DebraLoftinPhotography
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Yellow Came Marching In Like It Owned the Place
Some weeks I go looking for color… and some weeks color comes barreling at me like it’s late for church. Yellow took over my camera roll with the confidence of a sunflower wearing heels. Everywhere I turned, something golden hollered,… Continue reading
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Where the World Glows Purple and Bugs Pose Proudly
I don’t know who sent purple after me, but it’s been showing up everywhere I point my camera. I walk outside to mind my own business and suddenly — BAM — another violet diva pops up like it’s auditioning for… Continue reading
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The Secret Kingdom Beneath My Feet
Sometimes nature saves its best surprises for the places most people never look: the shaded corners beneath oak leaves, the soft ground after a rain, the hush of grass that hides an entire world just an inch below the surface.… Continue reading
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Red: The Color That Refuses to Sit Quietly
Red has never been the shy sort. It rushes in like a heartbeat one suddenly notices, blooming, blazing, flickering, claiming every corner it touches with a kind of delighted boldness. In this photos, red becomes the thread stitching together celebration,… Continue reading
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The Pink That Refuses to Whisper
Pink has a way of barging into the room long before I have realized it’s arrived. It doesn’t tiptoe, it doesn’t mumble. It glows, thrums, and hums like its own soft-edged anthem, and in these photos, it is a world… Continue reading
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A Gift Wrapped in Time, Thought, and a Little Bit of Magic
For my birthday I received a gift from Tootsie and Pappy that felt less like an object and more like a blessing for the road ahead — a photographer’s keepsake, tucked into layers of small, meaningful details. The moment I… Continue reading
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Big Hooves, Big Hair, Big Texas Energy: The Clydesdale Visits SFA
I have seen a lot of things in Nacogdoches since we moved here last year — purple everything, lines at Chick-fil-A that defy physics, and college kids who can sprint across campus like their GPA depended on it — but… Continue reading
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Blue: The Color That Follows Me
Blue has been trailing me lately, showing up in places where I wasn’t expecting it to be, nudging me to slow down, breathe deeper, and pay attention. When I stood at the edge of the shoreline in Maui, Hawaii staring… Continue reading
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Fall Colors in East Texas: A 2025 Love Letter to the Season
East Texas isn’t always known for its fall colors but when it comes it is usually the quiet kind. The kind that doesn’t burst in with a full brass band of color like the Ozarks or New England, but instead… Continue reading
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Whispers of Winter Magic: Creating Tiny Christmas Worlds for Just $1
I love walking into Target and looking at all the tiny, blink-and-you’ll-miss-them decorations from Target’s $1 section — and creating them into whole little universes. On my kitchen counter in rural Deep East Texas, surrounded by the faint music coming… Continue reading
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