I'm in love.

With a lens. 24-70 Canon L series, to be exact. I'm sorry, hubby, but you're going to have to move over.

This baby won my heart on a recent photo shoot for my friend, Stefanie (Click on her name and check out her awesome photography website!). I was doing just fine with my 50mm (love that kid) until the sun rays struck. Maybe it was because I don't have a hood, but my lens just refused to focus on a shot that I knew I HAD to have. Fortunately when you're taking photos of a photographer for her website, she brings along her camera bag with all its goodies. Inside I found the apple of my eye (do people still use that expression anymore? I'm pretty sure they don't. For the past 40 years. Thanks Mom.). Stef came to my rescue and courageously let me borrow her 24-70 lens and it did the trick. Oh boy, did it ever. The rest of the photo shoot was pure bliss. And the post-processing of these photos? A JOKE. I'm not kidding you. The photos I am posting here are STRAIGHT OUT OF CAMERA! NO alterations WHATSOEVER! OK, so it doesn't hurt that Stef was a runway model in a previous life she pretends she doesn't remember, but honestly. LOOK at the beauty. Like I said. I am IN LOVE. Give me a few weeks/months and you can bet I'll have justified this purchase to death. Just you wait!! It will be mine!

So here are the pictures from my most favorite photo shoot YET! I had fun playing around with exposure and lighting and this gorgeous lens. Enjoy!

Wedding photos!

Without further ado...

Who me?

Yes you. Couldn't be! Then who?

Ok it was me. I was the photographer at a friend's wedding this weekend. I know. Crazy. Me.

But for some insane reason my friends trusted me with their LIFE and let me take their wedding photos. Despite some crazy obstacles I couldn't have imagined, I came out with a couple good pictures. So what if I took thousands? I'm learning, Ok?!?! It was a HUGE learning experience, and I really am grateful for it. Will I do another wedding? That is still yet to be determined. Once I finish my edits, I'll let you know. We'll see if I can surprise myself. :)

So stay tuned... There are wedding photos afoot!

I heart faces photo contest

Woohoo! I'm finally on my game this week and entering my first I Heart Faces photo contest! The theme is "faces and flowers." How perfect is that?

How could I possibly resist posting a picture of this perfect redhead? I couldn't. That's the answer.

I can't help myself.

I could do this all night.

But my baby's crying.

So I've gotta go.

But check it.

Later.

Bet you didn't know I was from the hood.

Cause I'm not.

Good night.

Photoshootnesstrocity

My friend Bonnie has the cutest kids in the WORLD (apart from my own, of course!), and she let me take pictures of them yesterday. Honestly, I had to bribe her to come over. And even that almost didn't work!

I would like to hire her kids as my poster children, if she'd let me. But that would probably require way more bribes than I can currently handle. So we'll have to settle for this one photoshoot for now. :) Thanks, Bonnie!

I had to consciously stop myself from taking too many pictures of this cute redhead.

Here's her big sis being her beautiful self.

The only downside of this photoshoot was that the sun wasn't out! We were all prepped and ready for that sunset glow, but apparently the sun didn't get the memo. Oh well. Maybe next time!

More! I'm on a roll...

Is anyone reading this blog besides my mom?

Comment please! Do you like my pictures? Why? Not like them? Porque? Like some of them? Porquoi? Not like some of them? Sei la. :)

I'm interested. Do tell. Thanks. :)

And I'll just throw one in of me for fun. It's not easy taking a photo of yourself at arms length and making sure it's in focus. I would know.