oh how i love: love.

okay, so it sounds pretty simple.. i love love. i know its corny, but i am forever grateful for the love that my friends and family have shown me over the years, and now that i have a husband who absolutely adores me, it takes love to a whole new level. the purpose of these pictures is to show the love of a couple who will soon be committing their lives to each other. but the work that went on behind the pics expresses just as much love as the actual prints do. ray, in fulfillment of his word, pulled an allnighter the night before our mission trip to finish editing these pictures of our friends so that they could get them as he had promised. in my love for photography, ray has shown his undying love and support of me, and i just wanted to take this moment to thank him. so thanks ray! you always amaze me :c)

and about the couple.. jen and nick have been dating for years, and on some unknown date next year, will become one. both of them pretty much never stop, so i was excited that we were able to get together for this shoot!

we started at oneok in downtown tulsa (the employer of both of them)

then we moved on to a beautiful downtown church, they were wedding site shopping

during our shoot :c)

oh how i love: love.

God is Good~ at oak grove

on saturday we got to help lifechruch.tv and serveral other okc chruches do an amazing mission in a local section 8 housing district. from landscaping, arts and crafts, haircuts, photography, medical aid, and fellowship.. it was an amazing combination of gifts provided to this community. the sheer number of participants willing to wake up before the sun on a saturday morning was amazing, and leaving the community with an area to be proud of was humbling.

the landscaping was a prime project

the faces of God's children

backlighting a kitten~beautiful!

more faces

our photography philanthropy... see how much they enjoyed it :c)

and the highlight was the huge waterslide!

God is Good

teaser..

okay, so i'm totally getting photoshop hooked with all these cool actions!! here's a teaser of one of my best friends, dre and her soon-to-be hubby, mark! (i say teaser because i'm lovin' a lot of the images and will be blogging a lot more :c)

although our orignal plans of shooting at martin nature park failed (what park closes at 6:00?! this one i guess..), we found a great substitue at the myriad gardens...

aren't they just cute together?

loved the backlighting here!

and of course.. a little goofing off!

on a sidenote.. the sky had the most amazing clouds today (i'm lucky i didn't wreck my car looking at them on my way home from work!) but i was telling everyone about them, and although a picture can not do justice, here's my attempt..

hang on!

hey there! i'm off to a wedding, but just wanted to let you know that even though i haven't posted in a bit, i've had 2 engagements, my first baby session, and i'll have this wedding tonight to blog in the near future. and i have a little suprise for my new pics :c)

storm chasing

photo life group finally got to go on our storm chase! and although we didn't get to see any tornados... we did get some great fellowship and food! (we stopped and grabbed some eishens chicken, which is considered the king of fried chicken around this area, it was really good ) plg is life group that i've been going to for a couple months now, great people and great knowledge of photography. we range in experince, but we meet on every other tuesday at 7:00 and enjoy frequent outings, if any local photogs are interested?!

back from the west coast!

we made it back safe from california! we had a great time with alec and all the great cali food and fun! heres a (few) shots...

a day at the beach..
beach cruiser retirement pad

and hello hollywood!

chinese theater : pantages theater

and a glimps inside the beautiful chinese theater..

no wonder the role out the 'red' carpet

then here's a few from around our hotel