Day 170 of my 365 challenge

Day 170 of my 365 challenge: Today I had a Family Christmas photo shoot...there were a few pics that I thought were so cute...but, of course Im a sucker for the babies..and I swear this pic of this little girl is so sweet....Love her cute little face :)

Day 169 of my 365 day challenge

Day 169 of my 365 day challenge: I waited all day trying to figure out what my picture of the day would be...well when we were getting our daughter for bed....I was able to get a picture of Daddy and daughter praying by the bedside....I personally cant think of a better picture for the day..but then again..Im mommy..lol! Had to share this pic...so loving and touching!

Day 168 of my 365 day challenge

Day 168 of my 365 day challenge: I had to take a picture of the train tracks.....I have thought about it for a while that I wanted to....but the leaves have all pretty much fallen and I had to take advantage of it. I had to add a quote to it as well...one that stood out to me! Here is my photo for today :)

Day 167 of my 365 day challenge

Day 167 of my 365 day challenge...Today I started my morning doing a photo shoot for my Brother and his girlfriend, who are expecting there first baby....I am very excited for them. She is 3 months along, and we are going to do a photo shoot of her every month to see her cute belly bump grow :) I had to use this as my photo for the day!!

Day 166 of my 365 day challenge

Day 166 of my 365 day challenge: I am so excited about this picture....I got some new lighting and toys for my camera and my husband and I were specifically wanting a look, with him assisting me and willing to be my model etc, this shot turned out just as I was wanting...Im so excited to have him working with me and as putting our brains together. Here is my photo....Im pretty happy how it turned out! Thank you Richard Mayer aka Hubby for working with me on this!! :)

Day 165 of my 365 day challenge

Day 165 of my 365 day challenge: Thankfully today I was able to have a couple photo shoots..I was thinking
it might happen with the weather, but it was nice enough to get them in! I had to post a picture from one of my shoots today...these kids were so stinkin cute. Here is my photo for day 165 :)

Day 164 of my 365 day challenge

Day 164 of my 365 day challenge: WOW..I had three minutes to spare...had a busy day..and it was fun!! Started freaking out when it was 11:30 and I had thirty minutes to get home and get my picture up....Wont wait again like that...lol! Here is my photos!!

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Day 163 of my 365 day challenge: Today was one full day of running errands and birthday shopping for my son...it was a blast!! :) I went out this evening for some more shopping and on our trip I had to take a pic of the sunset...so so pretty, I loved the building off to the left and the tree...thought it all looked so gorgeous. Here is my photo for today...I think I am a sucker for sunsets as I am for fall leaves..lol!

Day 163 of my 365 day challenge

Day 163 of my 365 day challenge: Today was one full day of running errands and birthday shopping for my son...it was a blast!! :) I went out this evening for some more shopping and on our trip I had to take a pic of the sunset...so so pretty, I loved the building off to the left and the tree...thought it all looked so gorgeous. Here is my photo for today...I think I am a sucker for sunsets as I am for fall leaves..lol!

Day 162 of my 365 day challenge

Day 162 of my 365 day challenge: Today I thought It would be cool to take a picture of a mossy wall...I thought it would make for an interesting pic...and a I loved the fall leaves of course along the bottom of it! :) Here is day 162....Its going by so fast too!

Day 161 of my 365 day challenge

Day 161 of my 365 day challenge: Today was beautiful...so I had to show the sun in my picture...here is a cool bridge with the beautiful blue skies and sun shining...what a perfect fall day it was today!

 

Day 160 of my 365 day challenge

Day 160 of my 365 day challenge: Today was one of those days that just flew by and I felt like I really didnt get a whole lot done. I almost forgot about my dang picture for the day...and this is what I got..lol, right outside my house. Not my greatest pic, but hey..it works :)

 

Day 159 of my 365 day challenge

Day 159 of my 365 day challenge: SO excited to use my new camera today...my hubby now has the one I have been using up til now and I got a even better one..woohoo!!! I am learning so much with this new camera..and my husband and I are working together for some new looks. This was all done with some serious reading and ...using some unique steps with my camera....Im pretty excited!! Would love to hear from you all on what you think! :)

 

Day 158 of my 365 day challenge

Day 158 of my 365 day challenge: Today was a busy day to say the least...whew!!! I made it home at 7:00 and thank goodness the day turned out beautiful so I could do some beautiful family photo shoots. I had to post one of the pictures from my shoot today...I am a sucker for babies and today I was able to photograph an... adorable little girl :) Here is my photo of the day.....Its so cute to see Mommys with there little ones...seriously..its priceless!! :)

 

Day 157 of my 365 day challenge

Day 157 of my 365 day challenge: MORE LEAVES...lol!!!!

 

Day 156 of my 365 day challenge

Day 156 of my 365 day challenge: I thought this rusty wall was really cool...I really like taking pictures of interesting textures....this would be one obviously..lol!! :)

 

Day 155 of my 365 day challenge

Day 155 of my 365 day challenge: Today while I was waiting for my photo shoot I looked up at a powerline at the Dennys parking lot...and saw a bird perched on the line...I know I have done a powerline photo before..But, on this one I added some fun texturing and some filters...and I think it looks pretty cool....Pretty... much just having fun toying around..lol! Here is my photo for today!

 

Day 154 of my 365 day challenge

Day 154 of my 365 day challenge: Today I was at a location where I saw the ground all covered in very pretty orange and red leaves and it made me sad to think how very soon they will be brown and icky....so again, I had to take another picture of the fall leaves....lol, I know. I havent done them all over the ground though...Im taking advantage of it! :) Here is my photo...Oh, how I love fall!!

 

Day 153 of my 365 day challenge

Day 153 of my 365 day challenge: Today was a great day with great weather...which I always LOVE! I was able to photograph a Ballet dancer today in a local studio and let me just say I loved it. I picked one of my favorite photos today that I captured in the studio...I really wanted it to work and it did...Love her pose... in the door and the light shining through I think it captures her beauty of doing something she loves!! :)

 

Day 152 of my 365 day challenge

Day 152 of my 365 day challenge: Today I was able to snap a picture of some pretty fall leaves that I saw on a tree in town....Thank goodness the rain stopped for a bit so I could get this photo..lol!!! Here is my photo for day 152

 

Day 151 of my 365 day challenge

Day 151 of my 365 day challenge: Today for Halloween My husband wanted to surprise the family with a fantastic dinner..Stuffed Pumpkin and let me say it was Delicious....I had to make the dessert though..Baked apples with cranberries, figs and walnuts..YUM YUM!!! It was a delicious combo to say the least...for my picture of the day I had to post my Husbands stuffed pumpkin though...he made it look so beautiful and I think this will be tradition for Halloween from here on it! I couldnt decide on what picture I wanted to use..so I did both pumpkin shots..lol!! Here is my photo of the day! :)

 

Day 150 of my 365 day challenge

Day 150 of my 365 day challenge: Today I had a photo shoot for the first time at the hospital (Childrens Hospital) I was able to meet little Zachary and his family...Little Zach has been fighting cancer (leukemia) He was diagnosed in April of this year..and has been such a Great fighter. He is a very strong 3 year old ...which is why I thought this picture was so fitting for the little guy...I was able to bring him and his family some LiveStrong bracelets..thanks to my brother Caleb going out of his way last night to bring them to me. I admire this little boy...through everything he had a smile on his face. He was stacking all the bracelets and making castles with them and using them as sling shots..lol...I felt honored to do this for him and his parents...It was hard to hold back the emotions being there today and seeing him and other children fighting this disease! Please pray for Zach and his family, its been a tough road for all of them! Im so proud to have Zachary as my photo for the day.

 

Day 149 of my 365 day challenge

Day 149 of my 365 day challenge: Today was a busy day indeed...running from one location to the other...I tried a new look tonight..and Im going to continue to work on it, it was fun! I had the pleasure of doing a couple photo shot in the dark tonight...the only light I used was from there cars headlights...this was the photo I got and I do love it...I added a bit of grain to it..for the effect. What do you think :) Im excited to do more of these!! :)

Day 148 of my 365 day challenge

Day 148 of my 365 day challenge: I had to get another leaf picture today...the leaves are going to turn for the worst fairly soon..So, I might as well take advantage of it :) Here is my photo of the day..thought it was pretty on the rail road ties!!

Day 147 of my 365 day challenge

Day 147 of my 365 day challenge: Today I did a family shoot, and it was so much fun....3 sassy girls and a very lovey mom and dad..all together, it made it a blast!!! Fall leaves and beautiful trees, cant get better than that!!! Here is one of my photos from my photo shoot, I had to use it!!! Here is my photo! :)

Day 146 of my 365 day challenge

Day 146 of my 365 day challenge: Today my husband and I stopped off at Starbucks got a pumpkin latte and drove in a 30 mile radius to find some new photography locations. On our way back from our afternoon drive and scoping out properties...we were coming up to bridge and the sky was so many different colors and the sun was poking through the clouds..that I knew it would be a Fantastic picture for today. I already had my camera and hand...and waited for the perfect moment for the sun to shine down..and this is what I got!! Here is my photo for the day! :)

 

Day 145 of my 365 day challenge

Day 145 of my 365 day challenge: I thought I would take a picture of some of our family pumpkins...they still need to be carved, I think that is what we will do this week as a family :) Here is my photo for the day!!

 

 

Day 144 of my 365 day challenge

Day 144 of my 365 day challenge: Today I felt like I was running around all day.....I totally forgot about my picture of the day until I got home this evening. My mom yesterday bought me a really cool rock that said Believe on it...and I wanted to use it somehow for a photo of the day...I have a flower that sits on a t...able in my bedroom and so I decided to show them both off for my picture :) Here it is day 144..woohoo

 

 

Day 143 of my 365 day challenge

Day 143 of my 365 day challenge: Have you ever wondered what hay would look like close up? Well I wanted to know...its funny how certain textures can look so cool as a photograph. Here is my photo for the day!

 

Day 142 of my 365 day challenge

Day 142 of my 365 day challenge: Today was a busy day of trying to fit photo shoots in while it was nice since I heard it was going to be pretty bad over the rest of this weekend. It was hard to pick my photo for the day, because all the shoots were fun, however...I had to go with a Senior picture of Chelsea....Her bea...utiful red hair is just gorgeous and the pic that I chose...is so fabulous of her....Talk about a very Beautiful young woman!! Here is my photo of the day...and stay tune for more of Chelsea. :)

 

Day 141 of my 365 day challenge

Day 141 of my 365 day challenge: I have noticed through my challenge just how much I love looking at the sky...sometimes its how blue it is, sometimes how the clouds are placed....I was going for a drive and noticed the power lines on the side of the road..and thought how pretty the sky looked today....and thought I should take a picture of the both..I dont know why, but I thought it looked really cool...just the roughness of the beam and the power lines going everywhere and then the beautiful sky behind it...some may not like the look of it, but I really did...so I am using it as my photo of the day!

Day 140 of my 365 day challenge

Day 140 of my 365 day challenge: Did any of you see the sun going down??? It was beautiful....had to take a pic of it through the trees....I LOVE!!! Here is my photo for today!! :)

Day 139 of my 365 day challenge

Day 139 of my 365 day challenge: Today I had a ton of errands to do and so the husband and I got a Starbucks and did a long afternoon of chores..lol, we at the end of the day drove through some new areas looking for some good photo shoot locations and I came across a place that I LOVED, and when I got out of the car I ...noticed the moon was so bright and the sky was so blue...I had to take a picture and to make things better, there was an old run down barn right next to this gorgeous sky..Here is my photo for the day! :)

 

Day 138 of my 365 day challenge

Day 138 of my 365 day challenge: Today was a busy day of running around, with it getting darker earlier I dont have as much time in the day to take my picture for my photo of the day. I am a HUGE collector of old vintage/antique items and decided to take a picture of one of my items that I love and that I have displayed outside...I think its really unique and thought it would look cool as one of my photos of the day.

Day 137 of my 365 day challenge

Day 137 of my 365 day challenge: Today I had a busy morning and afternoon of photo shoots, and was able to meet the Whetsell family...let me just say that it was so much fun talking with them and hanging out. We started out the shoot on a not so busy street in Snohomish...the Fog was pretty bad, but I thought I would use it to my advantage. I thought It would look pretty cool for them to all hold hands on this quiet road as a family. I want to thank my assistant (my Hubby) for all his help too :) I love having him come along with me lately...Im getting pretty spoiled!

Day 136 of my 365 day challenge

Day 136 of my 365 day challenge: Today my husband and I drove again to the pumpkin farm, its one of our favorite drives to drive down to the flat lands on Everett and while walking around I noticed a tree all by itself out in the distance and the sun shining down on it, I thought it was so pretty. I wanted to share it with you. I liked it in color, but I thought the black and white made it stand out so much more. Here is my photo for today!

Day 135 of my 365 day challenge

Day 135 of my 365 day challenge: I wanted to take a picture of these pretty white flowers that were growing on the side of a dirt road....havent done a flower like these yet! :)

Day 134 of my 365 day challenge

Day 134 of my 365 day challenge: My husband and I went for a walk down by the river and to get down to the river we had to go down a steep set of stairs..when I got to the bottom I looked up and for some reason it made me think of the stairs to Heaven (if there are stairs) But, if I could imagine it, it would look like these. Looking up the steps makes you wonder whats at the top doesn't it?? Here is my photo of the day!! Cant believe how far Ive made it....day 134, feels so great!!

Day 133 of my 365 day challenge

Day 133 of my 365 day challenge: I was so excited today to photograph my brother and his girlfriend, such a gorgeous couple and so happy together. They are both expecting there first baby, and I cant wait to meet my little niece or nephew. Stay tune for more pictures....there are some absolutely beautiful shots of these two! :)

Day 132 of my 365 day challenge

Day 132 of my 365 day challenge: Today I went for a drive with my hubby and ended up downtown Snohomish, we decided to stop off at the pumpkin farm again and hang out...I wanted to take a picture of the cool barn with the corn...I love that place! I wanted to use this as my photo for the day...looks so much like Fall!

Day 131 of my 365 day challenge

Day 131 of my 365 day challenge: My son needed some football pictures done, so I figured I would do them for him. I cant believe how big he is getting and it makes me feel like time is flying by so fast. I am so proud of him and all of his accomplishments. I wanted to post this picture as my photo of the day, because I am one proud mama to have a son that studies so hard and also tries to be the best that he can be in sports and at all areas in his life. I love you Brenden!! xoxo

Day 130 of my 365 day challenge

Day 130 of my 365 day challenge: Today I had a photo shoot with Cody, its his Senior year which is pretty exciting obviously. He is a big time wrestler and so I thought it would be so fitting to use his shoes and gear in one of the photos. I liked the way it came out and thought I would use it as my photo for the day!

Day 129 of my 365 day challenge

Day 129 of my 365 day challenge: Today I had a photo shoot at the pumpkin farm with Little Hailey and her parents, what a doll....and beautiful big blue eyes! It was a pretty rainy day but it didnt stop her parents from photographing there little girl...we had people standing on the side commenting about how cute she w...as!! I wanted to use one of the photos as my picture of the day!

 

Day 128 of my 365 day challenge

Day 128 of my 365 day challenge: Today I was able to get out of bed for a bit...felt nice! I was able to take a picture of a flower that was down the street from our house, they have so many beautiful flowers that I can walk right up to. I had to take yet again another picture of one, since how the flowers wont be around much longer. Here is my photo of the day!

 

Day 127 of my 365 day challenge

Day 127 of my 365 day challenge: I was able to get out of bed a bit today but not long enough to get my picture of the day...I decided to do my moms Minnie Mouse figurine. Who doesnt like disney characters? Anhow, this should be the last of my pictures of the day being done from my bed..lol! I thought it was cute though! 

 

Day 126 of my 365 day challenge

Day 126 of my 365 day challenge: I today asked on my private page what some of my friends would like to see my photograph for my 365 day challenge...since how I am not really able to get out of bed to photograph anything. A few people brought up photographing my Pink shoes that I wore the other night for my Birthday......I havent done shoes yet and I do love my pink shoes..so I thought why not..lol! Here is my photo for the day taken from my bed! :)

 

Day 125 of my 365 day challenge

Day 125 of my 365 day challenge: Well today was an interesting day to say the least..I went out shopping with my daughter and mom and my back went out on me...Had to go the ER and now on Pain meds and Muscle relaxers..Thank GOD my mom was there with me today or I would have been screwed, thank you MOM! I have been pretty much a vegetable in bed today and actually totally forgot about my photo of the day until my son came in and asked what my photo was for the day...I was like Crap, I forgot. I had him go get my camera and tried thinking about what to photograph and thought it would be really cool to do my LIVESTRONG bracelet. I wear it all the time and would do it in memory of my dad and for all those who are fighting Cancer. I laid it out on my bed spread added a bit of light to the corner and waalaa :) I thought the light affect on it could signify the heavens!! Here is my photo of the day!

Day 124 of my 365 day challenge

Day 124 of my 365 day challenge: Today I saw the prettiest flowers and there were a ton of bees flying around....One just happened to land on it and was able to get close enough to capture it on the flower...so beautiful...and its also crazy that this is all going on in October..isnt it? Here is my photo for the day!

 

Day 123 of my 365 day challenge

Day 123 of my 365 day challenge: I saw a whole line of apple trees, and thought it would be cool to do a cluster of apples...man do they look tasty :) Here is my photo for the day!! Im gonna go get myself a yummy apple..lol!!

 

Day 122 of my 365 day Challenge

Day 122 of my 365 day Challenge: I was so happy and blessed when I received a message last night from Sarah Lien, she wanted to know if I would take some photos of her at the Granite Falls parade. Alfys pizza has raised 10,000 dollars for her and will continue to do so through her battle of Breast Cancer, how awesome i...s that!! She told me her dream as a child was to be in a parade some day..and now she is, and for something so brave and well deserved. I am so happy to be a part of her life and to be able to share in her joy of being in this parade. Here is just one of the photos..there will be many more to come!!

 

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