Here are some sunsets, sunshine pictures from our trip. The colors were INSANE. When we were in Anguilla on East Shoal Bay it stormed for about 10mins right before sunset, it was BEAUTIFUL with amazing clouds in the sky. I don't think these capture the layers upon layers of colors. But once I pulled them up on my computer the pictures were really close to getting that feeling of awe. OH! and there was a rainbow the span of the island too!
So warm, so blue, so lovely. We got in late Thursday night and were greeted with ice in the Jetway. So sad to be back, but it's wonderful to look at some favorite photos and reminisce..ahhh...sigh.
So today instead of following my usual ritual of going to 15 sites of photographers I admire I went to 5 and then started working on a Business Plan. I love photography. Is wedding photography what I want to do? I love the emotion, experience, pure joy that comes from the day. But I want the control of being artistic as well, and weddings don't allow for time to do that to the fullest potential I want. Is that a trade-off I want. Either way I will see where this road leads me, I have to. I probably don't have enough experience to know what I am talking about BUT I won't find out until I try. So in the next month or so there will be some change happening on this site: a new website, rates, calenders...you know legitimate business things :) to actual start trying what I have been dreamign about. Exciting, yes...but nerve racking as well, I feel like I can do this... I feel like it will be a good thing... but I'm such a perfectionist I want it to be just right. The images, the client experience, the albums, the website, the work-life balance. I have to take it one step at a time so this morning I start with my Plan of Action 2008.
This picture reminds me of how I am feeling right at this moment...it's me hiking in Peru during our honeymoon. It had rained off and on during the hike that day and we were approaching our campsite for the night. And the clouds were clearing but it looked really ominous, but beautiful. That's how my stomach feels before I start do something I'm not completely sure or in control of. Kinda churning...almost about to clear, but I need to take the next steps before the churning nervousness moves out and is replaced by excitement.
The lack of posts can be attributed to the sunshine that I recently got to enjoy in the sunshine state. UGH so wonderful, 83 degrees and sunny every day. It was so needed, I got rid of my cold finally. I helped my sweet sis move down to Florida for work and beforehand we spend 3 days on the beach being lazy. We actually did a bunch of stuff. The highlights were the sunsets, the sailing trip to see the dolphins, the Salvidor Dali museum and getting lost to find Ybor City (Tampa is so hard to get in and out of why?). I didn't take that many pictures cause I just wanted to relax and enjoy myself, but here are some highlights!
Happy New Year!!!! This was the scene this morning outside today.So beautiful, it snowed all last night and I tried to get some more neat night shots, but I decided to wait. I am expletively happy with these...so beautiful. I debated going outside or staying and waiting another day to take pics...but after seeing these I'm sooooo glad I did! It was insanely worth it. I tried so hard to capture the mood and feeling of what it was like outside today in the winteryness.
It's going to be really interesting to look back at this place that we are renting and see all the beautiful season that I have captured here. It makes me a little bit happier about being here. oh! that quirky person is my lovely sister in pj's :)
This was the view out of the hallway window at the top of the stairs a couple of weeks ago. It was beautiful. Last week the leaves all fell like someone had switched off the light and poof down they went. I got so engrossed in taking these shots that I stepped backwards and almost fell down the stairs...nice I know...The camera (with rented lens) banged into the hallway wall and took a chunck of dry wall out, yup. I should have taken a picture of that I was a little shaken up so I forgot to. Well enjoy this beautiful tree that I almost rolled down the stairs for :)
here is one of my favorite chicas elizabeth. We had both took
our cameras to an abandoned looking building (it wasnt..oops).
I dragged her over to this trash bin that looked great with her
shirt so I could take some shots..Thanks Elizabeth!
Her shoes were fabulous as well.
this new lens is really great on close up detail type shots...
but I'm not sure how I feel about it in regards to people.
Maybe it work better on little tykes instead of adults.
