Snow Angels, Snow Plows, Snowmen, Oh My!

Snowmaggedon? Nah, I'll refer to it as Snowtorius B.I.G.
Funny that the last post I had on here was of nice, warm Florida weather. Ok, Karma, you already got back at me for rubbing the warm weather in people's faces, but another blizzard...ANNND another snowstorm tomorrow?! Sheesh, that's just a little ridiculous, don't ya think?

I don't want you all to think I'm a grinch or anything- believe me, I had my fair share of fun in the snow this weekend! Here are a few pics from my snow adventure with my roomie, Kay. It was like Kay's personal photo shoot this weekend haha (I know, I know, I'm sick of her too)! :)

First, we ventured to our cars- Kay wasn't too thrilled that her car was completely submerged in snowy goodness.






See! It was like her own little shoot!


Here's proof that I actually was there!





Climbing to the veeery top of a GINOROUS snowpile...


Apparently the snow was very yummy...I just took her word for it.


Bring it, snow! Victorious!


Ok, last one- she's gonna kill me. Here's Kay right after she jumped in the thigh-high amount of snow and then she almost faceplanted. Awesome.



Hope everyone had fun playing in the snow! And if you didn't get a chance to play in snow, don't worry, we have 10-20 more inches coming tomorrow.

Don't wear 45 SPF sunscreen if you want even a slight chance of getting a tan...

That is certainly what I learned on my mini vacation down in Ft. Myers, Florida this past weekend! Other than forgetting to look at the sunscreen bottle when I was applying it, I had a nice, relaxing, WARM few days in Florida!

I thoroughly enjoyed the 80 degree weather, while I was making fun of my friends who were snowed-in in DC! Well, karma's a you-know-what and now I'm back in VA and it's snowing again! Annnnd it's supposed to snow (A LOT) this weekend too! C'moooon, Spring- get here soooon! :)

I had so much fun hanging with my family and old family friends! Can't wait to visit again :)
Here are a few shots from my last day down South (when it was snowing in VA haha!):

I just looked out my window- it's still snowing. Maybe if I look at these pictures long enough it'll magically stop snowing and turn 80 degrees? maaaybe?



Hmm...the snowplow just went by outside, so I'm thinking that's probably unlikely haha


Apparently this ice cream man has been roaming the beach with his palm tree and cart for years! He definitely had a tan that I was jealous of!


While I was walking around on the pier, I made a few new friends! Three beautiful pelicans were just chillin' waiting for fishermen to throw them some fish! There was a whole crowd of people around them, but that didn't seem to bother them. One of them seemed to love the photo op, he kept strutting up to me and posing.




Afterwards, we ended an awesome day in beautiful Naples! We caught a college ball game and drank a few beers while looking out on the water- seriously doesn't get more relaxing than that!




Can't wait for my next vacay (and some warm weather)!
:)

Your Significant Other Will TOTALLY love you if...

...you sign up for a Special Valentine's Shoot!

Here's what they would say upon finding out that you are such an awesome boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/husband/kinda bf-gf/it's complicated gf-bf...
1. WoW! (Insert name here), how thoughtful of you!
2. You're, by far, the sweetest person I know!
3. Yes! Now I can't wait for my photo-op! ANTM here I come!

Ok, so maybe they won't say all of those, maybe they'll say one thing, maybe they'll just give you a big ol' smooch (I hope it's all of them PLUS the smooch!). Why don't you find out?!



In order to be applicable for the special rate, the sessions must take place within 30 miles of where I live. Want more details? Just email me atangelina.photography@yahoo.com

Book by February 5th for you shoot to receive the special rate
Shoots must take place between January 25- February 28

Book ASAP!
Yay! Taking pictures of people in love just make me happy! :)

When life deals you a bad hand...

...well, just deal with it!
I have never been the philosophical type, so just bear with me haha.
All, I can say is, thank goooodness for patient friends...and a handy cheat sheet :)

Last night I played poker- and when I say "played," I mean "failed miserably," but certainly learned. Luckily we started with $10, so I only lost $9.65 by the end of the night. This obviously just means that I'm hustlin my friends- I just WANT them to think that I'm bad, so next time I'll kick butt. Yeah...that's it. :)


I didn't even have to use the cheat sheet once (ok, no, that's a TOTAL lie)! It only took a quick lesson at work which involved cutting out fake cards and getting quizzed (thanks, Cindy!), and some quick lessons before the game (thanks, Eric and Nathan!), but I think I got it?



I swear I won a few rounds- really! But then everyone's piles of chips started to get bigger and bigger (like enough to make cool towers), and mine started getting smaller and smaller.



Was it worth the $9.65? Definitely!




Watch out, people! I'm a card shark (or maybe I will be eventually...) :)

My friends also thought I was taking pictures of them all last night...psssh, told ya I was actually taking pictures of the table, people!

Everyone have a great weekend! :)

Lauren and Mike Sibling Shoot! :)

Let me preface this post with: IT WAS SO COLD!

Ok, seriously...so so cold! Lauren and Mike decided to give their parents pictures as a gift (how cute!), so we ventured out into the freeeeezing weather to get some fun shots! What troopers!

The good thing about the freezing weather? Nice rosy cheeks and natural wind-blown hair! Those were definitely some pluses- blush was not needed that day, that's for sure!

Here are a few of my fave shots...Enjoy!

I loooove swings! We stopped for a little while to watch a frisbee game going on in the park. Swings are always fun, but when it's so so cold out, using the swings can only be fun for so long haha...

Love these pictures- I wanted to hop on the swings with them :)


I think this is my favorite picture from the shoot- love it!

I told you I love swings- here are a few more!









Lauren has approximately 6.47 million books in her apartment. Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but still- it's a lot! We used some of her really cool, vintage classics for the shoot. When it comes to books, I definitely judge a book by its cover (don't judge me!), and these books were just too pretty to pass up!






Yeeeees, a slide!!! I think this was about the time that Mike decided he wanted to kill me for making him play on the playground (and the whole cold thing probably didn't help either). Seriously, what a trooper!



Here's a little natural hair-blowing action. This can serve as evidence of what these two went through to get some cute pics :)







Lauren and Mike- thanks so much for coming out with me that day! You two put up with a lot! :) Hope your parents enjoy the pictures!

Like a Kid in a Candy Store...

New Year's Weekend my roomie and I headed up to MD to see our awesome college friend, Laura, who hosted a fun fun fuuun Gingerbread House party!

Seriously, eating lots and lots of candy and icing might be fun at first, but a half an hour later the crazy sugar high fades away and you just never want to see candy ever again.

It felt like Halloween to me- it was almost as if I overturned my completely full pillow case of candy on the floor, sorted it, and just started eating. And eating. And eating. Ok, you get the picture...

Well, besides crashing after the sugar rush, we had an awesome time! Our personalized gingerbread houses are still sitting all pretty on our kitchen counter. Yay! :)

And the hostess with the mostest....

So I finally have my new computer which means fun stuff is comin at you guys! Please be patient with me as I change around my blog and FINALLY launch my website! Yeeeees!! :)

Jackie and Dylan are Engaged!

Christmas weekend was awesome, I had a fun trip and spent time with my family, and oh yeah- met a really awesome couple who are getting married in 2011! :)
Jackie and Dylan were referred to me by a friend (Kathleen, you rock!) and I couldn't be happier to work with them. They were such a sweet couple and had absolutely no problem showing people how much they loved each other in public! Jackie and Dylan met in elementary school, but didn't start dating until high school- Jackie admits that she often frequented the movie theater just to see Dylan because, at the time he worked there.

After graduation, Dylan joined the Navy (Let's go Navy!), and has been stationed in Japan for 3 years while Jackie's been studying at JMU. Ok, seriously, Japan is waaay too far away from Virginia, and the two were only able to see eachother a few times during his deployment. It's NO wonder Dylan was alll about kissing his girl during the shoot! :)

I met up with the couple in the heart of DC on a beautiful (surprisingly warm day) and we got some fun shots! Here are a few of my faves :




We started the shoot off at the Navy War Memorial which has a HUGE world map in the middle of it. Jackie and Dylan stood on San Diego, where they'll be moving next! Cute, right?!












Then we moved on to the National Archives. Love love loooove taking pictures there! So pretty...





































Congratulations, Dylan and Jackie, and good luck with all of the fun wedding planning! :) It was so fun to work with you both!