Valenbirthday

What is a Valenbirthday you ask?  Well it is when it is Valentines Day, and also my birthday! :)  Mhm, Valentines Baby right here. Yes it is kind of awesome, and kind of not at the same time.

But yes, you are here for photos! So here they are :)

For breakfast we had crepes and since I had cake at my party a few days earlier, we put the 24 candles (Yes! A whole pack of candles!!) into this donut that I made :)

& I am so happy I was able to do a few Valentines shoots for others, I had so much fun with the little details and sharing this holiday. Valentines day seems to be such a controversial day, I'm glad to say that I have been pretty happy about it most my life. Being my birthday, I've always tried to make it a good one. & true, not everyone can always have a sweetheart on V-day, but it's good to take time out for those you love, care about, and those who are in your heart.   

Those "secret photos"

Sometimes I take pictures that I immediately  fall in love with, and I am so crazy about them, I'm afraid to post them online so that no one else steals them. Silly? Maybe. But sometimes the camera, myself and whatever I'm shooting, just make it work. The above photo was taken a bit before one of these amazing shots was taken. I found a photo challenge online and for todays, it was "hands". So I grabbed my brother real quick and took about 20 photos of them, and a handful of them are super.

The bokeh, the light around his hand, love it!

Anxious

In the start of January I was feeling very anxious, it had been a few weeks since my last shoot and it was a new year. I made a few Goals, not resolutions, to have atleast 24 shoots in 2012. That would be about 2 a month. Since June I had about 19 shoots,  12 of those being with (aspiring/new/accomplished) models.  So far this month I have done 3 shoots, already ahead of the plan.

So why was I anxious? I think because the past few months have been really tough, and knowing I have shoots surrounding me, I have a place to be, a schedule to keep me sane. Having a photoshoot is like a fix, keeps me going to the next one ( as long as it's not too far!) I feel sometimes like photography for me is like an addiction, I call it my obsession. & I mean it. I love it, and I love meeting new people and creating art with them. Taking pictures of landscapes, odds & ends was fun, still is, but now I am Making pictures, creating scenes, telling a story, sealing moments up. Seriously, how awesome is that?  :)

Like this photo! This makes me smile everytime I look at it!  :)  What an adorable little baby.  I think he is saying "Oy!" 

New blog

Don't you just hate it when you forget a password...Mhhhmm, me too....
So here we are, maybe till now, or for good.
New blog, new photos, new me.


I am a photographer, a pet owner, a coffee lover, music lover, and a fan of nutella.

Above are a few of my recent photos. The two lovely ladies were part of Valentine shoots. Which is also my birthday :)  I <3 photography. See more here.