Warm.

My parents visited my aunt and I at the beginning of November. 

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. 

I'm Thankful For...

 ...family, friends, turkey, cats, and wide apertures. Oh, and you, too!

We probably just should've eaten Rupert instead of a turkey.

Aaaaand this sums up my parents.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well!

Hey Ma

Soft focus, I know. It's a BEAUTY shot!



My mom was talking about her wrinkles tonight and how old she is starting to look. I don't think she could be more incorrect. Just look at these photos!

Family Ties.

My aunts from Texas and Arizona were in town for the weekend, so it was great to have the whole family together. I think they have a love/hate relationship with my camera though...they urged me to take pictures of everyone together, but if I took a picture of one of them, they would insist upon seeing it, then trying to delete it. Needless to say, I ended up with more portrait photos than I wanted, but I did get some natural expressions.

One of the best parts of the weekend was getting to spend some time with my little cousins, Abby and Emma. This is Emma, being all cute.

My mom is one of the most beautiful people I know.

My cousin Jordan. He has a really amazing story, and he is doing all he can to tell it. He's been sober for a couple of years now, and we are all so proud of him.

Jordan and Nolan...mid-day light...arghh....

Hunter was a sweetie...but he had the dirtiest hands. This is Jordan trying to clean him off a bit.

In other news, I have some appointments to do portraits on the weekends, and I am excited and nervous all at once. I really want to do a good job and escape the typical cheesy senior portraits, but sometimes my lack of confidence gets to me.

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.