Some of my Favorite Websites

Since I don't have any photos to post right now, I thought I would share some of my favorite websites. This is a bit random, but people like when blogs are updated right? Even if it is random stuff? Well, here are the websites I frequent the most:


www.dealnews.com (find the best deals on the web)
www.moneysavingmom.com (this woman fees a family 4 on $40 bucks a week, seriously)
www.freemoneyfinance.com (lots of short financial blog posts)
www.facebook.com (I spend way too much time on here)
www.igoogle.com (my favorite!)
www.boxofficemojo.com (I am really fascinated by Box Office grosses)
www.clarkhoward.com (A personal finance guru. Check out his show notes, they are extremely informative.)
www.newsnet.byu.edu (I still check out the BYU editorials every Mon/Wed/Fri for laughs)
www.thebschool.com (where I hang out with all my photographer friends)
www.flirkr.com (A great resource for photography information)

My 1st Solo Wedding!

Last Tuesday, after getting home from a long 8 hour drive from South Carolina, I turn on my computer and check my e-mail to find an e-mail from my friend Jen. She asked me if I could possibliy photograph a wedding reception for her friend daughter at 6:00! I called her right away, and 10 minutes later I was hired to photograph my first solo wedding! I am glad it happened this way because I didn't have enough time to freak out, I just had to do it. The adorable couple had their reception on the 30th, and got married in the Mormon Temple the next day. The winds were gusting at 30 miles per hour, but they were troupers and braved the outdoors anyway. These are just a sample of my favorites...










This is me being artistic...


Allie sang a beautiful song to her new husband :-)





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My favorite famiy!

This is the third photo shoot for my good friend's Scott and Eleese and their cute little 1 year old Barrick. Thanks for keeping me in business!!

I made him wake up from his nap early... I'm so mean!

Photos... Finally!

I know, javascript:void(0)I am two weeks late, but I have lots of photos share! Over the past 3 weeks I have done two family photo shoots, assisted at my first wedding, photographed my first solo wedding, and assisted at my first engagement shoot (SO FUN!), and documented the Hayes family Christmas (I have over 800 pictures to go through). I have tons to share but will spread out the posts so you have to keep checking back ;-)

Lost of photos to come, I Promise!

Okay, I just realized that I have not posted for almost 2 weeks now... Last weekend I had two family photo shoots, and photographed my first corporate event, but due to the crazy busy week I have not had time to put up any photos on my blog (I am still not done with my Christmas shopping and am leaving for South Carolina on Tuesday 6:00 am). Tomorrow I am assisting at a wedding and I am super excited! Please check back next week and I will definitely have lots of pics up to show. I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the holidays!!

New Logo!

If you have visited my site lately, you have already seen my new logo, but I just thought I would make it official with a real post. Jessica from Funky Peach Designs (http://funkypeach.blogsome.com/) created this awesome logo for me last week. She is amazing! I had an idea of what I wanted, but she totally took it to another level. Now that I have my logo, I feel like I can really start moving ahead. I spent 7 hours on Saturday working on my website (which should hopefully be up in the next few weeks :-), so now I just have to finish that, get cards made up, start a new blog (?), and get lots of business!! So much to do and only so little time. Well I hope you guys like it!

Fun with Flash

Today was a rainy mess here in the DC area. I had a photo shoot scheduled with a friend of mine who is moving to Japan on Tuesday, so rescheduling was not an option. Thankfully I had my trusty Canon Speedlite. This was my first photo shoot with my flash so I was a little nervous but am so happy how it turned out. Thankfully they also had a nice covered porch so we got some "natural light" photos as well. Good luck Jerad, Allison, and Aiden on your big move!






The whole family!