03.25 - 04.06.12

Photo of the day for the last week or so...

 03.25.12

 03.26.12 | Stuck in traffic...

 03.28.12 | Sunrise on my way to work

 03.29.12 | I spilled my cereal...

 03.30.12 | Our first tomato from our tomato plant!

 04.01.12 | Ice cream with some girlfriends!

 04.03.12 | Watching Scotty play soccer!

 04.05.12 | The toilet I park next to everyday at work... Spring has brought a lovely arrangement of flowers to add to the still life...

04.06.12 | Big ol' cookie sandwich at the outlet mall in Round Rock!

Happy Easter,

HK

03.13 - 03.23.2012

The last few weeks have been consumed with work for me, studio for Scott, and the best part - preparing for my cousin's wedding! I was so honored and thrilled to serve as Matron of Honor and photographer for the event. It was my first wedding to photograph, and with the help of my amazing husband and wonderful mother (who served as photographers during the ceremony), it was a huge success! I am still in the process of editing the 529 total images (yikes!), but the pictures are beautiful and I will post them on my photography blog hopefully sometime this week :)

As for the photo-a-day... I missed a couple days here and there, as-per-usual, but here are the next series of photos:

 03.14.2012 | Long neighborhood walk with Scott - the azaleas are in full bloom here in Houston. Stunning.

 03. 16.2012 | My cousin's wedding was held at my grandparent's beautiful lake house. This is my grandfather watching the goings-on of the rehearsal from the kitchen window. 

 03.17.2012 | The bride on her wedding day, taking one final check in the mirror before the ceremony.

03.23.2012 | Strawberry field where Scott and I picked strawberries this afternoon.

Strawberry-stained lips,

HK

02.09.12 - 03.12.12

It's been over a month, folks! Over a month since my last "Photo a Day" post... Have no fear, though, I have been taking pictures! BUT, our camera suffered a minor injury and had to go to the camera doctor for about 12 days - no pics taken during that time because I don't have a camera on my phone :/

So, here they are! ---- raw, unedited, straight-out-of-camera (SOOC) (how redundant can I be...?) photographs!

02.09.2012 | Scott's night stand. The boy likes his Burt's Bees chap-stick and pocket knives.

02.10.2012 | A shot from my photo shoot with Ryder (edited)

02.11.2012 | Trees in bloom in Austin, TX

02.16.2012 | I actually had time for decent breakfast :)

02.17.2012 | Scott's Valentine's Day gift from me - a collection of his drawings over the past 4+ years, not quite completed.

02.18.2012 | Balloons from our friend, Eric's, 31st birthday party

02.20.2012 | Cooking dinner (and testing out a borrowed external flash!)

ENTER TIME PERIOD WITH NO CAMERA.....

.....AH... WE'RE BACK :)

 03.03.2012 | A shot from Ashton's bridal portraits - truly captures her personality (edited)

 03.09.2012 | Weekend with the Carruths and baby Ryder! (now 7 months old!) He loves his "Uncle" Scott!

03.12.2012 | My dinner tonight - homemade, one-pot mac and cheese... yum... 

I'm photographing my first ever wedding this weekend!! Prayers for a smooth event would be greatly appreciated :)

Cheese in my belly,

HK

02.08.2012

The dishes are washed. The wine glasses are empty. Time to rest in the Key house.

HK

02.04 | 02.06 | 02.07.2012

So, friends, the photo-a-day challenge, much like most New Years resolutions, has become more like a photo-every-three-days challenge... Cut me a bit of slack while I get my act back together ;)

I have been counting images from recipes and photo shoots with clients as "photo of the day" images, too, so perhaps I'm not that far behind?? I'll just keep telling myself that.

 02.04.2012 | Cookie Dough Pops for the Super Bowl... Recipe to come!!

 02.06.2012 | Veggie Laska for dinner

02.07.2012 | A gift from a sweet friend - a ring carved out of crayon wax!

Here's to reviving my photo-a-day challenge,

HK

01.11 - 01.16.2012

 All that was left of our yummy dinner.

 Taking off my jewelry after work.

 Newly organized pantry!

 Our new almost-daily tradition: backgammon

 Snuggling down for a quick nap and good book.

Baked potato soup with friends... yum.

More to come,

HK

01.09.2012 & 01.10.2012

Scott's daily briefcase - a gift from his groomsmen.

Me in the kitchen after a workout preparing a delicious meal of lentils, sausage, and kale!

Yesterday's and today's photos were taken by Scott.

01.07.2012 & 01.08.2012

To give up the mystery of the husband guest post, Scott was in southeastern Arizona (mostly Tucson).  This shot is from a neat little town called Bisbee, about a stone's throw from Mexico and over a mile high in elevation.

Scott went out to visit with his friend Tyler and meet his awesome new girlfriend Megan!  They hit it off so well they started dressing alike.

01.06.2012

Another guest photo from Scott, at a mission in Arizona.

01.05.2012

Guest post from the husband.  Each day until Sunday I'll post one photo from my mysterious location.  Can you guess where I am?

01.04.2012

just laying on the couch, hair in a high bun, in my robe, admiring my pedicure :)

01.03.2012

an ornament, hanging on for dear life, as the branches of our Christmas tree droop further and further to the ground. a sign that we need to take down the tree...

2012

Another year has passed us by, but another year awaits us... so many opportunities to change, grow, expand, challenge, overcome, enjoy...

One New Years resolution I have made for myself is to take 1 photo a day. Just 1. I'm hoping it will encourage me to just take pictures, because we all know that practice makes perfect :)

I will be posting my daily photo here, on the blog. For the sake of time, I will not edit the photos from the daily photo challenge. The photos you will be seeing will be raw, unedited, straight-out-of-the-camera shots. They will cover a variety of subjects, I'm sure, from the monotonous day-to-day to the more beautiful, well-composed.

So, I bring you Image 1 and Image 2 for 2012...

 01.01.2012 At my parents house watching the Cowboys lose miserably to the Giants.

01.02.2012 In my office, preparing to write out my list of goals for 2012... with my special colored pens because they are inspiring :)

363 day to go,

HK