Salon ENVE

Amanda hired me to do some photos for her brand new salon called ENVE. It's located at 2009 N. Green Acres Road in Fayetteville. She is having a new site built - www.salonenve.com.....Here are a few photos I did for their site. There were a bunch but I thought I'd post up a few previews!

Feel the burn.

I'm working thru pictures and albums - almost complete everyone! YAY!

I worked out today with Sara. We felt the burn today. This is our 3rd week of working out. I have a personal trainer helping me tomorrow. I'm really excited. So far I've lost 5 lbs. which I didn't really want to lose. But I can already tell a difference in my arms! I have little "mini" muscle beans. HA! Working out is the best. This is my newest addiction! Feel the burn!!!

My Family!

These were taken by Joe Klingaman. Thanks Joe! They are so cute. This is my family!

Chicago.

I have a lot of catching up to do! I'm about to create Josie & Jeff's wedding pages on my site. I've been working on an album for another gal as well. Double photoshop duties! Whew! lol! I have neglected the blog for awhile but I swear I will catch up with posting images!

Here's just a few from Chicago....

So much going on!

I haven't blogged in awhile! Life has happened and just gets to be so hectic! When I have time, I will post photos but in the meantime...things going on....and I'll elaborate more in a few weeks.

Published in a book! yay!
Virginia with Sara. Washington DC and the sculpture garden! WOW!
Chicago. Pizza. Do I need to say more? he he
15 year high school reunion. OMG. that was an experience!
Doug's momma coming for a visit!
New kitten! Meow!
Che hanging out over the weekend.
Seeing my lost Christina Angel...I just love her!
Working out at the HPER and hiring a personal trainer. Buffmother here I come!
Catching up on albums, weddings, boudoir photos.
Child care photos - big order. Yay!
Little Rock. Visiting.
Future Helena trip with Janet.
Possible road trip to Chicago. Need more pizza. Uh yes, I'm for reals. I would drive there for a pizza.
Shimmyfest coming up in 2 weeks.
Spending time with my boo. I am the luckiest girl to have Doug. He's all mine ladies....but he does have an identical twin brother. he he he
August 4th can't get here soon enough.
Money for school has arrived....now I wait for the nice fat check.

Ya know......I'm really content. And happy. I will blog more this week.

Family & kids!

This is another cutie patootie I just photographed this past weekend! CUTE!








This is my aunty and her family. They hired me to do some really fun and relaxed photos of them and their kiddos. Nothing formal. Just laid back and being themselves.

And of course Amelia had to jump in on the action! I had to test my lights and gels and always need a subject to "test"

Thank you!

Thank you for your patience. Doug and I are back from Little Rock. We were there because his grandfather passed away. I will be returning all calls and emails as quickly as possible!

Thanks to all that sent emails.

June 1st thru June 7th - OUT OF OFFICE

Hey folks - I'm out of the office June 1st thru the 7th. Doug has had a family emergency so I will be out of touch for a week. We'll be with family so I may not be answering my phone or emails.

Thanks for your understanding.

Cool word for the day! Folie à deux

Folie à deux (literally, "a madness shared by two") is a rare psychiatric syndrome in which a symptom of psychosis (particularly a paranoid or delusional belief) is transmitted from one individual to another. The same syndrome shared by more than two people may be called folie à trois, folie à quatre, folie à famille or even folie à plusieurs (madness of many). Recent psychiatric classifications refer to the syndrome as shared psychotic disorder and induced delusional disorder (folie à deux), although the research literature largely uses the original name.

He he he he........good ol' Colleen sent me that one. Ahhhh......yes.......we BOTH know some people who are that way and we don't wanna catch it!

Memorial Day Weekend, full of photoshoots!

I had 6 boudoir shoots this Memorial day weekend. Plus other shoots. I also threw a picture of the dog into the mix! HA! I of course won't show all the boudoir....I only show the ones that I have permission to show. It was a good weekend. Lots of fun work and way fun people to work with!

Telectroscope

My ever so cool friend Colleen who has tons of fascinating internet links sent me this one today:

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/telectroscope/home.php

She always has the coolest links. Anyways, seeing this exhibit would be worth going to NYC for! How cool is this?!

And she sent me this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/12/bill-oreilly-on-inside-ed_n_101267.html

Be forwarned there is some dirty language in the video. It's Bill O'Reilly having a meltdown! Fantastic ;-)

I can't get the links to be clickable....sorry! You'll have to copy/paste!

Daydreams of body paint, color & fairy tales!

I "led" a class in Eureka Springs on Sunday. My session was "Daydreams of body paint, color & fairy tales!" Here is the description of my class:

"What do you dream about at night? I'm a dreamer just like most of you. I like photographing themed images that are visually captivating. This photo shoot will be a show stopper and is a must for your portfolio!

I plan on transforming a model into a character that would be perfect for any fairy tale. I will be using body paint to create imagery on her as well as using the paint for a bra-like top. I am going to have some kind of flowing skirt made of tulle attached to her. She will have huge hair, incredible make-up and accessories galore! The model will be adorned and you will want to photograph every aspect of her!

I have not chosen the exact theme but she will be exotic, ethereal and something right out of your wildest fantasies! She will be some kind of fairy, mermaid, or some sort of creative being. You will not want to miss out on this!"

Anyways, I knew it was going to be a LOT of work. I enlisted Colleen to help me!! Colleen is majoring in art, too. We both loved the idea of a human canvas! I've been collecting stuff for several months now for the shoot. I bought some of the Ben Nye body paints in Vegas. Colleen brought her elf ears. We used eyebrow plastic/wax to cover the models eyebrows and re-created them with rhinestones. We painted non-stop from 11 am until 3pm. The hair was created with a styrofoam ball and human hair extensions. We used spirit gum and eyelash glue to create the patterns and glue things to the models body. The "pasties" are iron on patches from hobby lobby. The lime green shiny skirt is material I got from hobby lobby. We safety pinned it on her. The big poof skirt with the attached wings are something my mom made and I used it for this particular shoot! Melanie is the model!


Image of Melanie - behind the scenes at the PSNWA symposium in Eureka Springs.

Word of the day: Magical

Colleen = magical!

Word of the day. Dramatic

Word of the day! KARMA!

Lately I've been talking to friends about karma. What it means, why we believe it etc. I'm a FIRM believer of karma. I'm also a firm believer of "what goes around, comes around" and I believe in "you reap what you sow."
My friends and I have conversed about how some people just never seem to learn! If you're not familiar with karma - read below!


Copied from this website: http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/karma.html

The shortest explanation of karma that I know is: 'you get what you give'. In other words; whatever you do intentionally to others, a similar thing will happen to yourself in the future.
Our largest obstacle to understanding or even believing in karma may be time. The 're-actions' or results of our actions show up with a time delay, and it becomes extremely hard to tell which action caused which result. Actions done in a previous life can create results in this life, but who can remember their past life? For ordinary humans, the mechanisms of karma can be intellectually understood to some extent, but never completely "seen".

The idea behind karma is not only found in Buddhism and Hinduism; it seems that the Bible certainly conveys the same essence:

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A person reaps what he sows.
(Gal. 6:7)

All things whatsoever you would that men should do to you,
do even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
(Matthew 7:12)

Simply said, if we chose to ignore the workings of karma, we tend to create many problems for ourselves. For example, if we like to have something expensive, but we cannot afford it, it becomes very tempting to steal. If we are smart and attentive enough, we may never be caught stealing. However, by stealing, we create problematic situations for ourselves in the future, like poverty, or being the victim of robbers. Therefore, if we chose to ignore karma, the results of our actions will still haunt us.

Every mainstream religion teaches us about the consequences of our actions. The explanations may differ, but does it really matter in the end whether the law of karma causes us trouble or God himself in his final judgement?

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
Unknown source
Two of my personal favourite reasons to believe in karma, are that it represents ultimate justice as everyone will harvest the results of their actions, and even if karma would not exist, as long as I try to avoid negative actions, the world would be a better place to live in for everyone anyway.


And a fun thing! I changed my hair! It was getting SO long and shaggy. I HAD to do something. Erin over at "Be Salon" cut my hair. I met her in art classes and found out she had her own salon. She has curly hair just like me and we have always cussed & discussed our hair issues. So she gave me a cool cut and even straightened it for me after the cut. I love it! It looks cute curly as well! YAY!