Life can have some pretty crazy twists and turns. I've definitely come to learn that first hand over the past year.

(For those of you non-photogs, actions are basically just effects on images that you can record and recreate in one click, instead of going through all the steps every time you want to achieve that effect)

In early 2009 I started developing actions that applied textures faster and more effectively than anyone else ever had. Initially I was just making them for myself but soon realized that this was something everyone could benefit greatly from. I spent the next year developing more and more actions that not only applied textures lightning fast but also some that put really amazing effects on photos. Now the actions are finally done and we launched the website (yes you can buy them now) yesterday! Its been such a long time in the making I can't believe that it has actually arrived.

http://www.lifecameraactions.com

I knew we had a great product but after the overwhelmingly good feedback I got from photogs who got their hands on the actions early I knew that this was really something. So, early this year I decided to go out on a limb and sign up as an exhibitor for WPPI to show off the actions on the biggest stage imaginable. I never realized how much time and money went into having a booth (and making it awesome) but I'm confident we're going to kill it. So here we are, just a tiny little company amidst all these photo industry giants, and I think we are getting ready to take the world by storm. We are so excited for WPPI and especially the trade show. We will also be selling our entire action set - The Sweet Suite, for only $200 here at WPPI only! (That's $100 off folks!) We would love to have you swing by our booth #1272 and say hi and save big on some awesome actions! If you can't make it out to Vegas for the show you can use code: WPPI2010 on our website to get $10 off your order!

Looking forward to seeing you here!

I also want to give a shoutout to my great friends Kyle Shultz and Matt DeBackere who are helping me out in my booth. I couldn't do it without you guys!

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As you know, we are in Italy! Its such a beautiful country and we are have a great time!

For years now, I have been getting asked one question from everyone, "When are you and Casey getting engaged?" Well thankfully you don't have to ask me any more! Casey and I are officially engaged!

So why the wait? Well, if you know me, you know I don't do anything on a small scale. If it is worth doing, its worth doing epically. So for the past few years, I've been planning on bringing Casey to Italy to propose. She's been dying to see the Sistine Chapel for years now so I knew that it would be the perfect place to get down on one knee.

Here's the full story...

I've been planning a "secret" vacation for Casey and I for quite some time now. I took us to a cabin in the Smoky Mountains last year and really enjoyed the planning and teasing Casey about not knowing where we were going. So last week we took off to Chicago to fly to an undisclosed location. When we got to the airport, I decided to go ahead and tell Casey where we were going so she didn't find out from someone else at the airport. So I turned on the video camera and set it on the dashboard. I pulled out our passports (Casey didn't even know that I had one!) and told her we were going to Italy! She started bawling! She thought that was the only secret up my sleeve :)

So we got to Italy and took the first night to rest. While Casey was sleeping I looked up all the info on The Vatican and The Sistine Chapel. Turns out you can't visit on Sunday's (which was original plan) and on Saturday it is only open until 11:30 I believe. So I knew that I had to pop the question that day because it would be my last chance! The next day we set off on a hop-on hop-off tour of Rome.

We got to The Vatican and we had to bust our butts to get to the Sistine Chapel. You have to go through all the museums and everything to get there. Casey almost started crying when we finally walked in. Not just the ceilings are painted, but every inch of the walls. Its really an amazing site to see. No photos are allowed to be taken in the chapel and you have to stay quiet. There are also TONS of people packed in there. I wasn't expecting there to be so many people. We finally got a seat off to the side and just sat and looked at all the different paintings. We were surrounded by people and I wanted to be a little more secluded so it could be a more private moment. Slowly we worked our way down to the corner. Casey kept asking when I wanted to leave and I said we could sit there all day...

(Here's a little backstory to make the next part make sense.)

Many of you know I'm a musician. I write my own songs and I've been writing songs for Casey sense we first started dating. Back when we went to Hawaii Casey lost an iPod that I had bought for her when she graduated college. It had "I'm so proud of you. Love, Brett" engraved in the back. She was really upset that she lost it because it had sentimental value to her.

Back to the engagement...

Like I said, we were sitting in the corner of the Sistine Chapel and I said to Casey, "I can't believe you haven't cried yet." She said she teared up but didn't cry. I said, "maybe we can change that." and I pulled out the new iPod that I bought her, telling her that I knew the other one had so much sentimental value that this was the only way to replace it. So she was really happy about that and I asked her what she wanted to listen to. She said she didn't care so I set it to play a new song that I had written for her called "Four Words." The second she heard my voice she started tearing up. After the first lines "4 years have come and gone... you thought you'd have to wait another one." She really started crying. I love watching her face as each line started to make it clearer and clearer about what was coming next. Here are the lyrics, I'll try to put the full song mp3 on here when we get back.

Four years have come and gone You thought you'd have to wait another one Cuz I played games and lead you on and on and on But I always knew that you were the one

I took my time, you waited patiently I took you on a trip, to Italy The place your heart was dying to see I knew that was the perfect place to get down on one knee

and now you see why this took so long all those days of waiting are finally gone And those years passed like seconds because our lives start right this minute

I've got 4 words to say 4 words to say are you ready?

Will you marry me? (of course all this sounds better in the actual song than just in words :)

Then there was an interlude for tears...

You're so cute even when you cry I'll work my fingers to the bone wiping tears from your eyes and you have made me the happiest man alive and I promise to return the favor for the rest of my life

...

Once the song hit the "get down on one knee" part Casey just lost it. She was sobbing uncontrollably into my shoulder. Considering that it is really quiet in the Sistine Chapel there were a lot of people looking over wondering what was going on. We were in our own world though and didn't pay attention to anyone else. When the song hit the chorus I got down on one knee with the ring. She was just bawling and didn't really answer me, haha. Back to crying into my shoulder. I asked "so was that a yes?" It was :) She hadn't really looked at the ring yet so I was trying to force her eyes down to check it out (because its awesome.) It was exactly what she wanted!

So we just sat there in the Sistine Chapel holding each other as Casey glanced at the ring every couple minutes. It was a moment years in the making and we were both glad that it had finally come!

Here are a couple pictures of the ring and us after the engagement! I'll post pictures and info about our trip later!

We weren't supposed to take pictures in the chapel but I had to try and sneak one!

And here is a little preview of what is to come :)

Well folks, the moment has finally come to for you to find out where this secret vacation is! Drumroll please! ............. WE'RE GOING TO ITALY! We will try to keep you posted on facebook and I'll blog if I get the chance (or have internet.) We'll be back February 22nd! Until then, check out the sweet promotion we are doing below. Free MacBooks!

Yesterday I promised one of the most ridiculously awesome promotions in photography history - today I'm delivering!

The idea is simple, juniors and seniors are going to need computers for college (and of course for facebook too!) and parents typically have to foot the bill. This year, we want to help you out by giving you a FREE MacBook! Here at the studio, Macs are all we use and we LOVE them! Now you have a chance to get one of your own!

We know what you are thinking... "What's the fine print?" "Ya right." or the ever popular "This sounds too good to be true."

Well, its not. All you have to do is refer 12 of your friends to us and they have to book a senior session. That's it! As soon as they all pay their session fee, we'll order your MacBook and you can come pick it up. No strings attached, no fine print, and no BS. Its that easy! Let me make it perfectly clear - we WANT to buy A LOT of these! Guess what else - YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE OUR CLIENT! So if you are a senior and you made the mistake of going somewhere else (tisk tisk) you can still send us your friends and get a MacBook. If you are a junior and haven't booked your session yet (we know you are coming to us anyway ;) you can get one of these badboys too!

Hopefully now you are thinking "Sign me up!"

Just email the studio (my new assistant Alisha will be taking care of you!) at info@jarnaginphotography.com, let her know if you are a previous client, and give her your mailing address. We'll send you brochures with all sorts of information about Jarnagin Photography to pass out to all your friends (or total strangers!) On those brochures will be your own personal code for your friends to use when they book their session. That way we can keep track of how many people you have referred! Your friends will also get a 20% discount on their session fee with that code and will be entered in a drawing for a FREE iPad. Everybody wins!

DEADLINE! - All your friends must book a date with us and pay their session fee by MAY 1ST, 2010! Email us NOW to get started!

There will also be a BONUS PRIZE for the person who refers the most friends so don't feel like you have to stop once you get your MacBook!

Do you remember 2009? It already seems so long ago. That's why I feel really lame just now posting some of my favorite sessions from late 09'! I suppose I could have just told you it was from yesterday and you wouldn't have known, but I don't want to violate our trusting relationship, haha.

First, I just have to say that this session was a freaking blast! Lindsay and TJ are awesome and I really wish they lived closer so we could hang out!

They wanted to do the session in St. Louis so I talked Casey into taking the day off so she could go with me. We met up at the Casino Queen and decided to take my car into the city because I had more room. Now we had never met before the session so their first impression of me has to be that I'm a ridiculously messy, pack rat because I had to clear out my back seat for them. I gave them some sample wedding albums to check out while I carried armfuls of crap to my trunk (and I'm pretty sure it is all still in there!) Once my disaster was out of site, we headed into the arch. TJ proposed there so it had some special meaning to them. I really love the shots we got (you can actually check out a 24x36 gallery wrap of one of them in the Shelbyville Dairy Queen!)

Next we started exploring. The second time I ever shot in St. Louis some creepy homeless dude was trying to tell us to go into an abandon parking garage because their was some really cool graffiti in there. As tempting as getting raped and killed by a horde of homeless guys is, we decided to pass. We were already in a slightly shady area (those are always the best though.) So of course I ended up taking us to the same place. This time there was a drunken homeless guy stumbling around in the street taunting the traffic. I peered down the road in the direction homeless guy number 1 mentioned and saw a cool looking building. Then I asked Linsday and TJ if they were okay with going down there. I said if we got creeped out we would just leave. Being the awesome couple that they are they said that was completely fine. So we packed up the gear in the car and started driving around this place. Its like 10 blocks of buildings that just seem abandon (well, other than the homeless dudes hanging out in "self-storage" facilities.) There is a strange kind of calm down there although you don't feel it until you get over the paranoia that you are going to get stabbed, haha. It has really become one of my favorite places to shoot because there are so many different colors, textures, and buildings to shoot around.

We basically shot until it was getting too dark and then I decided to take us all out to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner. Casey and I had never been and we were going to go there anyway so we figured we might as well enjoy our time with these two while we could! The food is pretty good but obviously the cheesecake is what it is all about. You should probably check it out sometime.

As always, I've included some of my favorite pictures from the session. Be sure to check back soon because I will be announcing how current seniors and juniors (and their parents) can earn a new MacBook for FREE in what is probably one of the craziest promotions in photography history!

When Angela first contacted me about photographing her wedding, I instantly suggested doing a day after session. They are great because you have no time limitations, you can go anywhere, and if the dress gets a little dirty, who cares? Then I said something to the effect of, "you know what would be really cool? If we did your day after session and then trashed your dress in the ocean!" Well, they are still having a reception back home and she is going to wear her main dress so I recommended getting one from a thrift store. The next day (which was Christmas) Angela texted me saying she found a dress already. I was a little confused how she found one so fast (and why a thrift store was open on Christmas) but whatever! Turns out they had bought another dress awhile back or something. I'm not entirely sure, the point is she had another dress to trash and thats all I really cared about, haha.

When Casey and I got to Maui, the first thing we did was travel off the beaten path. It seemed like everything and everyone was south of where our hotel was. So we drove north to explore the island. As I said in my first blog about this trip, it was truly amazing. Angela and Curt had yet to travel up that way so for the day after session I decided we would take them on our little "tour" of the island and then shoot at all these incredible locations while we were at it.

(Some of the pictures are displaying strangely... let me know if blocks of the pictures are all grey on your computer.)

This first picture might be my favorite from the trip for a lot of reasons. Mainly because I'm about 100% sure nobody else would have gone to such lengths to get this shot. It took me a good five minutes or so just to climb down to this spot and I probably could have gotten seriously injured in the process (a reoccurring theme as you will see.)

Well this is a background you don't get to use in Illinois!

For this shot I actually was actually a little freaked out taking it. We were on a cliff (again) and for me to get this angle there was only one place I could be. Unfortunately that place was a slope with nothing but cinders for traction. Had my footing slipped I would have taken a nice long plunge to my death. I do what I have to do to get the shot though!

When you are shooting on cliffs along the ocean it is really really windy. I take my off camera flash with me everywhere I go and it has an octobox attached to it. It catches the wind like a sail! I'm so thankful to have had Casey there to hold that thing because all of these shots would be impossible without her and that flash.

Remember the picture of this road? I just added people :)

I was just standing in the road trying not to get hit by cars while these two did their thing!

We got caught up in shooting and lost track of time (and more importantly the sun.) Our plan was to finish up at the hotel on the beach at sunset. So we hopped in the car and raced back. It took WAY longer than we anticipated to get back so I gave Casey my camera equipment and told them all to just run out there while I parked the car and I'd catch up. So they took off and I finally found a spot and started sprinting out to the beach. We started shooting right away. We got there just in time.

(notice how the clouds are awesome to the right and non existent to the left because that will be part of the story in a second.)

This shot is amazing if I do say so myself.

Ok here is where we get to actual trashing of the dress of this session (and this is also where this story gets pretty hilarious.) The plan was to trash the dress in the ocean at sunset. We were thinking like sexy, sultry shots of them in the water. I've seen a lot of sessions like this and have always wanted to do it. Here's the problem that we didn't consider... Hawaii is the surfing capital of the world which equals pretty good sized waves hitting you, knocking you down, and crushing any chance of taking a relaxed, sexy kind of portrait. It does, however, open up the chance for some really comical pictures. I probably have twenty shots of this but these two are the most comical. (there is also some video of this whole thing that I'll try and post when I get ahold of it!)

As soon as they sat down and the water came up over them, this was the face Curt made. He kept his right arm suspended in the air the whole time they were in the water. It's just hilarious that his entire body was wet but for some reason he was really concerned about his right arm getting wet. I think Angela might have peed her pants laughing during all of this. (Notice how far up the water is and think about where I had to be to take this picture with a 70-200mm lens.)

After they got drenched we took a few more shots of them standing in the water. Now I am wearing jeans, my shootsac (with all my lenses), and have absolutely no intention of getting in the water... BUT as you have no doubt already learned, I'll do anything to get the shot. Remember how those clouds were only along the coast? Well the only way to have a background full of those clouds was to get in the water. I was getting pummeled by waves and since I was shooting, had no clue when they were coming. I almost fell into the water with my camera once. I was so in the zone though that I didn't really even notice how far out I had gotten. I was totally focused on getting the shots I wanted and nothing else existed at that moment. The session ended abruptly when a wave came up almost to my chest not only soaking me, but filling my camera bag (which is made of neoprene) with all my lenses with water and that brought me back to reality. I said, "ok we're done!" ran out of the ocean, and started handing lenses off to people to dry. My phone also got soaked. Somehow ALL of my equipment still works. That's why you buy Canon L Series lenses! (although my $1,500 50mm f/1.2 did get broken at the reception though when a waiter accidentally kicked it but that is neither hither nor dither.)

(Notice Curt is still a little concerned about his right arm! haha)

In all seriousness, this trip was one of the best experiences of our lives. Not only did we get to visit one of the most beautiful places on Earth, but we got to share it with two amazing people and their wonderful families. Curt and Angela, thank you guys so much for taking us along, making it such a memorable experience, and making us feel like part of your family.

First off, I just wanted to say it is really crazy how many people read this blog and are up to date with my Facebook and Twitter! Since we have gotten back it seems like everyone knows we went to Hawaii. (Someone even told me yesterday they "recognized me from the internet" haha) It's hard to believe so many people read this blog because hardly anybody leaves any comments! I'd be much more motivated to post a lot more blogs if I had some sort of "comment incentive" (wink wink.) So don't be shy; pipe up and say something!

Anyway, lets get down to what everyone has been asking me about for the past week... Curt and Angela's Hawaii wedding!

There isn't really much for me to say other than it was incredible. The photos tell the story much better than I could ever do with words so lets just get to the pictures! It was incredibly difficult to narrow these down!

(side note: the trash the dress session is coming up in part 3 of this epic saga)

I only had Angela out on the beach for a couple minutes because it was really windy and I didn't want her hair (which Casey did) to get battered! Definitely worth it for this shot though!

Here's a bridal portrait I guarentee has never been taken at The Westin Maui. I love going to places that have probably had hundreds and hundreds of weddings and doing something completely different.

Photographing Angela is just too easy!

This looks like a photo for a cologne ad.

Going for the Miami Vice look here

Believe it or not, Curt is actually a pretty smiley guy. He just looks so smooth with the serious face!

I love the lines in this one!

Now to the ceremony! By far the most beautiful ceremony I've ever shot. The light was perfect and these two were just adorable up there. In a typical ceremony there is probably a total of 1 minute that a handful of things happen: tears, smiles, eyes locking, souls connecting, and a kiss. You've got to be on your toes to catch those moments. Usually what goes into a wedding album design comes from those few fleeting moments. Well, with these two, the entire ceremony was just photographic perfection. I narrowed these down a lot but there were SO many touching shots!

I don't know if Curt was actually crying here or not. He's probably going to kick my butt either way!

On the other hand, Angela was definitely crying!

Cuteness again.

Some of you saw that I photographed the couple with MAGIC JOHNSON! Here's proof! Quick little story about this shot... Magic was sitting at the bar at the resort watching a basketball game with his buddies. We knew we had to get a picture with him because who can say they have a wedding photo with Magic Johnson? So we sent Angela up to ask him thinking that he can't turn a beautiful bride down on her wedding day! He seemed reluctant at first but then got up. I asked him to take a step forward so there would be a spot for Curt and he said something like "Uh, son, we'll take it right here." So I was just like, ok, you are Magic Johnson, haha. So we got the shot (my shadow is in it so technically I'm in the picture too) and then we headed down to the beach. Thanks Magic!

Everybody was laughing so hard when we were taking this I thought they were going to drop Angela! I'm not even sure what was said that was cracking everyone up but it must have been good!

We finished out the evening with a nice dinner at the Hyiatt (where a waiter accidentally kicked my camera and broke a $1400 lens... but hey, I got to shoot a wedding in the most beautiful place on earth!)

Curt and Angela (and your families), thank you guys again for allowing us to share this incredible experience with you!

If you think what you have seen so far is good, just wait for the TRASH THE DRESS SESSION! PICTURES COMING SOON!

Man, 2009 has been pretty darn amazing. Thank you to everyone in my life who made it that way!

Looking back over the past year, I can't believe how far I've come as a person and as a photographer. I've been so blessed to have such an amazing life and such wonderful people to share it with. And being able to capture the best moments and milestones in other people's lives is a pretty incredible opportunity that I am thankful for every day. Tonight I said goodbye to 2009 (well except for those handful of wedding albums that are still being designed) and like most people, am looking forward to all that 2010 will bring. I've already got so much to look forward too! Weddings to shoot in Hawaii, Florida, Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago.... and who knows where else! I'm also going to be an exhibitor at WPPI in Vegas for Life. Camera. Actions. Adding even more adventure into the mix that is "Oh-10" is taking Casey on another mystery vacation this winter! Ok, I'm starting to ramble because I am genuinely excited about all that is to come. One other huge, life improving change? I hired a full time assistant (her name is Alisha, she rocks, and you are going to be getting to know her a lot more soon!) Maybe this year I won't run myself into the ground... well as deep as I did in 09 :)

One of my top 5 resolutions for the new year is to BLOG MORE (up there with cut back on soda and start working out again!) Its been like 20 days since my last blog... its like the cold war of blogs. Hopefully not all of you wonderful blog stalkers have lost faith in me!

Hopefully within the next week I'm going to be dropping some awesome top 10 countdowns of my favorite images/moments of 2009. This process is going to be substantially more difficult than last year! What will nab the number 1 image of the year!? Jeez, I don't even know that! Leave some comments and let me know your favorites in hopes that you will persuade me to decide on mine, haha.

Happy New Year everyone! Make it the best year of your life! (so far)

"Far From Traditional" has recently become my new motto. Of course, it has always been my style but I hadn't yet put the words together. People have really seemed to embrace my anti-traditional ways. This year, I have only had to take senior portraits of ONE person indoors because their parents requested it. Its funny that when I started doing photography I thought that I had to have a studio to do indoor pictures... now I have a 2,000 sq ft studio and hardly ever take pictures indoors! The walls of a studio feel like a chokehold on my creativity (even though I actually love the pictures I took inside this year.) For the past couple years I have dreaded taking senior pictures of 2 things - sports and vehicles. Why? For some reason, I always thought people wanted "traditional" pictures of those two things. I guess because that is all I had really seen done. So this year I decided that if I was going to take pictures of those things, I was going to make them awesome. Looking back through 2009, I'd say I've succeeded. So much so that these types of pictures have become my favorite to take. Instrument pictures always seem to be done really lame too but I love making them epic!

Here are a handful of my favorite sports, vehicle, and instrument pictures of '09!

A few of Jake from today (huge congrats to Pana on their awesome football season!)

Can you tell where this was taken?

Well, after 339 days and 28 weddings, my year is finally coming to a close. It has been one crazy year! I've got mixed feelings now. On one hand, I'm definitely ready for a break. I've only had a couple days off in the past 8 months. On the other hand, I'm probably going to go crazy not being able to shoot every day! For now I'm still wrapping up all the wedding albums that need designed and all the print orders from recent sessions. I can't wait for all the things to come in '010... we need to decide right now if we are going to say "O-10", "2010", or just "10." Leave a comment and let me know :)

Anyway, I was lucky enough to go out with a bang this year! Sarah and Mike (who are awesome) got married in the St. Francis Xavier College Church in St. Louis last weekend. It is definitely the coolest church in St. Louis and if you are getting married there, you need to hire me ;) Somehow the weather was in the upper 60's! I must say, it was a perfect day and these two are perfect for each other.

It is an unwritten rule than when shooting in St. Louis, you have to go to The Arch and Busch Stadium. So I obliged and we got some quick shots at those spots. There is another unwritten rule that states, if you hire Brett Jarnagin, you have to be willing to go to some pretty random (and sometimes shady) locations! So after our shots at The Arch and Busch, we took the stretch Hummer (ya, we're ballas) down to the ghetto. There is this old, abandon area of STL just off the beaten path and it is PERFECT for my style of shooting. Sarah and Mike (like most of my clients) were totally willing to go wherever I wanted and, for that, they've got some really awesome pictures!

Congrats guys and thank you so much for everything! (They even tipped me. I told you these two were awesome!)

These two were so cute up on the alter!

Funny story about this Hummer. Apparently the company had doubled booked the stretch limo or something so they had to triple upgrade Mike and Sarah to the stretch Hummer because that was all that was left! PIMP!

This little boy was hilarious. He kept crawling in between everyone during the major dances.

The sky was looking pretty cool outside so I pulled Mike and Sarah out for some photos to wrap up the day with. What? You thought I wouldn't get some epic skies in the last wedding of the year!? Ya right!

This is one of my (many) favorite engagement sessions of the year. Not only did the pictures turn out great, but these two are SO much fun to hang out with! I love when the clients and I feel like we have known each other for forever. Hanging out with these guys was a blast and I can't wait for their wedding!

At last, the new (and vastly improved) proofing site is here! I must say, it is pretty sweet! Just a few of the new features include -a shopping cart -payment with credit/debit -adding favorites to narrow down your choices easier -black and white previews -cropping previews (you can even adjust the crop to your liking!) -zooming in on images -email receipts -and tons of other cool stuff (plus lots I haven't even found yet)

To celebrate the death of that crappy old proofs site and in honor of Black Friday I'm going to be doing a HUGE sale on all prints ordered between 5 a.m. on Black Friday till midnight of Black Monday.

All prints will be 40% off!
All orders over $500 will get free shipping! Orders over $600 will get some sort of secret surprise bonus gift!

ALSO if you want to buy a $100 Jarnagin Photography gift certificate (or several of them) you can do that on the new site. Just click "View Public Products" and go from there. From now until Monday you can buy a $100 gift certificate for only $75! There's nothin better than getting more than what you paid for!

All purchases must be in addition to any packages or print credits you currently have.

I'll be posting all my weddings from 2009 so brides and grooms be sure to tell all your family and friends! If anyone else would like their gallery up just let me know and I'd be glad to do it. To get into the gallery you will just have to type in the couple's last name (all lowercase) when prompted for a password.

So without further adieu, go check out the sample gallery I posted! The password is "sample"

http://www.jarnaginproofs.com/pickpic/gallery

Be sure to check it out again Black Friday through Black Monday for your chance to save big!

UPDATE: It is 5:30 a.m. on Friday and I've been trying to get all these weddings uploaded for almost 10 hours now. There were some technical difficulties with the site launch that set me back about 12 hours. SO, almost all the weddings are up. The only way to check is to go to the site and type in the couple's last name (all lowercase) in the password field. If it says invalid then wait until later. I'll have to finish uploading the rest when I wake up in a few hours! Be sure to tell your friends and family!

I had a blast working with Alexa (and cracking up watching her mom try to work the reflector :)

I can always tell the girls who watch America's Next Top Model because they start off right away hitting 2 poses per second, haha. We slow it down a little bit, but I love it because they are willing to do any kind of weird pose I want. Alexa was pretty awesome and was one heck of a model! This girl can work it!