Sneak Peek [Chelsea + Kent]

Danny and I recently had the pleasure of traveling to Naples, FL to shoot a wedding! This was a HUGE step for Elizabeth Ashley Photography! My dreams of traveling the world and shooting weddings are finally coming to life! So, we packed up everything we thought we might need (which turned out to be way too much stuff) and hit the road!

Chelsea and Kent’s wedding was absolutely stunning! Naples Bay Resort is beautiful and served as a great backdrop for their wedding!

We left the resort and headed to Naples Pier, and while it was crowded with beach goes and fisherman, it was just stunning (and for the most part, everyone was very nice and let us capture a few photos!).

Chelsea walked down a palm tree lined isle and met her fiance in front of the ocean. What a stunning ceremony they had! I count myself truly bless to have been a part of it!

Chelsea and Kent, thank you so much for allowing Danny and I to be a part of your wedding day and playing such a big role in making my dreams come true! It was such a great day, and I hope you will be able to remember all the happiness through the photos that we captured!

Below you can see their same day slideshow!

The Client’s Guide: PASS Galleries

I am fortunate to work alongside with some of the coolest people in the photography industry! And some of them have this awesome company PASS. If you’ve met with me for a consult, you’ll know just how cool I think this program is. It saves so much time, and they just gave it a brand new face lift! Check out how awesome the new gallery looks! To view Chelsea + Kent’s live gallery Click Here

This gallery works a lot like Pinterest and Facebook. Well, maybe Pinterest meets Facebook. What I mean by that is, your gallery is very cool to look at! But once you click on an image, that image comes to the foreground and the background fades to showcase each image. And all you have to do is use the right arrow key to view the next image!

Another super cool thing is there is a guestbook right in the gallery. Now, all your friends and family can leave wonderful little love notes on your gallery!

You’ll click the button in the top left of the screen to reveal your navigation for the gallery. In this particular gallery you will see more options under “COLLECTIONS” once their wedding photos are posted!  You can also log into the gallery and some galleries will have the ability to download right from the navigation bar. 

You don’t have to have Facebook in order to log into the gallery, you can create a PASS account from this screen as well! And here you will see the Sharing Features! I tell this story over and over again because it hits home with so many brides! I was so excited when Danny and I got our wedding photos and I wanted to share them all with my friends and family on Facebook. The problem was, when I narrowed it down to only the photos I HAD to share, I still had over 150 high resolution photos. The upload time on that FB album was about 8 hours. Seriously. Who has time to sit around and wait for hours while their wedding photos upload to Facebook? No one, that’s who! PASS does it all for you now! 

All you have to do is click the appropriate icon on the right side of the screen and it prompts for that website! It let’s you write a little note about it and it shares it on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or in an e-mail!

I am so excited about these new changes! I think the gallery looks amazing, and it’s only going to get better. Eventually, you’ll be able to purchase prints right from your gallery!

If you have questions about PASS or want to learn more about it, please send me an e-mail at elizabeth@eaphotog.com

Snowy Days at Home

There’s not much better than setting at home in your PJ’s and watching it snow outside! We’re a little sickly in the Maxwell home, so really, there’s not much else to do! I was struck by the view out of my kitchen window this afternoon (which is kind of funny if you’ve ever been in my kitchen!- more on that later) and how beautiful the snow was.

So, what else would I do? I grabbed my camera and took a few shots! Check them out, maybe I’ll even get around to framing one of these!

I love snow photos, and snowy pine tree photos are even better! *Sidenote: If you’re planning a winter wedding in the mountains, CALL ME!*

NOW… let’s get back to that “what’s so funny” part. We don’t live in the woods, we live in the middle of the city! And the view from our kitchen window is usually old men drinking beer in a parking lot while listening to rap/soul/gospel music. It just so happens that from where I was standing at this particular moment, I couldn’t see all of that! Here’s the view for real!

Do you all have any creative photos like this that you love? Share them with us

And as always, have an awesome day
e.max

 

 

Skinny Guacamole

Guacamole is not something you would normally see me eating. I have a long history with green foods… I am getting better with age, but sometimes it’s still a battle! Everyone keeps talking about this super food called Avocado. And I got the itch… so I went and grabbed some avocados and cut into them! I totally forgot they needed to ripen! So I (again) had to improvise! Where this recipe says you should only mash with a fork, I used a food processor. So our wasn’t as chunky, but it was still pretty good!

Full Recipe Here: Skinny Taste Guacamole

I read somewhere that if you toss the pits in with the guacamole, it will stay green much longer in the fridge. So far, it’s working pretty well… but I’ve never kept guacamole in our fridge before, so I don’t know how quickly it would turn brown under normal circumstance.

Overall, I think this recipe was pretty good. Like I said, I’m not a person who would normal eat guacamole, but I loved the red onions and the lime in it! I think I could get used to avocado.

My kitchen helper for this recipe was Mr. Fenway Park! He’s such a great dog, and he’s really really great about cleaning up after me, especially when I dropped avocados on the floor!

What’s your favorite Guacamole Recipe? Or Avocado Recipe? Do the pits REALLY keep the guacamole green longer – or did I get suckered by the internet again?