He is on vacation at my friend’s house in Parker, CO (what else does the Easter do all year?)

She was so stinkin cute holding this bunny in the driveway that two of us jumped to grab our cameras and we clicked away. They were too cute not to photograph! Alex is the light of my world and I could see holding this bunny was pure heaven for her. Capturing the look on her face as she gently held this rabbit was priceless for me.

Please excuse the green can of suntan lotion(?) in the background. It appears to be growing out of her head a bit. Oh well….it does match the green on her dress (my sad attempt to justify my photoshop laziness!)

I hope you are having a beautiful summer!

Isn’t this amazing!

My personal favorite! Janis Moore is her trainer and she is Amazing!

What a cute little stinker!

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My childhood cocker spaniel, Lady was diagnosed with cancer and was immediately put down. It breaks my heart to think that she could have been with us longer if there were more medical options like there is today. Lady (and the little pink bows we used to put in her hair) will always live in my heart…

Sweet 70′s flooring, eh?

So here is where the LOVE/HATE relationship comes into play when I go on vacation….I don’t “relax” like other people. I ALWAYS think I need to be doing something PRODUCTIVE. I feel like life is so short that I need to constantly be doing something or I might miss something.

This is where I am WRONG.

Let me explain.

Here is the perfect example, I was walking on the beach with my 4 and 7 year old last week. It was 8:00am and there was a the soft glow of light on the golden beach. Waves gently crashed on my left and a wispy breeze brushed my face with the Altantic Ocean air. Picture Perfect. While this scene would envoke relaxing thoughts in most people’s brains – mine was in the complete OPPOSITE state. 

Here is a sample of my “mental theater” on the beach:
“Don’t forgot to ship books to xyz editors on friday. what if the book doesn’t arrive on friday? is the press release ready to go? what time am I suppose to get together with that awesome social media guru? maybe I should confirm that appt today? what should I blog about when I get back? blah, blah, blah…..”

To make it worst – I am PHYSICALLY showing signs of stress. My fists are clenched at my side, my shoulders are tight and raised, my teeth are grinding as I am stomping my feet along the sand. I must have looked like Frankenstein in a women’s swimsuit!

What was I doing?  I finally shake myself and say my mantra, “LIVE IN THIS MOMENT”. I then consciencely stop myself from “stressing to the max” on this beautiful beach and look over at my 4 year old daughter. She is skipping along the beach and squealing in delight as the cold waves touch her toes. She is nowhere but HERE. Her Soul, her Thoughts, her Body are “IN THIS MOMENT”.

And I was missing it.

WHY do we do this? WHY do we MISS the greatest moments of our life? Our minds move so fast. Sometimes too fast. We need to slow things down and “LIVE IN THIS MOMENT”.

So I did.

I said, “The heck with the future for right now. I want to LIVE IN THIS MOMENT”.

So I chased waves with Alex for the morning.

I hope this helped you and thank you for reading this. I hope you find some waves to chase today.

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 I give A LOT of attention to my blog but sometimes I forget about my website (sorry website!).

I finally jumped in and updated some pics. Tossed out some oldies and added a few new favs. I removed most of the pics with names on them (i.e. Webster, Jack, Shania). I also updated the “Bark Gallery”, “Giving Back”, “Contact Us”, and “About Us” galleries with Fresh + New Pics: www.jaimerowephotography.com.

I kinda went down memory lane as I was removing some of the pics. I feel like I have had a shift in my work. Maybe more time behind the lens has enhanced the pics or maybe just more time in the post-processing end of things. Of course, sometimes I look at some pics and say “WOW!” and then I think, “Did I really take that picture?”.

I LOVE toying with new lightroom presets, photoshop actions, and just spending more time testing the limits of the sliders (contrast, exposure,vibrance, single color adjustments) with each photo.

I know a lot of photographers that batch process and I totally understand why someone would batch process (especially wedding photography). I just cannot do it. I touch and spend time with every stinkin photo I present to the client. I LOVE every photo. I *gush* on it and work with it until I have *just* what I want. I almost have a “connection” to the images that I edit. I remember *my* feeling of the moment and what I *think* the dog is feeling at that moment. I then edit the photo with these feelings and ideas mingled together.

Bauer - closing his eyes because he was either "sleeping while standing up" or "closing his eyes because he is tired of me photographing him!"

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