Thanksgiving

Tomorrow is the big day of thanks and my mom has gotten some sort of awful cold.  So, it looks like i will be doing a lot of cooking tomorrow which is fine with me.

November on the whole has been a VERY good month however.  I've gotten my business out there, and i have a feeling i am going to be getting an influx of clients here soon and i can not wait!

Two Major Highlights:

Mallory turned 21! so now we can all go out when we get together, and that is exciting lol.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 came out and was EPIC! 

So besides getting more involved in the community i have made a few trips to Chico (for the birthday and HP) and met some awesome people.  Tim, Shannon, and Mercedes. Tim saved us on Mallory's 21st from freezing, but he wont admit it. 

Tomorrow i will most likely be going to HP with Madison! can't wait, and Friday Maddy, Matt and I are going to Chico to see Mal who is working the death shift on black friday.

On lists of things to do in my life I have been thinking a lot about volunteering time and my photo service.  I have been thinking about causes that are important to me.  On the top of that list is Cancer.  I want to get involved in the American Cancer Society somehow, and i also have a personal photo project i would like to start that has to do with cancer.

I have also been listening a lot to the news and the focus on bullying.  I would like to get involved in that, and the push to have a zero tolerance.  School shouldn't be a place someone is terrified to go to, it needs to be a safe, healthy place where people can express who they are without being ridiculed for it.

Anyways i am thankful for a lot this year

Graduating College

Having amazing friends and family

my health

the support from those around me

meeting new, amazing people

my amazing clients

my business

the health of my family and friends. (My grandpa passed last month, so the perspective on family shifted for me) 

I have also been getting a lot of inspiration lately.  The new American Eagle Winter campaign looks awesome and i have Brent Lindsey lined up to model for me soon. 

August Bradley's shoots he did for ProPhoto is amazing. 

http://www.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=august+bradley&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=xg_uTL-iA4qcsQOY4_jqCw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CDcQsAQwAg&biw=933&bih=1022 

Glee has oddly inspired a bunch of photo ideas.  And having Darren Criss on the show has now made it way cooler lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E46BhMIRujI&feature=related

In general there are a lot of people around me who are inspiring me lately as well. Also my Brooks buddies. Kate, Cara, Willie, Colleen, and Stephanie have been putting out some AMAZING stuff so check it out!. 

Life

It has been forever since I updated with anything other then jobs so this is gonna be a massive post lol.

Well for one I got a scanner and was able to scan my film from the last week of school, and the senior shoot I did with Brent.

Scanner!!!

Brent Lindsey (Film scan)

Matt in Malibu

Mallory in Malibu

Mission Fountain

Carp Beach

Santa Barbara Mission

Mallory waking up from her nap at the beach LOL.

Willie and Colleen waiting for our group photo

The wonderful Cara testing for our group photo

Willie and Colleen ready to walk

A very excited Kate

Willie and his coffee

Me and Mom after Graduation.

My Grandpa also found an old image of him from his time in the Navy in WWII.  He wanted to give some family members a copy so I scanned it and spruced it up for him.  The image is really interesting too cause they didn’t have color photographs when this was taken so the color was put on after the fact.  It looks amazing however and would be awesome to reproduce.  I am going to make a Canvas wrap for him for Christmas so I can’t wait to see how that turns out!

My Grandpa 

So after 2 weeks of cleaning and reorganizing my life and business after I got back I finally have everything in order.  I swapped cameras with my dad.

D700 amazingness

Got my car some stickers with my business stuff (and got a new car in the process).

Car door sticker

Rear window stickers

And got a side job as the Marketing Director of my mom’s Credit Union.

My Desk at the CU.

I also got a puppy!  His name is duke, and even though he looks cute this guy is a small terrorist who likes the taste of my flesh.  I look like I cut myself in the most obvious places now thanks to his teeth that are like small razors of doom.  But I love him, and he is very smart…probably I bit to smart lol.

Duke with his new toy

He likes to sleep a lot

I have also been helping out the yearbook at my old high school and snapped some pictures during homecoming for them.

So that brings us up to the present.  Last week was Mallory’s 21^st Birthday! I went to Chico and had some fun times, met some very cool new people, and saw some old high school friends. It was also the Rotary Wine Tasting, which I had some family session in that I am excited to do!

Rotary Wine Tasting Silent Auction

oh mallory...

Her first legal drink

Jameson, Malloy, and Tim playing hangman 

My hair is now dark too.  It was a spur of the moment thing when I got my hair cut last week and I think it looks awesome.  The picture doesn’t really show it off to well =/.

Hair...is darker then the image shows lol.

Tomorrow I am heading to Chico for the opening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I am SO excited and sad.   While this is looking to be an amazing movie, it also marks the last bit of my childhood I hold on to.

this is obvious.

Oh i also finally got my diploma from Brooks! and i voted...yay.

My Brooks diploma!

I felt like a kid when i got a sticker LOL.

Lindsey Quadrio

Wow it has been way to long.

Last Friday I was able to photograph Lindsey Quadrio from Westwood High (my first out of town client!). It was a whirl wind two days, we did the consultation Thursday after her mother had contacted me earlier that week and set up the shoot for the following day.  It was a blast however! We got all the fall colors and the great leaves just in time (The next day it snowed and Suanville did the whole winter overnight thing).  With a viewing scheduled for tomorrow i wanted to get in a quick sneak peak and the wonderful images we got!

Like i said up top, it has been way to long since i updated my blog...and a lot has happened so i'll to a life in general update tomorrow!