Where are my manners...

I have been in the flu bubble for a couple of days now and somewhere in my sickly world completely forgot to publicly say a big THANK YOU to all the fine folks that joined me for my first ever basic photo 101 class this week. I'm still floating on cloud 9 from all the excitement and love from that class... good times!

I had a bit of inspiration when reviewing the class and even while teaching the class. I think from this point forward my beginners class will be known as photo 101:MECHANICS and my next installment of class series will be known as photo 102:CREATIVE. The beginners basic class is all about the MECHANICS of your camera - the bells, the whistles, the 'thing-a-ma-jig' buttons and the 102:CREATIVE is where we will learn and put into practice some CREATIVE shooting techniques. If you are interested in signing up for a 102:CREATIVE class I ask that you either take my 101:MECHANICS class first or be familiar enough with your camera to comfortably shoot in either Av (Aperture Priority) or Tv (Shutter Priority) mode. In 102:CREATIVE there will be some instructional class as well as doing some live shooting; dates/times have not been set yet so stay tuned to the blog or Facebook for the details.

And now, for the latest installment of:


1) Being sick SUCKS! Not that this is any sort of REAL news to anyone, but seriously I almost never get sick so when I do it's real bad. Me and Nyquil have just hit a new level of our relationship.

2) Ever heard of WPPI? Well, if you're a photog and you haven't then it's quite possible you really do live under a rock, however what you do need to know is that WPPI is kind of the yearly mecca for wedding and portrait photographers from around the world. Now, I have never attended, but from all the fantastic blog entires and updates I'm seeing I'm thinking it is now my #1 goal for 2011. Anyone up for a trip to Vegas next March?

3) Redesign. Refashion. It's on my mind 24/7... wait and see.

And, since we all need something visually stimulating after all that verbiage... this is from a recent shoot I had with a couple of beautiful HS girls. Remember I'm still looking for a few HS Senior models who want a free shoot and some other goodies!

Another installment of...

Sooooo Cool...

First off, I'm gonna have to say showers! Not baby showers, not bridal showers, but regular 'ol rub-a-dub-dub showers. Much of my list today (and well, every idea that I usually have) comes from the time I get to myself in a nice, hot shower. Now, I know what some might say... 'Really, a shower, you pick that as your sooooo cool item'? Yes, yes I did. As a mom of 3.5 year old twins showers can be a scarce thing... sorry big guy!

Next, I'm going with doughnuts! Krispy Kreme to be exact. Last week for my daughter's 7th birthday she wanted me to bring in doughnuts for her class - which I did. When she came home that day she had a backpack full of birthday cards that the kids in her class made for her. One of the cards was from a new little girl in her class and the card read 'I love your donus'. Oh how I love first graders!

Not Cool...
NBC! You should know that I'm a big fan of Conan and I despise all that is Jay Leno - never liked him, never will. He has the worst jokes and an even more horrible delivery. Really, what NBC needs to do is just tank Leno all together... none of this giving him PART of his old time slot back - that's the biggest joke of all. Conan... I will follow you where ever you go!

And just because I'm reminded of it every time I look at my phone, I'm going with that stinkin' iPhone touchscreen glass. I mean really?? 199 bucks to replace?? C'mon...