Happy New Year!

Well, it's now officially the second day of 2010. It's 1:02AM as I write this! Can you believe how quickly time flew last year?! It was a great year, and I'll always look fondly back as I remember my first year in starting my career as a wedding photographer! I met my goal of booking six weddings last year, and I think that's pretty dang cool considering it was just little old me doing the marketing at first!

Now, it's a new year, and I am so excited for it! To ring in the new year, James and I decided to go to the Houston Zoo at Hermann Park! That park is exceptionally special to us now, because that is the park where James proposed to me on the 21st of November 2009 (all the way back in last year ha ha ha)! It was such an amazingly beautiful day; I'm glad I took my camera!! Here are just a few images from the zoo and the park! (Sorry if the web presentation of these images isn't up to par, as far as border and logo and such. There's a watermark, but hey! I'm tired here, people!)

Apparently, they love soccer!


I absolutely ADORE elephants! When James and I walked up to the habitat, it looked like they were nowhere to be seen, because the keepers were cleaning! I asked James "Where do they keep them when they're cleaning?" Then, we saw a crowd of people and eventually saw the elephants! Three older ones were "dancing" - swaying back and forth to a beat HA! -
and this little guy was in the back knocking around these giant tree limbs! Everyone was cheering for him going "Yeah! Just a little more and that tree limb is history!"
It was so great! I also love the colours my camera caught in these shots! I shot with my Canon EOS 5D and my trusty nifty 50mm at f/1.8. My camera was in "Faithful" mode, so everything was at 0. It was great! My ISO was between 50 and 200 all day! That's how bright and sunny it was! I loved it!



These monkeys were so fun to watch! I love this picture so much that I'm going to have it printed and framed (^_^)



The sea lions were our last stop on our way out of the extremely crowded zoo! I really love this picture, too! Again, the colours just rule me! The sea lions were really hamming it up later on!

See what I mean? This guy got up on the platform right as I was leaving and started proudly displaying his chest and turning his head for all of the cameras! They were SO CUTE!

Like I said before, as we left the zoo, we went to the Japanese Garden in Hermann Park. That's where James lead me and proposed to me, but because it was drizzly that day, I couldn't take any photos. So, I was so happy and delighted to find out that today was going to be sunny and warmer!

Another winner that I'm just going to have to print off and frame :)
This was on our way out of the zoo and toward the main park area! Hermann Park is absolutely gorgeous! If you're ever in Houston, head over to the Rice University/Medical/Museum district and take a stroll through!



James lead me to this Japanese Garden area and proposed to me with the house behind us, and the pond in front of us. It was so great and Hermann Park will always have a special place in our hearts!

So, I hope all of you had a joyous first day of 2010! I know there this year holds so much for me, and I'm sure it holds a lot for you as well!

Cheers!