Canada...eh!

I seriously am THE luckiest most blessed girl ever! Part of that luckiness has to do with the fact that I have some pretty AMAZING friends. Some of my closest friends don't live anywhere near me. I have four friends that I share my life with through email because we don't live close by each other. Two live on the east side of the country and two live in Canada.

Well, we have never been together all at once. Here and there parts of the group have been together but never all at once. We finally said enough is enough and planned a trip, the first of many reunions!! The first trip we decided would be out to visit Kate in Ottawa, Ontario. Canada's capital! How awesome is that right?!

So we figured out dates and times and all that other junk that has kept us from finally having this reunion and we started to wing our way out to Ottawa...except one thing happened two days before the trip. One of the girls got sick, and not just sick. Pneumonia. Now that is a sickness you can't mess with. :( Needless to say, we were all beyond bummed out about this. We STILL were not all going to be together in one location. I'm still sad as I type it. :( We love you Marty!!

So unintentionally I was in a different photography mood on this trip. I shot a lot less from the hip and a lot more thoughtfully. And I have never taken more picture of food in my LIFE! ;) It was becoming obsessive and annoying as our stomachs growled waiting for me to get my shot. haha!

There is going to be a lot of different posts from my first trip to Canada. So expect a LOT of different post all about it. Here is the first one.

Oh and long story short we have an inside joke for the name of our emailing group it's "Everything Between White & Wong" or EBWAW for short. So whenever you see the above picture of the Canadian flag, you will know it's another installment of the trip. :)

We went to brunch, well, it became lunch...honestly, we had a hard time waking up that morning! It's in a quaint lovely small town that Kate lives in outside of Ottawa.



I love details. While we waited for our food to be made we went into their gift shop that was also apart of the restaurant.


The food was really good. And made fresh, on the spot. And we knew that because we saw them making it from the kitchen. I love places like this!

And lastly, the river and stone bridge right next to the restaurant. It was a beautiful day. (my wimpy friends were complaining that it was super hot, and it was only in the mid/high 80's. Dude. That is perfect weather for Vegas. I dream about that kind of weather! haha!)



A LOT more from the trip to Canada coming. :) I'm so excited to post more! I'm missing my girls a lot more as I have been going through the photos! Shout out to my EBWAW girls! ;)

Sneak Peek: Rachel...Anytime Session!

Rachel was willing to do whatever I wanted her to do and I know I only hit the tip of the iceberg of her willingness to do anything crazy. I even had a hard time picking one photo as the sneak peek! ha!


So here is the one photo I forced myself to pick.



More to come...including my trip to Canada!! :)

The Brimhall Eye Center - Open House

I am so beyond happy to be a part of this institution. Dr. Brett Brimhall is an extremely wonderful doctor, ophthalmologist, boss, and person. I could go on but when I show him that this blog post is up, I don't want him to think I'm brown nosing. I've been called out more than once for doing that! ;) hahaha!

By circumstances that fell into wonderful perfect place, I have been blessed to say my other job besides photography is working for Brett and Holly Brimhall. In short, they are amazing people. Genuine and kind people I hope to grow up and be like one day.

There was an open house for the Brimhall Eye Center and I was able to take some photos of the fun, that is when I wasn't stuffing my face with the most AMAZING food ever!!! The Brimhall family came down in family supporting greatness and helped Holly throw the best food party...I mean open house I've ever been able to say I was slightly attached to. ;)

Here are some shots!

Yes, that's right. I'm gonna start the series of food pictures with the desserts. Duh.
I love oranges, but orange butter...seriously...heaven!


The amazing "catering company"!


Some of Dr. Brimhall's family...he has some pretty awesome sisters & dad! I totally loved them before the open house was over and hugged them good bye like I had known them forever when they left! I appreciate that they went with it! haha!

I had a hard time putting this next picture on here. I mean look at me...ruining this picture of extremely photogenic people!! hahaha!

If you need your eyes checked for any reason, or maybe you need contacts or glasses. Even cooler thinking about LASIK or BoTox...The Brimhall Eye Center can do it all!! 702-263-2020! :) We are in the medical office building next to Centennial Hills Hospital. Hey, maybe I'll answer the phone! haha!

The Gronning Family!

Alright, so how did I meet the Gronning family? I work for Mike and Julie! Soooo, no pressure right?! Only my job is on the line!! Juuuust kidding. It wasn't! I was pretty excited to take pictures for them because they are such good genuine nice people.

We went out to Lake Las Vegas (go out there for summer fun events! keep it alive!!) on a beautiful day and had a great time.

My favorite shots have to be the jumping pictures. Thanks Gronning family for trusting my kooky idea on that one!! :) haha! I love how they turned out....but I loved a lot of 'em! It's hard to pick when it's such a good looking family! Take a look:



This picture and the other jumping picture below are my favorites of the series, but if you read it left to right line by line, that was basically the progression of getting the shot! So fun!


This next one is my favorite of the day. I just love the lighting and the background. And it helps that I'm shoot a pretty good looking family too! ;)




p.s. I still totally have a crush on Cody. haha.

Cody...Mini Senior Session!

I didn't tell Cody this, but by the time we were done, I totally had a crush on him! And I don't care what anyone says, to me, he looks a tiny bit like Michael Buble. He is such a good kid and charming in a quite subtle way. During his family's session, Cody and I went off on our own for a little while and took photos for his graduation announcements.

Check it out...

SEE! Isn't he such a stud! ;)





And he has a great smile.


Coming next, the whole Gronning family! :)

Laughing.

I love laughing. Who doesn't?!

More than anything I love to make my nieces laugh. They are so much fun.

My youngest niece was showing me her pretty dress but she wasn't really working the camera for me like I wanted her too. So I tried to use my charm and wit on an almost three year old and it wasn't really working.

Go figure.

I had to resort to other measures...tickling.

So that finger poking her to get her to laugh, it's mine.

I was going to tickle, step back and take the picture, but then I saw what was happening...the moments we forget to remember.

I'm kinda in love with this series of pictures. Aaaand, yes I know I say that a LOT. But for reals. My cup runneth over for this little girl. It makes me smile and ache at the same time since none of my nieces live in Vegas too.



Now go make someone laugh...or laugh with you. ;)

Senior Session...Nick!!

Nick is the nephew of one of my grooms/brides. I love referral clients, mostly because they are usually as awesome as the client that referred them. Aaaand, welp, it was the truth yet again! Nick and his older sister...ahem, I mean his mom, rock! Nick is a pretty cool guy. What made him even more cool, he was up for pretty much whatever I threw at him. Who wouldn't be with the pretty sweet kicks he was sporting(and yes, the shoes got their own picture below)!

Nick and I spent some time on our own taking pictures but when we met back up with his mom, I could tell right away why Nick was such a great kid. Lisa is pretty awesome. I could tell that Lisa and Nick have a great relationship. I loved the way they interacted with each other. You could tell they are really close and are best friends.

Here are some of the highlights from Nick's senior session!




One of my favorite series of pictures. We had such a good laugh in the grass! ;)

All the above happened to get the below picture. haha!




Love the yellow and blue contrast!



You two are so much fun! Thanks for allowing me to come out and take your pictures!


Happy Graduation Nick!!