day 260: On Saturday Ben and I went to the Nelson Atkins museum of art in Kansas City to take some photos of the new Bloch building addition. It is made up of channel glass and lit from the inside at night so that it glows (pretty cool). It just happened to be a special event night with luminaries lining the pathways through the outdoor sculpture gardens. There were tons of people out and it was actually a really neat event.

day 259: There is about to be a dog-napping in Kansas City. Kate & Jon’s new dog Charlie is definitely going to be smuggled in my suitcase. Look at that face… wouldn’t you steal her too? Oh Charlie… so ridiculously cute!

day 258: Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. We had quite a feast of wonderful food, great friends, and of course the best part… an amazing family. I have so very much to be thankful for! Happy Thanksgiving mom, dad, Chris & Allison… I’m sad I couldn’t be there… but I’ll see you at Christmas!!

day 257: When we went to France last month our flight was canceled out of LA… what are the chances we’d be scheduled on ANOTHER canceled flight? Well whatever the chances are that’s what happened. We were supposed to fly out on Thursday morning but got a call on Wednesday night saying our flight was canceled. We were lucky to have just enough time to catch the last red-eye on Wednesday (getting to the airport was quite a frantic experience) so that we were in town in time for Thanksgiving! What a crazy day!

day 256: Sorry for the couple day break in the blogging… we’re out of town for Thanksgiving and I didn’t get a chance to post before we got on the plane. Time to get caught up 🙂

day 255: Today was a ridiculously foggy day and I was worried I’d have trouble shooting an engagement session on the beach, but the light actually ended up being quite pretty. Here’s one of my favorites from the shoot, I’ll be posting more on my wedding photography blog later this week!

day 254: Yesterday afternoon Allison and I met up in Orange County for a marathon Christmas shopping session. I love shopping for presents but by the end of the day we were pretty wiped out. A crowded mall can really take it out of you.

day 253: This morning I photographed a first birthday party for an incredibly cute little baby girl. It was a traditional Korean birthday complete with the Korean dress (hanbok) and she was pretty much the cutest thing ever. Here’s one of my favorite pictures from the day.

day 252: Well while we were in France my 50mm 1.8 lens went kaput. It just plain stopped focusing one day. I was about to buy a new lens to replace it when I decided to give it one last shot and test out my old one. And wouldn’t you know it works!! Here’s our fridge… a test shot with the 1.8 goodness. Those magnets in the back are only about 1/4″ away and are out of focus. Oh how I love the shallow depth of field 🙂

day 251: mmm-mm tasty! Ben and I are attempting to take down an entire box on our own. Unless you want to come over and eat one. We have lots. Seriously. Want an orange?