I just found out yesterday that I'm going to be the SECOND SHOOTER for a wedding this weekend in Houston!! :) My lovely friend Mina, who I knew in Saudi Arabia when I lived there for three years, and she now lives in Houston (she's married- I went to her wedding back in March)-well, she found this lead for me!! :) The photographer's name is Ashley and she's been doing professional weddings, portraits, etc. for 10 years. I will basically be following her around the ceremony, family photos, etc. with one of her fancy cameras and taking similar shots to hers, as a backup..and then during the reception I will split from her and take candid photos of people dancing, etc. :) It's a huge Catholic wedding w/ 300 guests! It's going to be a huge party, but Ashley & I will be running around like crazy being super busy taking all these photos. :) I am SO excited!!

I have always wanted to do wedding photography, I just never knew how to break into it. So, if this serves as a good experience, then maybe I'll continue to be a second shooter/assistant for wedding photographers for a while, and then take some more photography classes (I've only taken ONE black & white film photography class back in college). I think that if I had the time and resources to do it, I could be an amazing wedding photographer! I already take millions of photos anyways! Every trip I go on, even if it's only for three or four days- I take between 400-1000 photos! I don't even know how many photos are on my iPhoto on my Macbook, but I think last time I looked it was like 10,000 and that was only since 2004!! :)

Anyways, this girl seems really sweet and I can't wait to help her and learn from her!! :) I'm going to do the best I can! :) I'm planning on getting a lot of rest the night before- because it's a 9 hour event! And, after working 50 hours teaching, I know I'll be kind of tired..but somehow I manage to get all this extra energy on the weekends..I guess b/c I'm not working- I'm playing! :) This will be a JOB, but it will still be fun!! :) Can't wait! I'll let ya'll know how it goes!! :)

Here's a link to Ashley's Photography webpage with her Portfolio! Her work is edgy yet classy! :)
http://www.flashwithash.com

Gosh..I'm SOOOOO excited!! :) YAY! Later guys~ ;)