I found the next Gerber baby!

Cute kid alert yall! Here's baby Nofo. He has grown so much since the last time I saw him. I think he should be the next Gerber baby. Don't you guys think? I just want to gobble him up! 

Love you baby!

And the winners are....

Okay guys my son just drew the names of the winners.
Drum roll please:

Free photoshoot:  Rachel Tapusoa

$50 giftcard from Ruth's Chris Steakhouse: Mili Galea'i

$30 gift certificate from Texas Roadhouse: Pam Turner

Surprise gift: Rosa Ulugia


Congratulations Ladies!

dang this post feels naked without a picture. just sayin. 

There's a Party Goin' on Around Here. Two Giveaways. Yay!

photo credit: google images
A celebration to last through out the year (ok,actually it'll last for about two weeks).

I'm out of school for the next two weeks and I'm celebrating with a giveaway.

Well, let me just back pedal a little bit here.

I have been blogging for a year now AND I've reached 100+ posts so we're celebrating a whole lot today.

Here are the two giveaways:

One is for a free photoshoot with yours truly.

One hour. One location. One fabulous time. 

The other giveaway is for a $50 giftcard to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.

There are 2 locations to choose from in lovely Utah.

Here's a  link to their site so you can take a look at their fabulous menu.

(The giveaways are just for Utah residents only).

I know. 

Sorry my loverlies. 

I will try to come up with a giveaway good for anyone in the near future.

Scout's honor.

Who am I kidding I'm not a scout.

But I promise I will.

Thank you for your interest in my blog and for following for a whole year. 

I appreciate all of you.

Even those of you who don't comment and just follow along quietly.

Yup I lurve you too. 

Please leave me a comment below along with an email you can be reached at. The winner will be announced on Friday (in two days) 12/17/2010. 

Good luck! 

Working the Camera Once Again Yall - Miss Lili.

Had another fabulous shoot with Miss Lili today.

I can't believe she's turning 1 year old on Tuesday.

Happy Birthday cutie pie!

Families can be Together Forever - The Faamoe's.

Congratulations Jean and Kamuela.

Thanks for allowing me to capture your special day.

Love you guys.





FINAL PROJECT

Yesterday I was so relieved when I mounted my last print on matte board for my photography final. I have to present it on Monday in class and I'm a little nervousI shot almost 150 images but I can only select five out of the bunch to present.

We each had to decide on a theme (mine was Ansel Adams). He was famous for shooting nature scenes and was an environmentalist as a result.
When I was out by the Great Salt Lake shooting for this final I had an experience I never want to
forget. Im not sure how to put my experience and what I felt into words, but I think I know why Ansel Adams fell in love with nature.
A lot of times we take this world for granted and forget how much beauty there is out there.
I think if we just look around we will notice all the magnificent and inspiring creations that are in the world.
I was (and still am) in awe and grateful for the things nature has to offer.
I'm so grateful I got to capture some of it. I guess if I had to sum up my experience I would use this phrase from one of my favorite Primary songs:
"I'm glad that I live in this beautiful world, Heavenly Father created for me"

I hope I did it a little bit of justice with these images.

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This last shot isn't a nature shot per se, but I loved the branches of this tree and the Temple standing in the background ever present, ever beautiful.

Hello in there, hello.

In case anyone was wondering I wasn't abducted by aliens. However, I might as well have been because I feel like I've been on another planet!  I have been pulling my hair out over math homework - and finals are just around the corner. Needless to say I have been the mayor of Stressville (and it is not the bidnet yo). I've even had to turn down a few photoshoots just to catch up w/homework (yikes!). Anyways, I'm taking a 30 minute breather right now and thought I should post some of the photography assignments I've been working on in class - to make up for my absence on here. I've missed blogging. Thanks for hanging in there with me!

I sure do appreciate it.

above photo credit: google images

The image above was photographed by Ansel Adams, for this assignment I was supposed to try an emulate his work.

The image below is my take on his photo.

 The next two images were part of an assingment called "The Quality of Light." Our goal was to capture images in different light settings - whether they were colors that were in harmony, or colors that were in contrast with one another.

 This last image was part of an assignment entitled "The Familiar." We were supposed to photograph ordinary things that we don't normally consider beautiful and try to capture them as such.