November | 2012 | The Raw.Honest.Loved.Project

yeah, in true stalker form, i followed these guys, erin and seth, around the park. they had wanted to have a bigger group of their family for some family photos this year, but, unfortunately, no one else was able to make it come shoot day. so, yeah, i did seem a little bit like some weird paparazzi. there are probably people all over tacoma right now wondering, “WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE?!?!” so famous.

anyway, HI, BLOG.
things have been nuts lately. you know, there was that turkey holiday, which means my daughter was home from school, so we got a lot of playing time in with my little guy. that was fun. and i’ve been editing and living and planning and crying in the meantime.
okay, not a lot of crying, but i AM sorting out some personal stuffs that sometimes takes its toll a bit. nothing from my life now…i LOVE my life now…but, stuff from my past creeps up from time to time, and i must face it head-on now. too personal of info. for you? likely. but, you might as well know why i could possibly be MIA a bit these days. just taking care of stuff and becoming even stronger. YES. i’m not embarrassed nor ashamed of that. i shall hold up my beer and cheers all of you. “TO GETTING STRONGER. CIN CIN!!!” (sometimes the little bits of italian i know come out…)

okay, that said, here are those fall stalker photos. thank you, erin and seth!

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there’s a baby in my pants.

Image | Posted on November 14, 2012 by alanatphotography

my best friend is pregnant.
she is absolutely the most ADORABLE pregnant woman you will ever set eyes on. and i got to zoom down to LA and take her picture, along with her equally as awesome fiance. seriously, these two are some of my favorite people in the entire world, and i can’t wait to love on what i am damn sure will be one of my favorite little baby boys in the entire world.

scene setting for you…well, los angeles. sun. beach. griffith observatory. things like these.

p.s. the car battery died in the middle of our shoot, right before we were about to head to chase the sunset at the beach. if you’re going to break down, it’s best to do it with a super cute pregnant woman…

p.p.s. their names are peni and danny. i call her penipants. she calls me lanerboots. it happened years ago and stuck. danny has subsequently become dannypants, as well. so, the little mister can affectionately be called babypants at this time. 🙂 now i feel like you really know them…

these are not your mama’s maternity photos. as you probably already know, i like things a little different.

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calm down. she’s not really drinking that beer.

Image | Posted on November 5, 2012 by alanatphotography

yeah, i missed my sunday blog action again. these weekends have been busy. way.
trust me that you will not want to miss the photos to come from the shoot that took up yesterday’s sunday. JUST TRUST ME. i did a shoot for http://www.camp666.com/, and it is so ridiculous and hilarious, it needs to be seen. i just won’t be sharing the photos until camp666 uses them for their intended and super mysterious purpose. 🙂 stay tuned…

on that note, that shoot reminded me of the family shoot that i did for my own super funny brother…which took place before i ever started blogging, so, i shall share those with you for now…

be aware, however, that there will be a whole lotta shooting taking place in the next couple of weeks, which means a whole lotta sharing i will also be doing. i have a family shoot, and two couples shoots that will be taking place, after another shoot i’m superduper excited about coming up next weekend…i’m flying to LA to do a maternity shoot with my best friend in the universe, miss peni rae and her fiance, danny. CANNOT. WAIT. they are two of my favorite people in the whole world…and two of the most hilarious individuals i know, as well. amazing things shall happen. besides the fact that i will be leaving rainy washington and enjoying some SUN again for a few days! woohooooooo!!!! there is a small chance that i will also get to meet with one of my photography “idols” and will interview her for this here blog. 🙂 fingers crossed our appointment works out. if you haven’t totally admired her work already, you should do that here… http://christinechangphoto.com/. you’re welcome.

okay…onto those photos…(fyi, no children were harmed in the making of these photos. and no child ingested alcohol. promise.) prepare yourself for my super adorable nephew and nieces. 🙂