November 19, 2010
Cold is a four letter word.
I think it's safe to say that I've been in denial about summer being over for pretty much the whole fall season. I've tried to squeeze in many outdoor activities... put off taking out my box of warm clothing... and in a final effort to dig my heals in the ground I made a giant bowl of pasta salad today. A summer party staple as far as I'm concerned. But alas it is dare I say it...COLD. And tomorrow I will be reorganizing the closet. Since next week I'll be packing for a trip even further north I better have appropriate clothing to pack. So out will come the sweaters and all that other stuff and away goes my bright array of tanks and cute sun dresses and beautiful sandals... I'm feeling weepy already. I did have a lovely fall which will be over very shortly and while I am a fan of many snow related activities... I'm still trying to figure out a way to make snow without it being so cold out! HAHAHA. On a brighter note... Hot chocolate was on sale at the market... yeah I stocked up.
November 5, 2010
Me+Photography: A true love story
Like everyone at 18 years of age graduating from high school, I was lost. All of a sudden I had to decide what to do with the rest of my life and it seemed insane to me. There were 2 things that I knew for sure.. 1.) I was never going to make it through years of college. It just wasn't in me.
2.) If I didn't spend my life creating... SOMETHING I just wasn't going to be happy.
So I went to a 2 year business school studying graphic/web design. At first I really liked it... not LOVED but liked, enjoyed and was semi-interested in MOST of what I was learning... then one day.. I HATED IT. Just wasn't motivated. I felt like a failure... like a quitter... because, well, I was a quitter. So after a handful of jobs that I VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY much hated.. I stumbled into a lil' photography place and what do you know they were hiring. I've always enjoyed taking photos.. although i hadn't treated it like an art exactly I just wanted proof of just about everything that happened in my life. I was the one on every vacation snapping away at everything.. spending money on 5 disposable cameras of extra film or whatever. SO i figure what the hey. Well I got that job and my life changed. I enjoyed going to work. I was always trying to learn something new, try something different and challenge myself more. I was IN LOVE! During that time I fell in actual real life love with my darling husband as well. 2 true loves in 1 year... what more can a girl ask for?
A little after we got married he bought me my DSLR. I was the happiest girl in the world. It was the best present he could have given me... Not only because I needed and wanted it but because it showed he believed in my talents and abilities and ME. Shortly after that I lost my job... I was sad I had enjoyed my job so much but things had changed there and I was no longer encouraged to be creative. I found another photography job after a while that I loved even more. I also took some sessions on the side. Family portraits, senior pictures, engagements... so things were looking up. Then we found out we were expecting our first child and the financial worries kicked in along with the guilt about the camera payments. I offered to sell it but Derrick argued against that. When our son arrived taking photography jobs seemed a lot less important and when our daughter arrived 17 months later it seemed impossible. I used my camera strictly for chronicling ever nap, sneeze, roll craw, smile, every important and unimportant moment of those children's lives!
Now that she's approaching a year old things are becoming a little calmer and I'm ready to do all the things I've wanted to accomplish with my photography. I'm nervous and excited and falling in love all over again.
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2.) If I didn't spend my life creating... SOMETHING I just wasn't going to be happy.
So I went to a 2 year business school studying graphic/web design. At first I really liked it... not LOVED but liked, enjoyed and was semi-interested in MOST of what I was learning... then one day.. I HATED IT. Just wasn't motivated. I felt like a failure... like a quitter... because, well, I was a quitter. So after a handful of jobs that I VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY much hated.. I stumbled into a lil' photography place and what do you know they were hiring. I've always enjoyed taking photos.. although i hadn't treated it like an art exactly I just wanted proof of just about everything that happened in my life. I was the one on every vacation snapping away at everything.. spending money on 5 disposable cameras of extra film or whatever. SO i figure what the hey. Well I got that job and my life changed. I enjoyed going to work. I was always trying to learn something new, try something different and challenge myself more. I was IN LOVE! During that time I fell in actual real life love with my darling husband as well. 2 true loves in 1 year... what more can a girl ask for?
A little after we got married he bought me my DSLR. I was the happiest girl in the world. It was the best present he could have given me... Not only because I needed and wanted it but because it showed he believed in my talents and abilities and ME. Shortly after that I lost my job... I was sad I had enjoyed my job so much but things had changed there and I was no longer encouraged to be creative. I found another photography job after a while that I loved even more. I also took some sessions on the side. Family portraits, senior pictures, engagements... so things were looking up. Then we found out we were expecting our first child and the financial worries kicked in along with the guilt about the camera payments. I offered to sell it but Derrick argued against that. When our son arrived taking photography jobs seemed a lot less important and when our daughter arrived 17 months later it seemed impossible. I used my camera strictly for chronicling ever nap, sneeze, roll craw, smile, every important and unimportant moment of those children's lives!
Now that she's approaching a year old things are becoming a little calmer and I'm ready to do all the things I've wanted to accomplish with my photography. I'm nervous and excited and falling in love all over again.
<3
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| The REAL love of my life |
November 3, 2010
My apology
Did you miss me?! Well I missed you.. whoever you are reading this out there. I can't believe it's been so long since I had a moment to sit and think and type. I do believe I owe you an explanation. So let's just start with this. I have 2 kids and they've been sick. For any of you mothers out there I know I need explain no further. I will not go into too much detail in case you're eating or sensitive or contemplating having children of your own at some point... but trust me, it has NOT been pretty. But fear not I can see the light.. one child has made it through and the other HAS to be getting over this soon... and then hopefully things will be getting back to normal. I'll keep you posted!
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