Little Kiwis photography: June 2008

{Ballerina}

This really is my last post before I leave, my daughter just looked so beautiful before her dance performance and I HAD to. Can I just tell you how much I am LoVInG
my new lens!!!

I hope you all have a great Fourth of July weekend. Mine is starting early because I will be visiting family for the whole week. Which means I will be M.I.A. and will not have any new posts for about a week (or so). But I am going to leave you with a few of my children at parades and other 4th of july events from a few years ago.
And for those of you who visit that are not from america (and you know who you are!)
Just have a fun happy week!.....EnJoY

{The Magic}

I was not going edit these today but...I JUST HAD TO! This was by far the most anticipated, difficult, fun, and rewarding shoot I have done so far. It really really tested me. The wedding party was 51. It was middle of the day (high noon lighting) and like 100 deg. But It was SOOO worth it!

Kirk & Carrie, thank you so much for choosing me to be a part of your special day.
It will truly be a day I will remember, because you gave me the chance to shoot My first wedding and it was an amazing experience....you guys made it easy because you were so fun, and not to mention beautiful!!

{SPOILED}

Canon EF 24 - 70 mm F2.8 L USM lens

This is my new toy! I am so excited! I have been working hard, and almost had enough money saved from my shoots to buy so Corey decided he wanted to help me and just get it because I am shooting my first WEDDING tommorow and he wanted me to have this new fabulous lens! It came this morning, and I have been playing with it all day! First of all it is sooooo heavy! but it's o.k. because it takes AMAZING pictures! I did not even know what I was missing. I can not wait until tommorow to see what kind of MAGIC I can make with it!

THANKS BABY, I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

"H" family sneak peak

Thanks you guys! I had so much fun getting to know you better, you were a blast to work with. I hope you like them!!

Some personal thoughts. . . .

I just want to put this out there in the universe somewhere, Why do we do what we do?
What drives us to persue talents, passion, and different paths in our life? And truly aren't they always changing? Once I was an artist, I did water color, oil, pencil, you name it... My bedroom was a plaster of quotes, pictures, magazine pages,and I danced, Dancing was my true passion, the expression of emotion through movement and the beauty of the music and motion has no other feeling when you are in front of a crowd of hundreds of people. And photography, taking pictures led me to scrapbooking which led me to more photography,,, So art is my true love. As a stay at home mom I was starting to feel like that part of myself was beginning to get lost and I wanted to persue something I truly loved to make me feel more like myself and so I said it is now or never. There is never a better time than NOW to persue passions, and be who you are. First I am a mother, wife, and daughter of god. And then my alter ego who is the artist In whatever form it lends itself.
I am in awe at the beauty that are talents in whatever form god gives to us. For some talents are hidden in everyday acts of kindness and for others like Da vinci they are for the world to see, but what if we never acted on them? what would the world be like? So this is for everyone out there, be what you want to be and do what you want to do. God made us who we are, and at different moments our talents are used for different things. Find out what they are are live your dreams...express yourself..and don't hide them or get intimidated.

{Beleive in yourself...and others will too}