Credit Mystery

Hello everyone!

As you know, Jp and I went on our family vacation over the weekend to go camping at Pismo Beahc, Oceana Dunes, and went ATV riding and didn't shower for 3-days! It was great if you asked me. But... this year, it was the most windy it has ever been since my family started camping here, but we got through it, and Jp wants to go back... We didn't bring our camera because of the sand and the lens...not a good mix, especially with the winds... it was really windy!

On top of that, on Sunday, Jp get an email on his phone saying someone tried to use his Credit Card over the weekend, but BofA didn't let the purchase go through cause the Credit Card has not been used in so long with a zero balance, so praise God for Security Protection... but that isn't the end of it. We got home Sunday night, and fiending to use the internet, we couldn't log on. Jp being the techy... tried all he could be still wasn't working. So we called Time Warner, and they said over the weekend, we requested the account to be closed....!!!?! what! We were in the sand dunes! So, we are hoping the custome service person who closed it made a mistake, but if they didn't, that person who closed it has my husband's information and was able to close the account. What thrill would they get out of closing the account?!? I don't know, but it was a success.

So now, we can't get our internet back untill the investigation is done, which should be closed on Friday, I'm hoping! So untill then, not pictures, no babies, no family updates...nothing... Just me at work talking about credit. It is funny how the higher the credit score, the more trust worthy you are. But when someone gets a hold of it and ruins it... while you didn't do anything, is very frustrating. praise God I took my Fraud Examination class, but even with all the precautions.... it happens to my husband. No damage has happened yet... so pray nothing does!

Babe-A-Rama

Kids are so cute! Jacob is probably one of the funniest kids Beauty For Ashes have ever encountered. He sucks his finger, talks in grunts, and is a Papa's Boy! But when he gets used to the camera, he knows what he is doing. In the next post, we will show you just how comfortable he was...

Haha, already using props...

Bubba #1 and Bubba #2...or shall we call them Eyes and Lashes...you'll see what I'm talkin about...

This is Bubba #1

and Bubba #2

Austin...I think he just discovered His legs and how to really use them, cause this boy was all over the place

Last but not least....the Bling of all Babies...AJ

Kids grow so fast and it's incredible how much they learn just by watching and listening... More Babe-A-Rama to come

Michael and Christina

Michael and Christina's wedding took place at the Cathedral, but Beauty For Ashes Photography had a one-stop trip at the Bonaventure Hotel in Downtown LA.

We were able to get a couple of images of the bride getting ready. She was actually calm, but her cell phone was by her the whole time.

The invtations and her wedding main color was pink, her favorite color, and had a modern style to it, but she chose a classy eternity band which signies her unity with Michael.

Going to the hotel or location where the bride is getting ready is not just to see what happens behind the scenes, but so important to see the details she picked to make her day complete. It could be the details on the dress, the shoes, or even the girls she hand picked to be in her wedding. You want to try to capture everything the bride loved as she picked them. She probably mentioned how she loved the laced flowers, or the style of the eternity band, or the way the shoes would look with the dress or even the height it would give her. Capturing the details is something I know I wanted, so it is important to know what the bride would want to see in her pictures.

Her dress was so unique because the tail was detachable. Since it was detachable, I wanted to show how small the dress was without it.

Although John usually has that eye for detail, I loved the simplicity of the back of the dress and had to take it.

Cousin Reunion

Cayucos, Ca

So cousin reunion took place in Cayucos, Ca. I had such an awesome time. Driving home, I was wishing I had met everyone years ago. I haven't laughed like that...maybe in months. It was such a beautiful place and I got to meet such cool people. This is going to be just the first post about Cousin Reunion. I just wanted to reminisce on some of places we went to and what we did. On Saturday...wine tasting...yummy! The next post will be of the awesome people we went with...so stay tuned...

I had to put this one. He was posing, and kept posing....sssooo cute!!!

And thanks to Alina and Alexar....for the highlights!

I was so sad....I don't think we got any images of you guys! hilarious!!! Ode to Cranium!!!

Thank you for the partying gift!

The Padre Wedding

The business...

The one thing I love about this idea more than the possibility of staying home with future kids, but the fact that i can enjoy this new thing with my husband. I feel truly blessed by seeing how God put us friends together in this romantic relationship, we have so many more things in common than I could have ever thought. It was such an awesome surprise and gift from God.

The one thing that we both love is photography. Even though we both love it, we have such different styles, and you can really see it. Jp loves details and the little things that make things so unique, and i love that too, but i really enjoy seeing a lot. I like depth and making children look smaller than they already are and venues look ginormous!

To give you an idea, here is a wedding we went to with our awesome friends at Red 5 Studios

I like this one cause she looks so tiny. She was all over the dance floor!

Here is Jp and the details. It must be important for the bride to have these shots because being a former bride, I know how much thought she must have put into these brown paper bags.

I couldn't help but capture the energy this little girl had. Seeing her in this picture, I hope i was able to capture her personality and this era in her youth.

Jp and his details...I love it!

Here are some other images we were able to capture

The Taleon Wedding

The Taleon Wedding is probably going to be one of the most memorable weddings Beauty For Ashes Photography has done because it was the first attempt to picturing ourselves as photographers. Second of all, I, the wife, was in the wedding!

This wedding is my older sister's wedding that took place October of 2006. The ceremony was in a local church in Chino Hills and the reception was at an awesome auditorium. This auditorium was decked out with so much character, you really didn't have to do much to make it look any better.

Michelle and Nathaniel, here is a taste of some of the pictures we have been holding hostage. Even though we weren't your official photographers, we hope you can enjoy what John did with so little knowledge at the time.

Here goes....October 2006...

This image was a couple of days before the wedding. They, amongst many couples, were practicing their first dance. It was funny...and cute...

This picture should look familiar...it was our first blog which was so long ago!

My sister had a Fall Themed Wedding and she had this great idea to use Pumpkins for name cards....it was so unique and so different, how can you get a bad image of this.

My husband loves those detail shots and he takes the shots so well. In the very near future, Beauty For Ashes will be blogging with some new images. They are too cool!

Almost there!

Hey everyone! Wow, it's been a really really long time since I've posted anything on this blog and so with so many things to share, i thought what better time than now?

This will be a two part post...first just giving you a little update on things (cuz there are a few things that have happened) and second, photography stuff that I've learned/am trying out with some pics as examples. For those of you that have a simple Canon Rebel like me or just any SLR camera, you might find this kind of cool, cuz i did and i'm really happy with the results...

Well a lot has happened since the last post and I'm not just talking about in photography. Where do start? Well, for one...I am now married to a beautiful girl named Lauren Mae. The wedding was unbelievable but as Owen and I would tell you...way too fast! It's such a surreal time that everything is like a blur...one moment i'm getting ready, putting on my white patent leather AF1s, next we're taking pictures, dancing to a song being sung by a mariachi band singer! Needless to say, we had a blast and everything was perfect.

We also got a house! I don't have too many pics of it but here's a shot of my wife the day we got the keys...

and in case you're wondering, she's holding up a set of keys not shooting a jumper =) We've now been in the house for just about two months now and I'm excited to say that we're having our first party on Aug 11th, 2007...it's a party that means a lot to me probably a little more so than Owen...its the annual FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFT PARTY BABY!!!

I'll be continuing the post tomorrow featuring some new things that I've been testing with my camera that I actually used at a wedding we've recently had the opportunity to be a part of. I'll be posting some of those pics as well as a bonus pic of my ringbearer which turned out to be one of my all time favorites.

Check back with us tomorrow!

JL