HAPPY NEW YEAR!

OK....so it is not the new year anymore (I have always wondered when the absolute latest date you can say that to someone), but I had a new years wedding. This is Wally and Bev. I have known them both for a VERY long time. Beverly's daughter, Katrina, was a very good friend of mine growing up. I always called Bev....Momma Bev. Her and Wally have known each other since they were in diapers. It blows my mind that they have waited all these years to tie the knot. I think it was their destiny to be together, and I think they wonder why it took them so long too :). Enjoy a few images from their day, or night....they kissed right at the stroke of midnight!!!

Wally is SO happy to see his beautiful Bride!

This is a framed picture of the two of them as babies in diapers!!!!!



LOVE this!

I wish nothing but happiness for you two! Thank you so much for letting me join on the festivities of your wedding. You guys started out the new year with a bang, and I hope your marriage is the same way forever! As I am sure it will be! Love you both very much!

Love,
Karla

I want this....FOR FREE!!!

Kelly Moore is giving away a fab bag over at The Savvy Photographer. If you don't follow them, you should you should you should! They are ALWAYS doing wonderful giveaways, and I just plain love reading their blog! I have not won anything to date yet, but I will continue to try!

Even if I don't win the give away from Savvy, Kelly Moore is graciously going to give me a $50 discount to one of their bags....I'll take it EITHER way! Check out how to get the discount for a Kelly Moore bag HERE!

Hakuna Matata!

Goals....

OK...so I hardly ever just blog. And sometimes when I read other inspirational photographers blog, they sometimes just blog about this and that and everything in between...and I enjoy reading that (that sometimes can be just as inspirational). So I have decided that for the year of 2010, I will blog my own personal goals at the beginning of each month (however, I make NO promises it will be on the 1st of every month). When I first started my photography business, I had NO idea that it would have brought me this far. I did my first session with a friend of mine's little boy for his first birthday, and now he just turned 3. I have learned SO SO much since then, and I am so thankful for that. Granted, I have TONS more to learn and that may just very well be my favorite part of this. I am constantly learning new things and I know there is SO much more that it just excites me! I honestly didn't know what a manual setting on a camera was 2 years ago, much less how to use it....NOW, I am unsure I could shoot in ANYthing else! I owe everything to everyone who has giving me the opportunity to learn, and everyone who has pushed me to not stop (even though there has been several times that I have thought to myself...I can't do this). But the reality is, I CAN do this. A quote I saw not too long ago was a question. It asked, what would you do if you KNEW you would not fail? Well, I think, that everyone that has succeeded in their journeys of life have lived by this quote regardless if they had ever even heard it. I think of this question is a push button kind of like the staples "easy" button. As long as I KNOW I can do it, I WILL do it. End of story. Period. I also would like to thank all the photographers out there that are so inspirational. I am sure 100% (or more if possible) of them do not look at my blog, but I am thankful for them.

So FEBRUARY goals for me (and not all of them have anything to do with photography):

~Everyday, spend time with my family even if it is only 15 minutes to ONLY focus on them.
~Be more involved at Church.
~Blog at least once a week~even if I don't have an image to show ya.
~Look into another blog.
~Look into another image hosting company.
~Tell at least one person everyday why I am proud of them!
~Join PPNC.
~Join PPA.
~Put together some kind of contest.
~Enjoy a Valentine's dinner with my Valentine(s) :)!
~Get a pedicure from someone other than myself :/.
~Plan a summer vacation with my family.
~Brainstorm about ideas.
~Start my work out regimen again!!!!!!!!!!

One day down.....27 more to go! I am going to have a WONDERFUL month and I hope each and everyone of you do too!!!! Happy February y'all!!!!!

Hakuna Matata!!!

Marty and Katie tie the KNOT in Mexico

I will first apologize to everyone who could not make it to Marty and Katie's wedding for me taking so long to post this! (I tried a while back and could not get blogger to work). I know you have all waited for so long to see these. This is a post about a few images that I took while on our trip. Marty and Katie have a link they can email you to see them all so contact them if you are interested :)

OH MY OH MY! What fun was this wedding!?!?!? I had the opportunity to head down to The Mayan Riviera, Mexico to photograph a BEAUTIFUL couple for their wedding. We stayed at The Grand Palladium White Sands Resorts, and that is where most of the festivities of the wedding weekend took place! The awesome couple got married on November, Friday the 13th :), but nothing about this day was scary!! :) Everything was PERFECT about the wedding. It was a laid back atmosphere, and for those of you that know Marty and Katie, it fit them PERFECT! I loved EVERYTHING about it! Take a look at some of my favorite photos from the wedding day!


Beautiful dress!

Beautiful Bride!
Handsome Groom!
This was SO special! Katie had the Sr. & Jr. (symbolizing his late dad and brother) embroidered on his sleeves, and he didn't know it until right before! Very special!!! Marty was SO excited about it!
Perfect Ceremony!!!!


She got him good! :) Love her expression!!!
The next morning, we got up before the sun came up and took some more pictures! It was an awesome morning.
Marty and Katie...I wish you guys nothing but the best in life! You both are AMAZING people and I cannot be thankful enough for you guys giving me the opportunity to capture your wedding weekend! You both are just beautiful people inside and out! I had such a great time with everyone!

I love this little bit of advice that someone once gave me, and I like to pass it on to everyone I know getting married. Always remember to be each others biggest fans!

Much love to both of you!

Tester's Christmas Session

Christmas is gone, but I had to show you just a few images from this Christmas session on the beach! Meet the Tester's. They had contacted me about a session on a Sunday afternoon. Well, my husband and I had decided to make a short but sweet trip to see a friend for the weekend, and when I contacted mom from this session to see what time we were getting together on Sunday, she told me we needed to reschedule because they were going to be at the beach! Lightbulb went off in my head, and I suggested we have a little Christmas celebration on the beach since we would both be there! I took many, and I should have blogged about this a long time ago...but since I delayed, I will just show you a few! Thanks mom and dad for letting me get together with you at the beach! It was a blast!!!!

It's a Cavin Christmas

Meet Brandon (AKA Bubba) and Nikki! Oh, and I can't leave out Bailey! Nikki and I have know each other for about 8 years (WOW girl...can you believe it has been that long???), and my husband and "Bubba" grew up together. We had nothing to do with them meeting each other though! Needless to say, these are some great friends of ours. Thank you Brandon and Nikki for letting me capture you guys for Christmas this year....and thank you for believing in me. When friends contact me to do sessions, it pushes me to continue to chase this dream I am chasing! You believe in me and that only helps me in believing in myself that this can happen for me! So THANK YOU!

Ok...this just CRACKS me up! He looks as though he is about to trample me, but he is just the biggest ball of sweetness!!!!

Daniel + Amy

What a BEAUTIFUL day for a wonderful wedding. Daniel and Amy are both just super sweet people and I wish you guys nothing but happiness. Thank you SO much for asking me to help you remember your day! I really enjoyed being there!
Amy hand made all the earings for the bridesmaids. Such an awesome touch!!!Sharing a sweet moment right after the ceremony!

I hope all of your dreams come true!!!!!