Here it is. The moment you’ve all been waiting for … the slideshow :o)

CLICK HERE to see it for yourself!

p.s. you have to click the pause button and then click the play button after that for it to start

music: These Are Days, by the 10,000 Maniacs
(Jeff Smith are you laughing at my 90s era music :o)

Hello, photo loving friends. I haven’t forgotten my promise to you. Jody and Scott’s wedding photos are here! I know I’ve had such a rough life flying from one end of this great land to the other in a matter of days and then to go on and spend a month at the east side’s ocean! It’s been fun, but now I am back in the Muncie flatlands and am happy to be basking in the bright California sun via photographs.

I felt so honored to be the one telling the story of Jody and Scott’s wedding day through photographs. When I played the slideshow through (posting tomorrow) I was all choked up. Then I played the slideshow for Mark and he was all choked up too. It could be that Jody and I spent a lot of good times on her college rental porch talking, laughing and praying when she lived in Muncie that made this so much more emotional for me. Good memories = good tears. And I consider her part family since Mark and her were always mistaken for siblings in college.

And though I had only met Scott one other time before the wedding, just being around him is calming. He’s an instant friend. Jody and him together are a perfect match. The power couple. I mean look at their smiles and see their laughter. Don’t you want to just laugh right along with them?! They’re pretty amazing!

So with that, thank you Jody and Scott. I look forward to my next vacation out west where my only responsibility is to laugh, smile and chill with you both!

enjoy …

{buttoning up}

{first meet before the wedding}

{could the sun have broken through at a better time?}

{and this is what i’m talking about friends–smiles and laughter! can you feel it?}

stay tuned for the slideshow …

Hi blogging friends with a love for photos. I just wanted to let you know I’m not lost, but I am without internet access. I will be back in the blogging biz world once I return from NC at the end of June. In the meantime, you can get a very, little, tiny sneak peek at a couple of Jody’s wedding photos from San Francisco here on the ro.fam blog  Bigger and fully edited ones to come later!  

I feel real blessed to share a name and a birthday with this sweetie. I wish I had video of her walking around because she’s so stinkin’ cute!

{40d, 1/500, f/1.8, M, ISO 100, 85 mm}

I will be out of state from Thursday, May 22 until the end of June. If you’d like to schedule a photo session please contact me to set something up for mid-summer. Also, if you’re visiting or living in or near Wilmington, NC send me an email, I’d love to hook up.

One of my best college roommate’s is having a baby. Since she lives in Georgia now, so I jumped at the opportunity to take a few photos of her at her baby shower while she was up visiting. Now if only I can find a way down there when the baby arrives :o)

My favorite memory of Jen is her stealing my only dress and shoes while in college and giving them to my boyfriend (that being my now husband Mark) so that Mark could surprise me by proposing to me at a semi-fancy restaurant. For it to be a surprise he couldn’t tell me to dress up, so he had Jen steal my dress and shoes. The thing is, I was looking ev.ry.where for them. I went up and down the dorm floor asking my neighbors if anyone had seen it and was completely baffled as to why anyone would want to steal my dress. Jen in the meantime was up in her loft suppressing many giggles. When I asked her what was wrong, she said, “nothing, leave me alone, I’m just tired!” You think I would have figured she had something to do with it. Apparently, I was too busy being baffled!

Okay, onto my beautiful and pregnant roommate:

love you jen!

To see the rest of the photos from my latest photo session, CLICK HERE to see the slideshow

music: Jungle Gym by Jack Johnson

{40D, Manual, 1/320, f/4.5, ISO 100, 50 mm}

{40D, Manual, 1/640, f/3.2, ISO 100, 50 mm}

Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye … {Corinthians}

It was sunny and beautiful all week long when the news came to me on Thursday that it was supposed to rain on Friday … and in the morning of all things. I say this because I had a very special date planned with Baby E and did not want our fun to be rained out. Thankfully it poured through the night, but by morning time, everything was perfect. Beautiful morning sunshine, not too hot, not too cold and an ever-so-cute one-year-old.

When I first started portfolio building I thought I might like to go into photographing and documenting actual births. Jeremy and Angela were my first try at this. In the end poor Angela was in labor way too many hours and ended up with a c-section. I wasn’t allowed in, but I was there to snap this shot when proud daddy came to show off Baby E:

Now her little personality really shines. Here’s a few from our session:

Can’t wait for you to see the rest Baby E! Thanks for a wonderful playdate!

My littlest is a poser. Not in the late 80s skate or die wannabe way; he just hams if up for the camera.

{40D, Sigma 17-50 mm at 46 mm, Manual, 1/80, 2.8, ISO 800}

You may have seen over in the family blog how he likes to make a bed for himself in random places. This time it was on the kitchen floor in front of the oven. He’s my child that really knows how to charm a person with his cuteness. We’re thankful for this because we also know the other side of his personality too :o)

And here’s a classic ham it up moment and then ask to see the photo:

{40D, Sigma 17-50 mm at 50 mm, Manual, 1/80, 2.8, ISO 800}

Look at that pout would ya? It’s his latest thing along with a little, “ohhhhhh” slow wine. It’s actually pretty cute, and I have to turn away with a smile

Happy Earth Day!

I was lucky enough to be a part of my friend Leah’s big birthday bash Friday night. I took my new camera out for a little spin to see what it could do :o) I was able to catch some sweet couples tearin’ up the dance floor.

There was the birthday girl herself and her man Joel:

I thought Jess and Anthony were the best dancing matched couple out there. They were too cute!

Neil and Kelly are always good for a laugh:

And I need to just take Bob and Sarah out on the town to grab some more photos of their cuteness. Maybe we’ll exchange babysitting for photos :o)

And let’s not forget about me and my handsome beau. Thanks to Carolyn of c.frotography (kidding, but wouldn’t that make a cheesy, fun name?) for these last shots. Carolyn accidentally bounced the flash off the groud, but I really like the effect … I think it matches our expressions well!

And we all know I like to get my groove on:

This one cracks me up:

Thanks Leah for a fun night out!

So I know that I mentioned that I might do everyone’s photo challenge, but it turns out I may never get everyone’s done before everyone forgets there was even a contest. Everyone had great ideas, and I am storing them in my creative bank for future creative needs. So — with that said, I picked one and went with it.

While I was on my internet strike I had a lot of time to just be me. I was actually feeling emotion instead of stuffing and cramming. And strangely, there wasn’t as much anxiety emotion as I often experience in my everyday life. It actually happens to be the main emotion that pushes me towards the internet and then once there actually increases that emotion. (See the family blog for a description of Mark’s medical terminology IIAS that he’s labeled just for me). Anyhow, because of that I think I was actually able to feel good, genuine emotion more than I normally would have. Sweet humble tears, true laughter … you get it. I’ve had some great runs on my treadmill jamming out to David Crowder’s Remedy cd. Worship and workout multi-tasking … it really rocked! Point being after one of these times I got inspired to do my self portrait which was Carolyn’s photo challenge to me. And I quote:

:: i’d like to see a self portrait…not of me…of you! i know you won’t pick mine because you won’t want to do it. but my challenge is, shoot a self portrait of yourself doing something or in a way that shows some of your beautiful personality (a fear, something you truly enjoy doing, an emotion, a dream, etc) ::

And here is what I came up with in light of my internet strike:

In case you can’t tell, that’s me trapped inside my computer (and wonderfully sweaty after a workout!) So I took from the “fear” part of her challenge. I definitely don’t want to have my life pass before me and God and see that most it was spent in front of a computer.

Kudos to you Carolyn for the challenge and for helping me get creative! You win a $5 Amazon gift card, since it’s my new favorite place to download mp3s. Look for it in your new email inbox :o)

{85 mm, 1/2000, f/9.0, ISO 100}

:: The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration ::
Claude Monet

In an attempt to declutter my brain, I am turning off my computer for the week. That means no emails, no blogs. Crazy I know :o) See you next Friday!

Our trip way out west was … well honestly it’s hard to find a word to describe just how awesome it was. You can check out the family blog for more details.

I plan on working on my photo assignments from you all here in the near future. Stay tuned …