When it comes to my own accessories I like to keep things simple–nothing too flashy/gaudy/trendy. On the other hand, I love, love, love to see people wearing crazy stuff and pulling it off! Plus it makes for great photographs that are much more interesting.
With that said, for some reason I am a little tempted by these headbands…even though I know I wouldn’t wear one. Or would I? Hmmm…
What do you think of them?
We recently had a fantastic Hawaii vacation, and as you would imagine the result was hundreds of images of our fun adventures, the island scenery, and of the robins family. It was difficult to narrow it down to a few that Braden and I selected to go in a book–but I am really happy about what the layouts became. I used the iPhoto app on my Mac to organize the images and then order the printed from Apple (from the comfort of my couch…in my pajamas…eating cheetos…well, not really eating cheetos, but you can imagine.) We dedicated the book to Braden’s parents for taking us on such a great trip, so we also shipped it straight to them. I can’t wait to see how the book looks in person (don’t worry, they already showed it to us via video-conferencing!). Depending on what the final product is like–I may utilize iPhoto for client photograph books in the future.
Here is a screen shot of the Cover. Oh how we miss the beach!
The front inside flap. Braden authored this fabulous narrative (with my input, of course!)
Title Page. We looked up as many of the places we visited as possible to make sure we go the names and spelling right. In reality, we probably could've just used any combination of vowels and the effect would be the same...
Spread #1. Shots from our sweet digs and the resort grounds.
Spread #2. Just a montage of images from the weeklong adventure.
Spread #3. Our first full day in Maui we spent the morning at the beach, and went for a hike in the afternoon. They have trails that go through an old plantation, most of it used to be a golf course. It ended up being a little steeper than we had anticipated...but we survived. By "survived" I mean that Aubrey ran up the hills, Braden almost kept up with her, and well, you can see Norma's strategy in the photos above.
Spread #4. The Road to Hana. The distance around Maui is not all that long, but driving to the other end to see the sites took us upwards of 10 hours round-trip. This can be attributed to the extremely narrow roads, two-lane bridges, and tourist traffic. Not to mention that there are several places to stop and play along the way! We saw beautiful beaches, ate fresh banana bread at a roadside fruit stand (well Ward and I did), saw a super old church made out of coral, had a picnic lunch by a waterfall, some of us got in and/or fell into the water, and other various activities.
Spead #5. Most of these are us modeling our church clothes on the hotel balcony. It definitely seemed that the majority of the congregation at the church we visited were tourists...It was, afterall, Memorial Day weekend.
Spread #6. We drove up a very windy, very steep, very cliff edgy road to get to the volcano crater. It was rainy and "foggy" most of the way up, and as you would imagine, "foggy" at the top as well. Apparently the fog was actually vapors from the volcano on the main island. It made it somewhat difficult to see anything, let alone the crater. But at least we can say we've been there! And it was pretty fun anyway.
Spread #7. We embarked on a Snorkel trip bright and early Monday morning. We enjoyed clear skies, smooth-sailing, and several ocean wildlife sightings. Captain Dave took us around the island of Lanai, stopping in three awesome bays to let us snorkel. Snorkelling was a blast, and Captain Dave and his crew were very entertaining.
Spread #8. Zipline! I'm so glad that Aubrey suggested this. The views were AMAZING and the ziplines were long and way fun. Plus, as a bonus we got to look hot in some sweet gear.
Spread #9. Good times at the Luau.
Last page. The requisite Aubrey-montage. She is looking out in the distance for her boyfriend, Captain Dave.
The back inside flap.
Back Cover. How sad that vacations have to end!
I was really, really excited for this opportunity to do a portrait session with a great group of Prom-goers. Natalie was so sweet and made all of the arrangements to make sure the big event was documented for her son, his friends and their parents. We had quite the entourage with us on the shoot, and had an awesome time capturing the energy of the ‘Fantastic Four’ in the hub of activity at the Tempe Marketplace. Cody and Angel have been best friends for “forever”–it may not quite be a bromance but pretty darn close. Their beautiful dates looked stunning, and the whole group definitely had a style all their own. They looked super fine and were super fun! See for yourself!
One of Cody's favorite facial expressions...
Such a cute couple!
Cody and his Mom have a really fun relationship--i love it!
I felt like I was on-set for Phantom of the Opera or at a Masquerade. They looked so rad!
One of many "classic moves" for Cody and Angel...
Very sweet couple
As we're wrapping up the session, she exclaims "i love the mom!" and jumps in for a shot with Natalie.
Thanks guys! You rock!
I can’t lie, lately I have been just a little bit baby hungry. In my defense, look at the adorable kidlets I get to photograph at weddings…and all of these were at ONE wedding alone!
I rest my case.
It was great hanging out with Lisa and Eric and their fun families! As a bonus, my mom was in town and she accompanied and assisted me! We really enjoyed the bride and groom session with this sweet couple. Lisa even dressed up in her mother’s wedding dress for part of the shoot, which I thought was awesome.
Time to catch up on the blog! I am so excited to share some of my favorite images from the Peck Family shoot. They are such a sweet family and had some great ideas for the session. Nothing says Arizona like the Desert Botanical Gardens.
At this time last year we had just gotten back from a weekend trip to Utah. We visited family, went to General Conference, attended my newest nephew’s blessing…and Braden had the “talk” with my dad. I knew it was coming, but didn’t know when.
Finally, after work on April 9, 2008, Braden took me to dinner at Mangos Cafe (where we had gone on our first date.) After dinner we picked up some mochi from Trader Joe’s and headed to a certain place on campus to enjoy our treat. And that, my friends, is when the proposal thing happened and we started the most insane (but exciting) 2.5 months of our lives.
It is so surreal that it has been a year since all of that happened! In commemoration, I’ve rummaged up some old photos just for fun. (Shown here in the order I found them…)
My sister-in-law, Heidi, got this shot of us playing with our nieces the weekend before the proposal. April 2008
As far as we know, the first photo ever taken of us together. 2005?
Modeling "the Ring" inbetween wedding errands. 2008
Hanging out at Laguna Beach. 2007
What were you doing around this time last year? Post a comment and tell us what we missed during our blur of wedding preparations!
We were literally up with the birds (even “killer” geese!) for a great session in the early morning light. I even got some lighting tips from an interesting and aged woman at the bus stop nearby. The only thing we were missing was Rock Band 2–which is where Ashley really shows her true colors! These two definitely make a great couple and we are looking forward to seeing them at the wedding (if not sooner.)
