The Queen – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Olivia, our little actress, will be playing the Queen of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at school in about a week and a half. Her teacher let her know that she would need to provide a costume and gave some great suggestions. Like the well prepared child that Olivia is, she let me know with plenty of time that we needed to come up with something. WELL as we all know that time just flew by and this last Monday she reminded me that she needed a costume.

Olivia – “Kimberly I am getting a little worried about my costume for the play.”

Me - “Oh ya we need to do that don’t we! When do you need it by?”

Olivia – “Tomorrow.”

I love that she was only a “little” worried. : ) Olivia really loved the look of the tutu’s that little girls can get so that is what inspired the design. Luckily for us we had some freak weather and Tuesday, due date of costume, was a snow day! And not only for the girls but for me too, that NEVER happens. Soooo, Sloan and I braved the icy roads and made a little trip to Joann Fabrics to collect all the crafty goodness needed, Oh and did I mention we had to create the costume without sewing. That being said let me just say GLUE GUNS ARE THE BEST THING EVER!!! Sloan and I have already thought of ways to put the gun to good use.

Anyways, I was able to spend that evening with the family watching Gonzaga basketball with a warm fire, and creating a costume fit for a Queen.: ) A fabulous night if I do say. I can’t wait to see Olivia do her thing in the play. She is amazing on stage, just like her daddy!

Some pictures of Olivia as the Queen:

 

Cinder Boo Boo

Meet my cat Cinder, isn’t she pretty!: ) Don’t mind that look of disgust on her face that’s just the way she looks. But in reality she is a big sweetheart. Sometimes I think there is something wrong with me because I love this cat so much.

Cinder LOVES to try out my new photography props, can’t you tell? Well I think this might have been her favorite. I just bought some great props for newborn sessions and look how cute my little baby looks in them. Just imagine how cute real babies will look cuddled up in this soft fur, I have pink, blue and a neutral brownish color.: )

 

Engagement in the Rain – Olympia

Living in Olympia WA and being a primarily natural light photographer has it’s challenges….and if you live here you know what I mean(9 months of rain). Well as Sammi said we were going to have an engagement session rain or shine. And boy did it rain and shine and rain some more. I can’t believe what troopers Allen and Sammi were I mean it wasn’t just raining it was RAINING! And they both rocked it out. I am so excited to photograph their wedding next year it is going to be amazing! Thank you both for hanging in there and having fun with me in the rain I had a blast!

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Here are a few of my favorites:

Sammi you are killin me! Your eyes are amazing!

 

Ryann – Olympia Newborn

So I know I am not alone in thinking what an amazing baby this is, I mean just look at her! And on top of being so adorable she has the most relaxed energy, she must be an old soul. Ryann is the new, new one and a half week old daughter of my good friend Sandra and I couldn’t be happier for her. Even though Ryann did not want to fall asleep for us it didn’t matter, well at least after we turned on the heating pad, what a happy camper.: ) Thank you Sandra for visiting and introducing me to Ryann!

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Skylar + Sierra – Olympia Wedding

Let me start off with saying what a fun wedding this was! Spending the day with these two and their closest friends and family made me want to be not only their wedding photographer but also their friend. You could tell what good friends everyone was and they were so happy that Skylar and Sierra were getting married. The ceremony had to be one of the cutest ones I have seen! Thank you guys for allowing me to witness such a great moment in your life I wish you the best!

View their slideshow here.

 

Erin – Olympia Senior Portratis

This session was just a quick little something to get a photo in the yearbook for Erin, and then at the end of the year we will be doing an all out session! At first Erin wasn’t sure she was really into this whole picture thing but I assured her that after a few minutes of watching me be a dork she would be totally in! And sure enough she did end up having a good time. Getting in front of the camera always feels awkward at first but once you warm up it really is fun! I know we didn’t spend a ton of time together but even in that short amount of time I could just tell what a great person she is. Thank you Erin for opening up in front of the camera and risking HUGE spiders for some great pics!: )

Here are some of my Favs.

 

Chelsea-Olympia Senior Portraits

I can’t even begin to explain how much fun I had during this session! Chelsea is such a sweet, amazing girl she was totally down for anything and the camera absolutely loves her so how can you go wrong right! I know at first she thought I was a little off my rocker……but I’m used to that. I tend to get really excited when I am shooting and it makes me look like a crazy person.: ) Anyways, we walked around the Capital and surrounding downtown area and just looked for cool places to shoot. Thanks again for choosing me to capture this time in your life it was a pleasure!

Some of my favorites from the day.

 

 

 

Letting Go – Who’s With Me?

Yes I know it has been a LONG time since I posted anything and I will be getting caught up I promise! But right now I wanted to write about the space I have been in recently. It has come to my attention that this is my year of letting go. And let me explain a little bit before it sounds all doom and gloom. I come from a long line of control freaks….I like to feel like I have control over the things in my life, it makes me feel safe. And I hate to see the ones I love in pain so I try my hardest to protect them and this is the only way I know how to do that. Actually I think a lot of people can relate to this, I think most of us have issues with control in many different forms, but that is beside the point. I want to trust the process of life again. Somewhere along the line I lost that and I am going to get it back.

Letting go is a lot harder than you think…..sometimes you don’t even know that you are trying to “control’ things when you are! When you start really looking at this it can be quite comical, at least it has been for me when I haven’t been completely frustrated.: ) Hey I am trying to keep it real. Any who, what I have decided to do is any time I feel tight inside, you know that feeling where your jaw clenches or your neck aches or you just don’t know why but you are slightly freaking out inside (please tell me I am not the only one!) I am just going to release whatever I am feeling  and trust God to do with it what he/she may. I have always known this but I think I am at a time in my life where I am ready to integrate my head with my spiritual side. Until now I think they have been living in separate rooms, communicating through a couple of cans and a string.

So that’s it. Sounds easy right! I’m hoping it get’s easier with practice but I already feel a lot lighter….and I think that is what I have been needing, to feel lighter.

Thanks to anyone who has been reading, it feels good to get that out there.

 

Ian and Emily – Classic Tacoma Wedding

I have been so excited about photographing this wedding for a while now and it did not disappoint! I have been able to get to know Emily in the months leading up to her big day and she is truly a beautiful, sweet person. I hadn’t met Ian until the day of their wedding but I felt instantly comfortable with him. Actually I felt comfortable with everyone throughout the day, they were such a wonderful warm group of people. I feel so lucky that I was allowed to photograph Ian and Emily’s love, and are these two in love! As Emily said Ian is her life and just watching the way Ian looks at her I know he feels the same about her. Congratulations to you both I couldn’t be happier for you!

Some of my favorites from their day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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My Business and Me

WOW my mind is going about a mile a minute right now…..there is so much to do, so much to do. And that is only part of the craziness that is my brain right now! BUT it is awesome! I feel so inspired and ready to take on the world. I am learning so much about what it really means to be a successful business owner and it just makes me want to do better and grow more. I absolutely LOVE taking photos I really do. But I think even more than that I LOVE making people happy with the photos that I take and the service and experience that I provide. I am happy to be a business owner and look forward to a long career ahead of me…..God willing. : )

Sorry that was a total coffee and pixy stix fulled rant but hey that’s me sometimes.: )

A couple of pics from a recent senior session.