Christmas Morning

It never fails. My 17-year-old brother always wakes the entire family up at the crack of dawn to open presents. We complain at first, but it's always lovely.

My best friend/favorite Jew/soulmate, Eve, came for Christmas as well. It was her first Christmas morning experience and I think she was a little tired. 

I feel very greatly loved. I hope everyone else had a wonderful holiday as well. 

Home Is Wherever I'm With You

In case you didn't know, Eve Edelheit is back! I hadn't seen her since December, and in that time, she's been a little world traveler. India, Denmark, all of Europe and little stop to Lollapalooza along the way. Alex Browning, Mallory Benedict and I all got together to celebrate her first night back in town, which was Monday.

We are all in love. Initiate cuddle puddle.

Also, Eve and Alex are roommates this year. I like this.

Mary+Jeremy

I had the pleasure of shooting some engagement photos for Mary and Jeremy, and I am so glad they went along with some of my crazy ideas. As you can see, Mary was wearing a beautiful white dress, and I asked her to trudge through waist length grass. I think the photos were worth it though! Still editing, but here's what I have so far.

(Yes...that's me in the center of the frame...my bad.)

Isn't love wonderful?

Engaged.

Wow, Mallarie and Joe were awesome. They went along with any crazy idea I had, and we all suffered quite a few scratches and bug bites. Not to mention the sweat. Oh, the sweat...

Anyway...these are just a few that I have been working on. I may go back and fix some toning.

Spring, Family, and some Holga.

The beautiful weather that graced Columbia last week allowed me to take some really great shots...so this is going to be a kind of lengthy post. My family came to visit as well. My little brother, Addison, was more concerned with the NFL draft though. We left him in my dorm room for most of the day, which made me kind of sad. I don't understand why we are so different.

Beth, Derek, and I laid beneath a tree outside of Hatch instead of doing our homework. I couldn't think of a better way to spend the afternoon.

Derek read "The Sound and the Fury" while we napped.

Addison spent a lot of time in the hotel pool this weekend. I went in once...but I can't really swim very well.

I took the family to Kayotea...my mom got a strawberry chicken wrap that she loved until my dad told her it tasted like acidic vomit. Good one, Dad.

We ate some gooey butter cake at Kaldi's to make up for the vomit wrap. I love photographing food. Actually...I just love food.

A trip to Columbia is not complete without a trip to Big Tree.

We also went to Cooper's Landing for Thai food and live music. This same man was playing when I went there in the fall too!

My Dad is just too cool.

Sunsets...

This is hilarious. My mom is beautiful...my dad is goofy. I love them so much.

I almost forgot! I got my second ever roll of color 120 back Saturday. For once, I didn't screw up an entire roll on my Holga. This was my favorite shot.