Long Exposure Photography | Titlow Beach, University Place WA

So Easter weekend I took advantage of the beautiful weather and took some long exposure shots at a beautiful spot in UP/Tacoma called Titlow Beach. I've done pictures with A here, shot an "engagement" session there and also just hung out with my pup. He loves to swim and try to eat seagulls. I look forward to experimenting with long exposure for the remainder of our time in Washington.. I'd like to take one of the lake at the base of Mt. Rainier.. or in the Olympic Peninsula.  But until the summer, these are what I have! 

PS to check out any other photography check out my site here.

things I love

A little list of things I'm loving...

morning workouts - when I actually drag my butt out of bed, it makes me feel great! 

cute shoes

pedicures and froyo 

cutting off 2+ inches of my hair and getting bangs

being able to go to Oregon

teaching my dog new tricks

photographing beautiful families

Riann Photography
being in the double digits for A's graduation/homecoming
hopefully having nice weather (come on Wa, get with the program!)
finding out where we PCS in MAY!
-Acacia

L.O.V.E

There is something about February that brings about the beautiful meaningness of love.. is it because of Valentines Day? Probably. 

But who doesn't love a little love??? 

I am a romantic. Complete with poems, songs and love all that other mushy stuff. 

But then there is that other side of me, pesimistic and a little sad... the one that tells myself constantly that "there is no romantic fairy tale, its all a lie" until I look at the people I get to photograph, and while it might not be a fairy tale, there is romance and love.

For instance Sarah & Dustin - they are adorable! They were all about me using them for the mushy, gushy stuff that my heart lives for! I realize that I am lucky to have the job I do, the people I work with and the fact that being in a setting as dreary as the PacNW can be, I get to be the one who sees love on a semi-regular basis. 

Even though the man in the picture above isn't very romantic, and while we're in a tough spot in our relationship, I feel pretty blessed to know that my best friend is the person I come home to. Even if he makes me want to smack him upside the head... 

Happy Valentines Day! 

A little baby

No, I'm not pregnant. 

But I had the best time with this babes newborn session! 

Mr. Elias made his way into the world, you can read about their maternity and newborn session here and also keep in mind that I'm still offering four free sessions a month, February is almost full! 

Time moves swiftly

Seriously. 

I picked A up from his squadron... about two months ago and he leaves again for his new job (YAY!) training in March. Its a little bittersweet for me, I'm not going to speak for him. We were sitting there thinking about how we can spend more time together -hi there full time job, photography AND gym - and we came to the conclusion that we really should look at me moving with him. I've been pretty steadfast in saying no, but then we calculated out the actual time we've spent together in three years.. subtract 3 deployments (1.5 year(s) then about 3-4 TDYs during that six month "down time" and also in some other schools that he's done, vacations to his parents, which unfortunately I don't always get to go on.. we've been together for about six months. Yeah. So to all those pushing us to get married or for him to "man up" maybe take a look at it from our side? 

So this is my semi-kinda informal way of saying that A & I will be moving to his next duty station together! 

Any ways, some awesome big things happened for myself, well and A.. I bought a new car -can't remember if I told you guys.. - its a red 2005 corolla named Lola -thank you Vicky!- and I just shot the most adorable maternity session, but am waiting for baby E to make his arrival to write about it -any day now baby!!- I've made it to being the #2 spot on my team at work, the person in front of me only has about 200 calls on me.. so I'll get there. 

Oh I've found She Reads Truth which is an AMAZING community of women in Christ! Seriously, this last devotional we did was AH-MAY-ZING called Fresh Start... I was able to lay it all out there, not be judged and just revel in the fact that God chose to save me, of all people, and that I need to scream this from the roof tops!! But for realsies, check them out, even if you just want to know more about God, about the Bible.. check them out :) but be prepared to have all of yourself changed by His awesome word. 

Well, I suppose I should run off to work now, its insane how time flies in the morning hour. I will be blogging on a more regular basis now that I have my schedule back on track.

-Acacia 

Oh my how time flies!

Hello everyone and hellllllloooooo 2013! I'm still here busy as a bee and working on some big things, great changes and a more Christ centered life.

I have been doing this disappearing act with everyone, so don't feel like you're the only ones. This weekend I plan on sitting down to start looking at a blog designer and getting more things written to keep you all entertained. I'm revamping my photography as well, working on getting a better name out there with the work to show it which is why I am offering four free sessions a month (newborns and weddings are not free, sorry!) so if you're in the puget sound/western Washington area please email me ASAP as spots are filling up! I'll post more later on this.
Love y'all
-acacia