Hello. My name is Anne and I'm a photograph-a-holic.

For as long as I can remember, I've enjoyed taking pictures. It all started nearly 25 years ago...fresh out of kindergarten, with this:Pretty intense little camera, huh?

My dad liked to drive the family half-way across the country to California when I was a kid and in an attempt to keep me busy in the car (just a few years ago, I was told that I was quite annoying during these roadtrips...stereotypical are-we-almost-there-yet child), I was given this camera and a few rolls of 110 film. From that point on, I had a camera with me for every trip. And years later, when we entered the digital world, my little Canon PowerShot could always be found in my purse just in case there was something worth documenting.

After the little love of my life, Ayla Ming, was born on October 3, 2008, this hobby and love for photography turned into an absolute obsession. I have literally taken thousands of photos of her. My poor computer can hardly handle all the digital files I keep loading onto it.

I have since graduated to this:

I'm lucky enough to have friends and family who allow me to use them as my guinea pigs in order to learn and gain experience. They have grown accustomed to seeing a camera attached to my face and have learned to ignore that fact and to just let me do my thing...because whether they like it or not, I will not be stopping anytime soon.

I will be posting all of my future photographic adventures on this blog...in the meantime, I'll work on moving past ones from my personal blog to this new blog. Stay tuned...

Jenn & Leo

I was supposed to photograph Jenn and Leo last November (I went to high school with Jenn) but it was the same time I came down with that insanely awful sinus infection. They live in Reno so we finally rescheduled and they braved the Nebraska heat and humidity for a few fun hours of picture-taking. Congrats Jenn and Leo on your upcoming wedding (Sunday!)

Piper Rose

I've taken pictures of Piper, who will be nine-months old next week, a couple of times...she gets cuter everytime I see her. Those blue eyes just kill me...

Aunt Marla & Ayla

Ayla is so very lucky to have such an amazing, caring, and beautiful person like Marla for an aunt. I know she'll grow up having a wonderful relationship with her.

Nolan

Here are a few of my favorites of Nolan from Saturday afternoon...'lil cutie pie. For not liking pictures, he did great!

Makayla Rae

This morning, Ping and Surina let me come over to their house to take pictures of little five-day old Makayla. She was my guinea pig, as I have never taken newborn photos besides the typical snapshots that anyone would take. I arrived with a laundry basket full of blankets, backdrops, hats, scarves, and flowers. I also brought my spaceheater and raised the temperature of their living room to a balmy 80 degrees to keep her warm. I didn't know what the heck I was doing and just decided to dive in. These are several of my favorite shots...isn't she beautiful? Afterwards, I scooped her up and sat down on the couch. I forgot how wonderful it was to hold such a tiny little baby.

Regan

On Sunday afternoon, I took some pictures of our friends' little one-year old daughter, Regan. She is so cute and has the perfect little rolls in all the perfect places. :)