Photo Booth: Greg & Tracey Wedding + CONTEST

Here are the long awaited photo booth pics from Greg and Tracey's wedding! Thanks for your patience while I was shooting a wedding in Europe! I have some beautiful wedding day pics that I will add in the next few days, but for now... the funny ones!!!!!

I got the idea for the photo booth from a manual I bought from The Image is Found. Seriously - check out their blog, it is a hoot! They are incredibly talented with the most off the wall ideas and they call their booth, "The Crazy Booth". I can't use that title, but am in search of a name for my photo booth. List your ideas in my comment section and if I find the perfect name - the winner will receive a free photo booth session at an event of their choice! Sweet deal, right?!? Good luck!!!

These are just some of my favorites! If you'd like to see ALL of them, click this link.









My favorite of the night! Makes me laugh every time!













And then the bride came over and wowzas!!!









Bridesmaids...























This was in close running for my favorite of the night! Check out Pastor G!!!



Click here to see ALL of the photo booth pics!

Rome: Wedding Day!!!

Too tired to write... but the photos should speak louder than words!

Anytime: Italy!!!

I'm going on no sleep and tomorrow's the big wedding day so this will be short and sweet! I'm soooooooo excited for tomorrow! Sarah and I are shooting a wedding in Rome! No - for real! SARAH AND I ARE SHOOTING A WEDDING IN ROME tomorrow!!!!! I can't believe my life right now!!!

Just to tide you over, here are a few quick pics of our trip so far! So many more to come when there's more time!

Our first stop was Venice...







My camera screen became our map after we took of a photo of some man's map since we didn't have one! Whatever works, right!?!



When I rains in Venice, the gondola guys don't go out! We stayed an extra night just so we could wait out the rain and get a gondola ride before we left! Totally worth it!!!




Next was Pisa (sorry for the silly pic - we just had to do it!)


And a quick stop in Florence!



And we've ended in Rome, but have a couple days left. Heck - the wedding hasn't even happened yet!!!





And he's (my dad) all tuckered out after a long day in Rome!

Work it: Fashion Tara

I need, emphasize NEED, to update my website! Unfortunately this is always about number 22 on my "to do" list... yikes! I'm crazy overwhelmed with work lately and while I love my current group of students at school - I'm in dire need of summer break! June 7th is our last day and simply for the sake of my sanity, it can't come soon enough!





I really want to gear my site a bit more toward fashion and personal artistry. I want to brand myself to find seniors and brides with a love of clothes, uniqueness, and a sense of personal style. In hopes of doing that, I desperately need to update my site and really... I'm pretty excited with the ideas stirring around in my head! As a start to these updates, I did a fashion shoot with this gorgeous young lady, Tara.









Tara. Is. Fabulous. I just love this girl! Tara is also a dancer and I am positive this is why she holds herself so well. Not every person can pull of some of the awkwardly unique positions I asked her to do and still look good doing it!



My favorite!









After exploring the North Liberty area for a bit, we ended in downtown Iowa City.











Tara, thanks for working it for me! I'm so excited to use these on my site!!!

A bit of me Friday: Concerts

Oh my poor blog... How I have neglected you! I've been shooting like crazy and just haven't had time to transfer those images into posts lately! This week is especially nuts for me at school! The kids in my college level art class send their portfolios to the AP College Board next week and I'm playing my French horn in the pit of our musical every night till at least 10:30! I love it, but between prom last week and musical this week I am getting way too little sleep! Enough of my own pity - here goes a new post!!!

I looooove, love, love country music and I am constantly on the hunt for concert tickets! I have always loved going to concerts and since my parents have retired from teaching, their hobby is going to each and every country concert in a four hour radius (and I always tag along since my hubby isn't crazy about concerts). Two weeks ago we went to a Carrie Underwood concert and it was one of the most phenomenal concerts EVER! I swear she changed outfits over 20 times! Her special effects were insane! The coolest was when she sang from the back of a pickup truck as it hung from the ceiling and moved over top of the crowd below! Oh - and a bonus, Craig Morgan was the surprise opening act (he sing the ridiculous International Harvester song).

As my parents and I drove to the concert, I thought it'd be fun to make a list of concerts I've been to. I'm sure I'm not remembering them all, but here it goes...

Bette Midler
Cher
Sugarland, 3 times
Lone Star, 4 times
Rascall Flatts, 3 times
Darius Rucker
Billy Currington
Journey
Brooks and Dunn, 2 times
Trace Atkins
LeAnn Rimes
NSync, you know I'm cool!
The Jetts
Jewel
Roberta Flack, Pebo Brison, Luther Vandross
Big & Rich
Echelon
Alabama
Colin Ray
Carrie Underwood
Craig Morgan
Sons of Sylvia

Here's a list of the concerts I hope to go to this summer: Brad Paisley, Sugarland, Darius Rucker, Zac Brown Band, Billy Currington, Jason Michael Carroll, Lady Antebellum, Alan Jackson, The Band Perry, Montgomery Genty, Kellie Pickler, Eric Church, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Kris Allen, Little Big Town, Sheryl Crow, Colbie Caillat, Justin Moore, Easton Corbin, Steel Magnolia, Josh Thompson

Here are some pics of my niece, Caroline. We took these at her 3rd birthday party! The suitcases and fan are things I inherited when my grandfather passed away. I have them in the entry way of my house.




So serious...



And then she loosened up! Now that face is my little Caroline's!






"I'm three!"



I just can't choose my favorites! They're all cute in their own way!!!