I'm awfully reminiscent of my summer last year. It consisted of a monthlong trip to Greece and Italy, an incredible two-week stay at film camp in Ann Arbor, Mich., and, of course, lounging about and adventuring around Champaign-Urbana toward the end of the summer.

I braved the slush and the cold for a good photo session this Saturday. Results? Here they are:

Last summer, at Café Kopi in downtown Champaign, I noticed some beautiful photography displayed on the walls. The colors were somehow soft, but intense. There was something about them I just loved.

I've got a favorite photographer whose exhibitions I've never attended, and photos I've never seen in print. Her name is Laura Taylor, and she runs her own photography business called The Darling Life Photography.

An artist who doesn't make any art for seven years seems a little eccentric to me.

Actually, scratch that thought.

An artist who doesn't make any art for seven years is incredibly intriguing to me.