Fall Chill

To start this one off I'll share some photos from summer to warm you up! :)

The above photos are from Eastern Montana and then Yellowstone National Park. For about 10 days, my mother, two brothers, uncle( who is 21) my grandmother and I all hoped into an RV and set out on a great adventure. Mission: Family reunion in Eastern Montana.

In September I went somewhere I've never been before! & my oh my was I excited! I had only decided I was going a few weeks before my flight took me off to paradise. A best friend of mine was having their wedding in Maui!  I'll save those for my next post :)

Zombie

Random thought, the title to this post just reminded me of the Cranberries- Zombie, good song.

But onto non randomness...

The weather has been so back and forth, sunny, rainy, warm, blustery. This doesn't always work well for me and planning shoots. Which is a major pain. ( How I met your mother reference anyone?)  So I've just noticed, maybe I shouldn't try to blog right now, Wednesdays are long days for me consiting of mulitple cups of coffee starting at 6am. & I'm not a morning person.  Thus making me into a zombie.  

Lets just get to the photos real quick before I go off on some other random path :)

These maternity photos were really fun and even though the sun wasn't out, I'm glad on the location we decided on to help lend in some variety. 

New life is amazing. I can't imagine the stress of becoming a mom, but it's rewards are obvious.

 This photo I was almost going to keep to myself but it's too awesome. I'm sure I'll get it printed up in a bigger size.

Tulips at Roozengaarde in Mt Vernon.

Slacking...

Here I've done it again, forgetting to update my blog :/

I have a lot of new photos to share though so that should make up for it!

Oh, and it's a new year. :O    Sheesh.

 So here is to 2014, more blog posts, more awesome photos :)

Get ready for some reading, lots of adventures have been had over the past few months  :D

These next two photos were actually from July but it was an awesome location and my brother Gabe was obviously in an adventurous mood, walking out under this bridge on that thin "walkway" .

 In September I visited Portland twice!  The first time was a quick day trip with my brother Victor. We walked around so much that day, saw some interesting people and overall had a great time.

Below are from the 2nd visit to Portland, just a few days after I went down there with my brother.

This first one I love for all the shapes, my brother Victors funny face and my silly uncle. Yes, uncle, he is 6 years younger than me. 

 After Portland we stopped at the Capital on the way home. I forgot how huge the buildings were!

Pictured above is my mom, brother Gabe & the oh so adorable Freya :)

 With a magazine submission in mind Gypsy Moth and I started collaborating and after a mua couldn't make it the first time we met up, we decided on another day and everything went great, lighting, location turned out to be awesome. Love these photos! Big thanks to such a lovely model :)
Riot Vixen Magazine

 I love doing shoots with models & clients, but when I get the chance to shoot with cars, I'm so up for it! Packwood is amazing. The area, the fresh air, the friends, the cars, tire smoke. It was really sad to hear this location is no longer available for drifting :(  

 Cold December afternoon, met up with Alycin for a tattoo themed shoot to submit to Ink Pushers Magazine. & I say again, cold. Cold cold cold. But these photos are some of my favorites I've ever taken. We got down to the water just around sunset and the lighting was beautiful.  & her hair, I'm crazy about it! 

December also brings holiday photos. How sweet is this little girl? Her mom was a friend from middle school, so neat to catch up with her a bit and take these photos for her :) <3

The third visit to Portland (so fun!) was in the beginning of December and we visited The Grotto for sooo many Christmas lights and lovely singing.

& now feast your eyes on some serious eye candy!

  Frontman of Panic! at the Disco...Mr. Brendon Urie !!

*Swoon*  

I was incredibly lucky to have seen him twice, 2 nights in a row. Yes you read that right. Tuesday night, went down to the Showbox Sodo in Seattle to see them with my brother Gabe then Wednesday night by pure luck and chance, drove up to Vancouver, Canada with a friend and saw them at the Commodore Ballroom. On the way up there and then on the way home I kept thinking "Holy crap, we're going to Canada!" 

 Happy Valentines Day from Freya and of course me, the Birthday girl :)

26 now. Still don't feel like I'm even over 21 sometimes. I get along so well with my younger siblings ranging from ages 11 to 18, so I have to give credit to them for reminding me to not take life too seriously, always use my imagination and have fun. I'm so lucky to have 2 awesome sisters( who you wouldn't know to be my sisters as they are little blond beauties!) and 2 great brothers. It's scary to watch them grow up into teenagers and almost adults, thank goodness for photos of them as toddlers and that they are still crazy & funny :)


I am too often reminded how important it is to document life, whether it be photos, writing it down, filming it, or all of the above. Life is about memories, adventures, letting people know you care, enjoying the world around us.

So go out there and take time to really smell those roses, smile more, take the scenic route home from work, hug more, listen to your favorite songs over & over.