This is where I've been hiding . . .

Somewhere down a long, dark hole of photos to be sorted & edited, shoots, weddings, finals, work, work, projects, oh & work.

Over the weekend, I photographed what turned out to be one of my new most favorite things ever!
Yes, a wedding!
Gasp!
So many beautiful details & oh-so-much fun!
I got to shoot it with one of my bests, KB.
The bride is a friend from highschool, but I didn't think for a second to treat the wedding as anything other than another very important job.
I'm dying to break into the images and sort & edit & play, but FINALS is stopping me :(
Okay, I lie.
You really think I'd write a post about this wedding and not share any images?!
Come on!

Here are a few.
They're a little awkward in size because I was getting ready to put them in my portfolio for my meeting tomorrow! Whoot whoot! And that would also explain the lack of the beautiful details and all of the fun shots of the groomsmen thanks to KB!

Hope y'all enjoy!

Okay folks, that's all ;)

♥, peace, & chicken grease!

XoXo

The Good, Bad, & the Ugly: Stay Beautiful

Per my usual celebrity stalking on MSN's WonderWall every Sunday morning at work, I came across a photo...

Emma Roberts & Mary-Kate

These girls are fabulous, but in my opinion, Emma has seen better days. Well, MK too, but we all know her story!
So this lead me to think more in terms of child stars gone, well not exactly bad but more like misbehaved. So the search began.

Please understand that I'm a sister to a sixteen year old and I had a chat with her last night just about people in her classes and in classes under her about their lives. I can't believe how crazy it is to see kids her age have to choose who's going to be DD for the night. I'm not even 21 yet and I think I have that problem a lot less than some of those kids do. It worries me. So much.
Andrea is a great kid; I can honestly say she has her head on straight. I'd only be a hypocrite if I were to say that I didn't have the DD problem maybe a little later say 18-19 but s i x t e e n? Come on! I'm just so worried about the future of teenagers in general.
So...here are a few examples of what NOT to do, Andrea....

THE GOOD. (Miley Cyrus)

THE . . . VERY BAD.

Miley is a great example of what not to do. Please don't ever be a Miley. Searching for her photos was flat out gross with some of the things you'll find of her. And they're not photoshoped either. She's way too big of a fan of taking photos of herself. 

THE GOOD. (Demi Lavato)

THE BAD-ISH.

Demi Lavato case in point is not exactly her photos per say, it's more like her situation. Don't ever feel like things are so bad that you have to go to extremes to relieve stress. Tomorrow is another day and things will get better, I promise. Take it from me, yesterday, at a job, I lost my keys, my camera battery died, as well as my phone battery, didn't make it to bed until after 1, had to wake up bright and early at 7, think I had a hangover from drinking too much diet coke (are those possible?), dropped foundation on my shirt, while trying not to get it on my too-small-white-pants-from-last-summer, I spilt water on my white pants right before I pulled up to the front gate at work. Bad, yes? But I'm not going to check into rehab from stress-related-illnesses. Okay, so maybe not the best example, but I just want you (anyone) to know that think positively and know that things are not always as bad as they seem. 

THE GOOD. (Sweet Emma Roberts)

THE MISBEHAVING.



Once good & beautiful. (Lindsay Lohan)

Now, pick a mugshot, any mugshot!
PRETTY BAD, BAD, GROSS, & DOWNRIGHT UGLY!

Did anyone else love The O.C.? (Mischa Barton)

Mischa who?

THE GOOD. (Mary-Kate Olsen)

THE UGLY (Along side the uglier than sin, Spencer Pratt)

Final argument:
It is possible to be beautiful & sexy & fabulous & grown up without drinking too much and doing drugs. It is possible to have fun and still be under control and be just as amazing, if not better, than these girls that get a little too crazy.
Be yourself and people will love you for who you are. . . like these amazing girls that have stayed true to themselves.

THE GREAT, TAYLOR SWIFT

THE VERY GOOD, AMANDA BYNES.

THE FABULOUS, HAYDEN PANETTIERE.

You may not be a famous celebrity, but I see a lot of your classmates in some of those bad-girls. And quite frankly, it scares the buh-geezus out of me.
Stay yourself, and stay beautiful just like you are. You're better than all of that badness.

Xoxo

The ABC's of Me

Hi friends!

What a beautiful day it is out there! Too bad for me, I'm stuck inside the office. But at least I get to stare at all of the beautifulness from the inside out! And I get to make all of these fun equestrian & boating reservations for the owners of Brays Island! Whew, the joys. NOT FAIR! lol!

Anyways, to kill my boredom and to save my homework for later (yay, procrastination!) I came across this fun little activity at Scenic Glory ♥

So here it goes....

The ABC's of ME   : D

Age: twenty

Bed Size: queen

Chore you hate: vacuuming

Dogs: Daisy & Duke, my lovely lab and pound pup.

Essential start of your day: a good morning text from J ♥

Favorite Color: yellow

Gold or silver: I love sterling silver jewls

Height: 5'5", I think...

Instruments I play (or have played): guitar & piano

Job Title: Creative Assistant @ Ashley Rhodes Events, Part Time Weekend Receptionist @ Brays Island & last but not least, Owner & Photographer @ Amy Daring Photography!

Kids: ZEROOOO!

Live: Ridgeland, South Carolina

Mom's Name: Cherryl

Nickname: Amos, Amz, Sweet Tart...

Overnight hospital stays: none that I can remember, but I'm sure plenty when I was a youngin'

Pet Peeve: when people have to move something that I just placed somewhere, just to move it.
poor spelling & grammar

Quote from a movie: "They say nothing lasts forever; dreams change, trends come and go, but friendships never go out of style." -Sex & the City

Right or left handed: left

Siblings: none - 1 and only the best! My little sis, Andrea!

Time you wake up: usually, 6:45 - 7:00 am. I'm a fan of the snooze button!

Underwear: lots! ;) I just bought a fabulous pair with little cameras all over them from VS!

Vegetables you dislike: onions!

What makes you run late: over sleeping, or looking for something I can't find! or forgetting that I needed to get gas :|

X-rays you've had done: my back

Yummy food you make: mac'n'cheese!

Zoo animal: giraffes

Well that was fun!

I guess back to work I go!

Oh and tonight I get to be a photo booth photographer for a wedding! Cheers to fun jobs!

Xoxo!

Confession:

Well for starters, I'm home! And being super super accomplished! It's amazing the things you can do once you come home from a vacation that was much much needed!

So back to this confession right?
Please don't call me & my boyfriend a redneck, k?


For Christmas, I bought Justin... tickets...to....

WRESTLEMANIA!

Ah, okay. I said it. 

Well, its something both he & his cousin love and his cousin's wife and myself decided that if we bought them tickets, then we'd get a vacation out of it too! 

SUCCESS!

We had a wonderful and very entertaining trip to Atlanta.

It was so nice to spend so much time with Justin. We really needed it! 

And his cousin, Travis, and his wife & one of my good friends, Suryia too! 

There were lots of laughs and wrestling in the hotel room! I'm bruised everywhere!

So please enjoy these incredibly tacky, unedited, shot on a crappy camera photos! 

Yay for not working, right?!

Warning: WE ARE SILLY!

Dancing to his favorite song, "Telephone". Boy loves Gaga.

He's a winner! 

That's right, bring the gun show! 

Shots, shots, shots! 

My love :)

J & T

Coca Cola Factory

Also known as the Happiness Factory! Too cute! 

You know me, I love a tablescape. 

If this were diet coke, I'd be in HEAVEN!

Silly.

Silly again...

Not too bad! 

Love it! 

Welcome wrestlemania fans! Wow. 

Love this at the Hard Rock. 

Bus driving by! 

Uhm, yes, I can see you! 

Where S & I watched, dare I say it? Wrestlemania!
Loved the rooftop bar! 

So long vacation. You were too much fun while you lasted. 

But this girl is back to work, that's for sure! 

Love y'all! 

Xoxo