Pomp & Circumstance

My little sister graduated yesterday, and I am so very proud of her! I just want to brag on her for a second, because she is simply amazing! She graduated Magna Cum Laude with OODLES of honors and awards.  She has had her hands in just about every aspect of Georgia Southern, and it seems like everyone on campus knows her! From Mass Com Student of the Year to Dean's List to mission work in Argentina/Greece/Michigan and more-Jamie Dee is one awesome chick.  Tomorrow, she jet sets off to San Francisco for a celebratory week with our Grammy-going to see Wicked & Cirque De Solei, munching her way through China Town, and so much more! Congrats Little Sister-your Big Sis loves you to the stars!

I'm On A Boat...

...well, I was two weeks ago! Anyways, I did a quick run through of the photos I took while on our cruise and decided to showoff some of the nature-related ones.  The waters were the bluest blue, the sky was amazing, the wildlife was...well...wild! Enjoy a few shots from our trip.

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Details from two pieces done by Dale Chihuly...one of my favorite sculptors!  You can see the full sculptures here.




Crazy fish at the Atlantis Aquarium


A bird Kirk wanted a picture of:


Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...


The waves were HUGE and almost took my brother-in-law down!


FAVORITE photo from the trip!

No Longer Newlyweds!

It's official...my hubbin and I are no longer in the newlywed category.  We celebrated our 1st anniversary on Oct. 18 and jumped on a boat the next day to repeat our honeymoon on a cruise.  With friends in tow, we visited Nassau, Bahamas.  The 5 days went by like lightening, but we are glad to be back home too.  I can't believe it's already been a year! I love him more every day, and cannot wait to spend the next 65+ years (that's how long a couple on the cruise was celebrating) with him.

PS...I am still swaying as if I was on the boat!

For those brides worrying that all sorts of things will go wrong on your wedding day...

Yes, you might forget to iron things before you get dressed...


Yes, the flowergirl may flash everyone coming down the aisle...


Yes, your groomsmen may attempt to pee in a public fountain...


Yes, your toasting glasses might get broken...twice...during the toasts...


But at the end of the day, everything was perfect and you married the love of your life!

My DIY ShootSac!

For a while now I have been admiring a funky camera bag used on the go. The bag is called a ShootSac, and it houses your must-have gear while you are working...essentially making it where you don't have to lug around your big gear bags. Well-being raised to search for clearance tags and discounts, I could not bring myself to spend the nearly $200 wanted for one. Instead, I put my creativity to work, along with my mother-in-law's expert sewing skills (which I am working on too), and made my own. What's cool about my bag is that I also embroidered it with my name! Talk about easy advertising! Check out a few images of the finished product. Anyone interested in ordering one for themselves, contact me!

My closed bag...with my name embroidered on the front!

The bag with the strap...long enough to go over the shoulder as a messenger bag.

When you open the front flap-you can see the three sections available for photo gear.The back with the flap open. Buttons allow for me to change the cover if I decide to.

Inside the bag-flash, 2 lenses, small white balance target. 13 inches deep for long lenses!

Annonymously Published

Odd as it may seem, I recently had a photo published in the local newspaper, The Union Recorder. They did an article about Kirk's grandfather's funeral and how he rode from the funeral home to the gravesite in the back of a Ford pick-up truck. Of course, the paper didn't impose the day of the funeral, but needed an image for the article. I was the gal for the job! Click the image to be linked to the article. I'm not mentioned as the photographer-but I know it's mine...and I'm pretty excited about it!