Monday’s

The truth is.. I don’t like Monday’s. I had a friend in middle school who called me “Garfield” because I hated Monday’s.

However, this past Monday was a great day. I spent time with my sister, did a little shopping, and then got to shoot. My favorite.

So, I picked up Julianna at 6:45 and off we went.

She’s amazing. I’ve probably known her for 6 years or so but just recently have I gotten the opportunity to hold a real conversation with her. She helped me with a project (that I will be mentioning a little in the coming days), and then we did some shots of her. She’s beautiful! Biggest brown eyes I’ve ever seen.

I hope you like the photos, if you do, you can thank Julianna; she was the art of it all.

I kinda love this shot.

Looking Forward

On Monday evening I had the opportunity to shoot with the amazing Julie-Anna. She helped me with a project and then let me do some shots of her.

She did awesome!

So tonight I get to edit those photos- but here’s what you can look forward too….

The shoot should be up around 9:00pm est.

Come see them.. and leave Julie-Anna lots of comments.

Freedom

Freedom is a Jimi Hendrix song from his 1971 album “The Cry of Love”, which was released after his death.

Freedom is exemption, from obligation and duty.

Freedom is what people have gone to war for.

Freedom is the power of self-determination attributed to the will; the quality of being independent of fate or necessity.

Freedom is a noun.

Freedom is what we long for.

Freedom is what we have been given, so graciously, through the scandal of the cross. 

Freedom is powerful. Freedom infuses you with power.

Freedom provokes you to action. It’s not a battle, it’s an understanding.

You are only really free, when you allow your freedom to enhance the freedom of others. No one, who truly believes they are free, can slack off, or do nothing.

Your ability to do nothing- proves, rather loudly, that you don’t believe you are free; which is your only limitation.

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.”

And I agree with that statement.

Happy Friday

I love music. Hands down. Its ability to take you anywhere- everywhere, in a split second, is unprecedented.

This is a band I love. They’re a pop folk band out of Portland. Folk-Pop You Can Revel In.

Here’s their song “Catch Me Jumping”. It’s great.

For more of their goodness, go to www.thedimes.net

The album “The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry” – totally worth it.

Enjoy!

Oddly Enough

Sitting in the backseat of the car as Leah drove away from the location we were shooting at, the music was loud and we all sat in a completely chilled, wordless atmosphere; drinking our root beer (or gatorade for Leah) and eating our candy. I started laughing. Leah turned down the radio and Luke said “What?” …. Leah followed with “Is it the song?”

“No” I said “I was thinking about how no matter how things have changed, no matter how different we all are, no matter how completely different things turned out than we expected…. we can still ride in car, not saying a word, but not needing too either. Because we’re still us, and I like that.”

“Me too.” they both added.

 

 

So for most people, the idea of their two best friends dating each other is a little weird. There’s that 3rd party idea that makes things totally awkward.

Well, in January of this year, my two best friends start dating each other. And for the first 24 hours, it was like “…okay…” and then the next day it was as normal as it had ever been.

I’ve known Luke and Leah for years. Literally.

With Luke, I have spent weeks painting a room that was supposed to take us 3 days. We saw Gavin DeGraw in concert. We’ve watching countless hours of ESPN, yelled at Final Four games, spent weeks of our lives in Southeast Asia, watched Disney classics through 14 hour long plane rides, and rode Elephants together. And that’s just scratching the surface.

With Leah, I’ve spent countless hours analyzing the world around us, I got a tattoo, fulfilled my dream of going to Cambodia, and several other things I shouldn’t list in this post. Haha.

They’re my best friends.

So when I was given the opportunity to do their photos before Leah returns to Kansas City in a few weeks, I was delighted.