Where did the time go?

Long time no see my lovely blogger friends! I'm sorry I've neglected this blog, but it's time for a catch up!

So, what have I been up to?

Way back in July I went with my mom to Tulsa's new free music festival, the Center of the Universe Festival!

Escaping the heat in the Vanguard"s bathroom.

It was an amazing festival!  The bands that we went to see were Ok Go and Neon Trees

Ok Go

Neon Trees

Neon Trees

If you want to see more of my photos from the festival, just click the link here!

Not long after that, I went with my mom to the Rock Allegiance Tour featuring Airbourne, All That Remains, HIM, and Volbeat.

Before the concert

During the Concert

Me acting like a goof ass in the venue's bathroom mirror!

Airbourne

All That Remains

All That Remains

HIM

Volbeat 

For more pictures from this event, click this link!

Then at the beginning of October, I met up with my friend Rachael to go see All Time Low, Pierce the Veil, and A Day To Remember on the House Party Tour.

Before the Concert

During the Concert

Pierce the Veil

All Time Low

A Day To Remember

A Day To Remember fucking killed it! Their effects were amazing.  Probably one of the best concerts I have been to in quite a while!

For pictures from this show click this link!

Later that same month, I went to see Taking Back Sunday with Rachael and her friend Sarah.

I also finished up my 5th semester of college!  And I made 2 pretty amazing friends along the way, Kindra and DJ

It's been a pretty damn good year!

If you are interested in my photography, it would mean a lot to me if you would check out my Flickr.

Flickr.com/photos/jessieann13

I love you guys so much, and I will hopefully get more posts up soon!

Peace, Love, Music<3

Anniversary Photography

This past Monday, my friend Hailey asked me to take photos of her and her boyfriend for their one year anniversary.  Of course, I said yes and we headed of to the local park.

Here are some of the shots:

*Warning: picture heavy*

We started off just having them walk down a path holding hands....

Then we moved on to the playground, starting with the swings....

Then on to the slide, where Dillon tried to convince Hailey to slide into a puddle...

 I then got some shots of Dillon playing on the little kiddy toy...

 Before he jumped into the toddler swing!

 After we left the playground, we found a wonderful set of pretty, yet sketchy brick steps...

We then stumbled across a building with a mural painted on the sides.  Haliey thought it was a sunset, Dillon said a fire, so I'll let you be the judge! :)

Next, we searched for a generic brick building that would be good for background shots.  Who knew the perfect one would be the side of the restrooms? (sorry to anyone we freaked out while doing this!)

This is where we tried some of the poses that Hailey and I had conversed about previously...

The hug pose...

This pose was actually two separate photos that I edited together...

Yes, I had to be all artsy and turn it black and white, don't judge! :)

We tried two heart poses...

 Here is where we broke out the sharpies and documented their year...

Then their nicknames for each other...

(Virtual brownies if you can tell me what show it's from :p )

Next was a simple bench shot...

And finally, the obligatory piggy back ride.  Do I have a picture of Hailey with pure fear face? Yes, yes I do.  Will I show you? Of course not! Mostly because she just might kick my butt :p

I had so much fun doing this shoot.  It really solidified my want to be a photographer.  Something I figured out early in the day that some of the best shots were when they were paying absolutely no attention to the camera.  Those just turned out so cute and natural looking.

Happy Anniversary you two!

Peace, Love, Music <3