101 Tasks in 1001 Days

Have you ever made a years resolution and it lasted maybe two months? Lucky, if it lasted longer. I have. Each year I have said I am going to do something different. So now I am really going to do something different - 101 in 1001. I made a list of 101 things I would like to get done in the next 1001 days. As I accomplish things I will blog about them. I hope I can do it - wait, I know I can do it! You might be asking why 1001 days. Well 1001 days gives you a better time period to get a goal/task finished compared to just one year.

Start Date: 10/01/09
Finish Date: 06/28/12

Key:
BOLD: Completed
ITALICS: In Progress


1. Read 200 books (0/200)
2. Travel to Europe
3. Graduate College with a degree in Chemistry
4. Photograph 50 different people (0/50)
5. Get my passport
6. Travel to Disney World and visit all of the parks
7. Watch all of the Harry Potter movies in one sitting
8. Shoot and edit a session in one day
9. Buy a D300 [10/17/09]
10. Blog everyday for a month (0/30)
11. Ride the light rail alone
12. Save up to $5000
13. Buy a 24” Mac Desktop [10/27/09]
14. Turn my living room into an official office
15. Take my camera with me every day for 120 days (0/120)
16. Go to West Virginia and visit family on my own
17. Ride a hot air balloon
18. Take a road trip to California
19. Photograph ten weddings (0/10)
20. Keep my room cleaned for 30 days straight (0/30)
21. Redesign my bedroom
22. Buy a Fisheye lens
23. Eat healthy for a week (0/7)
24. Fix my bike
25. Ride my bike every day for two weeks (0/14)
26. Pick apples off a tree and make apple cider with those apples
27. Jump off a swing
28. Clean out my closet
29. Donate to a charity
30. Lose 100 pounds (0/100)
31. Understand off camera flash and not get frustrated with it.
32. Get and keep a pen pal.
33. Buy a pair of good tennis shoes.
34. Meet with and hang out with Ms Price and Ms Bittman
35. Visit Nanny and Pop-Pop once a week for three months straight (0/12)
36. Buy someone lunch
37. Visit the Harry Potter amusement park in Florida
38. Attend the Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC
39. Photograph fireworks on Fourth of July
40. Give money to a homeless person
41. Rub my mom’s feet every day for three weeks straight (0/21)
42. Try a different kind of Sushi
43. Photograph a new born
44. Don’t use my credit cards for a month (0/30)
45. Swim with Dolphins
46. Join a book club
47. Photograph a session everyday for a week (0/7)
48. Run a mile
49. Learn how to do a cart wheel
50. Drive a stick
51. Buy a Jeep Wrangler
52. Make a tank of gas last a whole week (0/7)
53. Once I turn 21, visit Las Vegas
54. Go to NYC and visit Rockefella center
55. See Michael Buble in concert, twice (0/2)
56. Put my head under the ocean water
57. Earn $5000 from my photography business (0/5000)
58. Make a portfolio book
59. Hang out with a friend that I haven’t seen in over a year
60. Don’t eat McDonald’s for 200 days (29/200)
61. Plan a game night!
62. Go Fishing in a boat
63. Buy half of the things on my wish list (to be determined)
64. Own a shootsac
65. Attend a professional photography workshop
66. Kiss in the rain
67. Go to Maine just to eat a lobster
68. Attend the State Fair
69. Take my parents out to a restaurant they never been to
70. Give up soda for 90 days (0/90)
71. Make a new account on Flickr and upload everyday for a year (1/365)
72. Drink a glass of milk everyday for a week (0/7)
73. Go white water rafting
74. Pull an all nighter
75. Horseback ride
76. Drive through Gettysburg at night
77. Befriend someone
78. Pick out a Christmas tree on a Christmas tree farm
79. Teach someone new information about their camera
80. Get kissed under mistletoe
81. Photograph the sunrise
82. Throw a surprise party for someone
83. Recycle
84. Sleep in past 10 AM without feeling guilty [10/02/09]
85. Make Mickey Mouse pancakes with my mom
86. Go to Ocean City for a week with Ashley
87. Watch a show with it being on DVR
88. Go out without texting for a week (0/7)
89. Visit Canada
90. Go to Forks, WA
91. Get on the news for a good thing
92. Volunteer somewhere
93. Photograph someone and give the proceeds to charity
94. Beat the entire game of Mario Kart
95. Play Rock Band and a get perfect on Medium level
96. Fully create a ErinWhitney Photography fanpage on Facebook
97. Plant sunflowers and actually see them grow
98. Make sushi with Jen
99. Eat an apple everyday for a month (0/30)
100. Swing on a tire swing
101. Photograph a wedding with my photography teacher

Stacy & John Hostler!

On September 21, 2008 at Herrington on the Bay, Stacy Zimmerman and John Hostler were married! Exactly one year later, they still love each other as much as they ever did! Stacy asked me to accompany them back to Herrington on the Bay for their one year anniversary! Just by looking at the pictures you can tell how much they are in love with each other! I am sure they will have many more to come! Also, if you are getting married and need a venue, check out Herrington on the Bay, it is absolutely gorgeous!

This is one of my favorites! You can just see how much they love each other by the way they look at each other... & the water fall in the background is amazing!

let's kiss here!

let's kiss there! let's kiss everywhere, even underneath my veil! Does that rhyme... I was trying :)

John asked if he could buy that boat... I wanna ride!

Look at that sky!

They are so cute together!

If they weren't laughing, they were kissing!

Show us that bling!!

such gorgeous choice of rings!

I think I need to have a section on my website for jumping shots! I love them :)

Congratulations John and Stacy!

I know you have plenty of more years together!

Little Johnathan

Ashley & Dave contacted me about photographing their nephew, for Dave's mom's birthday! I was delighted! They decided to go to Lake Waterford. Since Johnathan is only five, we all knew he would love the playground. And of course he loved it! He only ever had a smile on his face! Johnathan is definitely the cutest five year old I have ever seen!

he has the cutest smile!

Johnathan absolutely loved the swing. He was getting everyone to push him on it!

this photo has such a candid and posed look to it!

told yah he had a smile on his face constantly :)!

now it's time for posed ones...

...such a gentlemen!

we asked him to be serious and guess what he gave us...

a smile!

Ashley's Session

Ashley contacted me after I photographed Stephanie. I was more than delighted! We decided to go to Lake Waterford in Pasadena. Ashley is definitely photogenic! We had a lot of fun! I was kind of really excited to do this session because I decided to shoot the entire session in RAW format rather than JPEG. Let me tell you, it makes a HUGE difference. RAW for life :)

PS: I am photographing her wedding on October 9th and I am so excited for that!

stunning!

These two are my favorites!

Quick wardrobe change and it was time to get back to the fun!

GLAMOROUS!!

love the composition of this!

great poses!

this bridge is one of my new favorite places to photograph!!!!!

A Gridal/Broom Shower

You know you love who you work with when you throw them a Gridal/Broom shower. Clare works with us and sometimes, we see Jim just has much as Clare. So how could we throw Clare a bridal shower without Jim being there? Granted, he was the only male there, still! We all like him just the same! And that is how you get a Gridal/Broom shower, LHBP style of course :)

If you worked with these people, you would love your job as well!

The sexy set up in front of the fitting rooms!

Oh, how we will miss Christy and Carey!

CAKE!

silly girls!

How can you not love these bra fitters ?!

BRIDE AND GROOM!

This is where it gets good...

pseudo- BRIDE AND GROOM!

I was supposed to be helping, but I was checking out the other team :)

pseudo- BRIDE AND GROOM (deux)

All the pseudo's together for a group shot!

This is what happened when we "cleaned" up!

cut their faces...

eat their faces!

save the best for last... PRESENTS!

Congratulations Jim and Clare!

New Business Cards

I received the best mail today... BUSINESS CARDS! I was so excited. I only have been waiting for these cards since FOREVER! My mom told me about a company called bizcard.com - you get 250 cards for free with shipping and handling! I decided to get a funky shape of business card rather than a traditional shaped one! Take a look!