Photographer Meet-Up!

Last week we had an awesome time hanging out with Brandon and Julia Williams. Tim and I met them down in Mira Mesa at the fountain where Tim proposed. They took some super cute shots of us, which you can see by clicking on Julia's name above.

This is where Tim proposed to me!

Waiting for them to show up...I thought this was a cool tree!
The lovely Julia:

Julia and Brandon:

I love this one!


Me and Julia (photo by Tim):
This was hillarious, Brandon lifted her up off the fountain, much to her surprise!

After, we headed over to Islands for fun, food and Photo talk!

(Photo by Tim)

And then bowling in Kearny Mesa!! Nice shoes (and socks) Tim!
I didn't bowl since I still had some pain from my surgery, but the 3 of them did great!
Thanks for the fun night you guys! I look forward to more in the future!

XOXO,
M (&T)

Sunday fun - and some rain!

For the Big Game, we headed over to my friend Ann and Kyle's house. They had a lot of people over there! My entourage included Tim, his sister Melissa and her daughter Jacie.

My view...

Jacie practicing for when she gets older...jusy kidding. It was Diet Coke, I promise!!
And on the way home, while Tim was pumping gas...would you really expect me to have anything else for an air freshner? The rain has been crazy this year. Some where I read that So Cal has had more rain than Seattle this year...not sure if this is true, and i'm having trouble finding stats to back that...but I could believe it!

Enjoy the rest of your week!
XOXO,
M

Catching Up!

Its been a lazy week! I am finally feeling better today, 6 days post surgery. I was told my recovery would be quick, but it lasted a little longer than I had planned. But I guess thats not something you really plan...is it?

Thanks to Tim's camera phone, he got this just minutes before wheeling me in to the operating room. Lovely, I know.

My parents live in a different country, so they didn't take the long trip. (It's cool, you can make it up to me next time I have major surgery, Mom. just joking) Of course Jen and her boys came in their absence.

I do have a nice size extended family in the area. My sister "from another mister" Beza came Monday night to check on me. She brought this beautiful bouquet (I love the colors!):

And on Tuesday, my gracious Aunt Rhonda called ahead and found out that I was having horrible bouts of nausea. She brought 7Up, saltine crackers (my life-saver!), a balloon and these beautiful tulips:

And for a little pick-me-up:

Since I introduced my loving fiance, Tim to my old and trusty 20D, its hard to get him to put it down! I had given him my old zoom lens a 28-105 to learn on. He noticed that I only shoot primes, and wanted to try my 50mm 1.8. Now we fight over that! (Of course, he always lets me win)

When the oppurtunity came from a photo buddy, Daniel Balboa to buy his old 50mm 1.4, I took it! Lucky for me, Daniel was upgrading to the 1.2. So now Tim will be getting the 1.8 for his birthday next week (Surprise!) and I have a new toy. Man I sound selfish. haha

But I do think I have created a photo monster in Tim. He now is asking for his very own Shootsac! Nice.

Thank you to everyone who expressed your concern during my sick time off. I plan to be back in full swing after resting this weekend.

XOXO,

M

I can breathe again...

Wow, a great game! I don't think I yelled so much at my TV since...ok, since last Sunday.

Bring it on New England, we are ready for you!!!

Ocean View Villas, 1 year to go!

This blog is to showcase my latest photography work, and sometimes I throw in some personal work/writing. Since I am a bride-to-be I may talk from time to time about my own wedding. But I do plan on keeping it very minimal. In fact, I did start a personal wedding planning blog elsewhere.

But I did want to show you some shots I took of my Ceremony/Reception location. It is in Pt Loma, right on Sunset Cliffs and is actually a vacation rental property. It is called Ocean View Villas and there are 5 vacation rentals available year round.

I will be renting the entire place for the weekend of my wedding (1 year from today, 366 days until I am Mrs. Selenak)

This is the ceremony spot:

Down below is our own private beach!
Where you see the people walking is a public area.
This was the weekend of a huge storm, the tide is unusually high!

Standing in the spot where I will be saying my vows!

The kinda scary steps down to the private beach (which is currently under the water!)


The front entrance.


Whew! I know a lot of my friends and family were waiting to see this blog. :) I have a whole year ahead of me in planning...and I totally intend to enjoy every minute of it!

XOXO,

M