April is a Tacoma-based portrait photographer. She's happily married to a New Yorker. She spent 12 years in Germany studying "ja" and "nein". Today you can find her shooting at her studio in Tacoma, WA or wrestling with her boxer, Bruiser. April loves all things grilled and most things tropical.
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Listen up Ladies! This is your last chance to register with me for the "Boudoir in LA" session. Wednesday the appointment books will close. If you want to schedule something for May 1-4th, please call me in the next 24 hours.
You can email me here for details: april@aprilgreer.com For those of you in need of photos in LA during that time, call me! We'll set you up for an anniversary session, a Mr. & Mrs., bridal fashion shoot, or even family portraits. I'm excited to see all the lovely ladies who booked me for this weekend!
See you very soon!
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Spring makes me want to dig holes. Mow the grass. Do yardwork. Clean. Organize laundry. Throw junk away. Sweep the hardwoods. Anyone else feel the same? Do you get the itch to be outside and stare at cherry blossoms?
Newsflash: 2009 dates up for grabs! 3 dates gone in less than 48 hours. Filling up wildly for summer 2008! All of a sudden, there's a flurry of proactive people hitting the phones. A few pricing changes projected, book now before...
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| About Ray: he snapped this shot in summer 2005 at our very first wedding. Ray has always pressed the button at key moments. His childlike curiousity lends itself to tender moments. So....its necessary to update you that Ray is going into early retirement from weddings.!! Although he loves wedding photography and would likely shoot a wedding in exchange for a dozen cupcakes, he can't be available on the weekends for an undetermined amount of time. His new job requires being posted every weekend from here on out. I guessed this would happen sooner or later and to be honest, it was time! Working with your significant other is no easy task. I'm happy for him to pursue personal career goals and reach for the stars!!! The other great news: 2 awesome photographers geared up with me after much interviewing and tribulations, they are the perfect fit for my team. Please give Ray some departing love and welcome the newbies! You will love them just as much as I do!
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| I learned one thing today that will change engagement sessions forever, and that is, I love shooting them at night! Whoever wants their e-session to take place around 5-ish and work into twilight (with a drink or two in between) has my vote hands down. Its even better during the week because traffic dies down very early, leaving locations open and empty, especially bars. I love it!!! And if I may use them as an example, they came to me a little camera shy....look what we are able to mix up with these two!!! Can you leave comments and cheer them on? Christy & Ty- let's get this party started right! Thanks for trusting me with your memories. We'll see you again in July!
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| Surprise! We're on the move.
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I went ga-ga over her boots. Love them to pieces!
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| This is what we did before we hit the bar for drinks. The official name for a photo like this is "happy wedding moment" Look it up in the dictionary, you will see this picture. :-D
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In the dictionary under Mom's Favorite Photo, you will see this little snapshot. And just as a side note, Ray ragged on Ty so hard about not smiling for a solid 2 hours. I knew all along that we had our shot Happy Mom picture within the first 30 seconds of shooting their session. hee hee. The trick, if you can even call it that, is to ask them what color underwear they are wearing.
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Men, look away. What is written in the following paragraphs may deeply offend you. It may cause your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend to nod his/her head in agreement.....This is a real story and its characters & events are real. All characters have been kept confidential, reader discretion is advised. Suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law or, in worst case scenario, they are dead meat.
Its Friday night. I am up late. Even though the lids are heavy and body is tired, I can't sleep. Why? This may come as a shock to you, but the news is, the loving man in my life of 5 happy years, did not cook me dinner. For the sake of the accused (or at least until we go on Jerry Springer) lets call him "NAY."
"Nay" is a wonderful man; tall, dark, handsome, dashing, clever, funny, and sweet. Yet sometimes the body is weak and the brain is thick and clueless challenged. "Nay," the beefcake in my life, the cupcake in my party, the guy with the big guns let me down.
Perhaps "Nay" thought I would cook dinner inside the car on my way home at 10pm, heating a pot of ravioli over the vents in my car and stirring the pot with my non-driving hand using a pen. Perhaps, just by chance, 'Nay' didn't realize its time someone cooked around here besides me. As if, for instance, I had plans to eat at somewhere else, say, the neighbor's house! Or, perhaps I would stop by to eat with my parents who live in Nalifornia. OR, maybe I would stop by a fast food place like McNonald's, Naco Bell, or Nack in the Box, since I am on a successful diet.
In a nutshell, "Nay" poured himself a single serving of kid's cereal (let's call it Napple Jacks). When I arrived 5 hours later and begged the question, 'Where's dinner?' "Nay" replied , " YOU WERE HUNGRY? You should've told me you wanted dinner!!!"
Let me repeat this for you blog-readers in case you misread: "You should've told me you wanted dinner! "
This is a lesson for you: ladies & man-friendly gents out there in blogstalkerland, that, if the sun goes down and he has not eaten since lunchtime, do not under ANY circumstances, assume that he is hungry, unless he tells you. I have produced a scientific method of determing hunger in males. They will:
a) eat stale Doritos
b) pace around the kitchen.
c) raid the fridge for sliced cheese
d) lay on the couch and starve, blink eyes longingly during commercials and rub belly in circular motion.
By reading this very important list of facts, you can expect this if you tell them you are hungry:
a) butter on toasted bagel
b) a piece of cheese (the ones in the envelopes) laid carefully over a toasted bagel
c) canned peaches in a bowl over a toasted bagel
d)cold hot dogs out of the package that he poked a hole and pulled through
e)Napple Jacks
Even though "Nay" was home nearly 5 hours prior, we cannot determine how he used those 5 hours of solo-time. Perhaps he cooked a souffle that was later ransacked by villans. When I came home to a dining table sans food, I baked a frozen pizza. In fact, I downed it so fast after pulling it out of the oven, that it didnt' have a chance to cool. Pizza burned all the way down my esophagus causing raging heartburn that leaves me hanging out by the computer waiting for the malox to kick in.
The moral of the story is, you had better call if you want some cereal.
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Brooke + Chris *slideshow* |
04.24.08 | Weddings
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Brooke & Chris Raymond,
Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your gorgeous memories, it has been a great pleasure!
Very Truly Yours,
April, Kelly, & Charity
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