Just to warn you...

Please don't be surprised if you see a picture of me on People of Walmart.

This week has been THAT good.

It started with crazy sneezing Saturday. And when i sneeze, i shake the whole house. No joke.
Then Sunday wiped me out with flu symptoms. I slept 7 hours during that day, which i NEVER do.
I thought i'd kicked it by Tuesday, but now i have other silly symptoms that keep me from getting back to my crazy breakneck speed of my life. So this is where i'm coming from....

So if a picture of me shows up on that website, here's what you'll probably see:

Fuzzy faded pinkish-gray exercise pants, with pink shirt of a different shade, white scarf and black sweater. No makeup. And being sick, i looked like i hadn't slept in 4 days. I looked that good.

Or maybe it will be a picture of my crazy hair, attempted to be help back by headband. Stubborn flyaways sticking up behind said headband.

Or maybe it will be me running down the main aisle to grab that one NECESSARY thing while my cart is being checked out. ((Oh, did i mention i was wearing brown and orange flip flops?)) The item, of course is on the FAR side of the store. I hate to run in the store, but she had already started checking me out... Of course it was on the day i was dressed so lovely.

Just to prove how ridiculous i looked, i decided i should take a picture of myself.




But then i realized that if i DID, it might end up in the wrong hands.

So you'll have to use your imagination. And pretend you don't have days like mine yourself. 

But at least i get to take pretty pictures like this even when i don't feel super chipper...

Happy Thursday, everyone!

Thank you!!

I was amazed to actually have COMMENTS on my last blog post!! At least it's nice to not feel like i'm talking to myself... well i do that too sometimes.

I have to say i LOVE to photograph. Creating images, the light, the expressions... it's just magical.

Check out this pretty lady. I just love the way the downtown Dallas towers behind her are so soft and ethereal.

What's your favorite thing about these images?

Hugs! Amber

Thankful Thursday

I have to say, i thought i was going to be sunk this week with stress and deadlines and anxiety. With so much to juggle, i didn't know how i was going to do it. But as I've put God first, and helping other people, it has been an incredible week. I start the day with Simple Abundance and scriptures, and writing in my journal. I've been able to be more focused when i'm working, so i've actually gotten more done in less time than i thought possible. 

Balance in life is something that continually eludes me. 

But every now and then the teeter totter slows enough for me to look around and realize that 

life is wonderful. 

I got the chance for a girls' trip down to Dallas with some awesome OKC ladies. I'll post more about that soon. But i'll just say for now that it was WONDERFUL.

The reason i'm blogging is something i heard said last night. Jasmine Star told us...

"If you're losing passion for something, RUN the other way."

I don't think i could ever lose passion for shooting. I adore it. It's my life-blood. It's christmas morning every time i download my card.

But blogging has always felt like a "have-to," just like laundry piling up.... it's never done! And then it's always hanging over me of something else i should be doing but i'm not. We all have too many of those already. But I love writing.

So here i am. I'm blogging. I am not running away from my mouse, but i'm running away from pretense. I'm running away from an unreal demand for perfection i impose upon myself.

I release myself.
To write as much, as little, as silly, or as random as comes out of the tips of my fingers.

No rhyme.
No reason.
Just pure me.

And it feels SOOooo good.

This and more awesomeness from our model ShootOut in Dallas. :)

Happy Thankful Thursday everyone! :) :) Hugs, amber