I Need You...

In order to build my portfolio there are a couple of projects I would like to do free of charge. Please comment or email me if you are interested in being part of one:

• Young adult group (men and women between the ages of 18-30)
• Young children (ages 2-7)

If you want to be in these groups all I ask is that you provide either a disk or a thumb drive for me to put your pictures onto so you can have them.
When I have enough people for the groups we can start coordinating a time and place that is good for everyone. If you comment, please don't leave any information that you don't want seen on the internet. Your privacy is important to me! I'll either message you back if it's on facebook, or email me at shayleephotography@hotmail.com and I will respond ASAP.
The only disclaimer is that you will have to drive yourself or your children. My little car can't hold very many people. Also, if you want your child photographed, please accompany your child or, if you cannot attend, send another guardian.
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So long!

It has been a while since I have written on this blog! So sorry! Things have been so crazy busy for me. During the days I have school, during the night I am either doing ward things or get togethers with different friends, and in between I eat, sleep, do homework, edit pictures, get ready for my best friend to move out of the house and get married to the best friend I set him up with, etc. Things are crazy and my emotions are not consistent. One minute I'm so happy for my brother to get married, the next I'm stressed realizing how much I'm actually doing day to day.
My Great Aunt June died last week, her funeral is tomorrow. I've known her since I was born. She is my Aunt Juney. I'm a little sad that she is gone, but more than anything I'm so happy that she is in such a great place right now. There is a fantastic talk given by a man a few decades ago that gives great insight to a few things about the Spirit World. I don't know the name of it or him right now, I'll have to check with my Dad and post again about it. If someone close to you has died, or you just want to simply increase some understanding, you will want to read this. It is kind of long, compared to most talks, but SO worth it.

Even though I'm really busy, I still love to and want to take pictures of people. In fact, to build my portfolio I'm wanting to do family and group pictures. My girlie cousins, I want you guys as a group next to some neat buildings in a commercial area, let me know if you are in and I'll give you a call. (email your cell to shaybabe904@hotmail.com). I'm also wanting to do a "friends" group, ages 18-30, location will depend on the number. I'll inform you all of what type of clothes to wear. I will give out the pictures if you bring a thumb-drive. Please tell your friends, they may want to come!
(I'll be posting something like that again so people don't have to scroll through a soap box section)

Yuba Lake 2010

My singles ward went to Yuba Lake July 15-17, it was such a blast! Great boating all day, great food (thanks Steve, Jan, and Krissy), and great friends to spend time with. I drove down Friday and Saturday morning and left in the afternoon on each day. Saturday my dad and I drove down together on his Harley, so fun! Then we stayed to help pack up the site, we ended up being the last people to leave the lake.
I don't have any pictures of me wakeboarding on my camera. Friday I tried to do a "Hang-10" on the wakeboard. For those of you who do not know what this trick is, let me explain... A "Hang-10" is where the person on the board stands at the very front tip of the board and rides behind the boat. To do this trick on a wakeboard most people start with their feet out of the bindings and then walk to the front of the board. However, my feet are small and most bindings on the boards I use are quite big, so I tried to slip my feet out of the bindings and then walk to the front. I had my right foot free and I was working on my left foot, I was nervous because I didn't want to fall with one foot still in the bindings risking serious knee injury. Well, my left foot couldn't get out and I fell. No worries, my left knee twisted funky in the water, but the moment I stood up all was well. Now I just have a bruise on the side of my knee and it pops more than normal.
That turned out to be a longer story than intended...
Here are the pictures!

I got my first ticket on the way down there. I'm still a little peeved about it.

 

It was so hot while we were cleaning up so we would do some stuff, jump in the water, do some more stuff, and jump in the water. Repeat.

New Spice

For those of you who have seen the Old Spice commercial (click here, or here, or here) you will love this. It's brilliant how these college students put together this awesome commercial!

Fast Lane

My aunt Kaye sent out a couple funny YouTube videos, so you may have already seen this. I think it is awesome that they did this, letting people live a little!