kansas city living

It has been awhile since my last post. I have been packing, moving, and unpacking.

I am now a Kansas City resident. Kansas, not Missouri side. I have a part-time job to pay the bills and a potential full-time job in the works. Yes, it involves photography.

Anyway, I enjoyed my first 'First Fridays' art show as a KC resident last week. As well as a Saturday morning to the farmers market by way of bus. I live close enough to bike to the Missouri side and catch the bus in Waldo. It's a straight shot downtown. Perfect.

On that note, here is one of my favorites from the art show. Warm weather always brings out street performers, which I love.

larger view

I will have more to come from the art show, as well as a wedding I shot on the first.

exhuasted

I am too worn, and my feet are too tired.

I snapped a quick shot of the sky as I get out of my car and walk into my house.

There is a long list of activities and tasks to check off in the next few weeks before I stop calling Lawrence home. I know the list will get done, and I'll probably enjoy a lot of it along the way. For now though, my head feels too small for its contents, and my neck too weak for its weight.

In.lon.shka 2009

I recently got back from Pawhuska, Okla., where I stayed with the Red Corns for the annual dances. The family is full of talented and all around great people. I am fortunate to know them.

see more photos from my time in Pawhuska

hannah

She left exactly a week ago for Chicago. And while I will miss our close proximity and the ease it provided, I could not be happier for her. I can no longer understand how a person would not want their friends to scatter to the far corners of the world and be where they want to be.

She will call Chicago home, and I will call on her for stories, new knowledge, and a welcoming couch.

more of the girl I call my dear, dear friend

oklahoma

In Oklahoma until Sunday :) Photos to follow...

i'm on a boat

I went out on a sailboat for the first time in my life last night. This summer also marks my first official camping trip. Combining the two some day might just complete my life.

KBM portrait

I had a shoot for the Kansas Banker Magazine. The editor and I wanted to try a little something different for the cover portrait - different at least for the magazine. I busted out the ringflash. I know it can get overused really easily, but how many banker magazines use it?

mai

I shot the Lawrence High School graduation at Memorial Stadium this past weekend. I didn't reinvent how to shoot a commencement, but I did make a publishable photo. So, I got that going for me.

oh kansas...

all i want is to...

just another four years...

Many soon-to-be grads are exuding a lot of nostalgic feelings right now.

Not me.

I don't think it's because I didn't enjoy my college career.

I did enjoy it.

I don't think it's because I am a fifth year.

I know it's not.

I don't think it's because I am tired of Lawrence, or even Kansas for that matter.

That's simply not possible.

It's because I am ready.

Ottawa meets Pawhuska

I just got back from a weekend trip to Pawhuska, Okla. The town is so small that people park on the wrong side of the street, and no one cares.

After years of thinking I wanted to be a city girl... I have come to realize I could never be too far away from open spaces.

I don't want to be surrounded by asphalt my whole life.