Shelly

Again, short on words, but meet my beauuuuttifffullllll cousin Shelly! She took these for her hubby-to-be, Jason, with his baby (his car ;-)

The Inn At Ophelia's

Last up are some crrrrraaaazzzyyy pillow fight images from The Inn at Ophelia's. Yeah. this really happened ;-)

Studio On Main

More from the fabulous Independence businesses, here's some from Studio On Main. Again, more info at newindependencesquare.com

Diamond Bowl

A few weeks back, I shot some commercial shots for some super-sweet businesses in Independence. I'm kinda short on words since as I'm writing this, I'M LEAVING FOR AFRICA TOMORROW and my brain is shot ;-) So, first up from the three businesses is Diamond Bowl. Check out newindependencesquare.com for more info - this place is awesome!!

This week.

This week I attended the Jesh de Rox life {as an art form} workshop. Wow. I honestly don't even know how to begin to describe that experience, so I don't think I'll even try. Just know that I, and seven other people, came away with so much more (and so much less) than we could have imagined possible after three days. I feel like a new person, truly.

Anyone who has considered attending this workshop would be a fool not to. Jesh is honestly the most selfless, giving, loving person I've ever encountered and will turn your life upside down (in the best way possible :-).

So. :-) I really didn't actually shoot that many photos while there, but I wanted to share a few that I did. As you can see above, we started Wednesday with some amazing pancakes Josh whipped up for us...hey Josh, will you deliver to Tonganoxie??? ;-)






Above is Sharon, a "stranger." One of our assignments was to find a stranger and take their photo. So one evening at Bob Evans with Jesh, Heather & Olivia, I noticed Sharon sitting alone in her booth and decided to strike up a conversation. Through that conversation I discovered such an amazing person. Sharon shared some of her story with me (she takes Girl Scouts on camping trips in freezing conditions to teach winter survival, for instance - that's pretty hard core :-) and really touched my life. It was amazing that spending such a short amount of my time and efforts could be so worthwhile. Sharon, if you're reading this, know that you are so wonderful. Thanks for our talk :-)








A few of our assignment photos with Josh & Sasha, illustrating freedom, joy & peace.










These shots of Will are probably some of my favorite photos I've taken in a long time...



A self portrait.

And some fun ones of all of us, except Amy! I'm so bummed Amy, you managed to escape everytime I took a picture apparently :-)





Thank you so much Jesh.

John Joiner Band

Wow. I have some seriousssssssly crazy weeks ahead of me (in a GREAT way, don't worry :-) so I'll have lots of stories for you when I get back (Jesh de Rox workshop, South Africa visit, etc....) In the meantime, I'm trying to get together a few posts to keep you tided over! First up, the John Joiner Band. We snagged a few shots (like 10 minutes...) of them in an old warehouse atmosphere, then lots of them live!































Sam (my hubby) is now booking shows to play with Nick McCutcheon (lots of photos to come, duh ;-) and he got up and played a song with them as well! Isn't he cute?? :-)






And one more of Sam and Wade...aren't they adorable together? Tehehe ;-)