Year: 2015

I can’t leave

I’ve been shooting at home all week. Fact is I can’t leave. No choice but to shoot here if I have time to shoot at all. I’ve hard drives to organize, travel plans to make, tax prep to do (yuk), house repairs to make and endless errands to run. Normal at home stuff to do. …

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Dream time

Howdy Folks, this is @zambereileen posting from the brink of dream time, nestled in the mountains of southern Oregon. It has been a long and busy week, filled with relentless activity from sun up to sun down. Thankfully, tomorrow is Saturday and the beginning of a much needed weekend. Just a little while ago, I …

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The weather is changing

Howdy Folks, this is @zambereileen, posting from the mountains of Southern Oregon, USA. The weather is changing today, bringing to us the windy cool weather that many associate with fall in the Pacific Northwest. It has been warmer than usual for the past few weeks, with no signs of rain forecast. For the past two …

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Dasha

When I’m at home, as now, trying to organize hard drives and planning future shoots, I continue to at least photograph something every day. In this case Dasha, who is spending most of her day trying to work on my drives, doubles as a model for my ongoing BeachGames book. Working on an esoteric and …

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Soccer game

Howdy Folks, this is @zambereileen posting from the sidelines of a hometown high-school soccer game in Southern Oregon. Today’s game is the culmination of years of dedication to our son and his sport, countless practice hours, various degrees of injury, hundreds of miles to and from games, untold heartbreak and myriad hard earned triumphs. Through …

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Driving down the beach

Sometimes I get the urge to drive down the beach. I can legally do so in designated areas in the outer banks. Mostly I think beaches are for walking but I can’t deny the pleasure of cruising 4wd the waterline at sunset and watching the Pelicans air surfing. #obx

Landscape

Howdy Folks, this is @zambereileen posting from the mountains of Southern Oregon🌲 It’s midweek today, which means I spent much of the day driving my children up and down the mountain. Living rurally, and raising children who are involved in sports and other regular after school activities, makes coordinating schedules a daily challenge. When we …

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Southern Oregon

Howdy Folks, this is @zambereileen, joining you from the mountains of Southern Oregon, USA where I live with my husband, 16 year old son, and 10 year old daughter. We have chosen to live and raise our family in rural, country setting where we continually strive to forge a strong connection to the land we …

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Home sweet home

I continue my fiction essay BeachGames. To be a book. Maybe. Someday. I almost published it last spring but something was wrong. I’m pleased I waited. So now I’ve ventured out of Rio for surely beach games are everywhere. So I will return to Cuba soon to continue. Then Thailand . Then Cartagena . Always …

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