My 14 year old nephew made this commercial for his entry in the Paint the State competition. It is really amazing! And it doesn’t contain the disturbing content that most anti-meth ads do. It shows how wonderful life is, but can be blown away by meth. Honestly though, life is so beautiful and fragile that ANY addictive drug can destroy it. Not just meth. It’s heart breaking to hear of people getting caught in this dangerous trap that destroys so many lives. Share this video – not only because it will help my nephew with his competition – but because it might influence someone to be strong and avoid making the mistake of trying meth. Just click on the YouTube icon in the lower right corner to be taken to the YouTube site for their “share” option, or use the ones below this post. Thank you!

Took this tonight. Nothing beats a sunset over the Idaho desert

I did Lyndee’s senior portraits several years ago, and now she’s graduated college and getting married! It was fun catching up with her and meeting her wonderful fiance while doing their engagement portraits. It was very windy the day we did them, but the light was beautiful Congratulations you two!

This is Dallas, my nephew, and these are a few of his senior portraits we took recently. And no, he didn’t break his neck doing the skateboarding tricks

These were taken when my daughter Ariel and her sweet baby (my 1st grandchild ) Atlas came home to visit in April. Kind of slow on the blogging, but here they are now. He is such a good baby and we miss him (and his mama) so much when they’re not here. California is just way too far away from Idaho.

Dear Summer,

Why don’t you want to stay?
I miss your burning kisses
and your soul warming embrace.

When Spring stopped by to tell me
that you were on your way
Her enthusiasm was lacking
then she quickly went away.

All winter time I longed for you
and knew return was nigh
For all the time we’ve spent together
could not be cast aside.

Now your solstice is upon us
It’s not optional, but still
Since you’ve hardly said hello,
the event will lose its thrill.

Autumn will be my last hope
for at least a warm goodbye
Then Winter, so dependable
will long be at my side.

~Cindy

Ashley and Anthony had a beautiful wedding at the First Christian Praise Chapel in Rupert, and an amazing reception at the Elk’s Lodge. They transformed the Elk’s into the most beautiful reception center ever Here are a few of my favorites from the day.

This is my daughter and her new husband. We are so excited for them! Here are a couple of slideshows from shoots we did before their wedding. Mom with a camera, mother of the bride, watch out!

Play button on the lower left sides

Vanessa is one of my favorite brides from 2007 and it was so fun to get together with her again and do a fitness shoot. She owns the Flex Fitness Center in Jerome and is also a competition body builder. She wanted some cool portraits, and we also wanted to try out some specialized lighting and photography techniques that we’ll be offering to contestants at the 2010 Flex Fitness Natural Bodybuilding and Figure Contest her company is sponsoring this September at CSI in Twin Falls. Vanessa also brought her adorable little daughter with her who enjoyed getting some portraits taken with her mom

Click the play button below to view this cool session.