Thursday, January 28, 2010

c + m | engaged

welcome to texas! meet christine, my extremely intelligent and goofy friend from georgia tech. she's lived and traveled all over but has made texas her home. enter michael. also quite intelligent as he did ask christine to marry him. they are getting hitched this spring and after seeing my photos for erin & joe, asked me to come out and document their loooooove. they were so hospitable (the definition of southern hospitality) and fattened me up over the weekend by treating me to delicious lunches and dinners at places such as pappadeaux, babin's, and truluck's. hey, if you want to eat well, try houston!

on to the good stuff...

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

don't be normal | life

getting up on my soapbox

as you may remember, i was really freaking excited on D-F day back in 2008. there's a saying "debt is normal; don't be normal." well i have again fallen into the "normal" category. i tried not to, but i did need a car in atlanta and i couldn't find a clunker (worthy of holding up on i285). so i bought a used car. and i'm going to run sven (um, that's his name) into the ground.

my goal is to pay of my 5 year loan by or before the end of 2010. to help me out, i'm taking baby steps and budgeting. soon i'll be like one of these people :D and can start investing more.

i'm not a financial guru, but i really like the "no debt" lifestyle. it's very refreshing!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

pb.7 one love photo | my favorites

extremely delighted to present this next installment of my favorite photobloggers!

one love photo, here to rescue you from all that is boring!

i saw a photo on flickr and discovered there was a blog attached, so naturally checked it out. what i found was a wonderful mix of photography and poetry (literally, she puts poems on the blog). she has homemade lenses, interesting focus, loves square crops and framing, and other artsy things!

in a nutshell: what she's about

a favorite
wedding,
.......engagement,
..anytime,
...composition.

you'll fall in love too...

Monday, January 25, 2010

good for a laugh | anytime

i cracked up when i saw this...


caption reads: "After one too many Shirley Temples, the girls got into a huge fight at the bar. They later made up during the bouquet toss."

Thursday, January 21, 2010

one reason i moved back to georgia | family

i thought my 99th post should be something poignant, monumental, or really really reeeeally special. so here's the best thing that came to mind: one of the main reasons i moved back to georgia, my niece and nephew.

enjoy!

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

chicago | throwback

i recently came into a new laptop that comes with software to edit RAW photos. i went back through some old discs and saw the images from my photography class. we shot in RAW and edited in lightroom at the school's lab, but i didn't make any jpeg copies. so i haven't seen these images since april/may 2008.

it made me a little nostalgic, looking through all the photos. there were some really bad ones. overexposed, underexposed, horrible focus. but what i remembered was all the fun i had, wandering around the streets and parks and neighborhoods of chicago, looking at regular old stuff from a new angle and through a different lens. i appreciated the details and the landscapes. i discovered that capturing motion can add something totally new to photography (well, my photography, since i didn't attempt anything like that before). i looove macro and experimenting with depth of field.

so here's a throwback to my photography class and spring in chicago...

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on flickr

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

pb.6 poser | my favorites

doing something new today. instead of talking about a photoblogger i regularly follow, i'm going to introduce a newly discovered gem. one whose images i know i will fall in love with and follow.

:P

my gut reaction to is his work is
.liiiight!
..stunning.
...so stinking cute.

plus, the branding of the business is neato!

follow him, you'll like it.

Friday, January 15, 2010

to buy or not to buy | question?

so after owning my own place for almost 5 years (including the almost 2 years i was in chicago), i sold it. 2 weeks later, i got a job offer back in atlanta. so i moved in with dear ol' mom til i figure out what to do.

she lives far away. from everything.

i either have to wake up and leave for work before the sunrises or 6:30am, whichever comes first because you have traffic and you're driving east. or i have to live out of a suitcase at sis or dad's houses which are closer to work.

i've done this for 2 months now and the question arises: how much longer can i do this? for my sanity? social life? gas expenses?

so i've asked my sister, the real estate agent, to start looking at properties for me. condos, again? i don't know. that was not a short term investment. townhomes? bungalow? inside the perimeter? OTP? should i get into this again??

we are going to tour some places this weekend, so i'll keep the blog posted. wish me luck and low prices!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

pb.5 max wanger | my favorites

M A X

i get fuzzy feelings from his work. it makes me sigh. gasp. smile in delight.

he does amazing weddings. amazing portraits. framing style i like to call "small people". too cool clients (including our labor of love!)

i look back over his photos many many times because, gosh-darnit, i really like to.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

m + c | married

margaret & cory
december 19, 2009
at oakton
marietta, ga

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on flickr

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