i am not the only mother that finds it hard to play barbie dolls. lol and i really wish i could banish socks forever. life is not perfect, but you love them perfectly and that is what really matters. <3

Janica Ellsworth - I’ve blog stalked you for a year now :) But never commented. You said EXACTLY what I’ve been wanting to write out on my own blog forever now, but I’m not so great with words. This post, this is perfectly put. Thank you for your beautiful-ness in speaking, posting, and capturing. You’re inspiring. Truly inspiring.