Tara Young Photography: August 2007

I have been blog tagged by Angela Anderson basically the idea is to share 8 facts about yourself so I will give it a try, although I doubt I can top Angela's!

1. I am fearful (maybe to strong a word) of the time 11:11. Repeatedly, may times daily, in high school I would to glance up at the clock twice a day at 11:11 and it began to freak me out. I used to think it was a curse that something bad would happen on that day. I once bought a magazine at the airport and my change was 11.11 and I was hesitant to fly. When my baby was born at 11:07 a.m. you could say I was a little relieved. It is so silly but even to this day I feel a little odd when I see that time or those numbers together.

2. My first Pets were cats named Bo and Luke (yes, after the famous Hazard boys) but don't blame me, I believe that was my Brother's idea. But I did much worse when I named a cat we had Budweiser, after a visit to a Reds game in Elementary School. Through the years I have had a Bo, Luke, Pitty Pat, Budweiser, Ms. T, Margo, Tigger, Oscar, Simon, Tally, India, Kiara and Dakota. All cats accept the last two which are my crazy dogs.

3. On the line of pets, my first year of college I co-owned a baby ball python. I used to wear it around my neck as an accessory. Her name was Monty (original huh?!?) and she used to arch her back when you pet her then would curl her tail as you approached the end of her body. She died of a rare bone disease a couple months after we had bought her. I must have been crazy because I don't think I could even touch one now.

4. Here I am at 12:31 am typing this post because time is very limited these days. With wedding season still holding strong and a 6 month old baby girl, I have very little time to myself. That said I think I am going to head of to bed so I can get a few hours of sleep in before my 6 am wake up call. I'll finish the last 4 tomorrow.

5. A new day-Speaking of my little girl, I had my first child February 12th of this year. Her name is Ria Day, named after her Great Oma (her daddy's dutch grandmother). The Day was just to jazz it up a bit.

6. I LOVE to travel but I wish I could say that I have done more of it. I will be going to Hawaii for the first time this Winter. And aside from US travel I have been to Ireland, Japan, Holland, France, Canada, Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago.

7. I grew up in Georgetown then Lexington, KY. After high school I went to school out west in Bozeman, MT. Living in California and Colorado before deciding to move back to Kentucky 10 years later.

8. I always swore as a fine art major that I would never be a wedding photographer, that was before I realized that the days of stiff line up poses and cookie cutter images were coming to an end. Now wedding photographers are encouraged to be artistic, I LOVE my job!!!

I first had the opportunity to work with Kate and Adrian back in the fall of 2006 when I shot their engagement pictures at Locust Grove. I had such an incredible time and I knew that it would be no different at their wedding.

The ceremony was held at St. Francis in Prospect, an absolutely breathtaking building with beautiful grounds. The reception following was held at the Olmstead on Frankfort Ave. We were able to take advantage of the train tracks for a few quick shots before they entered the celebration.

Enjoy some of my favorites!