Movie stars.....

...well not exactly "movie stars" but Andrew Smith the amazing photographer Abigail Smith's brother just posted this video on his blog of their trip to Chicago! I absolutely hate myself on video so I was about to not post it...lol..but Andrew is SOOO incredible at video that I just had to post it anyways because of how cool he made it!!! Check it out!!

Photography in Chicago from Andrew PC Smith on Vimeo.
Today has been fun and laid back..we went driving around Pikes Peak and ended up at a tiny little ghost town that had like 25 casinos in it but I think I only saw 3 people total! haha! Too fun! Can't wait to post pics! I love you all!

Room to breathe...

This past week has been wonderful!! From helping out with Volunteers of America to Skiing in Vail to sitting in a steaming hot tub at night looking out at the mountains to sitting in pajamas talking about dreams and goals with some of my most amazing friends! It's been good for the soul:) I'm now out in Colorado Springs visiting some of our family's best friends, Schlyce and Brian and their adorable little daughter Lily. Schlyce and Brian's wedding was the 2nd wedding that I ever shot so they have a close place in my heart from that but even more so in the way that they dream and think and challenge me to come up higher! And literally too.... staying in their gorgeous new home on the foothills of Pike's Peak it's beautiful! I don't have internet on my computer because it is acting up for some reason so I'll have to post pictures once I get home on Wednesday...but I'm excited because I don't have cell service either so this will be a true retreat:) Which I definitely need!
Tonight, I met up with my new friend Sara Lazio for some Starbucks and we talked for a couple hours which is wonderful!! That is one of THE major perks of my job is getting to meet incredible people all around the world! She's so sweet too because she heard I like hot chocolate, from the post the other day, she bought me a SWEET hot chocolate pot! So I can be in heaven whenever I want!! :)
PS..I didn't take either picture(thank God for Google!) because I'm not on my own computer...I'll post real ones soon! :)
**Spellcheck courtesy of Natalie:)**

My life is a photoshoot.

haha! At least that's what it seems like! We had such a wonderful time with Abby and Andrew Smith! We were pretty much taking pictures what seemed like the whole time which made it even more fun...but tons more editing at the same time! HA! :) The time with them seemed to go by so fast but they are going to come back again soon I know! We all headed out on a spontaneous photoshoot on Sunday afternoon and invited Mr. Jake Preedin to come along too! Since it took us awhile to get out we had to shoot at dusk which made for some pretty sweet pictures, having to use flash! On Monday we headed to Chicago for some sightseeing and photoshoot in the record breaking 65 degree weather! AMAZING! Here is a little slideshow of the photos from the week! So fun! At the end is one of the nights that we all went out to Steak and Shake with some friends! And did a photoshoot there of course too;) I love you all!

PS...the top picture Andrew Smith created with his mad photoshopping skills and a picture of us 3 in "the bean" in Chicago! :)