Inaugural Class at Langston gets ready to graduate!

Three short years ago, Langston Charter Middle School came into existence and my daughter, Gabi, was a 6th grader entering this brand new, teeny tiny school dedicated to teaching our children in an evironment that fosters learning in a single gender classroom. Next week she will leave Langston as the inaugural class, the first to ever go through all three years. Since the first day they opened Langston has increased its student body by 100% now housing 211 students, next year it will grown by another 120, its moved to a bigger location and has seen alot of new staff, new ideas and growth.

We salute the class of 2008 and wish you all the best wherever your high school years take you. Go be the leaders Langston has taught you to be!

Asheville with friends!

Our good friends from New York came to visit this week, we went to Asheville with them and stayed at a b&b. Great food, good friends and lots of laughs. Couple photos from dinner and then Wild Wings to hang with Stone Cold Fox! Love that band.

Supper Swap Girls Photo Shoot!

Check it out some photos from our food shoot for the Supper Swap Girls, they are writing a cookbook and we all worked together for the past couple days shooting the images for the book.

Here Stephanie watched Kim making the perfect chicken corncake. Can I tell you that is some of the best food I have ever eaten, chicken and corn in a cake............YUM!

Now they place the blueberry salsa just so on the Mahi Mahi.

Everyone is in on it now! Check out the actual photos coming soon on our site www.relatedimagesphoto.com and check out the Supper Sway Girl in the Greenville News and look for their cookbook coming in the Fall!

Thanks ladies, it was a blast and we sure did eat GOOD!

Bootcamp comes to an end!

Well its the 6th week of bootcamp and I've grown stronger and leaner (i think). Am now running 4 miles at a time and have begun the neverending battle to build the core. Thursday is our post testing day which will tell me how much of what I lost in this endeavor. I truly hope its good news. Its been a awe inspiring experience and I still haven't decided if I will return for another six weeks. The teamwork and camaraderie is the greatest gift I have gained here. If I don't come back I will miss everyone including our drill sergeants, Gunnar and Martin. Hoo Rah!

Starting Boudoir Photography!

Today I shot my first boudoir, my friend and neighbor and body builder was kind enough to come in and help me by posing so I could work on the details of shooting this kind of photography. It was awesome! She of course did wonderful she is so beautiful and so fit. You can check out her site http://www.marieannnewman.com/ if you want to hear about her shows and her training. We will have some more photos of her coming up on our web site...relatedimagesphoto.com soon, they may or may not be password protected so shoot us an email if its says you need a password to view. Looking forward to photographing many more women and still looking for models. Free sessions on all boudoir until 6/30/08!

Bootcamp - who-rah!

And so it begins, today was the first day of bootcamp. Max Motivation, http://gobootcamp.com/ heads up this class that is meeting at 5:15 AM, yes AM, Tuesdays and Thursday morning to get fit and strengthen our minds the way the Marines do. I am so excited to start this challenge. I have been running off and on now for the better part of 7 years and every year run into a Winter road block, too cold to be out (did it for a long time this year just can't take it anymore) or too bored. I always run alone mostly because I don't have any one crazy enough to get up and go when I go, very early and because I am not good with waiting on other people. This is organized fitness focused on motivation and team work. I am just so thrilled. Today was easy, lots of measuring, body fat count, weight, goal setting etc. Some push ups and sit ups and a timed one mile run. Thursday will be the real deal. Stay tuned to see how it feels to be a Marine and see how far I can go!!!!!!!!!!!

Boudoir Photography

I have recently been thinking alot about what I want to do when I grow up. I know its photography, almost always has been but what really excites me. I love the maternity and babies, I would never want to stop making them but I think I'd like to try my hand a boudoir photography. Very tasteful, very sexy imagery that a real woman, someone who is not a size 0 can appreciate. So with that being said I am looking for subjects, if you are or know anyone interested in doing this have them contact me directly. It will be painless and fun I promise and you will be surprised!