FAVORITE PHOTOS OF THE DAY!

I was out of town for a few days so got a little behind on my favorite photos of the day posts... so here comes THREE of them with a little information to explain them.  :-)

   1st FAVORITE PHOTO OF THE DAY-- This was a whimsical photo taken during Jessica and Myles' engagement session in Watercolor Florida. We simulated a picnic and I thought it would be funny to have Jessica reading some wedding magazines... and typically the majority of men aren't too interested in the wedding planning process, so I thought it would be funny if Myles had a look of disinterest on his face while she was absorbed in the latest wedding trends.

 2nd FAVORITE PHOTO OF THE DAY-- Beth and Dan opted to marry in Vegas and avoid all the expense involved in a traditional wedding... however they were still interested in some cool photos of the two of them taken along our beautiful Gulf Coast... and I think they had the right idea!!

 

 3rd- FAVORITE PHOTO OF THE DAY-- This one has nothing to do with weddings.. but one of my favorite images I took a few years ago while in New Orleans. I was visiting there and wanted to photograph the cemeteries early in the morning with the heavy fog... but I missed my turn off the highway and lost my chance... so I went down by the river and saw this boat.. shortly after a man popped up and hopped on his dingy and came to shore.. like I said, this is one of my favorite images. :+)

 

What Made ME.... feel like a Rock Star!

  I hear a lot of times from portrait photographer's shooting and partying like a "Rock Star"....
   well, coming from a photojournalism background and shooting hard news and actually
photographing real rock stars... I can't quite relate to the idea of becoming some Rock Star portrait photographer.... however, I did feel like a real Rock Star the other day when I took my little niece on her school field trip, which also happened to be the same day as her 6th birthday.
     She was so happy to have me there and introduced me to all her little classmates as "This is my Auntie!"  as she squeezed my arm and held me close.  I let her carry my (lighter than usual) camera bag for a few minutes and while I stepped away to grab the grown ups lunch, when I came back to the kids lunch table and one of her friends had picked up my bag, a little jealousy peeked out from behind my nieces spirit and she didn't want to share anything of her auntie's with any of her friends.  She told me over and over all day how much she loved me... and to her, I am her butterfly.
    This is my first attempt at trying a new blog layout format and I already know I have messed it up a bit as I tried to compose this blog post, but the next one "hopefully" will be correct.
    Here's for all the real Rock Stars!!!

 

Puerto, Puerto Rico!!

 Just had to share some of my favorite few pics from a trip I took with Miss Kitty to Puerto Rico in March.
  I hadn't planned on putting personal photographs on here... until, well, just now.

  Hope you LOVE them... as I do.