1) Roman Holiday — I had all these grand ambitions to pop-culture-educate myself on all things Europe (I even added all those movies about Queen Elizabeth to my Netflix queue!) before taking off there but as this trip draws closer, a busy shooting schedule has kept me from this mission. With one great exception. During...
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Countdown to “Eclipse” (aka ‘I’m ridiculous’)
I watched the Twilight crew promote the release of “Eclipse” on Oprah a few weeks back and remember thinking, “Psssttt…..FOR REAL, who are these women who host PREMIERE parties at their house with RED CARPETS?” That is so ridiculous….
Not ridiculous? Blogging about “Eclipse.” Oh, and going to see “Eclipse” tonight. At midnight. Okay, maybe this,...
#62 … check and mark! (and a June self-portrait)
#62) Hang up a hammock in the backyard
Growing up, there were two places I always dreamed would be the PERFECT place to read a book. A window seat like this. Annndddd a hammock. There wasn’t a window seat in my childhood home. And the nylon version of a hammock that stood on a stand in...
10 years gone … just like that
Tonight I’ll head back to Fort Wayne to spend time with high school classmates, some of whom I haven’t seen since we walked across that stage together at graduation on a hot June night back in 2000. I remember, when I was a teenager, watching “Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion” and thinking that...
The Smith Family
I don’t know where to start in talking about this family. Do I talk about my first impression upon walking inside their restored Victorian house? Because my jaw might have dropped a little once I did. And then I might have spent the rest of the evening trying to convince April that she needs to...
Who says they all have to be perfect?
A few weeks ago, my friend Jess of Studio3z Photography wrote a fantastic post about how she struggles to fight the tendency to make every shot “perfect.” I loved what she had to say about how, too often, we snap and snap away with the attitude of, “Well, I’m going to trash a lot of...
How Facebook corralled me into creating a fan page
For a long time now I’ve been comfortable posting my photography work to my personal Facebook page. I didn’t want to create a business page because a) it’d be one more thing for me to update and b) who isn’t a smidge annoyed by all the random messages they get from people they don’t know...
Hilary and Tim: Sneak Peek
Want to know the recipe for the best sneak peek ever?
Take one ridiculously good looking groom and one stunning bride …
Throw in a dash of their ability to make any photograph you take look good …. Then give a hint of the amazing place you took them to and the awesomeness that is to come...
Ke$ha, your music is my (obnoxious) summer drug
I don’t know what comes over me but it starts around this time of year, every year. My normal “Top 40 cynical” self starts turning the radio up when a Ke$sha song comes on in the car. And then the windows come down. And before you know it, I’m belting out right along with her...
The Smith Family: Sneak Peek
The photographer world tends to be a small community and a rather tight-knit one at that. I can’t remember how or when April Cochran-Smith of Pure Photography got put on my radar, but one Facebook friending led to a Twitter following and the next thing you know, I feel like I’ve know the gal for...
