Annalaero Photography

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and then there was light!

Supermoon

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Today....

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was good <3

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at last.....

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Can I just say how much I adore super enthusiastic wedding parties?

Evening . . .

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Listen

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oh..

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hello

:)

...

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I'm not a nerd..I'm not a nerd

;)

Welcome home

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There is a new camera in the Salyers household
Hello 5Dmkii. . . I think I love you

Happy birthday/Christmas/anniversary/Valentines day/every other holiday where I could potentially receive a gift/ to me. . . because I don't think I will be getting any more gifts for the next 3 years....
James is amazing and found it for an unspeakably amazing price :) I mean, you probably wouldn't believe me if I said how much it was O_O

Just some test shots ;)

what do you do

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when the world is frozen over and there's nothing to do?
Go to the aviary of course!

Things unsaid...

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I started at this photo for a very very long time.
trying to decide whether or not I loved it or hated it.
in the end, I decided I loved it.
This love is strange though. I love it for several different reasons some of which make no sense.
This photo probably makes more sense to me than I lot of others. If you know Ashley personally you would understand.

This is Ashley.
Ashley is about 16
While I was taking her photos, she was extremely calm and quiet doing almost exactly as I asked. But when I turned my head to talk to her mother and I looked back I could see an eagerness in her eyes that said she wanted to run away across the field away from my camera as fast as she could. She knew she shouldn't though.... It made me smile. I could see the being that was caught between being a child and becoming an adult.

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That moment

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Right before everything begins
you hold your breath.

Hey soul sister

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You see, I can be myself now finally
In fact there's nothing I can't be
I want the world to see you'll be with me

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I could not get over her eyes they are AMAZING!

This does not really go with the other ones but I thought it was cute

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The frog prince

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Updates and a vintage tea party

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Some updates and promised photos.
1. I graduated college on Wednesday
2. I am now a nervous wreck trying to plan this wedding
3. The wedding is four weeks away (screams)
4. We have officially moved all of our furniture into our apartment.

5. My beautiful bridesmaids threw me the most wonderful and beautiful vintage tea party bridal shower on the first of the month. It was so full of love and care I actually walked in the door and started crying. I was so astonished by all the hard work and love and detail they had put into it. I could barely speak I was so shocked. I have never felt so much love and generosity in all my life.
I promised several people I would put up photos of the beautiful event so here you are. All photos were taken by my lovely friend and co worker Amanda Wilson

Shower was held at my Aunts gorgeous home

I absolutely love this. My mother-in-law (to be)

I dont know what this was called but my MOH made them and oh my word it was amazing. Cherry tomatoes and cheese with basil all covered in a vinaigrette sauce. Mmmmm

These next three photos go together.

My favorite story ever since I was young has always been Peter Pan. I have every movie and every book that has anything to do with Peter Pan or J.M. Barrie. My favorite part (or one of them) is when Peter and Wendy exchange a "kiss" via thimble. James showed up at the shower a little early with a surprise gift for me.
After asking in astonishment several times what it was for I finally opened it. Not realizing there were two parts to the gift I first opened up the box to find a perfect delicate pair of pearl earrings. I was so surprised that I didnt realize he was handing me yet another gift. This one was smaller and wrapped in a fairly awkward shape. When I began to take of the wrapping I started to cry uncontrollably. He had bought me an antique thimble. I knew exactly what it meant.

He was crying as well. We actually had the entire room crying. Yes it was all quite mushy and lovey ;)

Ah yes James and all his seriousness....

My aunt gave me my great grandmothers apron. I was named after my great grandmother (Ananina) and I remember her wearing this apron every Christmas when I was young. My eyes got blurry with tears when I realized what it was. I held it so close to me I didn't want to put it away. I have not seen it since before she died.

Grandma got excited about something....

My maids. Oh how I love them all wholeheartedly

My best friend. My love

Stay tuned there are more to come! :)

Preparations.

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We (fiance, mother in law, and I) have been working our tails off in the yard preparing for the wedding (which is now a grand 4 weeks away). Well...I guess I should say they are working their tails off...I simply look busy and photograph everything. My excuse? documentation my dears we must document it! Dont we always want to remember how much work and sweat and blood (and itchy poison ivy rashes) we put into this production?!

I wont lie, I'm usually not one to post photos bursting with highly saturated color but I couldn't help it with this post. It just seemed to fit. It is quite different for me though.
Enjoy!

Goodmorning.

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SOOC
:)

I guess I should say afternoon. But this was taken earlier today.
As I said in my previous post, this is my year for a wedding. The 3 month mark has nearly hit and holy *censored* I didnt think it was this much work. There is so much to do and stupid me wanted to do everything by hand. *facepalm*
Sooo...to start off the next few months of madness last night I spent 3 hours cutting up 12 yards of fabric into two hundred and thirty little 5x7 pieces to be stamped and sewn ....
Yes. you read that correctly.
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY little bags......I have a muscle in my arm that Popey would be quite envious of by now. ;)

Also, this blog is slowly going to be moved over to my new (and in my opinion improved) blog/site. It will be here and is still undergoing a bit of tweaking so just keep an eye on it.

Its that time of year again.....

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And this is my year too! The wedding is in 4 months...FOUR MONTHS PEOPLE! O_O
Im considering blogging about all this craziness...my goodness.

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A Face Portrait

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Okay. I try to steer clear of posting things like this, but this is truly one of the most beautiful things I have ever watched. Some may find it depressing or upsetting. I think its stunning. Raw human emotion is something that has fascinated me for as long as I can remember -- even when I was very young. Happiness, sadness, anger, depression, fear, excitement and everything else in their raw and genuine form be it bad or good is beautiful. Personally I cannot stand it when others get angry at the fact that there IS sadness and bad in the world. Yes its a sad fact but why not embrace it in every single form of art (if you can) as possible. Turn it into something wonderful. Some tend to sway to lighter and happier subjects which is fine but there are also those who find beauty in both sadness and happiness. I am proudly one of them.
Alright. I'm done with my rant I promise ;)

With "a nod to pop artist Andy Warhol" photographer and filmmaker James Christopher created this gorgeous portrait film of model Kara Neko. I don't like Kara as a model (for various reasons) but this is the exception ;)

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"click"

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New toy ;)

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Off with her head

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Should have held her tongue before she blurted out "let them eat cake"

Strip District ...van gogh?

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So only because someone told me apparently I'm in my "blue period" of work....This is to prove I am NOT. I'm not as incapable of being happy as you think *cough cough..Amanda...cough* ;)

(more to come)

simply for kicks.

Im really liking this new editing technique...

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(Listen)

I swear to the camera gods above that this is about 98% SOOC

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lost.

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(Really stepping out of my comfort zone with the PP on this one...)

I cannot stop laughing at this...(up only by the request of James.)
Thank you so much for helping me out today guys!!

Giraffe

2010-03-23T21:00:00.000-07:00

Another hand-made Christmas gift
This one was for Kelli
Completely hadmade pattern
Made from scratch pieces of felt.
This took so long to make (mostly it was cutting out and sewing on each patch separately) but surprisingly pleased with how he turned out. I almost didnt want to give him up!

click here to see the handmade penguin I made as well.

2010-03-23T17:57:00.000-07:00

Can I just say how much I loathe studio assignments....
but Lindsay is gorgeous and an amazing model so she made my job a little easier. Thank you dear

Baby Sister

2010-03-21T22:05:00.000-07:00

Ill always love her. She fascinates me. Autism is a strange thing but If you take the time and grow up with it, see it enough to watch that person live with it, its quite amazing...
Each case of autism seems to be unique. Some obsess over art, some over math, some over music, but an obsession is usually the case. Even if its one object. Its beautiful though how they can focus on that one object that brings them joy. Be it a video game or pencil and paper -it becomes their life and you can never ever take it away from them. its what they love. and they make sure that they do what they love and want to do.
That probably does not make sense. Hello 1am...

and now shes a senior. O.O

Hello love

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(this one was taken by james ;) )

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This one is for me. I know its not the best photo on here, but who cares.

My best friend, my love. what would I do without him
It still just puts me in awe how sweet and patient he is with me.
Listening to me complain, listening to me ooh and ah over silly little things.
Making me breakfast before class in the morning
rubbing my shoulders while we watch a movie (or a hockey game!)

Im so lucky
and so very much in love.

Busy

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so much wedding planning.

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For James

There was about 3+ feet of snow behind that fence.

Roses

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On our wedding bands, there are vines of roses engraved onto them.
Every time I look at these I smile
It makes me think of the huge wild rose bushes that grow everywhere on a road I walk on.
These bushes grow together and sometimes they become a huge tangled mess but in the end it is something so utterly beautiful you can not help but stand back and look at it and have a full heart.

7 months to go....

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I think we are all ready for spring...3 ft of snow (and counting) is just too much. Cabin fever is slowly setting in....

2010-02-09T13:31:00.000-08:00

I noticed that most of my photos (the few that I have actually had a chance to take these winter months) have been so dark and heavy and stuffy looking. I wanted to post something light and happy. These two photos are definitly that. They make me smile.

if you have ever read the Chronicals

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of Narnia

There is a time in these books
when the reader reaches a point
When Aslan makes an appearance
at any given time (usually for the first in each story)
there is a beautiful and awful awakening inside you.
and you realize
its Him
there is an excitement that I for one have not ever experienced with any other character in any of the many many books that I have ever read.
its a sweet feeling. Not something that is easy to explain.
Its not always just for this character though
C.S. Lewis once received a letter from the mother of a young boy who was concerned about his faith in Christ because he loved the character Aslan so much.
C.S. Lewis responded with an answer along the lines of
what you love about Aslan are the same things that you love about Jesus
to the boys great relief he realized who it truly was that he loved.

I think that...to those of us who grew up with the books, and have realized their representation, Aslan is so very dear to us and we love him because of what and WHO he represents, not because of what or WHO he actually is (in the books).
I just wish this was true for everyone.

2010-02-01T17:58:00.000-08:00

She had been framed.
they would never tell.
They were the ones
who put her through that hell.

Remember?

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Its starting to thaw

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Come on spring.....

Natalie

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watch out here comes the biggest post on this blog. It might fall off your screen its so photo heavy.

Thank you

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Another year has passed
Friday was my birthday. I just wanted to say to everyone who was involved in making it the most wonderful day I have had in a long time -Thank you. I cannot even begin to describe how wonderful it was and how dear you all are to me. xoxo.

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Her: "Your honestly crazy. I dont even know what catagory of crazy to put you in."

Him "Im not crazy. Im just in love."

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when Eustace becomes a dragon, he sees what he truely is. He becomes what he has always been. He knows what he is but he cannot change it himself. He needs the help of Aslan. Aslan cleans him and makes him beautiful and whole again. A new self. I need to shed these terrible layers.
I need Aslan.

:::Hush:::

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shot for an assignment.

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Merry (Belated) Christmas

Hand-stitched penguin I made my my niece for her Christmas gift. She lives in Alaska and adores penguins. Her mother is going to hate me for her adding to her rapidly growing collection... but what are aunts for? right?
He was about 2' tall and even more adorable in person. It took me a good while to make him but I was happy with how he turned out. Like they say, the best gifts are homemade ones.
Hope everyone had a happy (and warm!) holiday!

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Duff Family

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open the doors

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soon

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No more hellos, no more goodbyes, only goodmorning and goodnight.

In the end

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, originally uploaded by miss'anna.

We're all just ghosts.

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"When im feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things, and then I dont feel so bad" -Sound of Music

No more goodbyes, no more hellos. only good morning and goodnight.

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Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song
Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us
With their lies
I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come
Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you
And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

-Norah Jones

Giving thanks

2009-11-26T16:13:00.001-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! the one day of the year where calories dont count and eating an embarrassing amount of food is acceptable. Ah yes. my favorite holiday ;)
And what do you do with the remaining daylight? go outside and jump around in front of the camera of course. Burn those calories!

2009-11-24T08:36:00.001-08:00

Life is like a pen and ink drawing. it can be as soft and beautiful as you want it to be, but there will always be hard lines that define it.

2009-11-23T19:22:00.000-08:00

I'm not a big doll person but I couldn't pass up taking a photo of this adorable little thing that my aunt had at her house today! I'm a bit upset that her feet got cut off but ah well she is too sweet to not post.

The things I do....

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For extra money....I swear..... Personally I think the expression on my face is quite priceless. Every time I see this photo I crack up. It was pouring down rain and (if you cant tell by my winter coat already) freezing when Sandy snapped this of me...holding an umbrella over Amanda....and getting very wet in the process..... haha.

new techniques

2009-11-09T19:50:00.000-08:00

I can tell you right now, if you ever ask me how I process my photos, I honestly could not tell you. I am sorry, but I cant. Because of a lack of knowledge in photoshop (or caring for that matter...) I usually just tinker around with the tools until I find something I like. Generally speaking my mood is what effects the processing the most. I try to keep it quick and simple when I am doing my edits. Today I sat down in frustration of not knowing how to really process something and played with the curves tool for over 3 hours, learning what it did and the different things I could do with it. It was quite effective, although I am still a bit lost when it comes to certain processing styles that use just curves. How do you all do it!? *sigh*

2009-11-09T18:18:00.000-08:00

it just doesnt get better than this

(im sorry this is so fuzzy. It uploaded that way)

2009-10-26T06:32:00.000-07:00

I had to do a quick shoot yesterday for a class assignment. I had to photograph a two page ad spread and Amanda was kind enough to model for me. She is probably one of the most GORGEOUS people and an amazing photographer.

have a seat

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Old photo. new edit. another one from Tiffany's Maternity shoot earlier this year.

Has anyone heard that Pandora is going to start charging to listen to music!???? on a "free" radio station? I am almost outraged.

2009-09-15T20:30:00.000-07:00

New project hopefully soon! :) stay tuned.....

Kimber's Sr Photo Session

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I had the Privilege of taking Kimber's senior portraits over break. She is such a sweetheart and so photogenic.

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“I almost wish we were butterflies, and lived but three summer days. Three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could contain” -Bright Star

"Sæglópur"

2009-08-07T06:17:00.000-07:00

This was all because of THIS. (Video, song and title by Sigur Ros)

I have been watching this video over and over again for the past two days. Its the most beautiful thing I believe I have ever watched. Please. PLEASE. For the sake of your mind, please watch it.
(Embedding was disabled so click on THIS LINK.)

Bushy Run Battle

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Tiffany's Maternity shoot

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One of the sweetest girls ever. I asked her about two months ago if I could do a photo shoot with her when I found out she was pregnant. I was so excited. She was such a beautiful model and put up with me dragging her down the street into a huge field. I suppose it must have been a sight to see me lugging a huge camera bag that weighs about as much as me, an umbrella, a bottle of water, and several yards of fabric dragging behind me. She laughed most of the walk there at the sight of me :P

She has one of the most perfect bellies I have ever seen!

This was your promise.

2009-07-05T19:24:00.000-07:00

this was your promise.

a house with a garden.

a white fence.

a library.

a porch.

inhale your exhale. . .

Just listen.

Lori and Michael

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Lori and Michael married May 8th, 2009

I absolutely love this shot. Her dress was stunning and I loved the way the light came through her veil! it was perfect.

getting ready.(Lori is the one in the back)

the retrieving of the garter

The most amazing cake I have ever seen/smelled in my entire life. All of the flowers were FRESH.

Mini-session with Sky

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Sky let me do a mini-session with her today just for fun. She is the sweetest little girl I have ever met and so fun to photograph.

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It stormed outside my window this evening.
the light was incredible.

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Poladroid

2009-05-14T05:45:00.000-07:00

Well, if you havent heard already, polaroid cameras are going to be non-existent soon :(
fortunatly for all of us polaroid lovers, we have poladroid! Its the coolest thing since sliced bread (and sliced bread is pretty darn cool). just download it, drag and drop your photo, and shake it like a polaroid picture baby! :)

Floaters

2009-05-12T19:39:00.000-07:00

Another shot from the aquarium. This is one of my favorites.
I have suddenly become so busy lately! I dont think I have a free day to myself untill september! O.O

Plastics and Canons

2009-05-06T19:31:00.000-07:00

Thank you Tara for putting up with the madness of today's photo shoot.....:)
-This was shot for an assignment in class today. Project title: "Holding Onto Youth"

.....I have an announcement to make.....*drumroll*
I BOUGHT A CANON 40D TODAY!!!! O.O
*happy dance*

Sisterly similarities

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Photoshoot with Rosie today
We never realized how much we look alike untill I took these photos.

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I have been wanting to do an engagement session with James for such a long time! unfortunatly we had to wait over 9 months to do it! haha! oh well we finally have some :)

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Today was the last time I will ever, EVER, do anything for someone like you again.

Dear God

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where are you.

2 am....

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and I am still up editing photos......this cold needs to go away. Im all loaded up on my vitamins, orange juice, and niquil, and I have my book sitting next to me...I think its time for bed.

Click the photo for the larger image

Happy Easter !

2009-04-14T08:59:00.000-07:00

Happy (belated) Easter everyone. I hope you all had a warm and sunny holiday. It was cloudy and cold here for the most part with only a little sun. I spent the beginning of my vacation in the ER but thankfully I was okay enough to go out on Easter Sunday. The buds on the trees and bushes are starting to finally open their petals and stretch their tiny leaves.

2009-04-08T16:13:00.000-07:00

This is mostly just made up of stock photos. But it was an assignment for my photoshop class today. We had to create another surreal landscape. This is by far my favorite idea I have had so far. I love college :) (for the most part at least :))
Easter break started today! that means hopefully some free time to work on photos.
Happy Wednsday everyone! :)

I always meant to tell you....

2009-04-07T15:24:00.000-07:00

(Update)
This is the color version. Someone asked me to post it :)

Something quick I pulled together today. Not how I wanted it to turn out at all. But oh well

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just a quick sketch I did while I was on the phone last night. Did not take me very long, thats why its so messy.
Sketch of actress Clair Foy

fate will overrule

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A day in Pittsburgh

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FRONT PAGE!

2009-03-14T08:26:00.000-07:00

Ok this is the BEST thing to wake up and see EVER.
I made FRONT PAGE O.O
today is going to be a good day ...;)

Eve's Mistake

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I think this is one of my favorite sp's I have ever taken......
it turned out EXACTLY how I saw it in my mind
dont you love it when that happens....:)

"I am an australian, playing an australian, in a movie called Australia"

2009-03-11T09:51:00.000-07:00

The funeral is over
life goes on.
sorry for no updates.
BUT
If you didnt see the oscars you have GOT to watch this :D

2009-02-23T11:25:00.000-08:00

Spring break is finally here (thank God) and I am no longer ill (if you didnt know I was sick for weeks :( . . .)
Hopefully I am going to be able to get back on track now & start taking photos again.
In the meantime I am going to leave you with this :)

Echos

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I have nothing more to say to you.