Ok. There’s no Oscar Award here…YET. My dear friend Alicia is in what I would imagine to be the best position to get into acting. She’s young, it’s just her, she’s beautiful, and she lives in New York! When she told me she’d started making the necessary steps to begin this journey I was SOOOO SO SO SO excited for her! I could totally see her in movies…especially if she can land a role that requires a lot of happiness and smiling. When she asked me to do her head-shots, I could not get “YES!” out fast enough! Any way that I can show my friends the support or help in the same way that they have and continue to show me…I’m all in. What I love most about Alicia asking me to do this shoot for her is that she knew this wasn’t my comfort zone as far as photography and yet and still she still values my time and business so much that she did not expect this to be a free shoot. Ah, I love my friends…such blessings!

Anyway, check out these head shots and send up a prayer for my friend and her blossoming journey!

This isn’t for her portfolio, but this is soooo Alicia! Hehe!

Thanks for looking!

Lately, I’ve been getting requests to do senior pictures or just portraits of people alone. I think my heart is with families and all things kid related, but I got an awesome new lens and I’d been really wanting to try my luck with it. I don’t think I realized how many paths you can go down with photography. There’s so many things you can specialize in, so many ways to post edit, so much of EVERYTHING so I’m just trying to find MY nitch and perfect it…and I’m thoroughly enjoying the journey.

I met Dianna through working at Aerie…and randomly we took a class together at Georgia State. Since I first mentioned photography she’s been EXTREMELY supportive, more-so than friends I’ve known for years and years. Dianna’s been helping me make things for shoots, carrying around stuff, & doing an awful job of helping indecisive me make decisions, lol! She’s also been more than willing to be my muse. One of the great things about retail is that people come and go and if you’re lucky…you’ll have the opportunity to connect with a few genuinely good hearted people.

& I am not opposed to doing senior shoots, btw. At least for now.

I now have a portable backdrop set-up for clients that prefer the traditional style photos.

Dianna has a twin, Xylona. I have a few pictures of them together in my galleries, but hopefully we’ll do another shoot of them together very soon. I wouldn’t dare put some of them up from my first attempt. I didn’t really know what I was doing during that first shoot. LOL! HUMBLE BEGINNINGS.

Allow me to introduce you to my best friend…aka my boyfriend, Art. We’ve had our ups and downs, but overall this guy has been a blessing. We’ve never really betrayed each other or had an issues that we couldn’t work past, which is a change of pace considering my past relationships. It’s crazy how much we inspire and support each other. I’m so happy  and proud that throughout the few years we’ve known each other we’ve done a lot of growing on so many levels. I am most proud of our spiritual growth. It’s gotten to the point now where he’s so much more than a boyfriend. I think this is the guy that I am  supposed to spend my life with…but we shall see! I’m learning to be patient and just wait. If it’s what God wants…there’s no harm in waiting and doing things on God’s time and not my own. So with that said, my friends…I’ll leave you with a little message (just in case you may need to hear and meditate on it as much as I do)…

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

– Philippians 4: 6-7

Peace & Love. 🙂