Food Crawls, The Fair & Twenty Things I Love...

{The Fair}




What's not to love about the fair?!?! I mean it's so exciting!!! I always feel like a kid even thinking about it!
I just love the brisk fall nights,people watching,and spending 98% of the time indulging in foods that you otherwise would get sick from!!!! :}

Eric & I like to think of the fair as the ultimate "Food Crawl"  we actually never ride any rides ...lol
 all we do is walk around to all the foodie vendors and pig out on various yummies..such as fried oreos, fried cheesecake, fried any & everything they offer, cotton candy, funnel cakes, elephant ears, candy apples, turkey leg, BBQ, cheese fries, popcorn, lemonade, pizza, chocolate covered bananas, jerk chicken, hot dogs, corn dogs, & my absolute freaking fave............... Gyros. Yummy yummy in my tummy!
 I feel like Templeton from Charlotte's Web naming off all these goodies!



(you know.....the fat rat who eats @ night )


Enjoy!
:)


Fair

Love the swings! We often people watch while we eat :"}

more pics to come....

Fried Oreo's

Eric working on some cheese fries!

                                                                          you know it smells good!

                                                                   Turkey Legs.....yum!

Vintage with a POP of freshness!

The idea of something vintage mixed with a splash of modern was the entire idea behind my "Brand"

Branding.... was the first thing I thought about when I started my business back in 2009.

 I had always collected cameos and vintage pieces... so for me the choice was simple. I was attracted to all things vintage but loved them with a POP of freshness which is how I like my photography.

Several drawings later and brainstorming about what I wanted to represent me and my logo was created! Below is one of my favorite cameos..... You love that saucy green right?!?

 I have cameos in every color...How's that for Inspiration?

Amazing how this seed has really started to grow!



Green is my favorite!





What's the deal with Self doubt?

   Okay , it's 12:30am on Monday night I am far from being sleepy... so I figured why not blog? Blogging is hard for me cause I don't want to cross the line on over sharing! lol... I have to :::::::laugh:::::: that's funny because most of you who know me personally, know I am famous for being an "over shar-er" and I rarely have a "filter" this gets me into trouble  90% of the time:)
Anyways, Blogging is on my "To Do list" & my long ...okay, really long self improvement list. :)
Don't you judge me! ha ha ha  (inside joke)

   I don't consider myself an excellent writer at all.. I have terrible grammar and I misuse punctuation like it's my own made up crazy language. If your reading this ...thank you for trying to follow along:)
I  have really been struggling with how to grow my business especially the blogging part. Don't get me wrong a complete moron can type up a few sentences and post some photos that they took a few days earlier right? I want to be one of those people who actually have something to say.. I want to be able to capture an audience with my photography and writing. This is where for me a photographer makes an impression. I have looked at thousands of blogs, but only a few really strike me, only a few really make me think...make me feel. Those blogs are a piece of someones life, someone that you otherwise would never know. It's a tough thing to really connect with a perfect stranger on an emotional level. I have to commend those of you who can pull it off..and hope and prey that I can one day... this brings me to something I came across that is completely inspiring and so true....I love his wording it's just freaking awesome! So love what you shoot & how you shoot... and forget about keeping up  the Jones's. Be who you are... because no one can do it better than you!

BOOM! :}


Go check this out and be inspired!


http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2011/06/stop-trying-to-get-everyone-to-like-your-work/#comment-38371

* Random picture of the night...well morning.

Eric with clove + iPhone = one happy baby!  ^

                                                                    

               YOU KNOW YOU LOVE IT!

VA | Wedding | Portrait Photographer | Personal

 It's hot as Haiti outside right now... I am working on a few projects at the moment. Lots of editing and changing some things up with my website | pricing | blog. 

 I am also working on a few personal goals as well at the moment.

Topping my list are:

1. Go to the gym everyday for 30 min cardio( I hate cardio).
2. Blog about something at least five days a week.
3. Order sample wedding albums for display.
4. Meet with one vendor a week.
5. find a way to replace all the siding on our house.
6. Find a creative way to use the endless random photos I have.
7. Save for a new lens!                    I have many more things to come!

Follow me through my journey :)  feel free to comment on any of my random posts!

 "Where you invest your love, is where you invest your life"
~ Mumford & Sons

Okay, I have a few random shots  :} for the day.....

 Enjoy!



Daphne & Weston | Richmond, VA Wedding Photographer

First & foremost let me express how delighted I am to have photographed such a joyful, & fantastic couple. Daphne is from Holland, she is the sweetest. Daphne & Weston met by chance while Weston was on a work trip to Europe. They instantly fell in love! When Weston had to come back from Europe they lived on their computers, they woke up & fell asleep behind them just to feel connected. They visited eachother as much as they could. Then they decided to get married so they wouldn't have to ever leave each other again. Absence really does make the heart grow fonder! Take a look for yourself...

Engagement Love | Few little quotes

I love two People in Love ....check out this amazing couple! We had so much fun in this session they are just so sweet! Thankful for sweet clients!!! Love Love how these turned out!!!

Become aware of all that is possible

There is no need to have to prove anything to anyone else

If you wish for a thing and don't get it, try working for it

mistakes are the portal of discovery

There is nothing we cant live down,rise above,

or overcome

Never give up on what you really want to do you only have a few precious years on this earth live them as you see fit not as the world does.

fix the mind before you fix the body

timing is everything

life teaches us the same lessons over again until we learn them

Take the first step of the journey of a thousand miles

play your cards right

you got to know when to hold um know when to fold um

no one can tell u who u are

anything is possible if you want it bad enough

find ur purpose

a solved problem should no longer bother you

A friends success should not make you feel like a failure

take advantage of all the opportunities that are presented to you

Act the part and you will become the part

We are sometimes taken into troubled waters not to drown,but to be cleansed

 

something ordinary in the past becomes valuable in the future

always tell your friends and family you love them it may be the last time you speak.

 be humble and patient