a few answers to a few of your questions....

alrighty...

i've had several questions over the last few weeks,

many of which are from readers that don't have an email attached to their account.

so hopefully i can remember them all & do this all in one post.

 & i also want to add a disclaimer.

the last thing i want to look like is a name dropping brand snob.

 because that's so tacky.

so please don't think i'm a name dropping brand snob.

here goes...

savannah's tunic from this post is a tory burch.

& nope she certainly did not pony up the original retail,

she got it for a song! 

the score of the century!

mine is a cheapie find from marshalls. since it was a cheapie, i bought a few colors.

  they are actually yoga tops

from marika. 

cek's adorable retro skirted two piece from the last post was a gift but is from Janie & Jack.

all her older sisters wanted matching ones. but they only go up to a girl's size 12!

i have not read "Men and Dogs" yet

nor have i finished "Reading Jackie".

dan just began "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

& is on my list to read.

the gold monogram necklace savannah is wearing in the sunflower shoot 

is a john wind, maximal art. 

it was a graduation gift from a dear friend.

 their pieces are gorgeous and are both classic and elegant.

she also received this one & it's equally as beautiful in person.

she almost always has on one of them.

ok sasha, i know you asked about my camera settings a while ago. forgive the delay!

let me tell ya, i have yet to arrive.

i'm still shooting on aperture priority. one of these days i'll go full manual but until then...

i primarily shot with my iso on 100 but played around and did some on 200 & 400.

white balance on auto and should have remembered tungsten when i shot inside the redbar.

  i'm usually wide open with 2.8.  i mainly used my Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8. 

but last year i took my canon 50 1.4 and often times had my aperture a little more open in the lower 2's.

i also love to shoot into the sun during the magic hour

& am in a constant quest for backlighting.

i love a silhouette framed by the sun.

sometimes i get it, sometimes i don't.

on the last morning, just prior to when we pulled off, i had wanted to take another shoot of caroline in one of our fave dresses...which reminds me, someone asked. that one is from crew cuts. we had the gunmetal last year. & lucky you, it's on sale for 50% off right here in some smaller sizes!

& another similar one here.

anyway, i upped my iso to 1600 on several to overexpose the shots & i'm so pleased with how the color turned out. sorta  funky colors.
( you can tell on the lighter ones which were with 1600)

we were in a partially shaded area, but not a single cloud overhead. 

i wished i had blown out some more like this earlier in the week.

here's a few from that shoot, straight out of the camera

sans post processing.

& i want to give a shout out to my sweet man

who has officially lost right at 25 pounds.

he got up every morning while we were at the beach & put in a 4-5 miler!

you look awesome babe!