Tag ... you're it!

There appears to be a game of photographer tag going around. I was tagged this morning by a fellow Los Angeles photographer Nataly Lemus. The point of the game is to name 8 things about yourself that your blog readers might not know... and then pass the tag along to 8 other bloggers.

Here go my 8 things:

1. I haven't eaten meat since I was 10 years old. Inspired by an episode of Blossom (yes, sad I know) I even convinced my little sister to stop eating meat as well. We've both been vegetarian since.
2. I once was an avid swing dancer (and still have a few tricks up my sleeve when it comes to the lindy hop!). I was in a swing dancing performance group and even taught lessons in college.
3. I rowed crew in college and even participated in the awesome Head of the Charles race in Boston and the Crew Classic in San Diego
4. I speak French pretty darn well.
5. To go along with #4... I briefly lived in Paris, which is where my husband and I got engaged (talk about romantic!)
6. My favorite shoes are my flip flops, I even got married in a sparkly pair of flips!
7. My absolute favorite food is burritos... yum Ricos!
8. I'm a sucker for romantic comedies. Even if I know they're going to be bad I can't resist the lure of John Cusack. Yes I even saw "Must Love Dogs" shameful but true.

And since the game is spreading SO incredibly quickly it's hard to tell who hasn't been tagged. Here are a couple of blogs I follow that I haven't seen a tag post from *yet*

Stacy Cross
Jillian Kay
Emily Allen
Anne Ruthmann
David Baxter
Laura Scott
Eight 20 photography
Zelo photography

You're it!

Quarter century celebration!

For my birthday the family came up for the day on the weekend and we went out again to the Getty Center and out for a delicious dinner. Here are just a couple of quick shots from my quarter century celebration! First up Allison looking quite thoughtful...

Dad taking some photos of me taking photos!

My lovely mom in the gardens. She was the second birthday girl of course, although she was just a hair over the quarter century mark :)

My fabulous parents walking down the hill to the garage.

After dinner we headed to a tasty dinner kicked off by edamame... mmm. soybeans.

Me making cupcakes (photo courtesy of Ben who loves to borrow my camera!)

And here's the tasty results of all the hard work!

And one more just for fun... Mark in the little toy helicopter outside a 99¢ store.

Happy Birthday to me!

For my birthday today my wonderful husband bought me one of my favorite presents of all time... a new macro lens I've had my eye on for a while. This lens is going to be my new favorite toy I can tell! I love that I'm going to be able to take some great detail and ring shots with it and it's so fun just to play around with. Here are just a couple of the first shots with it this morning right out of the box.

First up a shot of the most recent model I've built. This is going to come in quite handy documenting all the model work I'm doing.



And next up just for fun a ring shot of my husband and my wedding bands. They're not quite as shiny and new as they were when this fantastic shot was taken of them but I still love 'em! Thank you Ben for my fabulous new birthday present!



And last but not least Happy Birthday to my mom as well! Yes we do share a birthday. Happy Birthday mom!