this precious life.

I had a lovely time at the cast party -love.those.people.- and a fun but interesting shoot -surprisingly had enough daylight despite super heavy clouds but then got kicked off a field that both I and my friend/client had used before for a shoot!- and was able to completely finish Nick's shoot -color and b/w in one day, I'm happy!- and now posting some before uploading tonight's shoot . It's been a super productive and wonderful day:) Have any special Memorial Day weekend plans to share?! ----------------------------------- Nick was one of the easiest guys I've ever worked with! {but shh. he doesn't need to know that. he already has a big ego! :D} He's really relaxed in front of the camera and knows when to pull off that cowboy swagger! This shoot was the first full portrait shoot I had done in almost a year and it was so much fun to try new things and get comfortable with portrait shooting again! Thanks for graduating and giving me the opportunity Nick...

Today is a super overcast day...and it's actually cold too. The song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" sung by Israel 'IZ' Kamakawiwo'ole just came on my Pandora station and it suddenly put me in the mood to blog. {random note: for some reason, that song always makes me think of a day like today rather than a bright sunshiny day} I might be in the mood to blog...but I really haven't an idea what I'm going to blog about. It's probably more of an excuse to take a break from editing. I've been at it since 9 this morning! But this photoshoot has been a bunch of fun to work on. It was the first full shoot I'd done since last fall sometime and has helped me to get back into the swing of things. I'm 3/4 of the way finished with it and maybe I'll have some posted by this weekend:) Here's a sneak peak until then though! Tonight is the first of many cast parties and I'm so excited to see all those wonderful people again! Then afterwards,...

Riley -understandably- was not looking forward to getting Senior pictures taken but I think he did great during his mini-shoot! We worked extra fast and hopefully it wasn't *too* painful to have to smile for the camera! {p.s. I was incredibly nervous because I hadn't done a photo shoot in over three months- my Senior schedule just didn't allow very much photography! Thankfully I was only a few weeks away from getting back into the swing of things:)}

This last week I graduated and participated in an incredible musical production but more on that later... Check out these vintage social networking advertisements! Love them!! via Neatorama

{As I continue to introduce my film cameras, let me first point you back to that first post if you didn't have a chance to read it. It will definitely give you a little more detail before you proceed to read this one! Read it *here* !} This next camera {the Canon T70} came to me in yet another very unexpected way. I was shooting a basketball tournament and one of the parents from our team {from a family I've known for 4-5 years} came up to me and was asking me about my post-grad plans,etc. The answers obviously had to do with photography so our convo followed a route down that trail.  He started telling me how years ago he and his wife had shot weddings together but ever since then, their camera and equipment had sat in a closet. {sound familiar?!} Out of the blue he said, "you know, it's been sitting in that closet for at least 20 years...and whose to say it won't sit there another 20-- do you want it?"  Goodness! I wasn't expecting that! Well of cours...

Mother's Day in the north dawned gray and rainy but thankfully that didn't effect our Sunday morning moods too much and we even got to church 15 minutes early!! {sometimes it does seem like a small miracle when that happens!} Micah joined us for the first time {he usually attends elsewhere} which was really special too as we celebrated Mama's Day Pastor Keddie's message was *so* good. I haven't been so spiritually fed in such a long time! {being mentally fed at church is good but does not compare at all to being spiritually fed}. I scribbled down such an awful lot of notes but I'd just like to share a few points that really jumped out at me. Moral Failures & the Church: Dealing with Ourselves        1 Corinthians 5:6-8 {Recap from previous message:  When dealing with sin in the church, you can't just ignore it and hope it goes away. It's not to be winked at as if it doesn't matter. If sin is made public in the church, it must be dealt with...

I've found some fabulous records at Luna CD & Vinyl and Half Price Books and my friends have found some great ones at Goodwill {my next place to look!} so I was really excited to stumble upon this insightful blog post from Jill at Lune Vintage . If you like to pick up used vinyls as well, this might be a helpful post for you too;) "I've mentioned it before, but it's worth going over again. Thrift stores are great places to find vintage vinyl for your personal collection. Here are some pro's and con's regarding this venue for finding records. The Good Thrifted vinyl is CHEAP! 0.50 cents to $5. Easy and satisfying retail therapy! Since you're not spending a lot of $, you can pick up a record just for fun, try new bands, or just grab it for the cover art. Sometimes, you can find a real score that will make your day! Looking at so many albums can prompt you to discover something you didn't realize you were looking for. It's cool to see t...

I caught this little munchkin watching me as I took my P.A.D. one day and with that gorgeous evening sweet light as my inspiration, I couldn't help but capture a smidgen of Elaena's personality {and her mood swings, might I add! she's a true girl;)}