It snowed for the first time this year today, and I loved it so much! Now, I would have loved it a bit more if it had been in the high twenties, rather than the teens… but hey, snow is snow and I love it all! I’ll share a few photos that I took of Nathan and myself in a minute, but first I will give you a update on what’s been going on around here! Loki is being a terror. Like bad enough that we might have to give her away if she doesn’t get any better and it makes me so sad. She broke out of our fence and got loose. A few people took pictures of her and put them on the lost pet sites in Amarillo. It was nice to get her back, but some people actually messaged me and told me that they are pretty sure she is part wolf. I looked up “wolf dogs” and sure enough she has a lot of the physical and traits and characteristics. I read that some of these behaviors, such as being afraid of EVERYTHING (including Nathan and me), as well as agression and misbehavior actually get WORSE over time, and that wolf dogs are 11 times more likely to hurt or kill humans, and I don’t like that statistic at all. It’s hard to think of giving her away, because I would miss her and I think she would miss me too, but lately she will hardly even come to me, so maybe she wouldn’t. Either way, it’s going to be a tough decision we have to make soon!

The Loki news was what has been weighing on me the most lately, but I have some other news too! We celebrated Nathan’s 26th birthday last night, which was fun! I got him a Keurig coffee maker, and we went to his favorite hibatchi steakhouse, It was a super fun night! And finally, for my last bit of news: I got a job! I know it seems odd that I wanted a job even though I want to kick start my photography business, but hey, I’ve got to make money somehow! And for right now, I just don’t have enough clients to make it work. Anyway, I am the new Market Segment Manager at Suddenlink Communications. I have been working there for a week and it has been so much fun. Everyone there is really great, and I can see myself working there for a long, long time! Well anyway, thanks for reading and I hope that you enjoy the photos of our snow day!

XOXO

Katy

It’s official, guys!

What’s official, you ask? That’s a great question! Lot’s of things in my life are official now. My marriage, my photography business, and my new life in Amarillo, TX. And this blog, of course. That’s a lot for one post, right? Well let’s start from the beginning.

Once upon a time, in a not-so-fabulous town in New Mexico, the most wonderful lady in all of the land was born. Wait a second…. that may be too far back. Let’s skip to the important part: high school. High school is where I fell in love with photography, and where I fell in love with my husband (even if we didn’t quite know it yet). The story of Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Parrish is actually a pretty cool one. One that is so cool, I think I will save it for it’s own post. (It has a ton of amazing pictures to go along with it)

Anyway, in high school I began taking photos because one of my classes, Digital Graphics, had a photography portion and I truly fell in love. I started taking pictures of EVERYTHING even though I rarely had a camera that actually worked, and they were all first-era digital point-and-shoot camera. We all know how well digital cameras circa 2006 worked. Regardless of the quality of the cameras, I began to learn about some of the more important aspects of photography such as composition, and angles, and such. My friends and I would frequently get together to take “professional” portraits of ourselves which served as great practice, and great marketing when other friends eventually began asking me to take actual portraits of themselves.

Eventually, I became frustrated with the level of quality control I had with my point-and-shoots, so I invested in my first DSLR, and everything changed. I was finally able to take photos that I felt were at a professional level, and I have been charging for portrait sessions ever since. So what about October 22nd at 11:37 PM makes it official? In the past year, a series of very fortunate (and official!) events has led me to have the time and freedom to finally pursue my passion:

December 2013: I graduated from Texas Tech University and got engaged to my wonderful husband. One of my engagement photos is shown below. Photo Cred: Virginia Pon

June 2014: My wonderful (then) fiancee accepted a position for a fantastic job, even though his start date was almost five months away

September 2014: I got married! Then the hubs and I moved to Amarillo, TX to start our great adventure (and for him to start his new job). Consequently, I quit my former job that took up 99.999999% of my time. All of a sudden, I had no school, and no work to worry about and voila! I finally have the time to do what I want! I’ll share one wedding photo for now, and leave the rest for it’s very own wedding post.

Ashlee Kay Photography

Cool story, right? Well I’m sure it’s way cooler to me than it is to anyone else. But hey, it’s the 21st century. What are blogs for, if not for extreme narcissism? Narcissism. That’s a hard word, yes, I had to use spell check to type it.

Anyway, my life is now official, everyone! And I can’t wait to share more with you, but for now I think it’s time I wrap it up before I bore you all!

xoxo

Katy

Okay, okay I’ll give you one more photo. But only because you asked nice. Also, because Ashee Kay Photography is amazing and I love them so much