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The Grants, Anchorage, Alaska Photography

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

It’s been a while since you’ve seen one of these posts, hasn’t it?! I still feel the need to point out how behind I am in blogging my sessions, but I’m sure most of you are tired of hearing that by now…so moving on, this session is probably one of my top 5 favorites for a few reasons. Brittany was one of the very first friends I made here in Alaska and also takes photos on the side. Her husband is currently deployed so when she came to me for pre-deployment photos, I was more than excited to take them. It was the peak of fall here and while most Alaskans say we don’t have seasons, I think this session proves otherwise! The leaves were all sorts of colors and shades and I don’t think these pictures do justice to how beautiful it really was outside. Basically, they were super fun to photograph and while it’s completely understood that most men and husbands (mine included) aren’t into getting their photos taken, her husband Mikal was enthusiastic, totally into it and that just makes it all the more funner for me to document! I can’t wait to do their homecoming photos!

A photo dump and some thoughts.

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

I stumbled across these old photos while I was organizing my albums and realized that I never posted them, so here goes the dump!

I don’t know if it’s the photographer in me or what, but every so often I have the urge to drag Jimmy away from what he’s doing and take “updated” family photos of us. And it’s easy to do so with a nice view in our backyard, a tripod and remote! Sometimes these urges come very often, maybe too often (or maybe not because I firmly believe that you can never have too many photos with your family and people you love the most). But my husband does not share this belief. To be fair, the snow makes it a little harder to have the motivation to take photos. But even so, he is definitely not into getting his picture taken. I’ve always thought it ironic that he ended up marrying me since photography has been a passion of mine for years.

I do want to give him credit though, he knows how important it is to me and although some days he starts to get antsy to be done with it already (he says it takes a long time and I am indecisive…which I can’t argue with because it’s true ;) ) He always does it. And more often than not, he keeps it positive and makes it fun for both of us. So now there are two reasons for this post. The more important reason being that I am thankful for my sweet husband who learns to have fun doing the things that are important to me…even if it’s not a big deal to him. Sometimes couples don’t have every hobby in common and I appreciate him so much for putting forth the effort for me!

Hope you all enjoy your Valentine’s Day! Ours will consist of snuggling up to a movie on the couch and possibly some chinese takeout. Keepin’ it mellow this year. Oh and a little pregnancy update…here is me and the orange-sized babe at 15 weeks! Feeling good and exciting to be sporting this new little bump :)

The Segui’s, Anchorage, Alaska Photography

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

I am a tad behind on blogging my sessions but here is my attempt at stepping it up! Danielle and Tony were some of my first clients that I got to “practice” with. We went to a beautiful creek and had so much fun taking these. I must have tripped about 30 times jumping from rock to rock but hey, I will do almost anything for the sake of good photos. Almost. Danielle has been a huge encouragement to me while I’ve been in the process of starting up my business and I’m thankful for all her kind words and helping spread the word about me!

Aimee and Tim Davis, Anchorage, Alaska Photography

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Does this pretty lady look familiar? I had the pleasure of taking her and her husbands photos. They were one of my first paid clients since I started my business, and one of my biggest supporters. Aimee and her family have been my guinea pigs quite a few times when I wanted to practice different styles of photography (children, boudoir, ect) and I always have so much fun with them. With this shoot, it was pure fun, flirty, and there was quite a bit of laughter involved. I’m surprised these images didn’t come out blurry because I was laughing most of the time! As you will see, not a lot of posing in this shoot. Just being themselves :)