Sneak Peek: Tatiana! :)

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"When you wholeheartedly adopt a "with all your heart" attitude and go out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things."
-- Norman Vincent Peale

I Appreciate: Cooler Temperatures

I could never live down south. Where it's hot. All year long.

I love the cold. Give me a slight chill in the air any day. A crisp breeze or a biting wind - I don't care. I just like things... Cool.

The last few days have been scorchers out here in the Pacific Northwest. Record breaking highs in the ninties. (The 90s!) Obviously, that's a little - okay a lot - hotter than I usually prefer. In fact, during Emily's shoot last Friday, I felt a little too much like a hog roasting over an open pit. Seriously. No joke. (Thankfully, Emily was gracious enough to not comment on the fact that her photographer was sweating like a greased swine.)

Today, things have cooled down. Immensely. Today's high is expected to be around 71 degrees. That's it. A beautiful, glorious, blissfully cool day. And earlier this morning, while Dehlia and I were puttering around outside, I even felt a crisp breeze blow through my hair. Heavenly.

So today I appreciate cooler temperatures. Much cooler temperatures.

Oh, and pretty boats. Yeah, I appreciate those, too.

Happy Hump Day! :)

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"A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves."
-- Marcel Proust

Emily: A Modeling Portfolio

Emily is beautiful. On the inside and out.

And get this... She'll be spending the next six months volunteering at an orphanage in Kenya.

At an orphanage. In Kenya.

I know, right?! Like I said - beautiful inside and out.

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"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do."
-- Edward Everett Hale

Natural Beauty

Okay, okay. I usually don't post this many "sneak peeks", but I ran across this photo and couldn't resist... And the main reason is, it's completely, totally, and 100% unedited. (No touch ups!) This is Emily - straight out of the camera and rockin' her natural beauty. Isn't she gorgeous?

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"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we will not find it."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sneak Peek: Emily :)

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"The best way you can predict your future is to create it."
-- Stephen Covey

Madison: A Modeling Portfolio

Madison takes the old phrase "blonde have more fun" to a whole new level.

She lives it. Breathes it. And exudes it.

In fact, the first word to pop into my head upon meeting Madison was likeable.

Likeable? you might ask. Just... Likable?! When there are so many other, more obvious words that should spring immediately to mind? Words like gorgeous, stunning, or knock-your-socks-off-beautiful?

Yup. Likeable. In fact, when I first met Madison, it was almost like reconnecting with an old friend. The morning of our shoot drifted by with the sort of ease and effortlessness that is usually only experienced when around close friends or family.

Despite her almost ethereal beauty, Madison is down-to-earth, approachable and extremely... Likeable. She laughs easy. She moves with grace. And, above all, she absolutely radiates kindness.

Oh, and one more thing... She's a natural in front of the camera.

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"...the Creator put fun on the earth to mark out correct solutions. He said that if what you're doing isn't fun, it needs re-evaluation. When you have fun in it, chances are you're on the right path."
-- Manitonquat (aka Medicine Story)