Something new....something new

It had been a while since Kat and I really shot somewhere out of our element. I've become a terrible planner when it comes to locations lately, but luckily she's always down with a ride through town or walking a couple blocks until we find something at least half way decent. Well, this scene is way more than halfway decent. I shot Cierra's maternity pictures here last Spring but hadn't been back to the park more than to just catch Pokemon (I know, let's not talk about it).

I only regret not being able to take more instant film pictures because I (thought) one of my cameras was broken when I was trying to use it that day. Well, I'm happy to say today I found out my camera isn't broken, I just literally haven't changed the batteries in 6 or 7 years *insert eye roll*.

Let Them Eat Cake

Let's go back. Yeah, pretty far back. All the way back to last May to be exact. Thinking about last Spring is weird and funny. The day Kaitlyn and I shot these it wasn't even sunny and today well, is pretty gorgeous if I do say so myself. 

We shoot this at Jerry's Artarama here in Austin. The building is a true backdrop paradise and I've had my eyes on it since I was at least 15 and getting to do it with my sisterfriend made a tiny bit extra special. 

in 2016

It's pretty obvious I didn't do much shooting in 2016. I did a lot more observing and reflecting. I'm so excited to get back in action in this next year! I'm going to find more challenging approaches and kind of step outside the box. I think one of the my favorite moments of this year was Cierra and Michael's maternity shoot. It was my first real maternity session and I'm still so completely in love with the set.  I'm also working through shoots from this year (one of Kaitlyn from this May. I know, I'm a slacker). 

Honeymooners

Reggie and I recently went on our very late honeymoon. We had much bigger plans to be totally honest but with family emergencies, midterms and everything else in-between getting in the way...nothing really turned out right. We kept it simple and thought getting away from Dallas/Fort Worth was enough.

We first spent some time in town and did some fun stuff (free show at my job AND free Old 97's show? I'll take it!) then came to Austin for a couple days to relax and do some adventuring around the city which is something we haven't done in years together. I definitely exhausted Reg and myself but I think we had a blast. Reggie isn't very good at relaxing so it took him a bit to loosen up and not constantly think about school and work. (Having his work emails connected to his phone will be the death of him, I swear.)

I had my camera with my the whole time but honestly, I've had a hard time getting myself to lug it around with all the walking we were doing. I did get a few Instax (which have been coming out better then my dSLR pictures to be honest). I plan on buying a photo scanner tomorrow so I can start posting all the ones I've taken recently. I'm pretty proud of them and they deserved to be displayed somewhere else other then my house!

I did however make do a lot of recording on my phone and made a little video. I apologize right now about my shaky hands, I'm still learning. But I am getting a hold of this video/editing thing. I really like it and I see myself doing more of this in the near future.



Honeymoon from Jade Wright on Vimeo.