Colorado!!

I was born in Colorado, but haven't been there since I moved away back in 1985. I always wanted to go back! My best friend in the Universe just so happens to live in Fort Collins Colorado and I went to visit for her wedding. My main goal (other than seeing Monica, and her wedding) was capturing those mountains!! Here is some of the images!

Kiley's me time at Dow Gardens

I had a day to myself today for the first time in months and months. Instead of sleeping, I decided to take a trip to Dow Gardens to take pictures. I finally was able to relax and breath in the calmness. Thank God for this beautiful day!

 

Wedding Bells

Just a sneak peak of the weddings I did this year!

A Couple Do-Dadds

Here's a couple random shots I took and fancied up this summer!

If you click on the picture to show it at 100%, you can see me taking Jackson's picture in his eye. Super cool!

Unlce Sean and Mason

One of my mom's many pretty flowers

a REAL fat toad.

Mason being Super Man

My cousin is the one being held up there. That's her Grad party with all her friends! YAY GRADUATION!

Family Love

Have you ever worked in a place where you suddenly just get slammed with customers, or phone calls, and for like an hour, you're running around like a chicken with its head cut off feeling like its never going to end? I remember this sort of thing happening when I worked as a waitress. As I was serving what seemed like hundreds of customers at the same time, I would be praying it would all be over soon. But as I would be cleaning up the empty quiet restaurant at the end of the shift, after all the people had left, I not only felt relief, but I felt accomplished. I just survived that, and only pissed off a couple people in the process (I am a terrible waitress) Thats how I feel when I take family pictures. It's a little chaotic, a lot more pressure, and all in all a lot more work. But when it's done, and I get a chance to see the final product, I feel accomplished, I am  proud of my work and so are the customers!

Family pictures are important because its not something most people do on a regualr basis, sometimes families only do it a couple times in their lives! With this family there are the grandparents, and their 3 grandchildren who live in Louisiana 10 months of the year. They spend the summer here in Midland with Grandma and PawPaw. It was my pleasure to take their pictures, even if families aren't my favorite thing to do!

they thought this picture was going to turn out terrible, but she ended up loving it!

Flower Power Part Deuce.

I took some more pictures of flowers recently, which is one of my favorite things to do! I haven't got out too much to do much flower shots, but the ones I have are good enough to show!

Self Portraits

Just me! I really am a fan of getting my picture taken. I think it comes hand in hand with being a photographer... but no one seems to get my best angle. So I randomly take pictures of myself!

I think this one is an awkwardly adorable picture. My face looks like a cartoon, but I like it!

I'm always looking for new angles. This one was taken with my cell phone so I am pretty impressed with the DOF of it since my camera on my phone sucks.

Ok, ya, my eye is not that amazing blue color, but who wants to see a washed out blue eye close up? I just added some saturation is all. It was taken with my crappy cell phone camera and I don't think it looks too shabby!

I was in a CRAPPY mood this day. And this picture certainly shows that! All in all though, its one of my favorite pictures of myself. No makeup, hair a hot mess, and a foul look on my face. It tells a story though, and I guess thats what its all about!

I was walking on my mom's sidewalk outside her house when i was pregnant with Jackson. I had no pictures of me all fat and swelled and I saw my silhouette. I thought it captured the essence of pregnancy and not the essence of fatness. 

Every photographer needs a picture with their sidekick.

Pretty In Pink

This is my friend Tanya, who had me take some classy pictures for her husband for Valentines day. It was really fun and we had an awesome time! Thank God for ice cold Mountain Dew. It was hot in there!