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Friday, August 27, 2010

Traditions

This weekend I am photographing a super cool Indian wedding and it is amazing. There are so many traditions that make wonderful photos. Last night all the women's from the groom's family came and gave gifts to the bride and blessed her with rice. It was really a pretty ceremony.

The women all dip their fingers into the oil and rub it on the brides forehead then they push a few grains of rices into the oil until it sticks. Then they pick up a small bit of rice and shower her with it. It's really neat to watch.

Love this picture :)

Then after that there was a Mehndi ceremony where the brides hands and feet were covered in henna tattoos for the wedding. Tradition says that the groom's name is hidden in the intricate designs and he must find his name.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Scrapbook!

Wow. I am so very far behind on my scrapbooking. I had a little time tonight with nothing to edit so I decided to make a page. This is from when we went to Las Vegas in March. I'm pretty proud of the background. It's two photos I took at the hotel with a couple of textures overlaid on it to make it look like a paper. :) I liked the swirly painted walls at the MGM Grand so one day I just took a photo of them with the intent of using them as the background for a page then I was looking through my stash of digital elements and I found this glittery swirl that I downloaded from digitreats a very long time ago. It's a perfect match. I recolored it of course and I found a glittery alpha called Seduced by Sarah Bryan that I liked as well. The post-it flags are by the Scrappin' Cop. What do you think?

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Shoes!

Gotta love shoes right? Well the last wedding I photographed the bride had some super cool hot pink shoes. Here they are!

First the advertising style close-up of the shoes. Aren't they cool?

and on the bottom...so cute!

Now for the journalistic side of the shoe photos.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Hadley is one!

Last week Hadley's mom called and said she was turning one. Already? You might remember her newborn (post 1 or post 2) or 6 month photos (post 1 or post 2) from reading my blog. Wow! It's fun to watch her grow in front of my camera lens.

What a cutie!

Yes, she has the most amazing blue eyes.

She loved digging her toes into the grass :)

Such a beautiful little serious face.

That's one awesome mommy!

Tyler's Senior Portraits

A few weeks ago Tyler and I spent the afternoon taking his Senior portraits out in Granbury. Boy was it hot. I think we topped out at 106-degrees that day but Tyler was a trooper and even put on his letter jacket for a few. I think his photos turned out awesome and here are a few of my favorites.

He wanted railroad tracks so we went there and had some fun. Seriously over 100 degress and in a coat. He is dedicated!

Really love this one, under the bridge.

Like that smile. I think he had fun. I did!

Love this railing and wall.

There was a flag in a window on the square so we worked it into a photo as well.

I like this closeup with the weathered wall behind him.

At the park.

So Tyler's dad brought his dog out for the very end of our session. What a great dog and I saw this old garage when we were driving to our last location so we went back and took the dog photos there. Perfect.

Puppy profile

Love this one. It's my very favorite. There's nothing like the unconditional love between a boy and his dog :)

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Tony, Helio and the Dolls

I photographed a pretty cool media event this evening.

I took my LensBaby and had some fun in the photographer's pit. I like how the "Dolls" are all blurry on the sides of Eddie. You thought I was going to show you the real "Dolls" didn't you ;) Keep reading!