the real world.

Happy Friday!

Didn't have time to write today. I will try to post over the weekend. In the mean time, go visit Alex. I loved this.

Kelsey

It's senior season, yay!

How perfectly did this work with her pink sweater?! I love when that happens!

I love it when people bring friends to their shoot.

This is one of my favorite shots of the day, because I love her expression here. What you don't know is that Kelsey had given blood earlier during the day. She was feeling horribly sick, after not eating, and trying to pose in 90 degrees. This image below was taken right before we had to cancel the shoot and reschedule. Made for a great shot though. :)

Thank you Eileen and Kelsey! It was fun working with you guys. And also thank you to Melanie Vaneck who referred you!

And don't forget, if you're graduating in 2009, call to schedule your appointment SOON! Weekends are already booked through September. So, for the most flexibility try to schedule during the summer! :)

Shutter Sisters

Almost forgot, I'm also here today. :)

Ooooh Mexico...

Oh my. We went there, did that, and brought the T-shirts. Yes, we were "those" mommies on the plane.

Wonder how many times a day the clerks have to watch the stupid tourists do this.  :)

We chartered a catamaran to to Isla Mujeres one afternoon. So fun. We laughed, danced, laughed, drank, laughed, snorkeled.

That is until they rushed us back into the boat, all serious-like. We didn't think much of it until our friend Michelle, who speaks Spanish, overheard them talking about the 2 BULL SHARKS that were in the water. You know the ones that are "more dangerous to humans than any other species of sharks"?  Man, I KNEW I was hard core.

And if you were there, you are laughing right now at the notion of me being hard core. Because half an hour after Jaws almost ate us, I was dangling in the air on a wanna-be Mexican parasail. I don't know what it was called. Only that it had NO BUCKLE, and NO HARNESS. It was a single rope that you SAT in, and hung onto, while an oversized kite flails you all over the sky. And, let me clarify that I am not at all afraid of heights. NOR am I afraid of parasailing. Turns out I AM however, afraid of a crew of Mexicans that think it's funny to watch the white girl scream. It started out as a regular "This is high, but I'm okay" kind of shriek. Which turned into "Wow, my body is now horizontal, this is too high!" Then it shifted to, "Please don't let me DIE, I HATE YOU!!!". And that's when I backflopped onto my sunburn. I made it back like a cat who had been thrown into a lake. All pissy, I sat down and that's when the ever-so-wise Dr. Feinstein (who might know a little something about this situation) says, "You might want to wait on calling someone an em-effer until they DON'T HAVE YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS". Note to self.

So now would be a good a time to show a picture of The Amazing Doctors: Gallagher and Feinstein. Also known as Shannon and Karen. And also known as the hot bodies who had to endure countless skinny jokes and endless teasing about how many tomatoes they were ingesting. Yes, and I do mean raw tomatoes, paired with things like lettuce, and carrots, and grapes for desert. It was a true example of what it takes to look that good. However, for my own purposes of denial, I prefer to tell myself they were just born that way. Nothing I can do about it. And where did I put that vat of queso? 

The crew.

Isn't it nice. All these golden faces, smiling under the warm sun as it airbrushes them bronze.

Then it fries me like a raw strip of bacon being tossed onto a hot griddle. Don't be jealous. You know there's nothing sexier than burning the tops of your feet.

How many ways can Katy flash the peace sign?

This was taken the night we got all dressed up to go out, only to find out that the club OPENS at 10:30. That's practically our bedtime. (Where's my metamucil?) So we spent yet another night outside the hotel, hanging out. Okay, the truth is that we were stalking the guests at a wedding reception and jealously watching them as they danced the "YMCA". Whatever, you know you love it too.

I want to give a little shout out to Mallory who spent the ENTIRE TIME SICK. Poor thing. I hope you're feeling better! 

I will be back again soon. I have a jazillion photo shoots to post just as soon as I can stop talking about my sunburned knees. Until then, VIVA MEXICO!!   :)