April's Contest Winners: Kala & Cory Sides

Man was this a fun contest to watch! Kala  & Cory were neck and neck with another couple all the way up until the end...it was a nail biter to say the least!  I had a blast on this shoot, and stepped out of my comfort zone, and actually TOUCHED a spider!  EEEEEK!!!  Turns out Kala thinks they are ickier than I do, so me being the photographer/super woman than I am, saved the day :)  This sucker was 2-3 inches round...the fact that it was a granddaddy-long-leg is besides the point....

Back to Kala and Cory...what a sweet couple!!!  Although the great outdoors isn't actually their "thing", they were the perfect customers, willing to do as Kala says "anything for a good photo".  Now that's my kinda girl!  We had a blast camping, picnicking, walking, dancing...the list goes on and on!  Hope y'all enjoy the pictures!  If any of you are interested in a shoot visit http://www.eternalfocusphotos.com/ or call 225-439-5444!  Thanks to everyone for participating in last months contest, I will be doing another one once I hit 1,000 "LIKES" so spread the word!!!  And if you know Kala and Cory feel free to copy & paste this blog address as a link to show off on your page!

I think he must've liked what he saw.....

Because , boyyyyyyy did he move fast, but Kala didn't seem to mind...granted, she played the faux innocent part well :)))))

This Social Media thing is kickin' my tail!!!

 

 

Me + website = DISASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Yesterday I was having MAJOR issues trying to redesign my website.  I facebooked my brother-in-law, which is an AMAZING graphic designer and web designer with T2, but I got impatient when I didn't get an immediate response....I know I know, patience is a virtue....one in which I'm still actively seekin' :)  So I remembered I had another friend who just got out of school for programming I messaged her and she said she would look into but hours went by with no changes....I thought maybe she couldn't start doing stuff till after work yesterday....so I started trying to mess with it again and decided to try a different template (even though I had fallen in love with the one that I was having major problems with). I changed all the pages to reflect the new template and then all of the sudden the computer ...or the site became possessed by Satan (or so I thought) and started changing everything back and my website was alllll screwed up again!  Turns out me and the lady started working on it at the same time and she was changing it back, lol...I thought it was fixed and the pages were "starting" at the top like they were supposed to (the problem was the text and pictures were showing up half way down the page leaving a GYNORMOUS amount of blank space at the top)...until we added sub-pages and then it turned back into a disaster....sooooo I'm going with the different template idea again...sighhhhhh.....I wish I had found a magic lamp and had 3 wishes!  Oh, by the way, after I got the issued resolved I fb'ed by brother-in-law again to tell him that it was fixed and not to worry about it, and he promptly responded "glad I could be of service" or something stupi...eh-hmmmm...I mean brilliant like that....NO MORE FAMILY PICS FOR HIM AT CHRISTMAS TIME...I may just wrap up some cat poo....MERRY CHRISTMAS BUDDY!!! lolololololol......oops sorry....****THINK CHRISTIAN THOUGHTS*****....ok I'm back...

 

I better get off of here....too much coffee it looks like!  Check out the new and improved website when you get a sec, I'm still updating the gallery...so check back again later to see even more updates ...  I better get off here now...too much coffee...

I wanna schedule a photo session, but I need to lose weight first....

"I wanna schedule a photo session, but I need to lose weight first."

How many of you feel this way?  Well trust me, you are NOT alone!!!!  I hear this line weekly, and quite frankly, I gave this line to a fellow-photographer this year!  I've got good news....I found something that WORKS!!!!!!!!!

During the Thanksgiving holidays I traveled to the Smokies to celebrate with family, and of course I brought my camera along.  Since starting up Eternal Focus Photography, I have been the one BEHIND the camera...well I asked someone to snap a shot of me and my dad and then one of me and my husband on this trip and HOLY GUACAMOLE....my BEHIND needed to get back BEHIND the camera!!!  Where in the world had all this weight came from, and why had I not noticed it before these pictures???????  So then after Thanksgiving comes Christams and while celebrating the birth of our Lord, I, of course have to celebrate with every dessert known to man and then some known only in a couple of distant galaxies.  Then comes New Years...and well you get the picture....and speaking of picture here is the pic of me and my husband from the Smokies...



I contemplated not posting this due to old high school friends...but Oh well....I refuse to make it bigger though due to the muffin top and large moon face...it's still morning time and people need to keep down their breakfast.



After 17 attempts to take a self-portrait with my cell phone...this is literally the best I could do..I'll have to get some professional pics done this summer...and yes it's May and I have a polar fleece jacket on, my office is FREEZING!

After the 1st of the year I decided to do something about it.  I bought P90X, which I'm positive works...but when I started gaining muscle and not shedding the weight fast, I became discouraged. I know that sounds silly, but surely someone out there knows how I feel, lol.  Then I got back on Weight Watchers, which worked with my baby weight...but for whatever reason I just couldn't stick with it this time.  So I did low carbs again...I lost TONS of weight on that before...it just wasn't coming off this time.  People were saying "It's because you're getting older, your metabolism slowed down"....Oh great...I"m only 33 and I"m in the OLD category!  I know Jesus died at this very age, but come on....I'm not THAT old!

So a friend of mine brought the HCG diet to my attention, just before I was going to get back on diet pills.  I started doing a little research and thought.."Eh...it's worth a try".  OH MY GOODNESS....IT WORKS!!!!!!  I have lost 27 pounds in 35 days!!  I should have lost more...but when I did my research, I didn't do a very good job, lol....a read the main points and skipped the rest.  Soooo for all of you looking for something that works let me tell you what I did.

Google HCG diet and they will tell you the basic do's and don'ts etc.  The 1st step is the Prep Stage to cleanse your body.  I picked up some info from my local health food store and it gave you 39 (Literally) different things to do, some of which were crazy like THROW AWAY your microwave....ummmmm...not gonna happen.  So I googled a natural body cleanse and the first thing that popped up was the Cabbage Soup diet....don't roll your eyes and stop reading...it's not as bad as it sounds...this is a diet given by doctors for heart patients and it's not ALL cabbage soup...so check out the cabbage soup diet I lost 8 pounds in a week with this. I bought my HCG spray from a  health food store and it says Pharmeceutical-Homeopathic, incase you were wondering. When you start the Low Calorie diet...follow the diet to a "T"...I didn't lose weight some days and even gained weight by taking a bite of things I wasn't supposed to eat.  It's not JUST about the calorie count...it has to do with the kinds of food and how it responds chemically with the HCG hormone...there are NO SUBSTITUTIONS.  For example I had 1 Cheeto...ONE...and I skipped my fruit for the day, thinking I could swap calories....and I didn't lose wait....so don't make this mistake.  Also when it says to eat apples....eat only green apples...red apples have more sugar.

So if you are interested...it sounds rough but while taking HCG you're not starving...just drink tons of water and you will be thrilled with the results :))))    After my 40 days...I plan to start back on the P90X to firm up and then just watch my calories...

A few more of the 17, I'm terrible taking my own picture and I'm HORRIBLE taking pictures with a cell phone...it's like I had wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too much coffee b/c every picture was blurred!