Monthly Archives: August 2012

it’s your choice.

I believe in God, I believe in meant-to-be, but I also believe in taking accountability for our own lives. Sometimes it is our fault. We cannot spend our lives blaming others. Whether your hardship in life is a lack of money, never being happy, always being cheated on, your car constantly breaking down, or continuous health...

another new chapter.

I spent this week packing, once again…. this time I said goodbye to Malcolm. He moved to Phoenix to start a new job and I will join him in 7 weeks!!!! (I will be back in Houghton periodically for weddings and from the end of June to the beginning of August next summer.I will always...

thrifty thursday.

Shirt: thrifted (I think it was hand-made) Pants: Forever 21 Sandals: “hand-me-down” from my brother’s fiance Only after getting dressed, taking photos, and editing them, did I realize my above outfit is an exact replica of this outfit I dressed Brielle in for a photo shoot a few weeks ago—- bun and all!!!!!

paparazzi

Each year, digital cameras are becoming more and more affordable to the average consumer and the quality of cell phone cameras are getting better, fast! As a photographer, it’s easy to notice the new trend on a wedding aisle: paparazzi central! (I keep forgetting to ask my bride’s if they have noticed this and if it...

what to wear} engagements

I love when I show up to an engagement shoot and my couples are wearing: ANYTHING BOLD (color, accessories, jewelry, makeup, shoes) PATTERNS AND PRINTS (love mixing patterns!!) COLOR COLOR COLOR (Coordinate colors, don’t match) GOWNS (COCKTAIL WEAR) WHITE(MIXED WITH A PATTERN) OUTFITS WITH A THEME  *I do not own any of the above photos* Photo credit listed...

Lucy Part 2 (with thrifty thursday)

I finally had some time to edit the rest of Lucy’s just-for-fun session, meanwhile I did not have enough time to get an outfit together for Thrifty Thursday, but Lucy’s outfits were thrifted so that’s what I will use today! Vest: thrifted (as a gift from my brother and his fiance) Skirt: H and M...

pigeon-toes and the consequence of almond bites

My name is Lea and I am pigeon-toed. But I wasn’t born with feet like this. When I was in elementary school, I remember watching pigeon-toed kids walk in the hallway at school and think they were the coolest people ever.Like way cooler than the braces and glasses club.(Although, I talked in this post about God answering my prayers...

CENTRAL MINE WEDDING} LAURA AND MARK

Laura and Mark’s wedding day was my heaven-on-earth. We met up for portraits in the afternoon on the shores of Lake Superior, then made our way to an old mining town nestled deep in the woods of the Keweenaw. What we found there was so so so amazing: beautiful porches, antlers, vines, wild grapes, wagon wheels,...

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