Guatemala and Honduras here we come!!! :)

We will be out of the country for two weeks~
6 days traveling around here....
Antigua, Guatemala
Lake Atitlan
Tikal
8 days here....
Roatan, Honduras
Hopefully doing some of this...
Dolphin Dives
and some of this
Shark Dives...
See you after May 18th!!

Christophers Senior Portraits

Changes are coming......

...New LOGO!!!....
...New Name!!!....

Kristian, Chansey and..... Kobree...

Me....Tagged... :) Thanks!!

I was tagged by the uber fabulous photographer...Ryel
Here are the rules:
1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Mention the rules in you blog.
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
4. Tag 6 following blogger by linking them.
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.

1. I am addicted to greeting cards and paper products~ don't know why... :)
2. I always put "cozy pants" on whenever I am at home!! ALWAYS!! Oh, and hair in a ponytail...
3. I LOVE Survivor!! :) And other ridiculous reality TV shows!!
4. I put more creamer in my coffee cup than I put coffee! :) Well almost
5. I always play with my hair... Twirling the bottom of it and I only notice when I see someone else notice!
6. I wish I could pull off saying things like..."You go girl"!!
(These are not very interesting, I realize...But I think that was the point?!!)

I am tagging....
1. Angie
2. Suzanne
3. Kristin
4. Erin
5. Cristina
6. Misty

What is UP? Not me!!

So I thought I would post a few more from our Jumping shots from WPPI (taken by Erin)~ To show how bad I am at actually getting "AIR"~ :) Life is no fun if you can't laugh at yourself sometimes and share it with people! (PS, don't tell anyone what a big DORK I am)....

Suzanne

This is Suzanne~
She bought a "first year" package from me so I have been taking their photos for almost a year now~
She is starting her own business selling Life and Health Insurance ~ I will post a link to her site once I get it~ If anyone has any interest in either of those she is GREAT to work with!!
For now, here are a few from the shoot!

Any remedies???????

OUCH!! My poor red nose...
I think someone flipped the "ON" switch to my nose~ I have been sick since Friday, once AGAIN this year, but today my nose has been running NON-STOP~ My trusty Advil Cold and Sinus has not made a dent...Any miracle ideas??????????????

What to do........

Reed 4 Months...

Isn't he a little DOLL!!
I know I say this ever time I post a shoot from someone who has purchased the first year package, but I just love to see the little ones change so much over their first years~ It is so great to watch them grow and develop their own little personalities~
Thanks Elise, Danny and Reed~
See you guys in another few months...

Alyssa...Class of 2008

I think this is one of my favorite shoots~ She was so much fun and so natural in front of the camera~ We headed out to some slightly sketchy parts of Salt Lake, I think her mom must have thought I was crazy when we were driving around looking for places to shoot~ But I think it was so worth it...
Here are some of my favorites~
I had a hard time narrowing it down :)

Addison 7 Months

I haven't done a post in black and white for a while so I figured I would do this one in all black and white.
I have been lucky enough to take Addisons first year photos, including before she was born with a Maternity shoot!
This family is just darling and have been very supportive of me and so great to refer me to their friends and family!
Thanks Suzanne!

Snow girls...(I figured this would be a perfect post today~) It's SNOWING AGAIN!!

This is my friend Jamee and her mom and sisters~ I did this shoot before I left for Love Affair workshop~ Here are a few from their shoot~
Thank goodness this snow has finally melted!! YAY!!

Oakleys Headshots

Here are 2 of Oakleys headshots~ She is trying out for High School Musical 3.
Goodluck Oakley!!

More fun fisheye from Vegas...

WPP...EYE...

Erin, Emily and I played with the fisheye lens at WPPI on Tuesday ~ Here are some of the shots we got...
Erin and Emily...Taken by me...


Me...Taken by Erin...

Erin and I...Taken by Emily....

Courtneys Maternity

You would not believe that she is due in 2 weeks!! She is so tiny~ My gut is bigger than her cute pregnant belly!! :)
Isn't she just a darling pregnant lady!
Congratulations Courtney and Nate!! I can't want to meet little Naomi....
You both will be amazing parents!

WPPI and ME!! :) WOOOHOOOO!!!

WPPI and Vegas~ Here I come!
I will be attending WPPI this year~ It will be my first time and I am so excited!
I will return on March 20th~

A day in the life....Ryan Family

I love it when people want to capture life...The way it really is~ Last October I went to the hospital after Samuel was born and shot all of the new moments and Samuel meeting his older brother Gavin for the first time...
This shoot ~ Jen wanted me to capture some of the things from their daily life...Samuel trying solid foods, Gavin pushing Kozy Kart (the little red and yellow car) and drinking hot chocolate, with a spoon sometimes :) Jen working on the compost for the worms...Watching Thomas the Train and playing on the bed together ...
Spotting airplanes....etc....etc...
It was such a fun shoot for me!
Thanks Ryan Family for letting me capture these moments for you!!
SLIDESHOW....

How do you shoot...And Edit??

Do you shoot RAW or JPEG?
How do you do bulk edits? Lightroom, CS2, CS3??

Google READER anyone...???

Ok so if you don't already have a google account, you need to get one!! Especially if you are a Blog Stalker, like me.... :)
You can put all of the blogs that you look at every day (100 times) in a list and everytime that someone updates their blog it just compiles them all together, so you can then click on "all new" and view every current post from all the blogs you check~ and it is just one right after the other!! It is almost like checking one blog by scrolling down but it is everyones ALL NEW POSTS!!! :) So you don't have to continue checking someones blog 10 times a day to realize they did not post anything and be disappointed everytime :)!! If they post it will be in your list!!
TIME SAVER!! I always love those!! Oh and that is another thing that
Rebecca taught me!!

Photo of me ~ from the workshop!!

My bunkmate Rebecca is a great photographer and ended up being the teacher to everyone who stayed in our house!!!! She helped the rest of us so much ~ We wanted to try out our lighting skills and so we practiced on each other.
~Thanks Rebecca!! This is Rebecca...

Here is the shot she got of me...(I never like photos of myself but this one is fun)

More from the Workshop

Here are a few more photos from the workshop~
We had such an amazing time~
There was an incredible lighthouse that we got to go inside of. I just ran in there for a minute and took some pictures of the inside. And then a few of us grabbed some of the models and took them inside to these great windows and got some shots of them! Everyone was getting ready to leave and we seriously thought we might get locked inside!!

Photos from the Island

So I learned a some photoshop things at my wonderful workshop last week, and I have not had much of a chance to try them out but tonight I worked on just a few images, and wanted to share them! ~Tell me what you think??!!
I will post more about the workshop and wonderful women that I met while I was there!

Another Image ~

Here is one image from today~ I will post more on this fantastic workshop~ One more full day of training and fun tomorrow, then Friday I head home. I am heading straight to bed right now~ YAWN!! I just wanted to submit an image from today~