And we're back...

*Buda Palace

Hello everyone! Peter and I are back from our trip to Hungary (well we have been back for a week now but with family coming in for Easter, things have been a little crazy around here) and we had the most wonderful time ever! Seeing as it was my first time to the continent of Europe I was fascinated with oldness of everything! My belief that Europe was meant to be photographed in BLACK AND WHITE has been re-affirmed.

Budapest was a place of wonder and surprise. We found so many interesting things there from buildings to people. It was such a treat to meet those who Peter interacted with while he served his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

We also got to ride trains from Budapest to other cities both in the East and in the West.

The weather was pretty cold but not unbearable however we kept ourselves warm by walking EVERYWHERE! My legs were sore and I slept like a rock every night. (No jet lag problems for me.) Not very many people there speak English so there was a lot of me just smiling and nodding (I kind of felt dumb only knowing how to say "thank you", "you're welcome", "hello", "cat", and counting to ten for people. Oh well I guess that is what Peter was for, hehe. All right enough of my blabbing here are the pics!

*Gellert Hedge (hill) The building pictured above is a hotel that sits right underneath the hill called Gellert Hedge on which the statue (memorial) pictured below sits upon.

*They have amazingly long and fast escalators in the Metros in Budapest. (Pictured below)

*Pictured above is Fishermans Bastion. I guess you could call it a fortress and in one of the turrets there is a sacrifice table (I took a picture of it but is was so dark you can't tell what it is.) Below is the church that sits behind the Bastion. They are apparently doing some fix'er up'er work on this one but you can still see the amazing detail. The roof was the best part but due to the night I couldn't get a close enough picture of which you could tell what it was.

Ahh... last but not least... FORNETTI! Peter and I ate this every day for breakfast. We brought some back with us and it was ok the next day heated up in the microwave.

Jo Utat Kivanok! (Bon Voyage, Happy Trails... or however you like it.)

Szia!

We are off to Hungary tomorrow morning! WAHOO! I can't even believe that it is actually here. When we get back we will update you on all the sites to see and ways to travel so when you make your voyage it will be as smooth and wonderful as ours will be!

Wish us luck and until next week... Viszlat!

Madeline and Peter

More...

I have played around with some textures and other things and have been pleased with the results so here are a few from the maternity shoot with Corinne. I will update you on how she likes them after Sunday when I give her the CD.

Stuck on those bellies!

Ok so here are my first of many to come! I absolutely love how beautiful her little belly is. She is almost 8 months along and you can hardly tell she is just a beautiful {soon to be} mommy who will be having a beautiful little BOY! I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.

I DID IT!

The Maternity Shoot was SO much fun! The girl we shot was beautiful! Long and lean and just a cute little belly. We first took advantage of the beautiful sunlight and just before sunset went to the LDS Temple grounds and got some fun ones in their beautiful grass and cool old trees. Once it got too dark for decent pictures we went to my friend's house (she was my assistant on the shoot) and set up a mini studio and captured a few more good ones there!

It was so exciting, all I wanted to do was upload and get to work however we had a dinner appointment with some friends and so I have yet to even get a good look through them. :(

Tonight should allow me some time to work on a few and I will get them posted ASAP! Check back for updates on those pics.

Ps. Only 6 days until HUNGARY! Wahooooooo

1st Maternity Shoot

I am going to shoot my first Maternity Session TODAY!!! I am SO excited! The girl is from my ward and she is so cute. Once I get the pictures edited I will post them for all to see!
But here one picture from Amanda E. who has given me some inspiration:


*you can check out more of her pictures on flickr.com you can find her here under Olivias Mum