frustration | ugh!

alrighty, so this blog is more of a chance to vent for a sec...
i love challenge and believe me my life is full of them.  it would be beyond boring without them...however, photography has a way of making me wanna pull my hair out, but at the same time i love it too. my recent task was to shoot my husbands new band (marshall brian band - check 'em out, i dig 'em) "live".  now, i know i'm new at this but holy crap....so many obstacles.  so, i'm by no means gonna give up, anyone got any pointers????  i'm still very much intimidated by my camera which is a work in progress for me.  i feel like i've learned a lot over the last year and i know i have soooo much more to learn, which is exciting but also a bit overwhelming.  i'm hangin' in there. :)

sooo, enough whining....my weekend wasn't a total bust.  i had this awesome shoot planned with my sister carin and my nephew brayden but old man winter decided to give us one more wack with this weather.  instead we stayed close to home, the driveway actually, and still managed to get a few shots.  my sister is beyond gorgeous and is one of my most favorite people ever.  love her!!

{annabella}

say hello to Miss Annabella.  let me say, this little lady is quite fond of her sleep!!  she was much more interested in snoozing than hangin' out with me and my camera....that is until we got her in her birthday suit!!  her mom and daddy just recently got engaged and are planning for a fall wedding!!!  i'm honored to say that i get to shoot their wedding as well, soooooo excited!!!  congrats guys, i can't wait!!  and Miss Annabella, it was lovely to meet you! :)

more baby Joss

as promised, more of this cool lil' dude...Joss.  i must admit that i am pretty proud of this shoot!!  if ya have a minute, let me know what ya think.  i love feedback!! :)

{baby, baby..}

i had the pleasure of shooting my first newborn last week...

meet joss david, born to some super awesome friends of ours and let me say, he is the sweeeeetest thing EVER!!!  i have lots more photos to share but in the mean time i'm gonna tease ya with just one!!  soooo in love with this little guy ;)  Congrats again to Wade and Hallie!

{my camera and me}

hello there!!  so i did it, i hopped in my car and drove where ever the wind happened to blow me.  first of all another tidbit about myself...i'm a huuuuuuuuge history junkie - have been since i was a young tike.  i love anything with a story.  i can remember crawling up on my grandfather's lap as a youngin' and listening to stories about the war.  that's what sucked me in and i've been hooked ever since. 

i was driving along on this gorgeous, yes the sun was out (shocker), day and passed this reeeeally old cemetery!!  now, something else about myself...i love old cemeteries...but, only during the day.  they creep me out at night. :(  there was something so peaceful and serene about it (i know, its a cemetery!).  i found headstones that were over 200 years old and i find myself imagining what the world and these people were like then.  were they like me?  what was their situation like?  did they love?  were they loved??  this stuff just fascinates me.  other photographers remind me to shoot for myself too, so my goal is to try and get out and shoot stuff that inspires me as often as possible.  i'm gonna make a solid effort to do so and so should anyone reading this.  it may not be photography but try and do something for yourself once in awhile...plus it keeps ya sane!!  have a good tuesday! ;-)

*hugs*

my goal this week is to out and just shoot random stuff, just me and my camera...whatever inspires me and wherever my car decides to take me.  i have no current idea what i want to shoot, but i figure thats the exciting part of my adventure.  life throws curveballs which definitely makes life that much more interesting.  so, we shall see where i end up..

Obstacles and Fear

yada, yada yada....obstacles and fear...two of my least favorite things to talk about.  however, it is a new year and dangit i need to just get over that crap.  i know this is a photography blog but there are obstacles in this profession that scare the hell out of me.  yeah, totally!!!  so, regardless if you wanna or not i'm draggin' this blog and whomever reads this along with me on this so-called journey.  truth...technology freaks me out...but i figured that going at it one day at a time is better than taking on the whole enchilada!!  in a year or so i have purchased a new camera, a new computer, a program that is so overwhelming and a new found respect for the patience that i soooo lack!!  all of these obstacles have forced me to slow down a bit although i am a product of the "i want it now" generation.  but, slowing down a bit with all this new techo stuff is actually teaching me patience.  who knew??  now i am by no means saying i have conquered any of this.  i am taking it one day at a time.  photoshop wins more battles than i wish to speak about but i will get the hang of it soon...i hope!  my macbook pro and i are finally figuring out our relationship status.  my nikon and i are a work in progress.  thats life.  and apart from it all, its a challenge and one that i welcome.  :)