1. Panda + Baby Panda.

    Chicago, IL

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  2. Kitteh.

    Chicago, IL

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  3. A little elephant.

    Chicago, IL

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  4. A little giraffe tattoo I got just about 5 years ago. 

    Chicago, IL

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  5. I’m back! The past few months have brought a lot of change into my life. I promise I’ll be brief but since I last posted a lot has happened!

    finally graduated college! Nothin’ fancy, but I’m glad to be done with school. My Mom, whom I adore, came for a visit and we were able to spend Mother’s Day together at Dose Market. It was a lot of fun! She showed me how to cook some delicious things, we went on fun shopping dates and I’m pretty sure we went to Starbucks and had lemon loaf’s every day of her visit!

    The day after my Mom went back home, I left for Florida to shoot a wedding. I got to see some old friends from High School, my lifelong best friend Tiffany and her family and new house, which was really rad and really eye opening that we’re actually grown adult women! I forget that from time to time. The wedding was gorgeous. I had the pleasure of seeing old friends who live all around the US now and we re-lived our twenties on the dance floor for one night together which was fun for the night, but man do I not miss my 20’s!

    While I was in Florida, our 5 year anniversary happened! I can’t believe Christopher and I have been married 5 years already! That’s practically an eternity!

    Oh, I never really mentioned that I quit my job at Lomography to be a freelance photographer! It’s been a strange transition. So far, I’ve been pretty busy but things look to slow down in July and I’m a little anxious about what I’ll do with my free time. My hope is that I’ll actually work on personal projects, like scanning in 13 or so years or negatives but the reality might be that I’ll sit on my couch and watch Lost because it’s all I’ve done since I’ve gotten back from Florida and I am hopelessly addicted!

    More soon, for now….more Lost!

    XO

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  6. Adventure for Words To Shoot By.

    Chicago, IL

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  7. Adventure for Words To Shoot By.

    Chicago,  IL

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  8. The 100th Words To Shoot By post. So happy to be a part of this amazing blog that keeps me shooting! The word for this week was, Moment. I submitted a few special moment’s Christopher and I spent with our Niece before she moved to another state. We’ll miss her sweet, cute antics!

    XO

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  9. Happy Mother’s Day to all the ladies that self sacrifice on a daily basis to give everything they can to their children! What a beautiful and awesome thing, to be a Mother. 

    Love!

    azuree

    PS

    These dandelions are ALL OVER our neighborhood and Christopher and I couldn’t help but sacrifice a few to make a heart photo with them to photograph that we used for a card for our Mom’s. This was shot on The Impossible Project’s AMAZING PX680 Color Protection film!

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  10. Christopher plays.

    Chicago, IL

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  11. Rachel.

    Chicago, IL

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  12. Seymour & Franny on “their” chair.

    Chicago, IL

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  13. Sometimes you have to take a picture of a David Gandy on your computer screen to mail to your Mom as a surprise. 

    Chicago, IL

    I did NOT take the original portrait of David Gandy. I just took a picture of a picture from my computer screen. 

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  14. Pretty shades of pink.

    I have an insane Pez collection. 

    Chicago, IL

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  15. One of my favorite animals.

    Chicago, IL

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