"Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go." Margaret Walker

These are some of my friends... they are fabulous in SOOO many ways.

-mrp-

Today....

My feelings for today: "I used to call people, then I got into e-mailing, then texting, and now I just ignore everyone."

*mrt*

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward..."

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."

So I know it's been a while; I've been focusing my efforts on the new blog :).

BUT, I took this image the weekend I was in Marshall for Juli & Brandon's wedding, and decided that it definitely needed to be posted somewhere :).

*mrt*

91

Holy shit.... there are only 91 days until our wedding... damn.

*mrt*

ps: as equally as I'm shocked there are only 91 days, I'm also thinking, 'seriously, 91 days left?... it needs to freaking get here already!' [smile].

“What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?” Marcus Tullius Cicero

Maike Tillen. is. employed.

“From small beginnings come great things.” -Proverb

New blog!

http://mrinaye.wordpress.com/

But I need a better catchphrase.. right now I have:
m.rinaye
photographing your family heirlooms

It will work for now, but I need help! Any suggestions?

*mrt*

"Girls flirt with the dangerous types, they don't take them home. They marry a good guy!" --Jean Grey, X2

Sneak Peak of Lizzie & Doug's session yesterday... couldn't resist... more coming soon :).

*mrt*

“Computers have enabled people...."

".... to make more mistakes faster than almost any invention in history, with the possible exception of tequila and hand guns" -Mitch Ratcliffe
*Click on image to view larger and get the full effect.

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” -C.S. Lewis

"I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought, Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert." -Demetri Martin

“There are no speed limits on the road to excellence.”

"Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home."James Joyce

"My sons think it's a fireman's pole, but I forgot to cut a hole through the ground into the kitchen." ~Pamela Anderson

Megan: What are you doing Friday?

Maike: Umm... oh yeah, shooting firefighters.

Megan: Ooh, need help?

Maike: [laugh]... ha, yeah, you want to be my bag lady?

Megan: Sure, I could help carry things for you and then be like, 'Hey firefighter, need me to carry anything for you?'

Maike: [in a girly voice] 'like your hose?'

rofl.

[photo not my own: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f119/Dana_Roxxi/01bd6292.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gigagranadahills.com/2009/09/lafd-knocks-out-omelveny-park-fire.html&usg=__LPrgzriSSovdbeHwCqhG7wm4Cgs=&h=467&w=360&sz=31&hl=en&start=3&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=QSpnaxeRKo8aXM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=99&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhot%2Bfirefighter%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1]

"Whatever good things we build end up building us." -Jim Rohn

“If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.” -Mother Teresa quotes

This past Wednesday, I photographed an event for Gleaners Food Bank here in Indianapolis.

They are awesome, and it has been a pleasure to be able to photograph events for them.

Here are my three favorites from the event.

This one is fabulous, because there are 4 people cutting a tiny ribbon with giant scissors :). What's not to love about it! And look at their faces, all so intent on this silly traditional task. love it.

And this one I LOVE!!! All four of them are all smiley and real. Genuine. Totally dig it :).


And then the cake, with awesome lighting from Conseco guy Jay Jones :). I'm partial to it, personally, great leading lines, great flare, cool composition. They will probably not use it for anything, but dang it, I WILL display it on the blog for others to enjoy as well.

love,
*mrt*

"Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion". ~ Martha Graham

“When Ruth Handler introduced Barbie in 1959, she didn't want any story attached to the doll whatsoever..."

"...because she wanted the girls to create it all out of their imaginations. Today, girls interact with story in a different way. They're used to watching television shows, they're used to having characters brought to life for them in dramatic ways.”
~Chris Byrne




*click and enlarge the picture to see the full wonderfulness of this picture :)

*mrt*

"Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace." -Paul Theroux

So I'm a slacker [smile].... but here are a few from Hawaii that I think are enjoyable...

*mrt*

"You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." -Jon Kabat-Zinn

"Sometimes in the morning, when it's a good surf, I go out there, and I don't feel like it's a bad world." Kary Mullis