The Intersection of Design & Motherhood
The Underwater Fairytale series by Elena Kalis is wonderful!
Have you ever shot photos underwater? We bought a waterproof disposable camera on our trip to Mexico last year — we used it to take photos when we snorkled in the cenotes (underwater caves) — but I still haven’t had the film developed. Yikes!
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My name is Gabrielle Blair. I'm a designer and mother of six. We're currently living in a farmhouse in the French countryside. It is dreamy as can be. I post on where design and motherhood intersect.
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We've used our base in France to do lots of traveling. It's addictive! Here are some of our adventures:
A trip to Amsterdam.
Canoeing on the Dordogne River.
A Belgian Waffle Tour.
A wintery visit to Cologne.
Three cheers for Barcelona!
The tulip fields in Holland.
We saw the final match of the French Open.
One of our favorite spots is Mont St. Michel.
I wonder where we'll wander next! To see more of our travels, click here.
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Cool! And that little girl is a great model.
Breathtaking! The Wonder Woman shot makes me especially happy. Reminds me of carefree summer days, running around in my Wonder Woman Underroos.
Beautiful! The little girl is good :) too
wonder woman is my favorite :)
your photographs are awesome..
So WONDER-filled. How fun would it be to be the “actress” for these fairy tales? I imagine it must have been cool to go underwater fully dressed (and w/ props)!
Check out the underwater photography done by Mark Lee in Hawaii. Especially the maternity shoots. Amazing! http://holladayweddings.com/blog/category/hawaii-underwater-photogarphy-photographer/
These are so fanciful. So much wonder and possibility in each shot.
I echo the comment about the very cooperative model.
I bought an Olympus camera a couple years back that was good for use underwater to about 10 feet… the trouble was it struggled to focus on anything, and keeping it still while treading water was nearly impossible. As a result I have a lot of greenish blurry pics for my trouble.
WOW, I love these. Usually underwater photographs have an eery feeling to them, but the way these are taken makes them feel fun and wonderful.
Oh, aren’t they lovely!
Oh wow. Love!