The day started out with an frozen Jeep.

This is my favorite part of the morning drive.

It seems that Borders traded all their employees for crappy old computers. (What the junk?!)

I’m really excited about this book! Simplicity is revolutionary!

Who needs flowers and chocolates for Valentine’s day? I’ll take this!

My roomie decided we would try star fruit.

The verdict? Star fruit is actually good!

I was thinking I need some kind of consistency on the blog. So, every week I’m gonna have “Show and Tell Sunday.”

This week it’s a few photos from a shoot I did last month. Andy and Rebekah are a beautiful couple that I go to church with. It was a lot of fun spending time with them and capturing a few moments.

So there you have it. What do you think? Also…do you have something you’d like to post for “Show and Tell?” I’d like to see it!

Ok, so I know I haven’t been really good about sharing some of my photos and artwork. I’m trying to change that. There are still a bajillion photos I need to upload from my trip to California. But here are a few of the ones I did take out there, with a little twist. Someone showed me this trick in Photoshop (to add texture) and IMMEDIATELY I was hooked. Yeah….I don’t know how I didn’t know this before. Oh well. Lemme know what you think.

This was taken in Sacramento, CA at one of the parks we went to. I love, love LOVE Sacramento!

This was at Yosemite. One of the most magnificent places I’ve even been. I plan to go back as soon as I can.

This was also taken at a park in Sacramento. I took this with a 50mm f/1.8, so yes, I was really close. And no, I didn’t get stung. It’s a miracle, really.

This is one of the first photos I took when I arrived in California. I miss it already.

So…there you have it. Some of my crazy creations. What do you think?

You should feel special. Why? Well…just because you’re you. But also, you’ll be the first to see this sneak peak of the photos I took today at the studio. Ok…so you’ll only get to look at one, but hey it’s a start.

Let me know what you think!

Check out her music at TonjaRose.com

I’m not a morning person. Not even by a long shot. 7:30am is early. Very early. Yet that’s when I received a phone call this morning.

I’ll admit it…at first I sent the unknown,  interrupter of my beauty sleep to voice mail. Even when they called back, I tried to do the same thing…except I accidentally pressed the wrong part of my iPhone screen and answered it. I could hear someone on the other end saying, “hello…helloooo…?” Oops. Then while trying to hang up real quick, I couldn’t quite comprehend what was going on. (Have I mentioned that I’m not a morning person…and am almost completely incoherent when I wake up?) So, while trying to sound wide awake, said “helllooo?”

From the other end came this cheery, loud morning wake up song. (Don’t ask me what it was…I totally can’t remember.) I struggled through the song and tried to figure out what was going on. Then finally the voice said something I could understand. “Aubrey, get up…I have an amazing opportunity for you.” (one eye opens up) “Do you want to come to Curb Studio in Nashville and shoot some photos.” (other eye opens up) “So-and-so (famous music producer) should be there and we’ll also introduce you to so-and-so (famous) and so-and-so (super famous).” By now I’m sitting up in bed. I didn’t need to hear anything else. “I’ll be there!”

I’m a little embarrassed to admit that although living in Nashville for almost 2 years, I don’t know my way around music row. I passed the recording studio 4 times before finally getting in touch with the beauty sleep interrupter and getting directions. Once inside…I was like a kid in a candy store. Eyes and mouth wide open. Pure awesomeness! (Have I mentioned that I’m a musician too?) The music equiptment was amazing and the recording equiptment was straight out of my dreams. I think I might have even drooled a little bit.

Everyone there was super nice. I find that I’m always more creative when I feel comfortable in an environment. They sure provided that. The only problem? I realized very quickly the limitations of the equiptment I have. Don’t get me wrong, I have a great camera, but I learned that recording studios can be dark. It’s hard to take pictures in the dark with no flash. Especially when the subjects are moving around really fast. So…I didn’t get very many good, usable pictures today. Thankfully, I have a few more days to research and find the best way of making due with what I have. Awesome!

As I think back over the day, I can’t help but laugh. When I went to bed last night (ok, it was this morning at 3:30am), I had nothing on my schedule. I was going to sleep in late and enjoy a day of nothing. The phone call came first. Then someone twittered me about lunch. Next came an email for a tea time talk. Followed by a text asking about dinner. And finally an after dinner photo editing time with a friend.

What a day! But you know what? I wouldn’t change it for the world. I’m so thankful and fortunate to have this amazing opportunity of life. Time for friends. Conversations with strangers. Crazy, busy “unscheduled” days. A chance to learn and grow…day by day. What can I say? This is awesome! Who knows what tomorrow may bring? Life is such a precious gift.

Yesterday, I jumped in on a challenge issued by Josh White (twitter @joshuawhite )to take 100 pictures on my cell phone. I didn’t realize how hard it would be, but I had a ton of fun. The freedom to just take random pictures was amazing! Even though I didn’t make it to 100 pictures (only 50), I still feel like I accomplished something.

Here’s a little slide show of the results.

P.S. Make sure you check out Josh’s photography. The boy is stinkin amazing!