Rawr!

For those of you who may not know me that well, I am a Marvel nut. I love pretty much any of the Marvel comics but there are a handful that are my favorites. One being the X-men comics. For my birthday about two years ago Andrew bought me a Marvel encyclopedia. I’m not talking the little rinky-dink one but no, the huge massive illustrated one! I love it. I sat there on my birthday reading through all of them rambling like a crazed middle school kid about the characters. So it’s almost goes without saying that Andrew and I bough tickets to the midnight showing of Wolverine. That’s our plan for this evening. Oh yeah, the big screen claws! I’m taking a nice long nap later on this evening before dinner so that I wont get sleepy in the movie but I mean, common – who could get sleepy watching X-men! My dad is going with us so I'll be bringing the camera. My dad and I are so much alike that any prolonged exposure to eachother we become to incredible goofy little otters. So just imagine us two otters standing in line with my husband the golden retriever for hours...aaaah yes, the photo opportunities!

Last night I sat out with the intent of blogging a new post with some great pictures but I got swept up in discovering how to create a blog banner! :0) It turns out that all these weeks of trying to do it, my problem was that my Photoshop defaulted to a bitmap. Silly me! I’m not incredibly happy with it yet but I’m just super excited that I finally got it through my tough little skull. You gotta love learning new things.

So, until Friday – after I’ve slept in until noon, I will post some of those pictures for you all. We've got pictures from our Easter wedding as well as a photo shoot with my parents and some baby pictures from our most recent shot this past weekend. Until then!


Dwell in Possibility...
Cassie

My Little Brother

So I'm the oldest in my family. A big sister to my little brother...and by little, I mean in age. Okay and waist size :0) But yeah, it's me and my brother. This past weekend was his senior prom. My mom had called me the other day and said that she officially felt old. Her little girl is grown, graduated college and married and now her baby boy is about to graduate highschool. I laughed at her "feeling old" but today as I edited these photos I felt the same way. I remember splashing in the tub with this kid! We had a yellow bucket that we'd take in the bath when we were younger and fill it with water, we'd then squish our butt into that bucket as hard and as fast as we could. Water would explode all around us and we'd sit there in giggling fits. Yup, that little boy and I had a lot of great times growing up. Okay so yes, I tortured him like all big sisters do. I blamed pretty much everything on him and I even dressed him up as a girl, much to my grandfather's dismay. So my brother is a senior...where I was what seems like yesterday. He experienced his senior prom with his insanely cute girlfriend with the most awesome name. And as I was focusing in on him for some shots I realized just how grown up he looks. He looks just like my mom's side of the family - he's just as tall, scrawny, with broad shoulders and etched features. We have the same smile...and nose. And no matter what he says, mine is smaller! I'm proud of my brother in an odd way. :0) I love him...even though I kinda miss the splashing around in the bathtub and the days at Discovery Zone. So here's my brother and his girl friend. Enjoy!

Dwell in Possibility...
Cassie

The Yellow Brick Road

I made the decision finally to make this blog more personal. I may have mentioned it before, that I was agonizing over keeping this strictly about events in our photography business. But I decided that I want you all to know who I am, what makes me a photographer. Because in the end, it’s not about the camera, the expensive lens or the newest version of equipment you hold. It’s about the people in front of the lens and behind the camera. So, I made the decision to allow this blog to not only showcase events in our photographic days but to also show more of a glimpse into who we are, not just what we do. So…if you will permit me, into the personal!

Today is a Wizard of Oz day. Sporadically throughout my life, I have these days. Some are Wizard of Oz days, others are Lilo and Stitch days and on glorious occasions it is a both day which causes serious happiness on my part. Today is a Wizard of Oz day.

There’s something about that movie that makes me feel like I’m 10 years old, covered in England’s mossy dirtiness playing with my tiny horses prancing through the prairies and forests of my imagination. Other times I feel as if I’m 5 years old dressed in my Dorothy dress, clicking my sparkling red shoes together wishing I could be transported into that amazingly colorful world of magic and wonder.

I’m 21 years old and I still adore fairytales, sparkling red shoes, and mystical forests and long to go back to England ’s moss covered enchantment. And there are some days where I encase myself in as close as I can get to those enchantments and myths of my childhood. Those are the days in which I plant myself in front of the TV, wrapped in a blanket and watch Judy Garland skip along that amazingly paranormal yellow brick road and smile as the warm and fuzzies fill me from head to toe.

Today is a Wizard of Oz day.

Finally...the Monster Post!

Oh my wow! What a day! I started off spraying Lysol on every square inch of the house so that Andrew wouldnt give me what he has, did four loads of laundry to keep from getting whatever Andrew has, vaccuumed, went and spent a few hours on the beach with Meg pouring out our thoughts and emotions on our Biblestudy, went home tended to my poor sick husband and then began the loooooong evening of editing. Editing, Zycam, three cups of coffee, an oh so lovely salad, more editing, returned the emails in my inbox, tweeted, facebooked, and now I'm blogging. I'm oh so tired and hoping that I can call it a night after this...if my brain turns off!

So, as promised earlier, and if you all will excuse my delay, here's the long awaited post from the wedding at the Embassy Suites on March 21st. It's a monster blog so here it goes!

You've just got to love candy bars!

He Lives!

Happy Easter! (even if it is two days late)This Easter was a little different than past Easters. Not only because it was my first Easter waking up not in my parents house, being married now and all :0)But it also was a little different because our church generally has a huge Passover celebration that begins with months of preparation. From dance to drama to choir and orchestra, our church invests a tremendous amount of energy and prayer into the development of that celebration event. This year, our church took a different direction in our community and instead we focused on God of the City. Instead of our typical Passover celebration event, we had a smaller presentation on Good Friday. Sadly I didnt get to be apart of that because of the wedding we booked but they made DVDs and I'm excited to see it! Easter Sunday arrived and I wasnt in the best of moods due to some insecurities with my Easter dress (all you females out there totally understand the waking up and suddenly feeling insecure whereas you were completely confident in yourself the day before). Church began with numerous songs that just declared Christ's glory in the ressurection. Three songs that Sunday God chose to reveal to me parts of His glorious nature. I'm not generally one to cry but I was a blubbering mess on Sunday. Each song showed more and more of who He is throughout the scripture, throughout history, throughout my life. More and more I saw that He is Worthy! It was truly an amazing service. After the service, I endure the typical "family Easter photos" from Andrew's family. I'd much rather be behind the camera the majority of the time...and standing next to a completely decked out marine made me feel reeeeeeally dwarf-like. :0) Andrew's sister was also in town with her husband and little girl and we all had an amazing Easter lunch at Andrew's parents along with all the siblings and my parents. It was just a nice time to relax an eat way too much food together.

So I've got a TON of posts coming up. I'm trying to get caught up this week. Sadly I dont feel like I'm getting any further and I'm losing sleep. Gotta fix that soon with a nice nap on the beach :0)

Coming up (hopefully tomorrow) will be some posts from our wedding at the Embassy Suites and a sneak peak from the wedding we had on Good Friday. Also I'll have some pictures that I took for my stylist friend of mine for her portfolio.

Dwell in Possibility,

Cassie

Murphy Family

Alrighty - so, my hope to get our newest photos all posted before our trip this weekend sorta happened. Techincally I'm posting this from the hotel in South Carolina. Surprisingly, Andrew and I got a lot done while driving the 9 hours up here (horrid, horrid weather!) Sadly, I wont get to post pictures from our wedding at the Embassy Suites on the 21st but I did get to post the pictures from our family shoot with the Murphy's.

The Murphy's met up with us at Lincolns Park in Niceville. It's not my most favorite place to shoot but with the playground, we knew the kids would be comfortable. After some coaxing for a few smiles, we got some great shots! And Oh My Goodness these kids have the most amazingly blue eyes! I dont think I've ever encountered blue eyes with a white starburst effect! This was a great family to work with and we look forward to being able to capture the moments of their beautiful little kids as they grow up! So enjoy!

These two were so cute! It took them about 5 minutes to stop giggling after they smooched!

I think this is my favorite picture out of the bunch...I think - there are so many to chose from!

Okay so I couldnt decide on which of these I like so I posted both. This little girl had the most amazing eyes!