Oh hey, I was published!

Mostly by chance, though. Here's the story.

Husband takes Wife on surprise just-because weekend to San Diego. Wife brings camera. Husband takes Wife bowling at a super cool sports bar slash bowling alley, also known as East Village Tavern & Bowl. Wife takes sweet photo of the lane, which has a light casting a cool skull and cross-pins on the boards. Husband and Wife return to Orange County after a fun weekend. Wife edits and uploads photos to the interwebs. (Have you figured out that I'm the wife in this story? I sure hope so.) Lady from AAA's Westways magazine, I assume, Googled "East Village Tavern and Bowl" to find a photo for her article. Lady finds super sweet photo and contacts Wife about using said sweet photo in an up-coming issue to the tune of 10,000 pennies. Wife says "Hellzyeah!"

And so, I was published in Westways' June 2011 issue and had an extra hundy in my pocket. Cool!

Said sweet photo.

Published!

Early Ellison Christmas - Orange County Family Photographer

This past weekend, my mother and father in law flew in from Myrtle Beach for our second Early Ellison Christmas since their moving to the East Coast. We spent 4 days with them and my husbands two brothers and their significant others. This, however, was the only day that I took photos. Sometimes it's just easier to not worry about documenting everything.

It wouldn't be a SoCal Christmas without a trip to the beach, right? Well, at least for those of us who are transplants and like to show off to their family in colder climates. On this day we took a short trip to Laguna Beach to visit Shaw's Cove. I'm glad I did manage to drag my camera along, because I got some great family shots that I'm hoping to frame.

We all like to take pictures.

Pat and Sara (of Sara Ellison Photography!)

Mike and Renata

Tom and Chris

The Boys

The Girls