a photo shoot with some visitors of the kansas variety

Posted on September 21, 2009 by chloe elizabeth

First of all, how have I not blogged in almost three weeks? Okay, I know the answer to that question, but sad.

Second, and more importantly…these three lovely people were in town this weekend, so this morning we had a little photo shoot. I always get super nervous taking pictures for people when they actually hope one is going to turn out…but thankfully, I got a lot of cute shots. Here are a couple of them. And I’m not saying are my absolute favorites, but they were the quickest to get edited and up on the blog.

P.S. I’m not sure why these look so pixelated, but sleep is at a premium these days, so I’m not going to worry about it.
P.S. #2 The actions I used are Pioneer Woman’s Old West (I customized it) and Pioneer Woman’s Quick Edge Burn

playing with actions (or what i am doing while i should be getting ready for church)

Posted on August 23, 2009 by chloe elizabeth

This is the Conservatory Garden…part of the oh so beautiful and amazing Central Park. Sarah and I went at the very beginning of my summer in NYC. It was overcast…but that made for lovely pictures especially since almost no one was there (minus a little wedding that was happening). I love this little walk. Like the oh so famous Poet’s Walk, but much smaller and less populous. Anyway…I applied a few different actions to this (most from The Pioneer Woman) and I am loving them! The photo above is the original…and then you can see just how many different things you can do with a little Photoshop. (Some of the differences are super subtle…but don’t let that fool you!)

And here is my lovely friend, Julie…the beautiful bride, and her best friend, Natalie. The photo looked pretty good to begin with (that’s how it works when you have pretty friends), but I loved giving it a totally different feel with a little action application.

Now, I don’t necessarily love all of these actions for this particular photo (it’s kind of fun how certain styles just don’t work for certain events), but it is fun to see them all.

la foccacia

Posted on August 20, 2009 by chloe elizabeth

This summer I’ve been able to spend some time with the other intern from my school. He’s an undergrad, but we are both interning at the same company in HR and he is just a gem. I also adore his wife, which makes hanging out with him even better. The two of them have been living in Astoria (a neighborhood in Queens) and they invited me to join them for dinner last week to see just what it was like. P.S. Astoria is great…if you aren’t single.

Last night, as a last hurrah (we both finish our internships on Friday), the three of us headed to dinner in the West Village–aka my neck of the woods. They had never been here and for those of you familiar with the West Village, it is a fabulous neighborhood.

I decided that we needed to go to La Focaccia. Sarah, Sharla, Monica, and I went here one of my first few weeks in town and I had the most amazing salmon I’ve ever had in my life. So last night the debate was to salmon or not to salmon. I decided not to salmon, as evidenced by the photos. So happy I did. Not that the salmon wouldn’t have been fabulous, but the lamb was amazing!!! Why must I love food so much?!

I am sooo going to miss all the fabulousness that is NYC. The good news is Michael, Siri, and I have agreed that we must get together at least once a semester to go to SLC (not even close to NYC, but the best we’ve got) to have good food and reminisce about our days in the city.

With any luck, we’ll all be back here next July and the good times will continue.

P.S. Speaking of luck…send some my way. The next two days are going to be big for me!

P.P.S. Posts to come: Chinese cooking class, Sunday in Brooklyn, my mid-MBA-life-crisis, and the full-story about my summer internship. I promise…once school starts and I’m back to procrastinating the mundane tasks of my boring existence, I will be a much better blogger.

julie and greg got married

Posted on August 12, 2009 by chloe elizabeth

Note: Before looking through the pictures, please understand that I was not the official photographer, which is why a) the majority of the pictures I took were at an angle (I refuse to get in the photographers way or give anyone another camera to look at) and b) I have no pics of just Julie and Greg. Those happened after I had already left for the reception.

This is the only picture I’m going to comment on. Can you see just how much Julie’s dad loves her? I love this picture because I feel like it comes pretty dang close to capturing everything I felt looking at them.

Okay, and maybe this one. The man you see on the left is not Greg, but Julie’s brother, Rob. Julie and this brother are particularly close. Due to the fact that the wedding was in Boston and Rob lives in Alaska, he was not going to be there. Well, a little sibling scheming took place (unbeknownst to Julie and her parents) and Rob showed up in Boston late Friday night. We were all excited to see Julie’s reaction when she saw him. Seriously, it wouldn’t have been better if someone had scripted and directed the scene. Julie walked into the room in the temple, totally oblivious. Her mom tried to make her look. Nothing. Then, suddenly, she saw him. She stopped breathing momentarily, walked out of the room, and began to sob–think Emma Thompson at the end of Sense and Sensibility, right after Hugh Grant comes back and explains that he is not married. Yes…it was just like that. We were all in tears by the time she came back into the room.

a little boston preview

Posted on August 11, 2009 by chloe elizabeth

My darling friend, Julie, got married on Saturday. Unfortunately, because I’m not obsessed with Photoshop, it may take a while to get all of the pictures up. In the meantime…here are two that I decided to really play with. I love it!

In addition to more photos, I’ll have more to say as well. But for now, let me just say that it was probably one of the most perfect weddings I’ve ever had the privilege of attending.