It's the Weekend...

Well, it's Easter weekend to be exact, and for all of you celebrating, I wish you a wonderful time!!

I do not have the house decked out in Easter bunnies, but you could check out this post for a cute take on some colorful ones, or this one for a fantastic image....
If you are cooking, why not try one of recipes courtesy Eddie Ross and his team, I think I'll try the scalloped potatoes, it's been a really long time since I did up a batch of those!!

OK, so that was a lot of links away from Northern Light, I hope you are still with me?!
Please share a little about how you and your family will celebrate, if at all!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Natasha

Image via ElleDECOR

Life's a beach...

While browsing through the December / January 2011 issue of Elle DECOR a little while back, I spotted (as I am sure many of you did) the Manhattan home of Australian Kiane von Mueffling, particularly the image from her dining room.... Who is the photographer behind that huge beach photograph? It looked vaguely familiar....

Well, his name is Christian Chaize, a Frenchman who has fallen in love with a small beach in Portugal! He lives and work in Lyon, France, each year Christian travels to the southern coast of Portugal, to a small beach called Praia Piquinia....

Christian Chaize is a self taught photographer who has won several awards for his photography. His commitment to this small stretch of sand has not only resulted in exhibitions, but also a series of work; Same beach, different years, different times.
The series is available here, and has been chosen for its cohesiveness as a group.

It's hard to pick a favorite from this collection , but I like the images chosen for this post (there are MANY more). However... the Yellow Beach Umbrella image wins out... I think... And I will tell you why; check out this link, from Jen Bekmans Gallery (via Flickr), you can really see the vibrant colors!

And how about this for a nice surprise? Totally different, and very dramatic!

Christian Chaize explains on his website that while nature photography is typically done horizontally, his series is done vertically, creating real depth in his images.

If you would like to see more, Christian Chaize has a website. He is represented by Jen Bekman Gallery in The States, and his prints are also available via The Jen Bekman Project 20x200, where art is made more affordable for "the rest of us" :)

See you at the beach!!

Natasha

Image # 1 via Elle DECOR, Image # 2 - 5 Christian Chaize

Elle DECOR.com Event

Just wanted to share with you, an event I went to last week; Redesigning Design, hosted by ElleDECOR.com. The event was held at DCOTA (Design Center Of The Americas) in Ft. Lauderdale, and while two of the key speakers were snowed in, in New York, I really enjoyed the descussion of the rest of the panel!

Jennifer Boles (L) of The Peak of Chic , Brook Giannetti (R) of Velvet & Linen and Stefan Hurray (C) of Architect Design all were great, and I am sorry to say, I was unable to stay through the entire event, as I had to go back to work. I would have loved to do the meet and greet thing, but time had gotten away from me :) Next time! FOR SURE!!

Heather Clawson of Habitually Chic, was unable to attend the event, but has posted some of her Q & A on her blog. Stefan Hurry did a little re-cap of the event here, so feel free to check them out!

...wait to you see the February / March ElleDECOR cover, looks SO fresh and pretty!!

Natasha

Images by NHH for Northern Light Blog