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I am not so sad for 2009 to be over. There were so many wonderful things that happened and mainly the success I had with my camera has been insane. 2010 should be amazing!!! Not only do I aniticipate many new clients but a new baby as well. We just found out today that it will be a boy. Of course healthy babies are all we should ask for but we feel extra happy for a boy.
I can’t let 2009 pass without saying thanks to all those clients that gave me a chance and to especially Kenny and Rachel for letting me photograph there wedding as a newbie. With 7 weddings under my belt in 2009 and 2 planned in January I am pumped to expand my brand. Thanks 2009.
These are just a tiny sampling of my favorites….there just wasn’t room for everything.
Florida is rarely chilly to the point that we have coats on for a solid week. It has been that rare week here and just around Christmas which made it feel nice and seasonal. I got a call this week from a High School friend who was in town and wanted to get his new family photographed before they left for home.
We met behind the local college campus which happens to rest between a couple of waterways. The morning was chilly and with a 12 week old, I was worried we would have one chance for the family picture. Luckily, I got more then half an hour of a very alert and chubby-cute baby boy…oh and his parents. Between shots we wrapped him up in his blanket and hat which turned out to be too cute to not include in the spread.
Thanks for the fun morning guys.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 Posted in Personal
My family has been enjoying this jolly season. From cookies to Santa to Christmas lights….we are fulfilled. Here are just a few snapshots of our time this month. I sign off until after New Years. Emails will still be answered and phone calls returned but my blogging needs a rest. Check back in January for 3 weddings events. January 1st I have my first wedding of 2010…very fitting and then I am off to a friend’s wedding to be just a guest. Her bridal pictures will be posted when I get back. Then I have another wedding 1/9, so much happening in the beginning of the year is hopefully a very good sign.
Sugar cookies with the family. Gillian liked the messy frosting more then the cookie.
Christmas lights and Santa at St. Andrews Oaks By the Bay park.
Some belly lovin’
Tomorrow I have a last minute bridal shoot with one of my friends from High School. She is a super sweet heart and I am so excited to take her pictures. Recently, she returned from Africa where she met her fiance and they are getting married in January. Before Africa she was working with kids, nature and God.
Since this is all last minute, I thought I would whip together a mock bouquet for her. Asking her bridesmaid, I found out that the girls will be carrying white flowers of various types minus roses. I combed the silk and dried flower aisles and found so many varieties. To incorporate her natural lifestyle I added some browns and raffia. Then since we are talking bridal…just a tiny bit of diamond dust (thanks Martha Stewart).
This was my first attempt at creating a bouquet fake or otherwise. What do ya think? I kinda like it.
Saturday’s wedding was forcast for rain most of the day. It had been raining off an on the entire week, so the ground was saturated. Even if the rain did stop to get some pictures outside the ground was soaked. The last resort was to get some pictures of the couple outside their reception at the Boatyard. I knew there was a little marina back there and probably there would be some flood lights to work with. Thank God for rain because then I wouldn’t have even thought to go out and get this night pictures. I can’t tell you how happy I was to walk in the back and see these adorable 5 globed street lights, lighthouse and rustic brightly colored boats hanging around just waited to have a bride and groom glow after their nuptials. Here is a sneak of why I am over the moon this Sunday looking at wedding pictures. There will be more to come this week.
To show the magic of Photoshop actions, I decided to use this picture in a before and after.
BEFORE: 
AFTER: (All actions are from Totally Rad Actions) Cool As A Cucumber x2, Clarify on bride’s dress and lighthouse, Bullet Tooth 100%
Friday, December 11, 2009 Posted in Personal
BABY!!!! That’s right, I feel it is time to announce to my cyber world the wonderful news that a new baby Peaden is going to arrive in May 2010. Stephen and I couldn’t be happier. December 31 we will find out the gender of our new bug and according to early ultrasounds they are leaning towards a boy. The ultrasound tech describe the measurement at 12 weeks on any baby to determine the gender as the “Angle of the Dangle”. Nope….I am not fibbing, pulling your leg, or inventing new terms. She even had a paper taped to her wall describing the term and is resulting measurement predictions.
Here is my best interpretation. On ultrasound at 12 weeks, both sexes have the same genital makeup. It looks like a tiny white line where the legs begin. The angle of that line according to the spine’s position can determine the sex of the baby. Pointing toward the spine and you have a girl…pointing up and you have a boy. From her experience (4 wrong out of 80 some mothers) she predicted boy. Don’t you feel smarter now that you know this?
Right now I am almost at the half way point and feel way bigger then I did with Gillian. I know things are supposed to pop out a little sooner with each kid but this is ridiculous. I think all of my organs are being pushed straight up instead of out to the side like Gillian. Being in my second trimester, I am feeling great and symptom free aside from the belly. To be honest the only symptoms I had in the first trimester were fatigue and slight dizziness. I had no nausea or sore lady bumbs 
Shooting has been a breeze and I am hoping to keep shooting until I pop this one out. Of course I have left myself a nice window without major shoots like weddings so as to not have to find a backup but everyone should be worry free about wondering if I am going to be up to shooting.
Thanksgiving weekend, my parents were in town and my mom was willing to ride with us downtown to get some pictures of our family for our Christmas crads. I am not ready to show those since I don’t want to give it away but I thought I might give you a peak at preggers Adria. The sun was setting at the marina and my eyes tend to turn a really golden shade of amber/brown when the sun hits them. My mom loves that effect and asked for my camera. I got my serious-fierce face on and produced this awesome amazing pose for all of you to see…..overboard in my description I know. It is actually the one preggers picture that I am loved so far between the two pregnancies.
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