Hal and Paula...LOVE!

Confession #1:
Most of my clients don't shoot inside their homes and I will admit, I was a little nervous about it. Mostly because I am unable to control the environment or can't preview it, or I haven't shot there before in the past. So being the closet perfectionist/control freak that I am, I was internally a nervous wreck to shoot at the home of Hal and Paula.

Confession #2:
I was completely NUTS (and probably still am) for being nervous! I couldn't stop telling Paula and Hal how much I loved their home. I think they were getting sick of me getting all excited about their little details, the art work, and pops of color everywhere.

Confession #3:
I am completely smitten with Paula and Hal. Rarely do you meet a couple who have the kind of love the two of them have. I think the proof is in the pictures. They really helped me remember how much I love love. Being in love, being around love, being apart of love, documenting love, feeling those pitter patters and really adoring the person you are in love with. I had a moment while shooting them when I just sighed with envy. And not an envy of jealousy, but an integral envy of hope that I will find the kind of love the two of them share with each other. I adored the way they would look at each other and talk to each other. It was really beautiful.





Here are some of those details I was talking about.





Paula and Hal,
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to photograph you in your home. I loved it. It was an uplifting and sincere pleasure. Thank you for the reminder of why I love what I do.

:)
Lori

Hiking at Red Rock

I. am. so. Soooorry! I haven't blogged in a while.

Well here is another catch up blog. This was back in November. It was still really nice outside so hiking at Red Rock Canyon didn't seem crazy. It was a GORGEOUS day.

Here is a shot from my iPhone. I had the day off for one reason or another, but my co-workers were dying to know what I was doing while they were stuck at work, so I emailed this photo to them. They were jealous. I think with good reason. :)



I didn't use my camera very often...that's because someone else was using it (or actually stole it may be the right word) when we were hiking. But here are the two shots I got in when I actually had it in my hands! ;)


This shot was my favorite because I just love fall and leaves and the colors, and this was the most I was gonna get for the "fall" season.

Happy Friday!

All you can do is smile...

...when you are sick on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Eve morning I woke up to a scratchy throat, runny nose and pounding headache. I still had presents to wrap, bags to pack, and things here and there to do. What's a girl to do in the mist of all that (and getting a cold on top of it) to feel better? Take some pictures. But of what? Um...I guess myself.

Please don't judge me in all my non-make-up glory! ;)

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!!

The Halloween/Birthday Post, yes I'm THAT behind!

So I've had this sitting in my draft box for a really long time because I have a TON more picture to post, but I've finally decided that it's a week before Christmas and it's about time I posted the Halloween pictures!

Ridiculous. I know. Go ahead, shake your head at me, because I'm doing it right now at myself!

My sister, Landa and my youngest niece Jordan were up from Texas for a visit during Halloween. Isn't she a SUPER cute kangaroo!!
ACTION shot!!! haha! We were all c-r-a-c-k-i-n-g up when she started doing this. I almost didn't get the shot I started laughing so hard.
Awe! Look at the cute newlyweds! Pul-lease! ;) I love them. I hang with them all the time. (too much probably! haha!)
Kealani was a princess! Her mom made her dress for her! Teri did an amazing job!
I rarely EVER catch my dad on camera with a genuine smile. He freezes in front of me and gives me a fake smile. So I was excited when I got this one!
This is the birthday girl, Kaitlin.
I just love that her face is already messy (around her mouth) from eating Halloween candy! haha! Her mom made this dress too! As she gets older she is either going to loooove Halloween, or completely hate it. I hope she loves it, even though this Auntie has never been good at Halloween all together. Her birthday pictures are what I haven't gone through and why I haven't posted this yet. So sorry, this is it for now. :) But I still LOVE you Kaitlin!!!

Jeff & Bethany + 4 (oh..and one in the oven)

So finally, here is the photo session from old friends of mine (and yes, I mean that in both ways, haha)! I met Jeff and Bethany probably almost 8 years ago. Then they married 7 years ago and grew themselves a family. It is always so surreal and a little funny/weird to see any of my friends with kids. I sometimes forget that it's usually what happens when you get married! haha!

I had a blast guys! Thanks so much for letting me hang out with your kids! I love that I at some point I got to hold hands with almost all of them as we walked from spot to spot. And that they just talked and talked as we walked and walked!


This next one was a happy lil' accident. I love how it turned out in the end...



This is my favorite shot of the day...brothers, just chillin' with their arms around each other! So fun!

Sooooo busy. Picture of the Week!

Hello friends.

I am not ignoring you or the blog. I am chin deep in editing and taking pictures. All I can say is:

Busy. Busy. Holiday. Season. Hustle. Bustle.

Here is a lil' picture of the week, which has turned into "picture of the month or so" but either way, there is still a picture involved, right?! :)



I have to tell you all something before I end this post. My boss said the other day, "yes, please check what they write, because a lot of the time people write the way they talk." I walked away chuckling to myself because most of what I write would say "duuuude" quite a bit. At the time I was thinking about work related documents.

Then I realized, I TOTALLY write the way I talk on this blog. And for that I apologize. :) hahaha! I use to be a far better writer than I am now. I was on my high school newspaper! I wanted to be a writer all the way back in 6th grade. I even started writing short stories. Then some where, some how I became the "amazing writer" you read before you today. I make up words, I have spelling mistakes, I don't use grammar correctly anymore, I elongate words like "aaaaaand" a looooot! ;) So with all that said, thank you for reading anyway!

Please keep a look out, I will try to get something else up this week!