Wii !!!!!!!!!

We had Christmas early. Sunday was the only day the entire family could get together for Christmas. We also had Amelia's bday party that afternoon, too.





Amelia's bday party .... we went to the bowling alley.




Santa asked me to come sit on his lap! How could I resist?


Santa asked me if I was good or bad.


And my answer! HA!!!


Antonio's look says it all!


All of the excitement.


One of Amelia's Christmas presents.


Antonio got a foosball table.

RIP Jason

My brothers best friend Jason passed away last week. He passed from a long hard struggle with cancer. I considered Jason a brother to me since he was my brothers best friend. I remember always giving him a hard time and he dished right back at me. I feel so bad for my brother because I know what a good friend Jason was to him. He was too young, 34 and has a son around the same age as my little girl. Cancer is so real and so awful. It hits so close to home for me.

My thoughts and prayers are with Jason's family and with my brother.

Rest in peace.

WOW! Edgar Cruz

Edgar Cruz - look at the passion in his face! wow!


This is the owner of ONDA OK magazine, JP & his wife Naomi.


This is our table singing along to the Bohemian Rhapsody and waving our arms in the air!

I was invited to a church in Rogers to photograph Edgar Cruz play guitar. I was shooting for ONDA OK magazine. They served a Mexican dinner and then Edgar came out to play. I was AMAZED. This guy can play guitar like I've never seen before! I was really impressed!

Here is a youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3avSlilOzAQ

Check out his Bohemian Rhapsody. He really got the crowd to participate and had us sing along. It was great!

Another of beautiful Michelle

There were so many great images of Michelle. I swear I can't take a bad photo of her!

From tonight

Shaina's Wedding

My sister was a bridesmaid in Shaina's wedding. Shaina and her mom used to come to belly dance classes. Anyways, I did my sisters hair and makeup for the wedding and I of course went to Shaina's wedding. She didn't have an official photographer so it was a "free for all" and I got the chance to just shoot whatever I wanted. It was a neat wedding. It was all Renaissance. I love themed weddings! I wished more people did them!


Beautiful Shaina.

My dad and sis.

My sister. My mom made the outfit - all hand sewn!!

Self Portraits

This week in class we had to do self-portraits. I think that topic is fun!


I wanted to portray something Sarah Brightman-ish.

This is a shirt that I inherited from my grandmother after she passed away. It has a lot of meaning to me.

Poking fun at myself for majoring in art.

Ouch

Well .... dang it.....

I've been seeing a podiatrist and he's been giving me some injections in my feet to help with my pains. I have very flat feet so it causes my knees and ankles to hurt. Well the injections were soooooo great, I felt like I was 16 again. Apparently I did too much. I ruptured a ligament in my foot and it was herniated. Lucky me! So now I get to be in a boot for 2 weeks. Joy.
Next month I am planning on surgery. I'm getting imlants! OH baby! Yeah, ok.....not THOSE kind of implants. I'm getting implants for my feet. It will be screws that they put in my feet. I want to get this done while we are in the middle of SLOW wedding season. As soon as I get these implants I will be walking better and feeling better.....so it's the plan to get this done over Christmas.....So I'll be walking funny for about 15 weeks total but then I'll be as good as new for the wedding season. I'm really excited about getting my feet fixed.

It's been so busy lately. I don't have my computers set up yet. We moved into a house finally but unpacking is slow going due to school and photography. Doug's been working his butt off so we got the kitchen and living room unpacked. The rest is going 1 box at a time. I've been having a hard time accessing my email so please be patient on return emails! ;-) We love the new house. There's so much room. Amelia really really likes it. We are close to her new school, too.

School is almost out for the semester and I couldn't want it over any quicker! This semester has been awful. I took all the yucky classes that I've been dreading and now they are almost over......thank the good Lord!

My final project for my photo 1 class will be the 7 deadly sins. I'm working with Marcie on this project. I have 4 rolls of B&W film....I may shoot it at 1600 iso to give it a ton of grain. I haven't decided yet. I really want some of them to look really gritty.

Anyways, I posted a pic of me and Amelia at Racha Thai Restaurant. We are addicted to sweet & sour tofu and sate tofu. Oh man they make the BEST food ever!

Happy Halloween!

I went with my brother and his son trick or treating. Since I didn't get my girl, I went with him. We stopped at Sam's club to see Doug at work. We then went to the mall and it was fun to see the reactions of the people to my brother's costume! It was a fun night. I really missed my little girl.

Fun!

Having fun with wigs, make-up, photoshop, & attitude! Creating your alter ego is fun!!!

Wrapped in Ink

This image was created by Jennifer Branch (Branch Photography). Jennifer wanted an image she could show in competition and I wanted something so sensual of me & Dougie, something that showed our love. Jennifer named this "wrapped in ink"....I'm looking for just the right frame for it as we will hang it above our bed. Jennifer is an amazing artist!

That's HOT!

I got to shoot 3 gorgeous models yesterday. These are quick picks....fast photoshop but.......I just had to post a few before going thru them and really picking my favs. All 3 girls were great! We got to shoot at the Legacy building in the lobby and we got to see the penthouse - wow! Clothing was from Lola boutique in Faytteville. 2 models from Stage 28. Some makeup done by me! Good times!

life!

My booda booda bear gave me a ring for our anniversary present. He gave me a better wedding band then what I had. It's so pretty! Look at all the diamonds! awwww!

Stopped by mom's house to photograph some of her amazing minature works. Check it out!







I'm a busy girl. Yes.....I am!

I'm 90% done with Christmas shopping. I am glad .... I've been shopping all year long and have gotten some neat stuff over the year. Can you believe Christmas is around the corner? Planning Amelia's bday party, too.

So I finally got a new phone. I've been wanting to get a new phone for MONTHS but time is an issue. Doug's phone finally croaked over. So we went with Alltel and so far we like it. Much better than our old phones. I even got Amelia a pink phone. Crazy to think my 7 year old has a phone but she kept tying up my phone talking to her friends and I was missing calls! So her pink phone is now like our "home" phone. Thank goodness. ;-) The girl can talk!

Doug and I looked at some couches today. Couch shopping is annoying. I don't like it much. Too many choices. I hate making a decision in colors, shape, size, etc. Just give me a couch! Really, I don't like shopping. It's one of those annoying things that you do but I hate it.

Did a boudoir shoot today. The lady I photographed was so great! Totally amazing, too! She was a lot of fun to photograph and had tons of ideas. I love people who are full of ideas!

Scored a 98% on my world lit test. I was so proud! All the study group visits paid off! I just had to miss 2 things on it - dang it! Oh well....an A is an A afterall!

Tomorrow is the ONDA OK photoshoot. We will be shooting in a penthouse. Oh baby! I'm shooting November & Decemeber tomorrow. I'm really excited because we are getting the clothing from Lola boutique. I'm working for 3 magazines now. Just little projects but it's so much fun!

I booked my 1st wedding with Janet Hudson-Shroeder Photography! Janet is so cool. Love her! I love all the photographers I work for. All of them are so danged nice and too cool!

Well this week in my continuing saga called Photo I ... we are taking photos of space. Yup. Space. Kimberlea and I are getting a dark room for the studio. It's too much fun. My goal is to now shoot 1-2 rolls of film at each wedding. I have infrared film in the fridge that is screaming "shoot me!!!!"

Youkta Rest in Peace

Rest in Peace - Youkta.

http://www.youkta.org/

Youkta was an amazing dancer. She had a beautiful soul. She performed at shimmyfest in the past.

RIP