I had the great opportunity to attend a 2 day seminar in Des Moine this past weekend put on by the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. I had a lot of fun and learned a lot! Tim Cooper walked us through CS3, along with Doug Johnson. Tony Rizzuto talked about lense size and sports in motion. At the end of the last day we all had the chance to have some of our work critiqued, which was intimidating, but SOO imperative to continued improvement.

While I was in town I also had the opportunity to meet one of my favorite photographers, Lori Nordstrom. Every year Lori does her ‘little angels’ calander which benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, so of course I took my littlest to get ‘shot’!

Lori, it was fun!

Here are some shots from around town.

‘look mom, there’s a plane!’

This is what I felt like the day after!

KC’s BBQ, a very good place to eat if your ever in downtown, Des Moines

Another fine establishment in downtown. This was very close to the convention center, great food!

Well, I got home very late sunday night after about 40 straight hours of traveling! Thailand is 13 hours ahead of us, so you can imagine the jetlag! I tried sooo hard to stay awake monday, but was unable to. My arms were like jell-o and i ended up waking for the day at 1am tuesday!

Thailand was a really great experience and i’m so glad I got to go. They call Thailand a ‘hedonistic paradise’, if that tells you a little bit about it! It was really hard not to stare at all the people and the lack of clothing or undergarments! Anyway, here are some pictures from my trip. I know there are a lot, but I couldn’t narrow it down!

p.s. the new website is almost done.

This sign was at the Hard Rock Cafe entrance in Pattaya, Thailand!

Jomtien Beach, Pattaya.

I took this from the top floor of the hotel. It looks out to our pool and the ocean.

This was really cool, I couldn’t believe they didn’t cinge their hair!!

Part of the silk making process

This picture just says so much about Thailand and their people.

Can anyone guess what this was?? It was a bathroom!

Meet Tony, a two year old, thumb sucking gibon.

They generally speak the language better than they spell it!

We are so spoiled in the states. We need to thank God everyday
for what we have. These are homes..and they aren’t the worst ones
either.

The elephant tour!

Well, it’s almost here…my trip to Thailand. I’m so excited, but starting to get a little nervous about that 24 hour flight! (gosh i hope the seats are comfy) I have nothing packed yet, but i’m working on the laundry..which is endless in this house!

Most of the time I will be working, but some of us girls do have an elephant tour scheduled that i’m sure is going to give me plenty of photo opportunities! I’ve been told that the Thai people are not real big on time, so who knows how long/short we’ll be on these huge, smelly beasts! :0

I’ll be sure to post pics of beautiful Thailand, especially the beach when I get back! My new and improved website should go live when I return, so be sure to check it out!

Goodbye winter, hello summer!!