let me say planning GTG’s isn’t as easy one may think.  personally i LOVE planning parties & casual friendly gatherings…

my friend Armin takes GTG’s for photogs to a whole new level for our profession.

EFFICIANT.TALENTED.HELPFUL.ORGANIZED…and yep, a bit of a ball buster (can i write that on a blog?)…. for this last gtg he actually had to turn peeps away to keep crowd control.  a tough situation to be in…AND some of YOU did NOT show because of rain…YOU KNOW WHO U R!!! ;) 

i adore armin & thank him for all of his hard work.  such a fun afternoon with the weather turning out quite pleasant.

i had a fantastic time shooting all of you…even though i was photographing your cameras…i mean really…do u think we like our 70-200’s? nope…not at all…

thank you Ali McLaughlin, Kelly S, Ivonne E. for modeling & Kelly Woods of Facemode!

~hopefully more to come on italy soon…BUT…in the meanwhile my good friend & fabulous photog Jen has AMAZING images with many details from our adventure…visit her blog HERE ~

just joking…no rules were BROKEN

troy

mario…(as i’m uploading the images the song “LET”S GET READY TO RUMBLE” is playing in my head…

christie…wondering if she was @ WPPI?

kari

armin

asim

ron

 ali

 shelby

theresa

noah…our light master w/hennessey, ryan, asim & kelly

 ME…oh my word…that isn’t me on the ground!!!

ivonne

the majority of us have a “list” of places we would like to visit within our lifetime.  one of the numerous i have on my list has had a visit from me! POMPEII,ITALY…one of my TOP three actually…i won’t go into the entire history  of Pompeii (too long) but here is a link for additional information on Pompeii.

when immersing myself in history i can ENVISION how individuals from a particular era lived, breathed, & co-existed…taking my mind to a place of culture & life  hundreds of years ago…i have an extrememly over active imagination…& i’m very visual…..

for ONCE my husband didn’t give me too hard of a time for slightly bending the rules…ahem..it was truly to our benefit…(remember i immerse myself)….

Guiseppi (one of the guards) caught me climbing over fences & roped off areas…well just twice…i think. there was one place in particular that we all wanted to see…HOUSE OF MENANDER…he TRULY was sooooo sweet & gracious that after jen & i pleaded he gave us a  PRIVATE tour of the house of menander…an area of pompeii that as of now cannot be seen by the public.  he even continued to show us a few other “off” limit areas…we just adored him!  even with the language bearier we were able to communicate pretty well with him…;)

**i do not endorse being a rule breaker…oops…i mean rule BENDER…do so at your own risk**

 Grazie to GUISEPPI our fantastic “tour” guide…

 encased in glass…remains found in the ground of House of Menander

 ORIGINALS

amazing how intact this is…considering what it was used for…(not good)

 me, jen & april…in awe…

kenny trying to keep me out of trouble…