speaking of favorite photos..

since i dedicated my last post to all of my favorite photos from 2013, i started thinking about my favorite 2013 moments, memories, and photos with my boy. we did so many things this year that are almost hard to believe. we celebrated two years together, saw my favorite band live, travelled alone for the first time, and moved in to our own apartment. 2013 was really great to us, and here are (very few) photos documenting our time together.

i love you, my dear boy. i cannot wait to spend my 2014 with you by my side.

<3

looking back: favorite photos from 2013.

i have gone through ALL of the photos i have from the past year, and have compiled this blog post full of my favorites from each session, as well as some randoms thrown in. it is crazy how much i pushed myself in a year, from trying new lighting situations to totally new types of sessions - even adding in weddings, and how proud i am of my work. i hope you enjoy seeing them as much as i enjoyed shooting them!

2013 was a great year for me, especially creatively. i spent so much time behind the camera, and i think that it really shows through in my work. i cannot wait to have my first shoot of the year this weekend!

<3

i'm back in the new year.

well. this is awkward, isn't it?

i haven't blogged since august, and it is now january of the following year. i'm back to attempt to have a place to post my resolutions.. i know. what about last year's resolutions, jordan?

we're starting again, here, internet.

here they are, in no particular order of importance:

• read more.
• try to do some sort of fitness regime at least four times a week.
• once school starts again, stay on top of the work. this means visiting the studio BEFORE finals week and studying along the way.
• also.. look nice for school. sweatpants are for the house, not the classroom.
• branch out more in photography - schedule as many shoots with models as possible, doing concepts that are internally pleasing, not for the sake of gaining popularity, but for the sake of creating beautiful work.
• start doing videos again. try for at least one each week until it can be upped to two again.
• until may, save up as much money as possible for the london trip.
• lastly, use this blog for things to go along with youtube, as well as reviews, fotd/ootd's, wishlists, and everything else - including staying up to date with these goals!

so, there you have it. i have actually started working on some of these things already.. four of them, at least, unless you count blogging, and then it's five.

i have already finished stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers, by mary roach, and very much enjoyed it. it takes a somewhat delicate, if not gruesome, subject, and approaches it in a very easy to digest (excuse the awful word choice) way. i would definitely recommend checking it out!

i am also, according to my kindle, 66% of the way through when god was a rabbit, by sarah winman, though i don't have any definite thoughts on it, yet!

as far as fitness goes, i can only say i have made the very tiny beginning step, which is to buy a new pair of running shoes. i got some new balance 574's.

i already have a definite plan for an interesting shoot with a model from lawrence on the twelfth of january, which i am very excited about, and another sort of in the works. i can't wait for either of them!

i have also got some money saved up to start a separate account JUST FOR london, which is very much needed.

that's all for now! hope you can achieve all that you wish to in the new year, and that i can, too!