Nora & Patrick

I had such an awesome time with Nora & Patrick. I'm so excited for the wedding this March! They first came to me at the end of last year. Originally they contacted me early last year and finally made their choice sometime late in the year. They joked around and laughed. Even caught some very fun bloopers of them make faces and acting all silly together.

A best friend's birthday and a Ride of a life time

Hello Everyone! I'll be posting a few posts today, since i need some catching up on the blog. :) This particular post is of course personal. This past weekend was special, it was my best friends birthday, whom you've probably seen on the blog before, and in posts to come. After an interesting Thursday, a party filled Friday, a Gravedigger of a Saturday (monster truck show :] ) followed by locking the keys in the vehicle, but Sunday on the other hand was spent on Bar-B-Ranch. We initially got there and even though we called ahead and asked if a reservation was necessary (which they said they didn't since they never fully book) we arrived to a FULLY booked ranch! There were 6 of us (her mom, step dad, brother, my boo, Daniella and I) which seemed almost impossible that we'd be riding at all that day. We stuck around like fruit flies, swarming around them hoping that there would be some type of good news, I asked if a group were to arrive late if we'd get there spots, they said it was unlikely but that if by 12om, 6 people hadn't showed up we'd get there slot.

Fast forward an hour....WE GOT IN! We were so happy and grateful, especially since it was her birthday and my First time riding. I had lots of people telling me how scary it is to ride for the first time but I was so excited I was unaware of this fear I was supposed to have. I was ironically paired with a Horse named Ricky. Which for those of you who know, my beau is also named Ricky. This was laughed about for a bit before we all mounted the horses and headed through the trails. I had such an amazing time. Ricky (the horse) was so sweet, a little stubborn but I can't wait to ride him again.


Here's a few photos. Two of the photos where taken on the iphone. Since it was my first time, I was a little hesitant to take my camera on the ride.

Also Happy Birthday to my Bestie Daniella; 7yrs and counting. :)

Alejandra & Esteban E-session

Alej and I met long before her E-session and wedding. We first met at Tobacco Road in Brickell, there we got to know each other, talked about all the fun things she had planned, the venue for her wedding, our dogs and more. Few months later she decided on the date for her engagement session, she didn't need photos for the wedding so opted to have them done closer to the wedding. I'll refrain from getting into details about the mess that happened before the e-session, lol, but Alej and Esteban, her sister, brother in law, two dogs and my lovely assistant Daniella know very well already. And after nearly killing myself I arrived safe and ticket-less at the location. We talked, and shot, and used our imaginations and had fun. Lots of fun remembering to turtle our knecks, and trying to make Tyra Banks proud. ;)

Krystal & Oscar E-session

So Back in early October, I met Krystal via Gigsalad, a marketing place I had signed up for, for free, back when I first started. I had completely forgotten about gigsalad until I  received an email from a possible bride telling me she had requested me via the site. After checking it out, feeling guilty for not knowing, and writing back and fourth, within no time, not only did the bride Krystal book me, she also became a very awesome friend in no time.  Nearing the end of the year, Krsytal had decided it was time for her E-session and so we did just that. I forgot to mention how rad Oscar is too. Sorry Oscar. And sorry to you all who are reading, for using the word rad. Lol. Any who, he and Ricky got along awesomely as well. We also love their pup named molly. She's just a bite sized cutie!

Christmas Mini's

So I still kinda felt bad that I never posted about some of my sessions, so I thought I could post one picture from each. I know I say this often but I love my clients. They are so sweet,kind. and fun! I can't help but think how awesome they all were. Any who here is is. :)

Failure.

  I think in the past I would have considered this blog to be a failure because of other people's definition of failure. I used to think that no comments meant no readers. I thought my lack of follow through after saying I was "coming back" would mean it was over. But its not. I made a goal to finish uploading all of 2011 before the strike of midnight 2012. But I failed. Then a few days a ago I caught a really horrible cold. Honestly although I didn't want to move much, I thought just because I failed at completing my self made challenge, didn't mean I failed at my blog, and just because I didn't have any comments didn't mean I wasn't getting any views. And I asked myself do I need comments? No. Its nice to hear what others have to say, but I read TONS of blogs by fellow photographers and I don't always comment and it doesn't mean I don't love to read there blogs. I don't follow many photogs but I have their pages bookmarked and visit often to read their posts. So why would I consider my blog a failure? A few setbacks? A few invisible readers? That's okay. That's more then okay. I felt bad at first I didn't finish uploading but I thought about it, and that would mean I had another 13 more sessions to blog about. 13! I would have never made it by midnight, and all my wonderful clients have already seen and received their images, so I had nothing to prove, and no one to prove anything to... but myself. And that's not what this should be about.

 So enough of my ranting. Here are some images from New Years Eve. It was a quiet night spent with my love, and with my sister, brother-in-law and most amazing little man ever! We spent time with there new pet Rocky, hanging out talking about what the new year might have in store for us, and some fire work action. My nephew (4yrs) loved the sparklers, hated the fireworks that stay on the ground and light up and make loud noises. Soon after that we visited my beua

The Holms Wedding

Torrun contacted e all the way from Norway and told me she would love for me to photograph their wedding. I was so happy to get to witness the lovely ceremony (even if it wasn't in english or spanish!)