Angel Pictures, and a Peppermint Princess……not to shabby
Posted on December 13, 2009
OMG I just love the Angel Pictures! I have to admit it is easier on older children to see the whole costume, but regardless the angels still look absolutely beautiful!!!! Sierra Came to see me and I have to say, she is Pretty Freakin Cute!!!!! Love her little Cheeks and smile!!!!! We dressed her up in 2 outfits, The Angel (of course) and A peppermint princess 
SOOOOOOOOOOO cute!!!!! So glad I got to meet you guys!!!
The Studio!!!!!!
Posted on December 5, 2009
Anyone who has worked with me probably knows that I have a little bit of a crazy life, but I’ve come to the conclusion that this is me, this is how I must like my life, because given the chance to rest, I don’t really know what to do with it…..It’s almost as if I lay awake wondering if I forgot something, or trying to figure out how to plan all the things I’ve crammed into tomorrow…..It’s just me…hahahaha
My mom owns two Coffee huts in Redmond. Full Throttle Java 1 & 2 as we call them, we also have a concession trailer that we take around to many events in the summer. Mom and I opened up Hut 1, FIVE years ago, we have grown close to many of our customers and have a tight bond with many of them. Those customers truly are in my heart, if they don’t show up for a few days, I start to worry about them. I love the two shops and love working down there! I work down there quite a bit. Then Of Course I have a Husband and two Small Kiddos, they are 6 and 4, so I’m busy just trying to keep up with them and be a great mom, that’s a lot of work by it’s self. Then I squeeze my photography in there because that is my passion. Two years ago I got totally slammed with photography at Christmas time, I broke down, said I couldn’t do it anymore, and turned away business…..I cried when I told people “sorry I’m not taking pictures any more” I cried at night, I cried in the day……then I realized THIS is what keeps me going…..this is what I love……I love brides, I love moms, I love grandmas, I love kids with big eyes, and chubby thighs, I love dads that hold their babies with love like they’ve never known before, I love new love of young couple, and I like wrinkles on old people, and I like tears in a brides eyes when her man is saying his vows….I seriously love people……I guess maybe I just realized that……
THIS IS MY STUDIO!!! OK- it’s still in the very beginning stages of becoming “ME” however we have been down there working on it and it’s SLOWLY coming around….It’s small, (OK it’s tiny) but it’s ALL MINE- LOVE THAT-
My husband has been making me some cool stuff!!! He’s So cool! I complained because It was to hard to change backgrounds, so he made me a track on the ceiling, SO COOL, then I complained that my HUGE soft box (light) was hard to position up and down and move around, so he made me a SWEET stand for it….then I told him I wanted to buy this stand for my camera, but it was $1000 OUCH- so he made me one…..I LOVE that he is helping me! I love that he can build cool stuff that I cant! Thanks Casey!!! It’s super nice to have a husband that supports your dream!
Here are the pictures of us putting up the track and some other little things……This studio is small and a starting place and perfect for kids and babies and bellies and boudoir, it’s also so nice to have a place to meet with people and show them all my awesome products!!!!
The Important things……
Posted on December 5, 2009
I met with Canaan and Rochelle on Monday Afternoon! It was a COLD COLD COLD day!!! Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! They didn’t care though cuz they got to put on there Christmas Clothes and play model for the afternoon……Rochelle was a little more into the model thing, but Canaan was awesome! He showed me his favorite tree, his cool train set, where his dog sleeps, he told me about his cat named fatso….he told me about how cool his dad was because he’s building him a tree house, (even though Canaan is a little upset because dad cut down his first favorite tree to build the playhouse, then he told me all about how cool his mom is cuz she is gonna make us cookies and cider…..I didn’t realize that when he said us, he meant me too…….I was suddenly transformed into a 8 year old again, I was SO excited that mom was baking us cookies!!!!!! YAY for cool moms!!!!!
When you are a kid what is most important to you??? Not when the mortgage is due, not if the car payments been made, not if dinner was exactly at 5pm, not if the house is a mess, or they don’t have any clean clothes to wear….must be nice. Kids get so excited over the little things…..the Tooth Fairy, Santa, Cookies, being tickled to death, surprises, having mom or dad play a game, or read a book….
The first Picture is Canaan’s “Santa Key” he was SOOOOO thrilled to show it to me…..on the tag it says something like “Santa please stop here”…….I LOVE IT!!!! As moms we need to realize that the little things are the things that our kids love most……..I know I tend to overlook the things my children think are important and do the things I think are important…the laundry and house can wait!
Sittin on the river bank……
Posted on December 4, 2009
OK, so I don’t really do a lot of landscape type stuff…….I would like to, but I just don’t think that my pictures of mountains and sky’s and “the earth in general” ever turn out as great as they should….I just cant seem to capture the scene in my camera like it truly was….I know people who do this….Adrian Klein I think he is freaking AWESOME if you look at his post from June 19th from the June Summer Convention, there were 20 photographers that got up in the middle of the night and went to sparks lake, you can check out how TOTALLY AWESOME his picture is, well he tried to teach me, but I think one of two things happened that day…..I have a little A.D.D in my blood and I just find it very hard to sit still and wait for things to be perfect, and/or, I’m so used to the constant craziness of my life with busing kids around, waking up constantly throughout the night with the children, going to work on such little sleep, never and I mean NEVER having complete silence for any given minute in my life that I found it almost impossible and completely uncomfortable to be out there at the lake with no one around for miles, and the only sounds we heard were the birds, and the water splashing against the shore….it was almost as if I couldn’t handle something that is necessary……anyways, Adrian and I compared SOOC (straight out of Camera) shots, and his BLEW mine away….miles and miles away…..I was in total awe of his ability with nature! ANYWAYS after Deanne and her family left the photo shoot on Sunday, I had to stop at the river and check it out. I walked down to the shore where I was immediately greeted by some starving swans and ducks. The air was freezing, and the grass was dead……but it was so pretty! So here is my attempt at some pictures of the Deschutes in Winter….Enjoy!
This is my Favorite picture from the river bank, I was quite the swan wisperer that day, he was showing off for me
The reason I like the next picture is because it reminded me of that story “The Ugly Duckling” almost as if he’s looking at his reflection……
Family Portrait session! Deanne
Posted on December 4, 2009
Do you know what I love about being 30? I feel like I’m finally allowed to be myself! I dont put up with all the drama that seems to be stirred up when you are 20, know what I mean? I feel like “this is who I am” I have to say, I LOVE IT! I love my JOB, I LOVE my Friends and Family, I love giving pictures to people that LOVE my work! I do secretly think to myself quite often how important a job I have….I know you might be laughing saying “she’s just a photographer” but think of all the joy that pictures have brought to you at one time or another…think of the times when you look back at your babies pictures and get a little tear in your eye as to how tiny they were…..think about your wedding pictures, good or bad they still pack such a punch of emotion, think about pictures of grandmas or grandpas that are no longer with us, what a great thing to have, a photo to remember that exact moment or, that exact day…..I used to think it was so cheesy that my grandma would always send me pictures that she found in a box somewhere, pictures of me when I was a baby, or my dad when he was 5, but now I love those pictures and I’m glad that I have them! I think about how someday I’ll be 85 like my grandma and get to take out all the pictures that I have and be able to show them to my great great grandkids, I’ll be able to show them what a hottie I was the day I got married and how fat I got when I was pregnant with their mom……I am important, and photography is SO important!!!! I love LOVE that I can share it with everyone I meet!!!!!
This Is Deanne! She is a UBER Fabolous “hair artist” (thats what I call her) here in Redmond! She works at Hip Chicks (which is SO freaking awesome on the inside, I want to live there) If you need any hair, nail, waxing, pedicures, massages for the you or for a special person in your life, you should TOTALLY look them up!!!
