Monday, December 31, 2007

IT'S UP AND RUNNING!!!

GO LOOK! GO LOOK!!!

I AM SOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!

I snapped a quick picture with my p&s of the flash page. This leads you to the website, the strictly photography blog and this blog.



The new website is up and running!! All of you can see it now! Please let me know what you think! Please leave comments. Please email me and let me know if there are things I should keep or change. I am still doing a lot of updating but I want some feed back!!

WOOHOOO!

Thanks again for your support!

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Website down!

Hi everyone!

As I mentioned before, I have been working on updating my website. Right now there are busy lil' bees with my new hosting company working on getting my new website up. I am SOOO beyond REALLY excited for the new updates. It will have a completely new look and though I'm still working on some more updates, you will see the improvements right away! The best improvement is that the pictures will be bigger!! Woohoo!! I think you will also see some pictures you haven't seen before.

I hope you are all just as excited as I am. It really is way cool!

Thanks for your support, I really do appreciate it!
I'll let you all know when it is back up and running!
-Lori

Saturday, December 29, 2007

I found a new website!


So this website is super cute and super girlie(sorry guys)! It is office supplies and such for girls! See Jane Work. I accidentally wasted about 30 minutes looking at things I don't plan on buying anytime soon! :)

www.seejanework.com

See some of their cute stuff (all pictures are from their website):

I want these! Aren't they fun?!


I love containers...even if I don't have a purpose for them yet. I will find one!!


Fun, right?!?! Post-its!




Okay. Now seriously...I want this! An Accordion Organizer!




aaannd one more thing I really want to because, seriously...when you need some organization the most:a collision kit when you get into a car accident!

Friday, December 28, 2007

Photo Editing

I just wanted to show you a couple of examples of what photos look like after I do some editing.


BEFORE:


As you can tell, he was having a rough moment. But it wasn't because he was being grumpy or mad. I thought the harsh brightness of the high noon day photoshoot wasn't really conveying that. So I thought with a little fixing you can see a softer more affectionate feeling towards the fella instead of a grump not smiling for a picture feel of the first.

AFTER:




BEFORE:


Here is Kylee when we took bridal pictures a month or so before her wedding. She looks great but she just needs a little help on her skin as she was still trying to make it picture perfect for her wedding day. I also made the lighting softer to bring out the glow she was feeling as she was one step closer to her wedding day.

AFTER:



BEFORE:


I'm partial to this picture, since it's my niece. I love natural light inside right next to a window. There isn't much I really needed to do to the picture but I played around with it anyway and the effect I got afterwards made me love the picture much more.

AFTER:

Monday, December 24, 2007

Woot!! Bigger Pictures!!!

So I did a little research (and with some help from the bro, thanks Kyle) and we now got bigger pictures! Isn't it AWESOME?!?!


I took these pictures at the FIBA Americas Basketball game. I realized I never did post any pictures from that game. So I thought I'd try out my attempt at a bigger picture with a few from the game.



Aaaaand one of my favorite shots of the night...



I'm so excited for bigger pictures! I hope you will enjoy the blog a little more now! I know I will! :)

All I want for Christmas...

This is going to be a completely selfish, coveting post of the things I want for Christmas that are completely ridiculous and I will not get nor probably should! haha! :)


The Canon 5D. It's a pretty camera.







The Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Standard Zoom Lens.
In short, a lense I really really REALLY want!



The Canon EF 85mm f1.2 II USM Lens.
This is the cat's meow. And I'm purring! :) (ok, really bad joke)



The Shootsac.


There are many other things I could for for too. But I thought I'd stop while I'm...behind?! :)

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Women's Volleyball



There are only 4 teams left in the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament.

I'm excited for the games. Whenever I watch, I always wish that I would have played harder. I love the sport and it always makes me want to do better.

So Thursday are the games to decide who is going head to head. We got:

USC vs. Stanford
and
Cal vs. Penn

I haven't seen a Penn game at all this season, but they are number one. I like both USC and Stanford so I'm excited for that game, but who to win...umm...Stanford. I am going to predict Stanford and Penn play for the championship.

I've a ton of pictures to go through and Christmas shopping still, but I think I can find a way to sneak in some of both games, hopefully! ;o) Fingers crossed!!

Dwyane Wade

I was watching a little bit of "The Best D@*# Sports Show, Period" a few nights ago. They had Dwyane Wade on the show. He plays for the Miam Heat. I like him. He is a cool guy. I saw this commercial a few days before I saw him on the show. It's pretty good. Here is his website.

Sunday, December 9, 2007

I'm sick & tired of...

...being sick and tired!!!

I've been sick for a couple of weeks now. I've been to a few doctors now and I think I'm finally on the road to getting better but I'm still pretty bad off. It sucks!!

There are a few things I've discovered since being sick...some insights if you will. Let me just throw it down for you:

1) Puffs came out with an AMAZING new version of their already great tissue. Puffs with Vicks lotion! Duuuude...it's awesome.


2) I don't have specific music that I like to listen to while I'm sick. I'm working on it...So far I've discovered I enjoy...

Alicia Keys-As I am


I've also taken it back to...Coldplay-Parachutes


and just because we all know I can never go wrong with some Johnny...Continuum


But I am on a quest to come up with a good playlist for when I'm sick. I've discovered it is important to the healing process.

3) Another thing I've learned, do not watch "Planet Earth" if you want to take a lil' nap...but do watch it, let me explain:



This show will not let you close your eyes!! It is amazing. I am awed at every episode. If you go to Discovery Channel's website, you can see a bunch of stuff about the series. Please tell me that you have all at least heard of this show!?! If you have not, get on it. Christmas is coming, as you can see, they have dvds of the series. It is absolutely...dude...just watch it. Really. Seriously, in the middle of watching it, I was just thinking about how Heavenly Father thought about every little aspect of every living thing. Just the way animals help maintain each other's ability to live and that we are all here to continue that circle. And really also, that there are so many plants and animals that I've never seen before! Whoa. As you can see, I'm mind blown.

4) If you want people to back away from you for any reason while in a public place, start coughing. It's works when you want alone time in the tissues/paper towel/toilet paper aisle while waiting for your prescription.

5) My co-workers have made me come up with a sign if I'm having a hard time breathing during one of my coughing episodes. The most obvious sign is for me to bang on my desk with the palms of my hands. Now I'm not sure how they will really help me when I do that, but apparently they must have a plan they just haven't told me. I'm not going to ask what it is either! :) hahaha.

So that's what I got for now. I might come with some more later, I'm going to be sick for probably another week. I'm sure of it. Stupid sickness! Let's just hope and pray that all this will be over by the end of this week. I have a ton of shopping to do! blah!

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Best First Wedding Dance

Um...I now have a new standard for the man I marry. He is going to want to pull something like this for our first dance. :) hahaha! Pretty funny.