fall

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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ohhhhhh, to be a kid again.

Image | Posted on October 21, 2012 by alanatphotography

here are some more photos from my fall frolicking with the adorable baylee and ryker. the first few can be found here: https://alanatphotography.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/fall-frolicking-feelgood-phat-fotos/

i have been taking care of business and editing photos all day today (and drinking some beer with baylee and ryker’s mom and dad. yay!), to the point that my eyeballs sort of hurt. so, between that and the fact that i am lacking many words at this moment (and we’ve got a dexter tivo’d and waiting for us), i shall cut my speech short…hopefully, i can make up for it in photos. because i need my eyeballs to last.

on a quick note, i’ll be back sooner than later this week, as i had another super rad shoot with a super rad family yesterday that i’d LOVE to share with you! until then, enjoy more of these adorable guys…

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fall. frolicking. feelgood. phat fotos.

Image | Posted on October 18, 2012 by alanatphotography

current mood: on the way to relaxing. listening to the sound of my son screaming upstairs from what must be him getting his teeth brushed by dad. traumatic stuff, you know. also listening to the amazing talent that is regina spektor.

today kinda fried my brain a bit, i think, which may be obvious. for the record, i never write “phat”. nor do i write “fotos”, for that matter. i just got carried away. phorgive me. ha. haha.
see?

{if any of you are over 55 and haven’t heard the term “phat” before, 1) count your blessings, and, 2) it means “cool”. or it did. as one urban dictionary definition points out:
“‘It has kind of phased out and is mostly used by wannabes, lowerclassmen in high school, or middle schoolers. It is now considered a slang faux pas. I wouldn’t use it if I was you.”
14 year old: “That’s phat man.”
22 year old: “Um, dude, that word got old in the late ’90s'”
yep. there’s some education for you today, in any case.}

moving on…

I SHOT A COUPLE OF KIDS YESTERDAY! in the most awesome usage of the word, of course.

my dear friend, jen, and i have had this shoot (starring her children) in the plans for the last couple of months, i do believe. somehow, about a month and a half ago, she used her super-smart-mom senses and picked the only dry day in probably the next 5 months of rain here to do this. it was GORGEOUS. a bit chilly, but gorgeous.

we met at fort steilacoom park, in lakewood, wa. about 10 different high schools’ track teams, families, and cheerleaders met there, too. who knew? we definitely didn’t. it did provide some amusement as they would erupt in cheering mid-shoot. i just told the kids that the cheering was for them. which, as animated as the kids were, it should have been for them.

anyway, beautiful day. beautiful, HILARIOUS kids. baylee is six (going on 13, as jen points out), and ryker is 2…together, they provide some serious entertainment. you’ll see that in the photos.

(let me just say, as a side note, that i have a special fondness for these guys because they remind me so much of my own little family. granted, my daughter is 12, but she was JUST like baylee at that age…and jen parents very much the way that i do, which i would like to think is the coolest, best kind of parenting ever. yeah. just nod.)

jen also has a pretty hilarious blog about her hilarious children that can be found here: http://projectmomlife.com/

check it out. do it. she writes every night, and she writes well.

so, yeah, here are some of the photos so far. i am keeping the others under wraps at the moment, so that jen and justin can see them before anyone else. maybe i will share more later…for now, here are some smiles for you…