my favorite photos...

While teaching is currently my passion, I enjoy my digital SLR a LOT :) When I woke up this morning I had this inkling to choose my favorite photo from each wedding I've taken pictures at...just one.  It was hard!! Of course I stumbled across a few other events that I had to include.

These two are from my month in Haiti.  I love babies, and the
difference in skin color captures me!

My newborn nephew and my husband's hand!

Engagement Bliss :)  A favorite from my time with
Katie & Ryan...who will become husband & wife
next July <3

This is from a wedding in 2009...but her smile is so beautiful!

Bill & Whitney
This couple has a beautiful relationship and I love how she's
looking at him.  They truly are best friends!

Nick & Katie
If you knew Katie's giggle, this photo would come with sound!
This couple was married in a different state but came back to host
a reception for friends who could not make it out to their wedding!

Ben & Jill
What you unfortunately cannot see in this photo is the mass
amount of bubbles that were floating around them as they left!

Jon & Jenna
This adorable couple was married at the beach but had a fall reception
for their family.  I think this photo shows them as "them"....nothing fancy
just them enjoying each other :)

Jay & Sara
The reason I chose this photo from their June wedding
is because not many people saw this moment :)
They had walked back the isle (thank goodness for telephoto lens!)
and he swooped her around....it was beautiful!

Troy & April
Bless them it was such a windy October day,
but such a fun wedding!

While I did not take this photo...it is my favorite from  our wedding.
We had just walked back the isle at the end of the ceremony.  I think the word is
"giddy"  Thank you to Jan Theissan whose blog you can follow here
http://photosbyjan.wordpress.com

April & Troy's Wedding

I had the honor of attending a dear friend's wedding in October. She gave me permission to post her photos on my website. At the time, I thought I might try to start my own photography business. Since then, I decided to wait, and start a blog instead :) This post is for her, because her photos deserve to be posted :)  They had some weather bumps, but still ended with a beautiful day!  Congratulations to the newlyweds!

fall of apples...

Husband and I found an orchard near home late in the fall, about the time they allow people to "pick the seconds"....ya know, the apples that fell to the ground that they cannot sell nor turn into apple cider! So we picked "seconds", and we came home with two very large bags of apples.  While making various apple things (sauce and pie to name my favorites!) I discovered this one little, perfect, and red apple.  I set it aside because I wanted to take photographs of it....not positive why, but I'm happy I did!

the end of 2011...

It seems to cliche to start a blog in January; to much like a resolution that I won't keep! So, I'll start in December.  I don't have a specific purpose or desire.  More of a place to write my thoughts that I know don't ultimately matter! haha

It's something that makes me feel happy!  Organization! The act of taking something that appears messy and creating lists, folders, and piles out of the mess. I do this to my physical desk as well as my computer's desktop. My once faithful laptop has become less faithful over the past year.  We have had our share of crashes, including two weeks before our wedding, missing files, and lost photographs.  Thankfully I have learned the benefit of an external hard-drive and all those offer!

I love photography :)  I will take photographs of anything that I can!  That creates a mess! There's not a great way to keep oodles of digital photos organized.  So a few years back I found my folder system for the folders.  At the end of each month (or two months...depending on my memory) I move the folder onto my external hard-drive, and hope that doesn't crash!  That is what I did today!  I moved my 2011 photo file onto the external hard-drive, rendering my laptop almost photo-less....but opening up the "my pictures" folder for the 2012 folder which now holds a folder for all twelve months of the coming year!! I cannot wait to fill them with the memories of next year!

Oooo and I cleaned out three of my four emails (email junkie, I know!) :) Husband is watching football....what else shall I do?!