Showing posts with label anniversary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anniversary. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Six Years Later
Six years later, a new home together, two beautiful daughters... it was time to celebrate another anniversary. This time was at Korakia Pensione in Palm Springs, where we stayed in the Naish House. Here are some pictures from our weekend together...
Sunday, January 9, 2011
A Time To Stand Back
Steve & I are celebrating our 6th anniversary and it was my year to choose where we would go. For a couple years, I have dreamed of spending time at a specific hotel in Palm Springs. It had once been previewed in one of my favorite magazines, Sunset. Korakia Pensione is an incredible place, kind of like traveling to a far of place, somewhere in the middle of Morocco and the Mediterranean. We have a little "house" all to ourselves, and an outdoor shower that I am about to try (haven't been in one of those since our honeymoon in Tahiti... Steve's pick).
Yesterday when we arrived to our hotel, we drove up and saw a "wedding" photoshoot in progress. Well, it was more like a pretend-bride, modeling accessories. She was gorgeous, but what brought a flood of emotions inside of me was wondering if that was a type of "God-sent" message to me. I have spent the past couple months trying to figure out where to go with my love for photography. It seems like when I get so drawn into it and "the business," I step back, scared, over so many things, but most of all, scared that it could have the power of taking me away from my girls and my husband. I LOVE taking pictures and challenging myself to capture the beauty of pregnancy, newborns, and children. But I am struggling to decide how to approach a chance to be creative and to help other people, without sacrificing the people that are most important to me.
With that said, my wonderful husband had an important talk with me today about it all. It might be one of those conversations I will never forget. I can't say that the struggle is gone, but I do know that I have more to think about, and an amazing friend who believes in me and encourages me to follow my heart.
Happy Anniversary, Steve.
In honor of my husband, I allowed him to snap a few pictures of me yesterday, in the same spot the bride model was strutting her stuff (or accessories). I think he did a great job. I only had to do a slight edit job, more so to adjust the tilt of the photo. The SOOC (straight out of the camera) shot is labeled.
(And you can see my 15 week old baby bump!)
Yesterday when we arrived to our hotel, we drove up and saw a "wedding" photoshoot in progress. Well, it was more like a pretend-bride, modeling accessories. She was gorgeous, but what brought a flood of emotions inside of me was wondering if that was a type of "God-sent" message to me. I have spent the past couple months trying to figure out where to go with my love for photography. It seems like when I get so drawn into it and "the business," I step back, scared, over so many things, but most of all, scared that it could have the power of taking me away from my girls and my husband. I LOVE taking pictures and challenging myself to capture the beauty of pregnancy, newborns, and children. But I am struggling to decide how to approach a chance to be creative and to help other people, without sacrificing the people that are most important to me.
With that said, my wonderful husband had an important talk with me today about it all. It might be one of those conversations I will never forget. I can't say that the struggle is gone, but I do know that I have more to think about, and an amazing friend who believes in me and encourages me to follow my heart.
Happy Anniversary, Steve.
In honor of my husband, I allowed him to snap a few pictures of me yesterday, in the same spot the bride model was strutting her stuff (or accessories). I think he did a great job. I only had to do a slight edit job, more so to adjust the tilt of the photo. The SOOC (straight out of the camera) shot is labeled.
(And you can see my 15 week old baby bump!)
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