Maybe you hadn’t noticed, but I have a thing for the light when it’s pushing around and through obstacles. I love it knifing through the blinds in early morning:
I love it filtering through the canopy in the woods:
I love the way it speckles and stripes my skin, brands me with the shapes of lace and leaves and window grids:
(I really just can’t help myself.)
Lately, though, I have a new crush where light is concerned, and I found it in the most unlikely of places.
A few weeks ago, I dropped into Target to snag something completely mundane, like soap or office tape or a bottle of ketchup. On my way to get the things I *actually* needed, I spotted this little open-weave straw fedora with its jaunty blue chambray band, and for $15.00, I figured it was a harmless indulgence. It’s been getting a lot of play in my wardrobe ever since — with everything from vintage seersucker dresses to classic white shirts and boyfriend jeans.
But what I love about it most is the way it scatters a confetti of light on my cheekbones whenever I wear it.
No matter how I’m feeling, when I put it on, I feel little pinpricks of summer sun dancing over my face and catching in my eyelashes … And this is a small, ordinary, thing, but it makes me smile:
Here’s hoping you find a little light and loveliness in small, ordinary things today… ❤
ASHLEY WILSON FELLERS 
Lovely light play
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Thank you, Derrick! The light just plain makes me happy. 🙂 I can tell from your blog that it makes you happy, too. 🙂
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Lovely photos, and perfect in black and white.
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Thank you, sir! I really enjoyed taking them — which is the point, after all! 🙂
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Indeed! Take photos for yourself. It’s a bonus if other people like them.
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My thoughts exactly. 🙂 I figure if I’m expressing myself honestly, it shows. Your photos strike me as personal, too, which I love. 🙂
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Almost every photo on my blog I took for myself. I also do commercial photography which I enjoy, but has to meet the specific needs of the client. I don’t usually place those shots on the blog due to commercial confidentiality and also because I don’t think they’d be of much interest to the general public. Some of that work can be found on my website.
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^ I absolutely love that. 🙂
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Beautiful! A good friend of mine who is a talented photographer speaks often of the joys of perfect light. Your black and white shots capture this so beautifully.
Love the light play, “confetti-ness” that the cute little straw hat provides! I love hats myself…one accessory that I feel is truly flattering on my giant, casaba melon head.
So yes – when I walk the trails near my house, especially in the fall, I love the streams of light that work their way through the tree canopy and highlight the many smaller bright yellow and red bushes. A simple delight!
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Aw, thank you for your kind words. I really do have a thing for hats this season … They’re so flattering (yours in your picture here is adorable on you, seriously!), & they have a way of elevating an entire ensemble. Does your photographer friend keep a blog? 🙂
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Hi there!! I agree – they really do elevate an ensemble and I feel make you look polished. My friend does not have a blog per se, but you can find her on Instagram at @yowcitystyle and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/yowcitystyle. She takes such fun shots…a sort of Humans of New York sort of feel! xo
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Thank you, lady … I love discovering more talented, good-hearted people. I trust you have good taste in that department! 🙂
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