Welcome to my first blog entry of 2011. I feel like I blinked and 2010 was over.
At the beginning of every new year it’s common for everyone to make resolutions and goals so I sat down last night and made my own list and I found that thinking about where I wanted to be in my business and my personal life made me really think about this past year and all the great things and challenges I had that got me to this point. One of the things on my list was to blog more. Not just about each shoot that I do, but about my life and tips and tricks and all sorts of other things (shout out to Jasmine Star for her inspiration on this one).
So why not start now?
Here are some my most memorable moment of 2010 (good and bad in no particular order):
– My sister’s wedding in May 🙂 Trying to be the photographer and the maid of honor… thank god I only have one sister
(I swear I don’t drink at weddings I shoot, but I couldn’t resist the photo op of me with camera and beer in a bridesmaids dress 🙂
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– Driving back from Birmingham with my mom driving a U-haul in the pouring down rain and stopping somewhere in the middle of nothingness for one of the best greasy omelettes of my life
– Ashley and Tyler’s wedding in Bloomington when the power went at the resort and there was no sound for the ceremony, no dj and no way to make dinner….. and then we got one of the biggest storms of the summer that evening…. thanks mother nature
(and did I mention is was about 200 degrees…. note what a hot sweaty mess I was)
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– Indy 500 (which is memorable every year) when I got separated from everyone but managed to find them since we always sit “next to the turkey leg stand in turn 3”
– My first double wedding weekend with Christy and Jason on Friday and Matt and Michelle on Saturday….. and by Sunday I couldn’t walk but they were both awesome weddings
– Conquering my fear of the Navy Pier Farris Wheel in Chicago, which turns out isn’t really that high, but when I rode back in high school I could have sworn it was about 3429830 miles high! Thanks to Chris for joining me and putting up with me freaking out before I got on.
Proof that I made it to the top 🙂
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– Finishing the Monumental Mini- Marathon …. and by finishing I mean hobbling across the line with Chris dragging me. Worst I’ve ever felt in a race, but was also a wakeup call that I was super out of shape. And then I joined the gym and have been working out with a trainer for the first time ever who kicks my butt twice a week and is the reason I could straighten my arms without crying for a solid week…. thanks Rob…
– picking bluberries with Anya on our way to a wedding in Michigan 🙂 such a random stop. I had no idea how relaxing that could be or how delicious fresh bluberries really are!
– Getting slapped on the butt by a drunk groomsmen before the wedding even started (not going to say which wedding this was!)
– Brown Family Fun Day aka Christmas Eve…. mom had me laughing so hard during Taboo I was in tears
– WPPI Roadtrip in Chicago – met some amazing other Indy photogs and some great speakers that made me really think about my business.
– My cousin Ron’s wedding in NYC. Not only did I get to see my family and randomly end up on the same flight as my aunt and uncle I got to capture Ron and Renata’s day and spent a couple days with my friends in the city.
Times Square – about 2 blocks from where the wedding was held
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– Lindsey and Brad’s wedding …. weird to be in the wedding not shooting it, but so glad to be a part of their day.
– really all my 2010 weddings and sessions … I’m so lucky to do what I do. They year wouldn’t have been the same without Doug and the Love Bus, breakaway IU pants, Scottish bagpipers, Boyz to Men serenades, trips to Chicago, Minneapolis, Nashville and New York all the same month, hours of editing and watching It’s Always Sunny, my wonderful assistants Allie and Heather, my bi-weekly trips home for Cummins shoots and dinner with Mom and Dad, cheese plates at the Fork and Sunday football with beer and wings… even if I did have to watch all the Bears games this year 😉
I could have listed a million more, but I’ll spare you all. Here’s hoping I keep up my blogging goal for 2011….
Thank you to everyone for an amazing 2010!
Cheers,
Becky
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I don’t know what was up with the weather this year, but 70 degrees in the middle of November?! I like it. I met Vara and Justin in Franklin where he attends school to shoot their engagement photos. I feel like I’ve been waiting for this shoot for a long time since I can remember talking about wedding plans and photos before she even had the ring (hey – we’re girls…. it’s what we do). I was super pumped that she asked me to photograph their wedding next fall – will be an amazing day for sure.
I gotta tell you that I love this lady – she constantly makes me laugh and you’re guaranteed to have a good time when she’s around. And she’s so bitty that she actually makes me feel talk, which very rarely happens to me . Justin, it was a pleasure finally meeting you even though I feel like I know you from being friends with Vara for awhile now. You’re a lucky guy… which I’m sure she reminds you of all the time haha. I’m looking forward to dresses, hot chocolates from starbucks and many convos about weddings stuff in the upcoming months 🙂
Here are some of my favorites – can’t wait until August 2011!!!!
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Told you she was funny….
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Love the Bride and Groom socks… super cute 🙂
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Um I love these two – have for years. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Brent for many years having met him back in my bartending days at IU when I was working at Yogi’s and he was running Bluebird. Let’s just say we’ve had a few beers together over the years. He’s always been the nicest guy and I knew he would end up with a lucky lady…. aka Lindsay. What an amazing girl – always a blast to hang out and I couldn’t be more excited when I heard they were engaged. That is until they called me about doing their engagement photos back in Bloomington. Of course I jumped at the chance – especially fun because they moved to St. Louis and I hadn’t seen them forever.
Here are some of my favorites… fall in Bloomington… it doesn’t get better 🙂 A special thanks to Mary for being my “assistant” for the day! Congrats!
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And then it was off to the Bluebird and some areas that are more frequented by bums than newly engaged couples. Thanks for enduring the broken beer bottles for these shots!
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My Favorite!
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Weird to see people sitting on this bench that aren’t drunk and eating Rockit’s pizza at 3am…. haha
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I’d say they’ve had a few drinks at this bar…..
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And last but not least a little fun in the leaves with Maggie 🙂
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love that ring!
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