Mark your calendars, the 2009 Brides Against Breast Cancer Gown Sale is coming to Orlando!
Friday, March 13, 12 - 8 pm
Saturday, March 14, 10 am - 6 pm
It will be held at the Fairwinds Alumni Center at UCF.
Find the gown of your dreams at an incredible savings while making dreams come true for women who are losing their flight against breast cancer. The proceeds from this event helps bring a moment of joy into world of someone for whom a cure is too late.
Most gown prices range from $99 to $799*, including hundreds of beautiful new name brand and designer gowns valued up to $8,000. *Exclusive designer and couture gowns valued up to $20,000 are also available at an incredible 25% to 75% savings. Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express and debit cards accepted. More than half the gowns presented during each event are NEW designer gowns that arrived directly from designers, manufacturers and bridal retailers.
Pre-register here.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Australia Part I - Hamilton Island aka "The One in the Middle is the Cajun Kangaroo"
So...Australia. Where to begin?
We landed in Brisbane at the crack of dawn (ok 7am or so) and took yet another flight to Hamilton Island. After mere moments to get cleaned up (after traveling for, oh, two days), we hit the ground running with a tour. I'm yawning just writing about it since I was so. damn. tired. at that point. Tooling around in a buggy (aka a golf cart) on the left side of the road did nothing but add to my dazed and confused state.
After yet another brief respite, it was time for drinks and dinner. We dined at Qualia, the island's foremost luxury property. It was there that I had my first taste of kangaroo. Yes, you read correctly, kangaroo. Cajun kangaroo actually. And in my delirious state all I could think of was the Judy Blume book "The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo". The One in the Middle is the Cajun Kangaroo. Makes no sense whatsoever, I know. I wish I could tell you that dinner was delicious, but I honestly can't remember what I ate. I remember enjoying it, so that's a plus. But - and, how unlike me is this? - I skipped out before dessert. I figured it was less rude that falling asleep at the table!
But one thing that did stick in my memory from dinner that evening was Tourism Queensland's launch of the Best Job in World Contest. The lucky new employee gets to live on Hamilton Island for 6 months and serve as caretaker to the Great Barrier Reef. What does this entail? Snorkeling, swimming, meeting the locals, and blogging about it. As if that's not enough, there's a salary of $125,000 AUD (about $98,000 USD).
Day 2 on the island brought lousy weather. I wanted to throw myself on the ground and flail and scream like a two-year-old. This was the ONE day of the entire trip that I wanted, no, I needed good weather. On the agenda for day 2? A seaplane ride over the Great Barrier Reef with a landing at Whitehaven Beach. It was that day that I learned that there was a cyclone a bit north of us, bringing in dreadful rain. Paired with a King Tide (an extremely high tide), that spelled photographic disaster. There was a point where we didn't think we'd be able to fly at all, much less land the plane at Whitehaven, but our uber-capable pilot pulled it off.
The infamous Heart Reef
It was at Whitehaven that I discovered (to a mix of delight and dread) that it was stinger season. AKA Jelly fish season. Which means that any water activities require the donning of a stinger suit, lest you get stung. The dread part, I think, is obvious. The delight was at seeing these lovelies in their stinger suits. Every sperm is sacred anyone?
We didn't do any swimming at Whitehaven, so I was spared the public humiliation of wearing a stinger suit for another day. Our time there was brief - we shot some photos and enjoyed a bit of champagne and some fruit.
The other high point of the day was cuddling a koala. Now I know this is truly tourist cheese. But if you were me, could you really pass up the opportunity to have your photo snapped while holding one of these cuties? I think not.
Stay tuned for part 2!
We landed in Brisbane at the crack of dawn (ok 7am or so) and took yet another flight to Hamilton Island. After mere moments to get cleaned up (after traveling for, oh, two days), we hit the ground running with a tour. I'm yawning just writing about it since I was so. damn. tired. at that point. Tooling around in a buggy (aka a golf cart) on the left side of the road did nothing but add to my dazed and confused state.
After yet another brief respite, it was time for drinks and dinner. We dined at Qualia, the island's foremost luxury property. It was there that I had my first taste of kangaroo. Yes, you read correctly, kangaroo. Cajun kangaroo actually. And in my delirious state all I could think of was the Judy Blume book "The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo". The One in the Middle is the Cajun Kangaroo. Makes no sense whatsoever, I know. I wish I could tell you that dinner was delicious, but I honestly can't remember what I ate. I remember enjoying it, so that's a plus. But - and, how unlike me is this? - I skipped out before dessert. I figured it was less rude that falling asleep at the table!
But one thing that did stick in my memory from dinner that evening was Tourism Queensland's launch of the Best Job in World Contest. The lucky new employee gets to live on Hamilton Island for 6 months and serve as caretaker to the Great Barrier Reef. What does this entail? Snorkeling, swimming, meeting the locals, and blogging about it. As if that's not enough, there's a salary of $125,000 AUD (about $98,000 USD).
Day 2 on the island brought lousy weather. I wanted to throw myself on the ground and flail and scream like a two-year-old. This was the ONE day of the entire trip that I wanted, no, I needed good weather. On the agenda for day 2? A seaplane ride over the Great Barrier Reef with a landing at Whitehaven Beach. It was that day that I learned that there was a cyclone a bit north of us, bringing in dreadful rain. Paired with a King Tide (an extremely high tide), that spelled photographic disaster. There was a point where we didn't think we'd be able to fly at all, much less land the plane at Whitehaven, but our uber-capable pilot pulled it off.
The infamous Heart Reef
It was at Whitehaven that I discovered (to a mix of delight and dread) that it was stinger season. AKA Jelly fish season. Which means that any water activities require the donning of a stinger suit, lest you get stung. The dread part, I think, is obvious. The delight was at seeing these lovelies in their stinger suits. Every sperm is sacred anyone?
We didn't do any swimming at Whitehaven, so I was spared the public humiliation of wearing a stinger suit for another day. Our time there was brief - we shot some photos and enjoyed a bit of champagne and some fruit.
The other high point of the day was cuddling a koala. Now I know this is truly tourist cheese. But if you were me, could you really pass up the opportunity to have your photo snapped while holding one of these cuties? I think not.
Stay tuned for part 2!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
In which I explain my lack of blogging
It's been a tough few days here and I'll try to summarize briefly. I got my allergy shot and it was given to me in the wrong spot causing either an infection or an acute allergic reaction in my left arm. I've spent the past several days at doctor's offices and am currently medicated up to my eyeballs. But I'm on the mend and should be back and blogging next week!
In the meantime, here's a quick snap from my Australia trip to tide you over until I can do a full post (I think I got dressed in the dark that day. Hehe)
Oh, and if you're not following me on twitter, well, why not? :)
In the meantime, here's a quick snap from my Australia trip to tide you over until I can do a full post (I think I got dressed in the dark that day. Hehe)
Oh, and if you're not following me on twitter, well, why not? :)
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Back to life, back to reality.
I've been up since 2am. Made it home around 8-ish last night, took a shower, and promptly passed out. For a few hours. Darn jet lag.
But I'm making the most of it and getting caught up on work. Make that trying to get caught up on work. I've still got 37 million emails to answer, but if you've placed a print order while I was gone, I've just finished ordering them from the lab and you ought to be receiving them by early next week.
I have a ton of images and stories about Australia (plus a backlog of posts from sessions in December and early January before I left!) that I can't wait to share with you all.
Stay tuned....
But I'm making the most of it and getting caught up on work. Make that trying to get caught up on work. I've still got 37 million emails to answer, but if you've placed a print order while I was gone, I've just finished ordering them from the lab and you ought to be receiving them by early next week.
I have a ton of images and stories about Australia (plus a backlog of posts from sessions in December and early January before I left!) that I can't wait to share with you all.
Stay tuned....
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Out of the office: Jan 9-19
G'day mate! I'm headed to Australia for a travel assignment from January 9-19, 2009. Not sure what sort of phone/email access I'll have down under, so thanks for your patience and I'll return all messages when I get back!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
In Print: ISLANDS Magazine January/February 2009
Aaah, memories of Maui! My mini-feature (text and photos) on the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua is running in the January/February 2009 issue of ISLANDS Magazine! My husband I spent 3 days there back in August as part of an assignment I did on Romantic Getaways. What I wouldn't give to be back there now!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes... how do you measure, measure a year? AKA 2008 - a look back!
It's certainly been a whirlwind of a year! My odd mix of travel photography and wedding photography has sent me on some amazing adventures and I've been blessed with some wonderful clients who have truly become friends. (If you want to skip my rambling, just scroll to the bottom of this post for the slideshow!)
I started off traveling to Amelia Island (a short jaunt to NE Florida) in January and the rest of the year had me bouncing here, there, and everywhere! In April I headed to New York City and Thailand (1, 2, 3), followed by the Big Island of Hawaii in May. June found me in Cayo Espanto, Belize riding out Tropical Storm Arthur. After a short break, August found me back in Hawaii, this time on Maui, followed by a whirlwind tour of Big Sur for an amazing wedding. Got published 7 times (with more stuff hitting the shelves in early 2009) and flew over 46,715 miles! Whew, I'm tired just thinking about it!
I shot a dozen weddings and over 25 portrait sessions (a mix of engagements, boudoirs, pets, and family/children's portraits). I've laughed and cried with clients who have allowed me into their lives. I'm honored to capture their memories which are as precious to me as my own.
I had the pleasure of photographing an Olympian and I was honored to be nominated as one of Orlando's Best Wedding Photographers on WESH 2's A-list. In a thrilling end to the year, one of my images won first place in the ceremony category of Brides Magazine|WPJA's annual contest.
It truly has been a blessing and I'm so grateful for all of the amazing clients I've had the opportunity to work with and all the fun and interesting people I met along the way. I'm so fortunate that I'm able to do what I love and I couldn't do it without the help and support of my amazing family and friends (Love you guys!) I'm looking forward to 2009 and all the adventures it will bring and I hope that you are as well!
Happy New Year!
I started off traveling to Amelia Island (a short jaunt to NE Florida) in January and the rest of the year had me bouncing here, there, and everywhere! In April I headed to New York City and Thailand (1, 2, 3), followed by the Big Island of Hawaii in May. June found me in Cayo Espanto, Belize riding out Tropical Storm Arthur. After a short break, August found me back in Hawaii, this time on Maui, followed by a whirlwind tour of Big Sur for an amazing wedding. Got published 7 times (with more stuff hitting the shelves in early 2009) and flew over 46,715 miles! Whew, I'm tired just thinking about it!
I shot a dozen weddings and over 25 portrait sessions (a mix of engagements, boudoirs, pets, and family/children's portraits). I've laughed and cried with clients who have allowed me into their lives. I'm honored to capture their memories which are as precious to me as my own.
I had the pleasure of photographing an Olympian and I was honored to be nominated as one of Orlando's Best Wedding Photographers on WESH 2's A-list. In a thrilling end to the year, one of my images won first place in the ceremony category of Brides Magazine|WPJA's annual contest.
It truly has been a blessing and I'm so grateful for all of the amazing clients I've had the opportunity to work with and all the fun and interesting people I met along the way. I'm so fortunate that I'm able to do what I love and I couldn't do it without the help and support of my amazing family and friends (Love you guys!) I'm looking forward to 2009 and all the adventures it will bring and I hope that you are as well!
Happy New Year!
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