Talladaga Weekend Slideshow of Days 1 & 2 Combined

HALLOWDEGA!!!  October 31, 2010

Terry and I traveled with his work buddies and their wives to enjoy a NASCAR Race at the Talladega SuperSpeedway on October 30 & 31st.  Chris and his wife, Lycia, brought up the idea of going to experience Talladega as a group.  Dicky and his wife, Patty were up for it.  They had already been to several NASCAR Races in different locations.  Terry and I, nor Chris and Lycia had ever been.  Lycia made the initial purchase of tickets for each of us.  Then, she shopped around for a Bed & Breakfast.  She found a wonderful quaint B&B located in Columiana, AL. 

Our hosts at the B &B were owners, Diane & Andrew.  They made us feel very welcomed and provided wonderful and gracious accomodations.  Diane woke up before everyone on Saturday and prepared a breakfast feast!  She knew that we would be leaving very early on Sunday. So, on the night before, she prepared blueberry and banana nut mini-muffins for us.  She left little bags out alongside the muffins for us to take to the races.  I really can not tell you enough about their wonderful hospitality.  Not to mention, the house was a charming Victorian with an interesting history.  Andrew and Diane purchased the house a few years ago and worked very hard to fully restore the old house.  They have refurbished it beautifully.  Diane has placed her special touch to every nook and cranny of this house.  Terry and I woke up extra early on Sunday and sat together in the sitting room and enjoyed a cup of coffee.  While we relaxed, we were able to look around and appreciate the many unique features of the historic house and furnishings.  If you wish to travel to northern Alabama and stay in a Bed & Breakfast, please take a look at Columbiana INN.    Diane and Andrew are so friendly.   You will feel right at home at Columbiana INN.  http://www.columbianainn.com/

Here, I created a slideshow with my images captured on both Saturday and Sunday Race days combined. Saturday was a truck race.  Sunday is big race day, of course.  I chose to use Lynard Skynard music  for the slideshow.  I think NASCAR & Skynard go together like rice & gravy.  What do you think?  Also, I added captions to my images for Day 2 (Sunday's Race).   I hope that all of my captioned information is accurate.  I was trying to remember what was happening throughout the day as I reviewed my images.  It is difficult to recall all the details, even after only a couple of days.  For this reason, I think I am going to start using captions a bit more often.  This will make it sooo much easier for future recall.   With information documented, you will always know exactly when, where, why and of whom a photo was taken.  I have a huge stash of pictures that I need to go through, sort & label.  Time has a way of blurring all those important memories.

NASCAR Race Weekend, Day 1 at Talledega Super Speedway

Below is a smilebox slideshow of images from Day 1 of our very first NASCAR Race Weekend in Talledega, AL.  This slideshow is a Truck Race that we saw on Saturday.  It was exciting and I picked out a driver right away.  He was #23.  He stayed in the top 3 but rolled the dice...decided NOT to re-fuel.  I think he didn't have enough gas to finish out like I had hoped.  Darned ole Chris chose the favorite and 2 time winner, Kyle Busch #18.  #18 did choose to re-fuel and he ended up doing the Victory Burn Out for the crowd!  So, Chris' guy won!

I have captioned each picture in the smilebox.  Hope you enjoy it!

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Ashley & Preslee

My cousin, Ashley, had a baby girl! She named her Preslee. Ashley has been a girly girl from the time she was born because her mama dressed her up so prissy & pink! She grew up to be a very feminine, beautiful lady. Guess what?! She and her husband were previously and joyfully blessed with three rambunctious boys!

At this point in her life, Ashley didn't think she was going to have any more children. As the story goes, the unexpected happened & her pink dream came true!

 

So, I am proud to present Ashley and her pink princess Preslee at 2 weeks old.

Lauryn is 4!

Lauryn turned 4 yesterday.  She told Kayla that she wanted Barbies!  So, Kayla and I went to bring her some pink birthday presents.   Oh, she was so cute!!!  I don't think she was expecting us.  She greeted us at the back door smiling ear to ear and exclaimed, "You brought me pres-thents?!" 

Of course, I just  had to make a smilebox because anytime I am around Lauryn she makes me SMILE!  :) 

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High School SENIORS photo shoot October 17, 2010 - Baleigh & Tiffany *Bonus Pics from my sisterCHICK...!

Baleigh and Tiffany were at the photo shoot bright and early Saturday morning.  And, when I say 'Bright' and early, I mean that sun was poppin'!  Now, I love that big beautiful sun. But, when the sun is so high overhead, it makes photography very dfficult.  We had a hard time finding even light. 

With all that said, I am happy to say that Baleigh and Tiffany's beauty outshone the sun! 

Gorg-E-O-so!

Thanks girls for bringing your smiling, willing faces to our photo shoot.  I wish I could have spent a bit more time with y'all actually.  I knew that you had your Jackette dance camp to attend so didn't want to keep you too long.  Oh, but believe me...I could have photographed you all day!

Bonus Pics from my sisterCHICK!

Below is a slideshow created using only pics taken by my partner photoCHICK, Melissa!  I love having Melissa around and working with her.  She is a blast and has such a passion for photography.  At one point, one of the girls looked down at me and said laughingly, "Look she's on her back on the ground over there!"  Then, she looked at Melissa and cracked up!  She said, "...and so is she!"  Yep, me and Melissa looked at each other with grass stuck in our hair and clothes and started giggling.  Both of us will do anything to 'get the shot'!  I hope you enjoy the slideshow with the files that she brought to me.   I enjoyed creating this slideshow.  Even though, we had the same model in front of us at the same time, our images have a different look.  She did a tad bit more tweaking to her color balance to create a more stylized effect while I left mine more natural.  I love seeing how every photographer's creations have their own signature look.

High School SENIORS photo shoot October 17, 2010 - Caitlin & Ashleigh

Caitlin & Ashleigh are total sweethearts.  Melissa and I were happy that Caitlin came and brought her good friend, Ashleigh to the photo shoot event.  I told Caitlin that she reminded by me of Olivia on Jerseylicious.  She laughed because she though I meant Jersey Shore.  She had never seen Jerseylicious so she didn't know who Olivia was.  I have been watching this season of Jerseylicious and it cracks me up.  The setting is a beauty salon in New Jersey.  Lots of drama! 

Thankfully, the only drama that Caitlin & Ashleigh brought to their photo shoot was their dramatic beauty.  At first, I chose the song Daughters by John Mayer for their slideshow because I love that song.  I am sure their parents are so proud of their two precious daughters, Caitlin & Ashleigh.  But, then I decided I wanted something more upbeat so I went to an old Charlie's Angels Soundtrack.  Hey girls, I hope y'all like your slideshow.

I told Caitlin that she looked very 'girl next door pretty' and Ashleigh looked rock-n-roll chic!  Each of them could not have been any more precious.

Thanks girls.  You are Fun and Fabulous!

High School SENIORS photo shoot October 17, 2010 - Allison & Lexi

Allison and Lexi are two High School friends.  Oh, my did I enjoy these two girls.  Melissa invited them to our all day Senior photo shoot event.  They are both beautiful girls with big friendly smiles and personalities.  Allison and Lexi are super cool chicks.  They are also very down-to-earth and open to play!  I hope they will always be playful and free spirited.  Allison has a dark complexion and Lexi is beautifully fair.  I wanted to ask Lexi if she had an Irish heritage when I saw her light blue eyes and features. 

I created a slideshow with some of my fave individual shots that I captured.  We walked over to catch some buddy pics by the pond.  And, they played with me and all my crazy ideas.  I love it!  I am anxious to see what amazing shots Melissa was able to capture. 

I used Shakira's song Gypsy for the slideshow music.  Shakira is my favorite artist.  I love her cuz her Hips Don't Lie!  lol...I really love her song Gypsy.  The life of a gypsy has always captured my imagination.  I hope you enjoy the music along with Allison and Lexi's slideshow.   

 

We found some Amazing Light under the pavillion by the pond! Puuuurrrfection!