Greetings!

It's been a while since I've had a chance to update this. I don't know how my days slip away from me but I am always so busy! I was on vacation in the Dominican Republic last week, I will get my favorites from that trip up here soon! Dane came to visit me for almost a week and we did lots of shooting. Here is one of my new favorite pictures of him.

Time to go put together a portfolio book that I just bought, then going to visit a studio this afternoon!

Stay tuned :)

Sundays are for resting..

Hey all! I just had a very busy yet successful weekend. Friday night's wedding party was a lot of fun and I had so many requests for my business card from guests, so exciting! After a couple hours of sleep that night, I drove out to CT to assist a wedding. It was quite possibly one of the hottest, most perfect days of summer so far, and the bride and groom were AWESOME. The bride was adorable, with a full sleeve of tattoos, and the groom was the iconic J. Crew club member, and such a sweet guy. 

I had some time to kill before friday night's event, so I did some shooting down at the boardwalk. Here's an ideal kids moment at the beach I'd like to share:

Goodbye Franklin County! Hello Phase 5!

After being home in RI for a few days, Tuesday I took a one-night trip back to Turners Falls, MA to load up another carload of things. My house was borderline empty and I don't think I had ever felt so lonely in my life the night that night I stayed there. Wednesday evening before I left town, I hopped over to Greenfield to go to Poet's Seat Tower one last time. For those of you who don't know, it's just a big look out spot on a mountain overlooking the Green Valley. It was one of the first places I visited when I moved to go to Hallmark, as I'm sure many of you fellow classmates did. I took in all the scenery and dwelled on how life-changing the past 10 months were for me perfectly. In 10 months I think I have felt every emotion humanly possible. It is so hard to leave so many people and things behind that have grown to mean the world to me, and I will always feel an emptiness for the experiences I had there. My heart is in a million different places now, and I don't see that changing for a while.

On a completely different lighter note, I have my first job as a graduate tonight! In about an hour I will leave to drive out towards a beach near Boston to shoot a wedding party. It ends around midnight and I'll drive back to Rhode Island, get a few hours of sleep, then head out again to assist a Hallmark Grad of 10 years ago (Katie Malone Smith) with a wedding out in New Haven, CT. I'm so excited to finally be working! The full-time job-hunt is still very much underway though. Can't wait to tell you how this weekend went!

A goal was reached!

I am officially, a Hallmark Alumni!! Graduation was last friday and it was a terrific ceremony. The rain held out, the speakers were great, the tears came at certain moments, and there was lots of fun with everyone to be had. [After parties were amazing with everyone one last time, too! ;) ] A friend notified me this morning that one of my pictures is on Hallmark's site, which means I FINALLY met my year-long goal of getting a photo up there! I knew I always loved that one of Kyle more than some of my others, and its comforting to know others agreed!

Got my Nikon D700 and an 80-200 2.8 lens yesterday. Today getting lots of other fun stuff, including another lens, flash and accessories, OH BOY am I lucky. I did not expect to have any of these things for a LONG time after working, but my dad worked out a loan with me and he's AMAZING. Its so moving to have parents believe in your dream so much.  I am privileged for sure.

Well, back to job searching for the 'real' world. To all you new fellow HIPster alumni, good luck with everything, and I will miss you greatly! To everyone else, stay tuned :) In the process of moving back home to RI, so southeastern New England, lets get busy with shoots!

Today.

Graduating. From Hallmark today.. talk to you all when I'm a professional! =]