Ten minutes with Aurelia

I saw my roommate today for more than 5 minutes!! Aurelia has been in a performance for the last two weeks and has had rehearsals since the beginning of the semester. Both of us have been so busy we have hardly had time to see each other. So today when I got to see her for about ten minutes it felt extremely weird. Since I got to see her today I felt that it was a photographic moment

Here is my favorite shot from the day.

Day 52

February 21

"Stare"

Steam punk session with Trish

What an amazing day!!

I met Tricia on the first day of my second semester freshman year and from the first day I was amazed by her life stories, personality, and beauty. She is one of my favorite teachers I have ever had and she is even more amazing outside of the classroom.

She had asked me if I would do some pictures of her for a 'Steam punk' conference she is going to and showed me some pictures of what she was looking for. I had no idea what steam punk was so I had to do some research. I knew it would be something completely different from what I normally do but I was so ready! I think both of us were like little kids waiting for Santa to come!

We thought it was supposed to snow today but we got lucky and just got some clouds, but the lighting was perfect! Although it was cold and windy it was an amazing day for me. Trish and I ended up spending about 4 hours trying different outfits, locations, and poses and I loved every second of it!! I even got some new locations for future shoots! =)

She was such a beautiful model to photograph and I didn't want it to end. She was so cooperative and ready to do whatever! Thanks Trish for the amazing day!

Here are a few photos from our session. And I should tell you that selecting favorites for this session was extremely hard, I just wanted to post them all!!

Don't worry, the gun was not loaded.

And last but no least

Day 51

February 20

"Steam Punk"

Reflecting

I love spring! And what I love more than spring is winter days in February that feel like spring. Those days make me really happy =)

Scott came up for a few hours yesterday before heading off to shoot a wedding so we went out to get lunch and then decided to head to this park and walk around since it was so nice out. We walked around this lake/pond/body of water before finding this spot. I've got to this park many times and sat in this same spot by myself just taking in the beauty of the space but it was even better this time as I sat with Scott and talked about life. I sat and stared at this scene as we talking about childhood memories, school, friends, and life.

Day 50

February 19

"Reflecting"

Long boarding adventures

I think spring is about a month early this year. I don't remember it being this nice in February. Maybe it has been this nice but I just don't remember it! The last few months have been so busy for me that when I didn't have anything to do yesterday afternoon, I didn't know what to do with myself! So what better to do than take pictures outside in this beautiful weather??

Craig and I had met up back in November to do a long boarding session but we didn't meet up until later in the afternoon so we didn't have much time before the sunset. So yesterday I asked Craig if he was up for a redo session!

We met up on campus and spent almost an hour trying out different shots and messing around. Here are a few shots from our session

And Rachael came along to watch!

Craig's friend Ryan came along too and has been boarding for a while but hasn't done much sliding so he stole Craig's gloves and tried it a few times.

Sometimes you have to fall a few times.....

(sorry Ryan, I just had to put it up!)

Rachael trying out the board

And last but not least

Day 49

February 18

"Slide"

More of Rachael

I had to add some more pictures from my session with Rachael last weekend.

Enjoy!

Believe

A few months ago my friend and I got bracelets from the Buckle and all the proceeds went to charity. The bracelet is a leather band that wraps around your wrist and on it are words like "Give back", "Speak Kindness", "Forgive" and many others.

When I first got the bracelet I would often look at it like it was giving me words of advice. I wear it so much now that it's at the point where I don't even look at the words on it anymore. I just put it on and go on with my day. Today part of it broke in the middle of my graphic design class. I was having a rough time in class with my project and I was starting to lose faith in myself. The first word I looked at when it broke was "believe", like it was talking to me.

I tend to lose faith in myself sometimes when I feel like no one else is there to support me. I know I still have so many people helping me out and looking out for me but there are those times that I feel like I'm fighting for myself, alone. I've realized that all I have to do is believe in them to be there because I know they are there, I'm just letting myself think they aren't. When really, they've been there all along.

Day 48

February 17

"Believe"

I couldn't help but put more pictures up from my boudoir session with Lauren.

Here are a few more!