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Hi, people! My name is Abi, and I am an Oklahoma-based portrait and wedding photographer who loves to travel for shoots! If you are looking for some of my recent work, you are in the right place! My blog is where I post personal favorites from shoots, as well as chat about my life. Here you have the opportunity to see my current portfolio, with the added benefit of learning a little more about me. Lucky you! If you like something you see, please feel free to add a comment! I really do love getting comments and appreciate any feedback on my work/ramblings!
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{above photos of me by Kelly Beane and Kriea Arie. thanks, girls! :)}

~abi martin~
email: photographer.abi@gmail.com


Monday, December 21, 2009

happy birth-month to me!

Well, over a month has flown by since I last posted...and I thought I would give you a peek at what the month of December has looked like for me so far! December is my birth month, so I always have high expectations for it in general, and this one has been packed full of great stuff! :) Hope you enjoy the photos, many of which were snapped with my trusty little point and shoot, the Canon PowerShot {other than the ones from actual shoots, of course}. :)

Things started off with a wonderful date with my nephew Jace! We hung out at Incredible Pizza, then headed downtown to run around Bass Pro Shop {he loves all boy things like hunting and fishing!} and check out some cool lights! I have a million adorable pix from that night, but I narrowed it down to a few...
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My nephew DJ and I also had an awesome date night! We ate some pizza and hung out at the local Hastings before heading to look at Christmas lights...
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And then we snapped pix of each other in the Moore Warren Theatre while waiting for New Moon to begin {he's read all the Twilight books!}...
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Should I care that the pic he took of me is sharper and has better composition than the one I took of him?? :)
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I also celebrated my sweet friend Kelly's bday with her...
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...We enjoyed seeing our favorite local artists in a live show! Here's my fave: Ali Harter!!
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And I've seen beautiful light displays with my fam...
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...Done family portraits for several awesome families...
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I've also attended a few Christmas parties...{at my lifegroup party, enjoying a treat made by my talented friend Brandie!}...
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...{at the photographers' Christmas party playing a mad game of Jenga!}...
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...{at my super-fun work party with my gorgeous sis Mandi}...
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I shot a sweet maternity session for my cute-as-can-be friend Cheri...
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...And did a shoot of some of my FAVORITES!!! My precious niece and nephews...
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My last official shoot of the year was this past Sunday evening, and boy was it a great one--if I do say so myself! haha. But really the credit goes to my lovely subject, Denice! She saw a pic, which i had posted on Twitter, of the above Christmas lights; and she messaged me on Facebook about doing a non-trash-the-dress session there! :) I thoroughly enjoyed it, and will post more soon, but I couldn't resist giving her and you all a sneak peek!
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So, from the bottom of my heart, I am wishing you all the very best and happiest holidays!!! Thank you to everyone who has been a support and encouragement to me, especially over the past few months! There is a lot more still to happen in this lovely month, and i hope to squeeze in at least one more post before the end of the year! :) For now, I hope you have enjoyed this update! Leave a comment and let me know what you have had/will have going on this December!

~abi~

5 comments:

Kelly Beane said...

I had so much fun at my birthday and I cannot wait for yours! All the portraits look superb, and the boys are growing so fast! Such handsome guys. Can't wait for the rest of the bridal session...

Casey said...

Beautiful as ever!!!! Thank you for taking our pictures!!! I love them!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful as always; I admire all of your work and your ability to function and work hard even during this difficult time; you have been such an amazing, wonderful help to me and I cannot express my gratitude LOVE YOU SO MUCH MOM

ashley o. said...

happy birthday to you!! what a super awesome month, and i hope that you enjoy a super merry Christmas! we'll still be praying for your family during this time

Anonymous said...

LOVE the maternity pic! Like, seriously love! :o)
This is Joni again. I'm too lazy to create a google account so I'm posting "annonymously".