Adventures in being 22 and Nick Minton's show

So this past Saturday was my 22nd birthday. WOOHOO! It is the weirdest feeling not really have an age to be excited about anymore. I guess it's all down hill from here? Who knows. But I got to spend my birthday with some amazing friends and I feel blessed to have them in my life. There was some tiny drama that I still haven't dealt with yet and I'm really hoping that I just don't have to. I honestly love my birthday. It's the one day where I can be totally selfish and not feel guilty because it's my birthday and I do what I want. All that aside I know everyone had fun and I'm grateful that Corie and Chandra let me have my little get together at their place. It was awesome.

Friday was Nick's senior show at the Tractor Beam. For the past few years he has been documenting his great grandmother, Rose. The pictures were stunning of course and I'm glad that I got to see some new photos. My mom had met me out there and she loved the show as well. We both could connect on a personal level especially with the photos of moving out of the house that Nick's great grandfather had built. It made me wish that I had known I wanted to be a photographer all those years ago when we moved out of my grandparents house. There are always so many things that you look back on and think well shit I wish I had my camera then. The thing that I love about Nick's photography is that he can document something so hectic, like moving, and make it so clean and perfect and it just blows me away. The show was amazing and I hope for nothing but more success in Nick's future!

My Personal Christmas Tree

Hannah

Shawn

Avery's senior shoot

Photo adventures in Dallas

Took an out of the blue trip to Dallas with Collier, Kristie, and Cody today. Collier was shooting some architecture and asked if I wanted to join in on the adventure and I couldn't resist. It was a lot of fun getting to watch him shoot especially since I've never really seen that before. Didn't really get a lot of shots but I definitely don't regret going.

Sailing

My first time to ever go sailing! It was so much more intense than I ever expected it to be and while I lost my sunglasses to the lake I'm glad I brought my camera even with the dangers of losing it to the waters. I had tons of fun and can't wait to get back on that boat!

Cedar Springs Halloween Block Party

I took a ton of pictures at the block party this year but I promise I won't post them all. Happy Halloween!

Halloween in a Different Era

  I decided for the first time in a looong time to take a self-portrait and I really wanted to get some good shots of my costume because I believed that I did a wicked good job. So I present to you myself from the 20s. Enjoy!

Halloween Party

My friends threw a Halloween party this past weekend and it was probably the best one I've been to yet. Definitely topped the one I went to last year and that one was pretty fun too. I grabbed a lot of shots but since everyone was dancing/drinking/being awesome only a few turned out really good (and not just "Hey you two get together for a picture!"). Here are those special few :D