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.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Self-Portrait | May 2013
Earlier in the month I signed up to run the Nike Women's Marathon with Team in Training. One of my lifelong goals is to run a marathon, but when I had to stop training due to injuries several years ago I thought I was never going to realize my dream. However, my aches and pains actually feel a lot better living in the drier climate and lower humidity. I've decided that it is now or never if I'm going to give running a marathon another shot. Plus I've just really missed running!
I used to be a pretty health conscious person who exercised regularly, ate reasonably well, drank a ton of water, and went to the doctor every year for a routine check up. The past few years have been busy and stressful, and I've allowed a lot of my bad habits to creep back in and take over my life. These days the majority of of my meals come out a box or a can and I consume more than my fair share of sugar. I never get enough sleep and live on caffeine as a result. And, I can't remember the last time I saw the inside of a doctor's office. While I have managed to lose a little weight over the past year, I still have a long way to go to return to a healthy lifestyle!
I can't continue to live like this and ask my body to train to run a marathon on October 20th, so I'm facing the reality that I need to make some major life changes. It's time to give up the caffeine and sugar, and start cooking healthy meals again! I need to start getting the proper amount of sleep. And, I definitely need to start being more conscious of how I spend my so called free time. It is so easy to waste hours surfing the web, when that time could be spent doing more worthwhile things. One of the hardest thing about long distance training is how time consuming it is and how much of your life you have to sacrifice to fit it in.
For this month's self-portrait, I thought it would be fun to do a photo representation of what I feel like my life has been like the past few years. However, I want to state for the record that this photo is staged! I don't usually sit around eating quite this much junk all at the same time or piling the wrappers up around me on the bed. I'm bad, but I'm not quite that bad.
I don't usually title my self-portraits, but if I did I would call this one Bye Bye, Bad Habits. I highly suspect that in one of the coming months my self-portrait will be of me running or perhaps post run, and maybe we'll have to call that one Hello, Good Habits. But for now, I give you my May self-portrait...
As I was taking this photo I decided that I am going to have to start considering purchasing a new wide angle lens. I really like being able to include a lot of my environment in my self-portraits but the only wide angle lens I own is the kit lens that came with my Canon Rebel and doesn't fit my new camera body. So, I'm still using my old camera for my self-portraits. That isn't too big of a deal, except I'm already starting to forget exactly where the buttons and menu settings are as I get more and more used to my new camera.
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 used to be a pretty health conscious person who exercised regularly, ate reasonably well, drank a ton of water, and went to the doctor every year for a routine check up. The past few years have been busy and stressful, and I've allowed a lot of my bad habits to creep back in and take over my life. These days the majority of of my meals come out a box or a can and I consume more than my fair share of sugar. I never get enough sleep and live on caffeine as a result. And, I can't remember the last time I saw the inside of a doctor's office. While I have managed to lose a little weight over the past year, I still have a long way to go to return to a healthy lifestyle!
I can't continue to live like this and ask my body to train to run a marathon on October 20th, so I'm facing the reality that I need to make some major life changes. It's time to give up the caffeine and sugar, and start cooking healthy meals again! I need to start getting the proper amount of sleep. And, I definitely need to start being more conscious of how I spend my so called free time. It is so easy to waste hours surfing the web, when that time could be spent doing more worthwhile things. One of the hardest thing about long distance training is how time consuming it is and how much of your life you have to sacrifice to fit it in.
For this month's self-portrait, I thought it would be fun to do a photo representation of what I feel like my life has been like the past few years. However, I want to state for the record that this photo is staged! I don't usually sit around eating quite this much junk all at the same time or piling the wrappers up around me on the bed. I'm bad, but I'm not quite that bad.
I don't usually title my self-portraits, but if I did I would call this one Bye Bye, Bad Habits. I highly suspect that in one of the coming months my self-portrait will be of me running or perhaps post run, and maybe we'll have to call that one Hello, Good Habits. But for now, I give you my May self-portrait...
As I was taking this photo I decided that I am going to have to start considering purchasing a new wide angle lens. I really like being able to include a lot of my environment in my self-portraits but the only wide angle lens I own is the kit lens that came with my Canon Rebel and doesn't fit my new camera body. So, I'm still using my old camera for my self-portraits. That isn't too big of a deal, except I'm already starting to forget exactly where the buttons and menu settings are as I get more and more used to my new camera.
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.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Dan + Amanda + Lidia's Sneak Peek
I couldn't be happier to share a sneak peek of these sweet photos of Dan, Amanda, and Lidia from a few weeks ago when Amanda returned for her law school graduation ceremony.
Amanda was the very first person that I met in Phoenix, when we came here to visit and she gave us a tour of the law school that Kevin now attends. A few months later we returned to Phoenix for an event hosted by the school, and went out with Dan and Amanda the night they met and started dating. And now they just welcomed their beautiful daughter, Lidia, into their lives. I am so honored that they allowed me to capture this amazing and important time for them.
So please allow me to introduce you to this sweet family...
Just look at Lidia's adorable little faces! Baby yawns are just the cutest...
I love this one!...
Looks like she's got Daddy wrapped around her finger already...
Again with the adorable face!...
Another favorite! Isn't Amanda's smile just GORGEOUS!?...
Kisses from Mommy...
Melt!...
So sweet!...
Such a sweet moment. This is definitely one of my favs!...
Dan and Amanda, Thank you so much for allowing me into your lives to capture these photos for you. Congrats to Amanda on graduation and good luck on the bar exam! Good luck to Dan on his final year of law school coming up! I couldn't be happier for the amazing future I know is in store for your family. I hope you return to Phoenix for visits (and maybe more photo sessions) so I can see Lidia grow up!
Amanda was the very first person that I met in Phoenix, when we came here to visit and she gave us a tour of the law school that Kevin now attends. A few months later we returned to Phoenix for an event hosted by the school, and went out with Dan and Amanda the night they met and started dating. And now they just welcomed their beautiful daughter, Lidia, into their lives. I am so honored that they allowed me to capture this amazing and important time for them.
So please allow me to introduce you to this sweet family...
Just look at Lidia's adorable little faces! Baby yawns are just the cutest...
I love this one!...
Looks like she's got Daddy wrapped around her finger already...
Again with the adorable face!...
Another favorite! Isn't Amanda's smile just GORGEOUS!?...
Kisses from Mommy...
Melt!...
So sweet!...
Such a sweet moment. This is definitely one of my favs!...
Dan and Amanda, Thank you so much for allowing me into your lives to capture these photos for you. Congrats to Amanda on graduation and good luck on the bar exam! Good luck to Dan on his final year of law school coming up! I couldn't be happier for the amazing future I know is in store for your family. I hope you return to Phoenix for visits (and maybe more photo sessions) so I can see Lidia grow up!
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Charlene + Jeff's Sneak Peek
I've been waiting a long time to take and share these photos of Charlene and Jeff with his '56 Chevy!
I first met Charlene not too long after moving to Phoenix, while working at a previous job. She told me about her husband's car that he was fixing up and we started talking about doing a session as soon as he made some progress on it. We were planning on doing the session forever ago, but we kept moving it for one reason or another and we FINALLY made it happen.
We decided to take the photos at their house, since the car still isn't quite road ready. Taking photos with a car as the main prop was something I'd never had the opportunity to photograph before, but it was something I'd always wanted to do. So, this session was really a lot of fun for me to shoot. Plus, Charlene and Jeff are such a sweet couple and such a pleasure to work with. I'm just crazy about how much of their love shines through in their photos!
This first one is my favorite of the bunch...
This one is definitely another fav...
Sweetness...
Love. Love. Love. this one sooo much!...
By now I have settled into a style that I like for my photography, and usually stick with my standard editing on all of my images. I feel like constancy is important so clients know what to expect from me, but every once in a while it is fun to play around with something different. I felt like some of these images were just calling out to be experimented on, so I decided to try some fun old school edits on a few to give them more of an older feel. I'd love to hear what you think!...
Charlene and Jeff, Thank so much for spending your evening with me and allowing me to take these photos for you. It was such a great time seeing you both again and getting to work with you!
I first met Charlene not too long after moving to Phoenix, while working at a previous job. She told me about her husband's car that he was fixing up and we started talking about doing a session as soon as he made some progress on it. We were planning on doing the session forever ago, but we kept moving it for one reason or another and we FINALLY made it happen.
We decided to take the photos at their house, since the car still isn't quite road ready. Taking photos with a car as the main prop was something I'd never had the opportunity to photograph before, but it was something I'd always wanted to do. So, this session was really a lot of fun for me to shoot. Plus, Charlene and Jeff are such a sweet couple and such a pleasure to work with. I'm just crazy about how much of their love shines through in their photos!
This first one is my favorite of the bunch...
This one is definitely another fav...
Sweetness...
Love. Love. Love. this one sooo much!...
By now I have settled into a style that I like for my photography, and usually stick with my standard editing on all of my images. I feel like constancy is important so clients know what to expect from me, but every once in a while it is fun to play around with something different. I felt like some of these images were just calling out to be experimented on, so I decided to try some fun old school edits on a few to give them more of an older feel. I'd love to hear what you think!...
Charlene and Jeff, Thank so much for spending your evening with me and allowing me to take these photos for you. It was such a great time seeing you both again and getting to work with you!
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