October was quite a month for me…by far, my favorite. I was able to enjoy the brief Autumn in New York and enjoy the few trees that changed their colors as well as spend ample amount of time in Kentucky to enjoy the abundance of beautiful trees there.
I started out the month by celebrating the birthday of one of my closest friends, Amanda. Amanda was the darling who took me under wing when I first moved to New York City and was my first roommate and has basically introduced me to every friend I now have in NY.
Then, I was able to celebrate the tri-fecta of a birthday of my love, Ryan. His birthday should have gone down in history…complete with a home cooked steak dinner, presents for seven days, ghetto limo, friends and drinks, and a surprise party I put together for him! That was my favorite part!
I had the privelege this month of also shooting the long awaited wedding of Ashley and Gene! My good friend Jenny from NY flew home with me to assist and see my beautiful home. Stay tuned for shots from the wedding! I will be posting them tomorrow. Ashley was one of my most beautiful brides and the couple was a pleasure to work with.
While being home for the wedding, I was able to join all my best friends in a trip to Huber’s Farm to pick pumpkins! This is definitly one of my most favorite things to do this time of year. Here’s a tiny thumbnail of us in the pumpkin patch…
This month was also the New York City CMJ festival…which means one whole week of constant music flowing out of every single venue across the island and spilling over into Williamsburg. The week wore Ryan and me out, but we saw some great bands. If you check out his blog, he goes into a great re cap of the week and the overload of new music we heard. In the meantime, check out Shugo Tokumaru. I must add that I also got into a fist fight at one of the shows…for a good cause. My mamma was proud. Ryan and I hopped into a photo booth prior to my beat down…
Then there was Halloween and Holly and Dan’s Halloween Wedding extravaganza! What an event…it even made the news! Ryan got to come home to Kentucky with me this time to help assist and complete our costume of Bonnie and Clyde. (We were precious!) Holly and Dan got married in the breath taking cemetery Cave Hill. I will be posting some CRAZY photos from their wedding day of their zombie groomsmen and the Gothic queen bride. I had a blast shooting this wedding and as a wedding favor to their guests, they set up a photo booth! Ryan and I had too much fun with this! (we love photo booths)
Finally, I must add, although this technically did not take place in the month of October, I was very very proud to be a part of our Presidential Election yesterday. No matter who you voted for, this election has just made history and I must say, has been quite an emotional one for me. I am overwhelmed with hope and excitement to see our country take such a turn and move beyond racial boundaries and open our minds to new beginnings. I anxiously await what Obama can bring to our Nation. I even actually feel, for the first time in a long long time, proud to be an American.
