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Julie & Clark – Clarksville Engagement Photographer

If I had a Behind the Scenes video on this photo shoot, you would have seen the following:

my strong, strong affection for hay,

Julie making Clark light up every time she smiles at him,

Julie laughing at all of Clark’s jokes,

Clark telling Julie that he is going to use my line, “No Smile,” on her now,

me taking a bazillion photographs because of the yummy light,

me taking a bajillion photographs of Julie & Clark’s sweet, sweet love,

Julie and Clark carrying around hay, because of my said affection for hay,

all of us attempting an iPad prop photo, which I didn’t think turned out, but it did,

Dogwood Trees, lovely Dogwood Trees in full bloom,

Julie bracing a daffodil holding her engagement ring, and thus me almost falling onto her a few times,

Julie & Clark perfecting the “candid” playback,

me decorating their house with images I had just taken,

and us dreaming about their beautiful wedding day, which is only 58 days away!

Yep, this photo shoot was that amazing. :) I adore these two. ADORE. Yep, I just yelled at you, via my typing. I feel that strongly about Julie & Clark. This was my first time meeting Clark, and the second time meeting Julie, (I met Julie and her parents last June when they booked Julie & Clark’s May 21st wedding), but it feels like we’ve been friends forever. I’m totally not shy when I’m taking photographs, and I think that helps me bond with my fantastic models. Yes, Julie & Clark, I just called you models, because that’s what you will always be in my eyes! And in everyone else’s eyes after they see how you rocked it out in these images. ;)

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Have a wonderful evening!

Bethany

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Grows on Sunlight

When we were thinking about adopting Lexington Mae Rick said, “But our townhouse is so dark!” Someone said, “Yeah, because she grows on sunlight!”

And oh, how true that statement came to be!

Our house is rather dark, because when I’m editing photos if the curtains are up, the sun often glares on the monitor so I keep the curtains closed. Early on in her stay with us, Rick and I noticed that she really does love sunlight. Absolutely loves it. So, I’m trying my best to open the curtains whenever I’m not editing photos.

Sometimes when I’m bringing in groceries from the car, I won’t shut the front door all the way, and she will pry it open and stick her little face out. It’s the most hilarious sight ever… and kind of scary! I’m always afraid she will run out, but she’s a chicken and runs back in as soon as I walk toward the door.

If she can’t get right up next to the window to look out, she will find the sun streaming in from the window and nestle herself there for a cat nap. She will even move as the sun moves, because the warm light makes her so, so happy. I often tell Rick I need to get a leash so I can walk her. I really think she would love it!

After cleaning my office and bringing her back home, I took a few photos of her playing in the office with the sunlight streaming in. It really was only a “few” for me, because I took just 36 images. I’ve been known to take hundreds of her in one sitting, but I restrained myself. :)

Her two pink nails are covers that are supposed to prevent/help scratching furniture and people. She chewed off the other ones the day I put them on, but those two still remain weeks later. Yep, that’s my knee: Oh silly kitty! :) She loves the light! And she loves her toy. This is the only toy she will play with. She also likes playing with pens and stealing my chapstick. Yes, I tried to take a photo of us when she rolled on her back like this and I ended up being a creeper in it. Oh well, it’s still hilarious! Checking out the window. Hello! That’s not Lexi, that’s me! But, you probably already knew that. ;) I accidentally vacuumed up the first toy we bought her like this. I felt so bad! Luckily, I bought her another one the next day and she can’t tell the difference. ;) Favorite: She heard a bird chirping outside and had to go check it out. I love this action shot: Love her tail: Swishing her tail in pure happiness:

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Bethany

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Spring Cleaning!

For the first time since we’ve been in our townhouse, my office is all clean!

The rest of the rooms in the house are clean on a regular basis, but ever since we moved into this place, I could not keep my office clean. My desk was always stacked with papers, and random photo gear and/or books stored on the floor. I was never like this until Rick and I lived together, so I’m going to blame it on him. ;) Just kidding! I actually blame it on not having decent closet space. :)

Anyway, on Friday I was forced, (and I mean forced as in our landlord was stopping in on Saturday, giving us only two days notice!), to clean the whole house, including my clutter filled office. I saved cleaning it until the very, very last and finally finished cleaning it right before our landlord showed up. Rick called it “Ripping off a band-aid.” I agree and I feel much better now that it’s so clean. I definitely have to keep it that way, though. Life is only going to get busier in the next few months and clutter stresses me out. And no one needs stress induced by clutter. :)

Oh, how I love you, clean office. Hopefully, I will keep you clean, but just in case, I took photos to document your loveliness.

(Yes, that’s the magazine stack(s) over there behind the vacuum. Trust me, it’s better than it used to be.)

Photo of Alicia plus my desk! All clean now! Love love love! Mini Cameras! And because Rick likes to say we only have photos of other people in our house, here is proof that we have at least one photo of us. And yes, that is a bear magnet climbing his way up to the rubber duck. Funny, right? This photo has no real purpose other than to show you a book I really want to read: I Do. NOW WHAT? by Giuliana & Bill Rancic. Thanks for the gift Amber & Wayne! Ahh, sweet Lexington Mae. She had to hide at our friends house when our landlord came over, and she was so surprised to see a clean office to play in! (More on that later!)