Happy Birthday to you…Happy Birthday to you…Happy Birthday dear…someone. I suppose its someone’s birthday, somewhere, so to who every you are…HAPPY BIRTHDAY, you’re the BEST! For years I made my own birthday cake. I couldn’t tell you what year this cake was from. I know, you’re all thinking, “18 candles, 18th birthday!” ERRRRR wrong. I…

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And in contrast of last weeks Photography Chronicles (and for all of those living in the wintery north), a little warmth. This was taken on a private island in the Bahamas in October of 2009. It was absolutely breath taking. I had no idea that these kinds of places actually existed. I just thought all…

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Winter in Buffalo, NY is cold and white. This is Niagara Falls, very cold, very icy, with a rickety fence to keep you from sliding under the metal railing and cascading down into the falls. This is one of my favorite times to see the falls, there are few tourists and there is something about…

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Since its the new year I’ve been thinking about all the fun annual things that are soon to be here. One of the largest events of the year, and one of my favorites is The Hunt. We stuff an inhumane amount of plastic easter eggs with candy and prizes and send a ton of kiddos…

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In a few short days I will be at Imaging USA 2011, the mecca conference for photographers. Above is my good, dear friend Andrea from Ethan Avery Photography, we braved last year’s Imaging USA in Nashville together. Boy was it cold…that was when they had that big freeze and the water main broke down town……

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Yes, I was an Apple Employee once, no I do not want to fix your mac. I will however talk to you about their products, how to do things, and why I love them. It was one of my most interesting jobs, not quite what I expected, but definitely interesting. I interacted with ALL kinds…

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Meet the cowboy chair. I’m told it was a wedding gift to my mother and father. It sat in my mom’s house for as long as I can remember. It was then passed back to my dad. Then to the old lake house. It now sits in our guest bedroom. Its one of my most…

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In August-ish of 2009 I had gone to Buffalo, NY for my grandfather’s funeral, a week later my grandmother (other side of the family) passed away. A three day trip turned into almost three weeks. There was so much going on in my life during this time, so much sadness, so much loss. In the…

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To be fair, since I posted such an adorable yet embarrassing photo of my husband in last week’s The Photography Chronicles ~ 2, I thought I should post an equally embarrassing childhood photo of myself. I have to admit it was really hard to find, I was adorable (HA). But here you have it, yes…

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This is my husband (he was playing model for some light readings I was doing for an upcoming baby shoot, secretly I think he really likes playing model). AND…this is my husband at ohhhh age 7 (?) with one of the most fantastic mullets I’ve ever seen! Now I realize, I was going to share…

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