Winter Blues

I've been a bad photographer lately.  Winter does this to me.  I struggle so much with taking good photos when there is snow on the ground...everything just ends up washed out or too bright, and I just love color and pretty natural sunlight so much that it mades it hard to feel good about photos I take in the winter.  The worst part of this predicament, by far, is that my camera ends up sitting in my room, casting longing glances my way, and begging me to pick it up and put it to good use.  And I realized this weekend that I'm dying for some beautiful spring weather and a good photoshoot to help me out of this funk.
In the mean time, here are most (of the very few) photos I've taken this winter.

Hello, iPhone.

Let me start off by saying that I'm not one of those people who always has to have the newest gadget and the next-best-thing.  I'm more than content with what I have (in fact, I'll be the first to say that I have too much stuff....and I'm constantly cleaning out and donating things).  However, this little beauty came into my life today, and I'm just a little bit in love.  

Sure, the iPhone is nothing new, they've been out and about for a couple of years, but we've been faithful Verizon customers for those couple of years, and for the last two, I've been using a slightly-less-than-trustworthy Samsung.  So call me crazy, but I decided to go all out on my next phone, and I pre-ordered this guy.  

(And I'm so glad I did.)

Paired with this case, its just oh-so-pretty!