March 2008 Archive

It’s here!  My BRAND NEW blog!  What do you think?

I’ll be tweaking a few things here and there…but I am really happy with it!!

Don’t forget to update your Google Readers and RSS Feeds! 

XOXO, M

 On Monday, Melissa Koehler, Tim and I headed up to Irvine for two things.

#1 – Get my camera sensors cleaned at the Canon service center!  They made my cameras look so shiny and new!

#2 – Meet some awesome, amazing photographers, including the infamous [b]ecker!  He has been posting some really cool video shorts on his [b] school blog, photographers, check them out before their time is up!

We meet Becker and the rest of the awesome group of 40+ photographers at Ling & Louies, photo below stolen from Jen’s blog!

The very sweet Victor Sizemore! 

Another awesome person/photographer, Dane Sanders:

From Jessica Claires Blog:

I had such a blast, I can’t wait to hang out with all these fun people at WPPI next week!

Last weekend we headed up to Riverside to spend Logi-bears 2nd birthday at a bowling alley.

Not quite a stike!
I love this shot of him just loungin’

Jen (thats Logans mommy) during a rousing round of Happy Birthday!

Ready, set, BLOW!!

Devouring his brownie!

Aunt Courtney testing his gag reflex!

Shot by Tim:

Happy Bday little one!

XOXO,

M

Mary called me the night before their engagement shoot in a slight panic. Brandon had a freak basketball accident and ended up with a black eye the week prior! The black eye stuck around longer than they anticipated, but fortunately it was barely noticable by the shoot! Mary has now forbidden basketball for the month of May! (ok maybe not, but we joked about it!)

We met Mary and Brandon at the train depot in San Juan Capistrano. I hadn’t been to SJC since I was in my early teen years and was so stoked to get the chance to go back! It did not disappoint! We had a blast searching out different nooks and crannies of this town!

Can’t wait for your May wedding, you two!

This was my first attempt at textures. I’m thinking it looks pretty good…do you like?

Love train tracks! Tim was on official train lookout!
Yes I laid down on train tracks!
Makes me think of American Gothic.

There is this old jail cell in the middle of a bunch of houses! I thought it was fun!


Exploring the parking garage. I risked my life for this shot (kinda!)
More parking garage…

For the back of their engagement album!
Brandon, Mary, Tim (cute face, hun!) and me:

Wow monster post! Hope you enjoyed it!

XOXO,

M

My friend, Katy Regnier is keeping this photographer game of tag going! How can I be the one to break the chain…?? I don’t need any bad luck!

What was I doing 10 years ago?

10 years ago, I was a senior in high school! I was the Photo Editor of Fallbrook’s Yearbook. I worked for Sourdough Pizza as a delivery girl. I spent a lot of time with my best girl friends…being a teenager! I was only 17 when I graduated from high school.

Things on my to-do list:

Today- Finish editing Mary and Brandon’s Engagement session
This month- Go to WPPI in Las Vegas and make some awesome new photo friends!
This year- Book some more destination weddings…somewhere exotic please!
Sometime in my life- Get married next year, have a kid a few years after that, buy a home somewhere in between. And travel to the following places:
S. Africa
Ethiopia/Egypt
Austrailia/New Zealand/Fiji
Hawaii (again)
Ireland/Scotland (again)
Japan
India
(thats just my short list!)

Bad habits:

I stay up way too late. But I still tend to wake up before 9am every day.
Singing way too loudly in my car. Its not really a bad habit…but it sure is bad!

Places I have lived:

In order:
Arlington, VA (for 6 years)
Fallbrook/Bonsall, CA (for 11 years)
Peoria, IL (for 7 years)
Various cities in North County, CA (almost 4 years)

Things most people don’t know about me:

I think food tastes better when it is prepared for me. Even tiny things, like slicing apples.
I really can picture myself running off to Vegas to get married…but I know I would regret not having my family and friends there to see it.
I can’t stand tomatoes, but I do enjoy ketchup!
I tried to learn Gaelic once…then I realized its a lost language and hardly anyone speaks it anymore!

I tag you!

Jen Harris
Tiffany Harrison
Michele Terry
My Mom
Tina Jean
Tobie Ashcraft