Please allow me to introduce you to these dedicated future attorneys.
Meet Bonnie...
Alex...
Jessica...
Kevin (aka my awesome hubby)...
And Sasha...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Phoenix School of Law | Student Head Shots
Ever since my last trip to Phoenix School of Law, the requests have been trickling in for me to return to take more student head shots. I was able to make arrangements with the library to sneak in a handful of students before classes start up again next week and things start to get busy at the school. So, I have to say a huge thanks to each of these students for being willing to give up some of their precious remaining vacation time for these sessions!
Please allow me to introduce you to these dedicated future attorneys.
Meet Bonnie...
Alex...
Jessica...
Kevin (aka my awesome hubby)...
And Sasha...
Please allow me to introduce you to these dedicated future attorneys.
Meet Bonnie...
Alex...
Jessica...
Kevin (aka my awesome hubby)...
And Sasha...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
BBL 2012-2013 | Adopt More Fur Babies
#12 ADOPT MORE FUR BABIES
Why did I include this on my Bucket List?
I have to say that this wasn't on my Birthday Bucket List for 2012-2013 when I originally wrote it. Instead it has been lingering on my global bucket list for the past few years, ever since my 14 year old cat got cancer. We knew we wanted to adopt two kittens at some point in the future, but had put it on the back burner while we were dealing with moving and getting settled here in Phoenix. Once we felt like we were ready to consider adding more fur babies to our family, we figured we wouldn't be able to because we live in a rental house. So, we continued to talk about it as something we would do someday, but didn't move forward toward making it happen.
Was the experience what I had hoped it would be?
This is one of those things where the experience of it isn't at the beginning, but all along the journey. However, so far I'm happy to have our new sweet peas as part of our family.
The details...
We got to talking not too long ago about how it would be ideal to adopt kittens right now because our opposite schedules allow one or the other of us to be home with them most of the time. We have no idea what the future will bring once Kevin graduates and starts working, so it made sense to take advantage of this schedule while we have it. (Not to mention it just plain stinks for us actually seeing one another, so we might as well find a silver lining in it somewhere.) Plus, most of the furniture we own right now is old and won't be joining us when we finally buy a house. So we would much rather be training kittens not to scratch now, as opposed to in a house full of new furniture.
We finally decided to bite the bullet and talk to our landlord about permission to adopt two kittens, fully expecting them to say no way. Surprisingly, they agreed and we began our search for our new fur babies.
We adopted Daisy and Gatsby from a shelter that rescued them shortly after they were born, on May 6. We adopted them on August 14, and brought them home to live with us on August 18. They have slowly been getting adjusted to their new home and to us.
They both love to play, so right now that is how we are getting them to come close and interact with us. After a few days, I got out my camera and took a handful of photos of them playing with one of their toys.
This is Daisy...
And this is Gatsby...
This one just cracks me up...
Obviously, this isn't a playing photo, but I loved it and wanted to include it anyway.
Do you want to see my entire 2012-2013 Birthday Bucket List? You can find it here. Or did you miss my 2011-2012 Birthday Bucket List? You can find it here.
Saturday, August 24, 2013
New Additions
I am excited to introduce to everyone the newest additions to our family! Kevin and I adopted two new fur babies last week from a local shelter. They are about 16 week old litter mates, and both girls.
Meet Gatsby...
And Daisy...
I'm sure both of them will be making a regular appearance on the blog once they get over being camera shy from all the changes they have been through in their short little lives.
Meet Gatsby...
And Daisy...
I'm sure both of them will be making a regular appearance on the blog once they get over being camera shy from all the changes they have been through in their short little lives.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
BBL 2012-2013 | Visit Some Place I've Never Been Before
#2 VISIT SOME PLACE I'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE
Why did I include this on my Bucket List?
I really enjoy traveling and experiencing new things. It's really as simple as that.
Was the experience what I had hoped it would be?
It was more! I fell so head over heels in love with Prescott that I am already plotting how I might one day be able to own a small rustic cabin there for weekend getaways.
The details...
Kevin and I rented a cabin in Prescott, Arizona this past weekend to celebrate our anniversary. I've already blogged about it in a special Snippets + Snapshots addition here, so head on over to that post if you want to read more about it and see some photos from our relaxing trip. But since I'm a bit OCD, I really needed to add this post to my Birthday Bucket List accomplishments for the year.
Do you want to see my entire 2012-2013 Birthday Bucket List? You can find it here. Or did you miss my 2011-2012 Birthday Bucket List? You can find it here.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Self-Portrait | July 2013
If you're stopping by for the first time you might not know that in addition to my photography business, I work part time as an optometrist. I work for a practice that employees multiple doctors at multiple locations throughout Arizona. Two of the local doctors have been off on maternity leave, and I agreed to help out by working extra days this month. Since I'm used to working only 4 days a week, the 5 and 6 day weeks just about did me in!
Since most of July was consumed with working, I decided a photo of me at my optometry office was fitting for my self-portrait this month. It also felt fitting because after working at this office for the past year, I am soon going to be changing locations and this photo will be a good future reminder of where I spent the past year.
I thought about straightening my hair and trying to look all purdy for my photo, but then I decided doing that would make the photo a big fat lie and I didn't want that. I'm trying to stay true to my reality as much as possible in these images, and the reality is that it's July in Arizona and it's hot, hot, hot! So I'm not about to spend an hour blow drying and straightening my hair unless absolutely necessary, so my natural wavy mess is my hair style of late.
I have to admit that this isn't going to make it into my list of favorite self-portraits, but sometimes that's just the way it goes. I didn't want to cause a disruption to the office so I didn't drag my tripod in with me. The best I could do was to place my camera on a stool, but it was a little lower that I would have preferred. Oh well, the point is to capture the month and that I did.
Did you miss some of my past self-portraits? Clicking here will take you to all of my self-portrait blog posts. Clicking here will take you to my self-portrait Facebook album.
Since most of July was consumed with working, I decided a photo of me at my optometry office was fitting for my self-portrait this month. It also felt fitting because after working at this office for the past year, I am soon going to be changing locations and this photo will be a good future reminder of where I spent the past year.
I thought about straightening my hair and trying to look all purdy for my photo, but then I decided doing that would make the photo a big fat lie and I didn't want that. I'm trying to stay true to my reality as much as possible in these images, and the reality is that it's July in Arizona and it's hot, hot, hot! So I'm not about to spend an hour blow drying and straightening my hair unless absolutely necessary, so my natural wavy mess is my hair style of late.
I have to admit that this isn't going to make it into my list of favorite self-portraits, but sometimes that's just the way it goes. I didn't want to cause a disruption to the office so I didn't drag my tripod in with me. The best I could do was to place my camera on a stool, but it was a little lower that I would have preferred. Oh well, the point is to capture the month and that I did.
Did you miss some of my past self-portraits? Clicking here will take you to all of my self-portrait blog posts. Clicking here will take you to my self-portrait Facebook album.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Law Office | Head Shots
Recently I had the pleasure of taking some photos for a website update for a local attorney's office, and I wanted to share a peek at the photos:
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Self-Portarit | June 2013
I've spent my whole life looking forward to being outdoors all summer, and it's been an adjustment wrapping my head around the idea that things are a bit different here in Phoenix. Instead of a summer filled with baseball games, picnics, and evening walks after dinner, we spend ours inside under the comfort of our air conditioners! Our temperatures have been hovering well above 100 degrees recently, and once it gets over 110 even I am willing to admit that it is just plain hot!
I love to read but really haven't taken the time to do much of it in recent months. I decided it was about time to change that! And what better excuse than the heat induced hibernation to get back to it? So, I recently made a trip to the local library to pick up a stack of books to keep me busy for a while. I decided that a photo of me reading one of these books was a good representation of June.
I'm also very excited that my hair is FINALLY starting to get a little bit of length to it, and I can now put it in braids. It's still a bit too short to stay in a single braid, but maybe in a a few more months. This growing out process has just about killed me! If I mention getting my hair cut above my chin ever again, please stop me.
Did you miss some of my past self-portraits? Clicking here will take you to all of my self-portrait blog posts. Clicking here will take you to my self-portrait Facebook album.
I love to read but really haven't taken the time to do much of it in recent months. I decided it was about time to change that! And what better excuse than the heat induced hibernation to get back to it? So, I recently made a trip to the local library to pick up a stack of books to keep me busy for a while. I decided that a photo of me reading one of these books was a good representation of June.
I'm also very excited that my hair is FINALLY starting to get a little bit of length to it, and I can now put it in braids. It's still a bit too short to stay in a single braid, but maybe in a a few more months. This growing out process has just about killed me! If I mention getting my hair cut above my chin ever again, please stop me.
Did you miss some of my past self-portraits? Clicking here will take you to all of my self-portrait blog posts. Clicking here will take you to my self-portrait Facebook album.
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