I visited my sister, Greta, on Sunday at her college (Trinity International University). It's nice having her so close by now, the ability to see her is now possible! She used to be living overseas with my family but now that she's starting college and attending a school that's only an hour away, she's nearby. So my cousin and I drove up to visit with her for the afternoon/evening. We had a lot of fun catching up, drinking coffee and going on walks through the local parks.

Later in the evening I did a photoshoot with Greta and some of her friends at her school. My sister and I used to traditionally have a photoshoot every time we'd get to visit together. It gives me a chance to do some photography and Greta enjoys modeling for me so it all works out.

I realized only just now that I actually used the wrong watermark on my photos, I used an older one instead of my current one. I really need to delete my old ones... but I don't really feel like going back through all the photos and changing the watermark. Especially since this was just a fun and casual thing. Not a paid gig. :) Now to the photos!

I've been seeing a lot of posts on Facebook and Pinterest regarding the work that goes into hiring a photographer - all the work behind the scenes that you don't get to see. I've also see various photographers posting before and after photos as examples. So here is my before and after example, I took and edited this photo awhile ago, but it shows the best, extreme example of post-processing on photoshop.

First blog post here. This blog will be a hodge-podge of artwork, photography, food and diy projects.

I'm an artist and photographer trying to expand my reach to people - I want to share my art and gain more feedback as well as some more business. Hopefully.

I'm a stay-at-home mom to my beautiful daughter Aria Grace - who just turned one year about a month ago. She keeps me very busy - busier than I would like - she makes it difficult for me to work on any projects because she always wants to be included. Henceforth, many of these posts will go up at night when she's asleep.