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On the campus of Point Loma University. That's where it happened. He saw her from a distance, and perhaps it was her smile, glow, or beautiful soul that drew him into Stephanie's gravitational pull. Because she has that. A gravitational pull. The ability to lure people into her kindness and joy, each maintaining a happy orbit. Stephen and Stephanie hit it off immediately and they bonded over their love of golf. The Buick Invitational…in San Diego…really…you have tickets…of course we'll go together! And that was that. They spent their first weekend together as teenagers at a golf tournament, and have remained by each others sides ever since.
And that's where they were headed a few days ago. Stephanie and Stephen enjoyed the ride from Phoenix, Arizona and made their way to San Diego, California to the place of Stephanie's first incident of the gravitational pull occurred. Before arriving, however, they paused in Orange County long enough for their engagement session.
The day was spent in a blissful state of laughter and joy…and kissing. Stephanie and Stephen are two of the most loving, kind and genuine people and their love is simply a manifestation for their care of others. I'm beyond thrilled to be shooting their wedding later this year and I know it's going to be nothing short of fabulous! Here are a few of my favorites, as well as a slideshow…
Stephanie owns Tunnel Photography in Phoenix, Arizona, so she brought along her grandparents' vintage cameras as a way to incorporate her style and personality…and I was in LOVE!
One thing about Stephen….when I arrived to the engagement session, I was him sitting alone under the shade of a nearby tree. We'd never met before, but he gathered who I was from my camera (and my annoying laugh, I'm sure). He waved from a distance and greeted me with a big hug. We were virtually strangers, but he gave me a hug and made me feel like an old friend. Stephanie…you're one lucky girl to be marrying such a kind man!
To see more of their engagement session, CLICK HERE for a slideshow!
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Awesome session J! I love the old Bike with the flowers and the cameras!! Gotta love these types of accessories for shoots!2.9.09 - 5:12 pm
Jasmine! These are stunning! I love the light!
Okay, so say I loose 20lbs and Jeramy and I renew our vows… is it over kill if we do engagement photos too? Would they be called "engagement photos"?
I want pictures of me and Jeramy like this!
And I'm I leaving a comment before Jeramy? I love beating him!
( not that it's a race or anything…)
Love the incorporation of the vintage cameras, the bike and the flowers. What a fun shoot! Can't wait to see more!2.9.09 - 5:25 pm
WOW! These are absolutely fabulous!2.9.09 - 5:27 pm
How CUTE are they!? LOVE this location 🙂 So awesome!2.9.09 - 5:27 pm
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!!!! What a great looking couple! I can only imagine how beautiful their babies will be.2.9.09 - 5:28 pm
What a cute couple! Great session Jas!2.9.09 - 5:33 pm
Oh Jasmine! They are just the most amazingly adorable couple I have ever seen. What a fabulous job you've done. Makes me want to move to Arizona and be their friend! Is that creepy?2.9.09 - 5:39 pm
What a beautiful couple. I love the color in these images and how fun and creative they all are. Great work, J*!!2.9.09 - 5:39 pm
great engagement photos! They have such a fresh, sunny feel to them2.9.09 - 5:40 pm
Wow! These are gorgeous! I love the locations and all the shots. Great job!2.9.09 - 5:45 pm
So cute…What great subjects!2.9.09 - 5:46 pm
WHOA!!!! These are seriously incredible!! LOVE the bike with the flowers…such a perfect touch! 🙂
J there is something about this shoot that I just love. Their style, location, the bike, colors…its just all there and it is great!2.9.09 - 5:50 pm
Love the bike images! those look like to much fun! amazing images as usual 🙂2.9.09 - 5:54 pm
GAH! Cutest. Couple. Ever. Award. Stephanie will read this and laugh because I've definitely commented on her facebook and told her that many, many times. She is stunnnning and I swear her fiance is the doppelganger of Jess from Gilmore Girls. 😉2.9.09 - 5:55 pm
Oh Jasmine these are all
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L. I was looking forward to this session and I am loving it. They are all FABOULOUS. Great job as always
Jas, you did it again! Absolutely gorgeous images. I just love the use of the light, and the colors totally pop.2.9.09 - 5:59 pm
WOW! That's it.. just WOW!2.9.09 - 6:09 pm
I love the ones with the bike and the ones laying down in the field.. the colors are just so awesome in these! You can tell what a sweet, FUN couple this is! :0)2.9.09 - 6:21 pm
so very cute 🙂2.9.09 - 6:24 pm
Very cute and creative! They look like they were a really fun couple to work with 🙂2.9.09 - 6:25 pm
WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWO! You are so amazing. I have no words! =-)2.9.09 - 6:31 pm
This is my favorite engagement session ever! Stephanie and Steven are so cute! I'm going to have to find me a guy 'cause I want pictures just like these!2.9.09 - 6:32 pm
Wow, you outdid yourself with these! The light and locations are fab, and the gorgeous couple doesn't hurt, either!2.9.09 - 6:34 pm
OMG – AMAZING! Probably one of my FAVORITE e-sessions of yours. Absolutely amazing! And of course having the cutest couple helps a lot too! You are ultra-fabulous!! 🙂2.9.09 - 6:37 pm
AAAGUGGGGLAAAH!!! That's the noise I made as I scrolled through these AWESOME images. I didn't even have words to describe how much I loved the priceless photos of these people I've never met.. so that noise was all I could come up with… AAAGUGGGGLAAAH!!! Jasmine, you continue to rock.2.9.09 - 6:40 pm
holy buckets. these are OUT of control amazing. what a beautiful couple! your work is perfection 🙂2.9.09 - 6:41 pm
Umm,what a beautiful bride to be, there kids are going to be hotties…lol
great colors, what lense did you mostly use on these?
Awesome! This is one of my favorite sessions that you've done… beautiful! It doesn't hurt that the couple is gorgeous either!2.9.09 - 6:44 pm
wow. just wow. perfect. wow.2.9.09 - 6:44 pm
wow….tough to find a favorite. i love the one under the porch on the left….i love the one in the field….oh, and the one where he's taking her picture and the sun is coming down through the trees….super cool!2.9.09 - 6:48 pm
Love these! Bike photos are my fav 🙂2.9.09 - 6:49 pm
You rocked these out! I love the use of the cameras! Adorable 🙂2.9.09 - 6:50 pm
…and it just keeps on gettin' betta'! You have an endless amount of talent and creativity! Where do you get that juice from, girl? Can I get some of what you're drinking???2.9.09 - 6:50 pm
What an absolutely gorgeous couple! They look very genuine!2.9.09 - 6:51 pm
hearts in my eyes!! gorgeous couple, stylish outfits, fabulous props (the bike! the cameras!). i'm in eye candy heaven. 😉 xoxo2.9.09 - 6:54 pm
I am sooo in love with these!!!!2.9.09 - 6:56 pm
i think this has to be one of my favorite engagement sessions of yours. wonderful.2.9.09 - 6:57 pm
You. Are. A. Photographer. Goddess.
Seriously. You are SO GOOD!2.9.09 - 7:04 pm
What a fabulous session! They are gorgeous and the images are amazing. Beautiful as always Jasmine!2.9.09 - 7:04 pm
Gorgeous. My fave is in the yellow flowers and through the bikes.2.9.09 - 7:05 pm
indeed…eye candy heaven…loving the props,the outfits, the location, the lighting, and the camera's…2.9.09 - 7:06 pm
Simply beautiful!2.9.09 - 7:07 pm
What a beautiful story along with beautiful photographs and BEAUTIFUL people. : ) I love it…yet again!2.9.09 - 7:09 pm
Love it! Gorgeous images 🙂2.9.09 - 7:11 pm
absolutely sickening! LOL can there be anymore love, excitement, happiness or good looks there? and jasmine, well you know, U ROCK. how do you get such good skin tones?2.9.09 - 7:15 pm
LOVE it!!! This is the cutest e session ever Jasmine!! I'm jealous that I didn't shoot it! haha. GREAT job!!!2.9.09 - 7:16 pm
I never get bored with your work….I go to other sites and I honestly do not get pulled into the work as much as I do with yours. You can through all your work and each shoot tells a different story. It is amazing. You also have a way with words that adds to the photographs. Thank you for being inspiring!2.9.09 - 7:22 pm
Love the bike (with the flowers!), love the cameras, love their cute smiles and stylish outfits! And last but not least, love LOVE your amazing images!! This shoot is beyond spectacular!2.9.09 - 7:26 pm
All I have to say is: I really must get my wife a pair of those boots. Oh, and congrats on the fantastic shoot. The last one cracks me up with them in the basket 😛2.9.09 - 7:28 pm
You totally captured my dream shot that I want of my hubby and I!!! (The one in the field where they are nose-to-nose) PERFECTION!! One of these days you are totally going to do a session for us! Amazing shoot, Jasmine!2.9.09 - 7:32 pm
Okay. I don't think I've ever asked a question before, but I have an issue that I seriously need help with. How. do. you. focus?? I also use canon and primes. I also shoot wide open when possible. First, getting bride and groom both in focus (when shooting wide open). Secondly, do you use just one focus square and if so where do you 'point' it? I've tried using one focus square and I 've also tried using all of them, but that takes forever and several pushing the shutter half-way down to get the ones to light up that I want to light up. If that makes sense. I would greatly appreciate any help you can offer. Thanks!2.9.09 - 7:32 pm
great pics, shes adorable!2.9.09 - 7:35 pm
Such cute pictures!! I love the bike with the flowers in the basket. Your work is so amazing!!2.9.09 - 7:43 pm
this is my favorite shoot of yours..ever. i love everything about it. i feel like it shows another fold of your talent…awesomeness.2.9.09 - 7:51 pm
i know i said this before, but damn, they have good style. what a perfect couple to get to photograph.
i love the pictures, especially the ones in the field! those flowers are awesome.2.9.09 - 8:00 pm
you say you are lucky to photograph them later in the year, but girl….I think they are beyond blessed to have you there to photgraph them! You Rock!2.9.09 - 8:07 pm
Gorgeous as usual! Wonderful light and style- beautiful!2.9.09 - 8:22 pm
Seriously?! Beautiful people, with beautiful style, beautiful setting,and of course-Beautiful Images! Love it!2.9.09 - 8:27 pm
I am in LOVE with every single one of these photos. Beautiful couple, gorgeous light…just fabulous!2.9.09 - 8:29 pm
These took my breath away, literally! The slideshow feels like a trailer to a great chick flick! Awesome job!2.9.09 - 8:30 pm
LOVELY…just lovely!2.9.09 - 8:31 pm
Love, Love, Love!2.9.09 - 8:32 pm
Nice2.9.09 - 8:40 pm
love the boots, love the tie, love the bike, love the pics, love it love it love it!!!2.9.09 - 8:41 pm
Wow! That's some engagement session!…the cutest couple, a fabulous photographer and a bunch of great locations and props…love bike & the vintage cameras! There must be over 50 images in the slideshow…how many images do your clients receive in a typical portrait or engagement session? The more, the better, of course!2.9.09 - 8:47 pm
Is his named spelled 'Steven' or 'Stephen'? You have it spelled both ways. I think a client would appreciate the correct spelling.2.9.09 - 8:53 pm
does that guy look just like milo ventimiglia or what? love your pictures, jasmine – always do! keep inspiring me! 🙂2.9.09 - 8:55 pm
Love the bike and basket of flowers they brought–they really prepared beautifully for their shoot! Great job capturing them 🙂2.9.09 - 8:58 pm
Oh my. These.are.amazing. AMAZING! Everything about this shoot is perfect! The location, the couple is gorgeous, the bike, the field of yellow flowers, and of course the old camera's just stole my heart away!! I love the ones of them 'shooting' each other!!!! J* you are amazing!2.9.09 - 9:07 pm
your pictures are always fabulous!!!2.9.09 - 9:15 pm
wow, what a gorgeous couple! beautiful session – can definitely see the love between them.2.9.09 - 9:18 pm
GORGEOUS session…
Def . one of my faves so far…
Absolutely love the quality of your images2.9.09 - 9:35 pm
Wow, I wish we had bright green field in Texas right now. You California people are so lucky – beautiful weather, beautiful everything!2.9.09 - 9:36 pm
these are amazing. they are going to LOVE them!2.9.09 - 9:47 pm
I love to see how you continue to ooah and aahh my computer screen. When I first started to watch your blog I thought, "Wow this girl is amazing, perfect, couldn't be better!" But you DO get better and better every shoot you do and I can only hope to continue to grow just like yourself. Thanks for the non stop inspiration.2.9.09 - 9:56 pm
Just PERFECT!!!! No more single word!!!!2.9.09 - 9:58 pm
Love these. My fav is the one where they're laughing- her eyes are closed and her nose is wrinkled. J* you did it again.
Love, love, love the one in the field (but they're all super!). And while I'm here, can I just say how much I love my fellow J* blogstalkers? You have some incredibly talented people getting great ideas from you! And all such sharers of ideas. Love it!2.9.09 - 10:20 pm
Ugh! How cute are they?! I LOVE this shoot 🙂2.9.09 - 10:23 pm
Absolutely Fabulous!! Gorgeous!!2.9.09 - 10:23 pm
Jasmine I looooove these!!! Do you bring your own props?2.9.09 - 10:29 pm
Wow, as always so stunning! 🙂2.9.09 - 10:54 pm
beautiful!! The light is just gorgeous!2.9.09 - 11:00 pm
The light is just SO magical! Nice work!2.9.09 - 11:14 pm
this is the cutest engagement session! i love how you shoot thru the bike!2.9.09 - 11:41 pm
Beautiful lighting! And great location – we don't have anything like this around here – boo 🙁2.9.09 - 11:55 pm
they are super super cute!! they are going to make some dang adorable babies.2.10.09 - 12:20 am
Are you serious? These photos are insane! It was awesome observing you in action (again) and this couple is SO LUCKY to have you!!!! You are so talented girl!2.10.09 - 12:29 am
This gorgeous couple + your amazing talent= photos I could look at all day!!!2.10.09 - 12:32 am
Wow…..it is like I want to frame these and post them on my wall all over the house!! Love it!2.10.09 - 12:33 am
jasmine, these are so good! I love the old cameras – so cute!2.10.09 - 12:34 am
I think this is my fav Engagement session you have done! Amazing light, beautiful couple and lovely colors.2.10.09 - 12:47 am
Jasmine, these are fabulous! I love the way you incorporated the bike.2.10.09 - 12:51 am
This is not only my favorite session from you….it's my favorite session EVER! LOVE it.2.10.09 - 12:54 am
BEAUTIFUL! Jasmine you inspire me! By the way I took your tip and purchased myself some Kubota…AMAZING!!! I look forward to getting more and also some Totally Rad actions.2.10.09 - 1:01 am
Love, love, love these! There is such emotion in these pictures! Seriously, you are so gifted, girl!
Question for you. What time of day did you start this shoot? The lighting is beautiful.
what a great shoot, jasmine! love the punches of color that were incorporated with outfits and props….great stuff12.10.09 - 1:20 am
I love love LOVE their outfits! Jasmine you're like my hero of all photographers such beautiful moments captured and always so clear and perfectly focused!2.10.09 - 1:29 am
I think this is my favorite session of yours ever. The pictures just seem so… happy! Beautiful colors and style and couple.2.10.09 - 2:02 am
What a Beautiful Couple! & to have had the honor of having you capture that =)2.10.09 - 2:07 am
Miss Jasmine, this is my fave session of the year so far! The bike, the flowers, the clothes, the locations the couple, I love it ALL! I'm in love………. *swoon* 🙂2.10.09 - 2:07 am
What a gorgeous couple! Your pictures make me want to get to know them. We'd totally be friends…. 🙂 Just when I think your pictures are the best I've ever seen, you totally out do yourself! Amazing.2.10.09 - 2:32 am
Absolutely love these photos. They are just such a cute pair.2.10.09 - 2:33 am
beautiful couple! These photos are very refreshing and organic.2.10.09 - 3:20 am
oh wow. incase the whole world was wondering what my email was. ha! sorry about that.2.10.09 - 3:21 am
where did she get that adorable belted dress?! I must have 🙂2.10.09 - 3:41 am
Could these be any more perfect? You're awesome!2.10.09 - 4:20 am
wonderful, beautiful photos! love the bike and especially the first location.2.10.09 - 4:37 am
WOW Jasmine, absolutely stocked with this shoot! Stunning photo's!2.10.09 - 5:17 am
Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to be a kill joy, but I just have to say it. Why do we never post pictures of less-than-gorgeous people on our blogs and websites??? I'm guilty of it too, but do you ever wonder what the average "Jo" thinks when she looks at a photographer's portfolio and only sees movie star types? What about the other 98% of the population? I've decided I'm going to make more of an effort to keep it real and start posting pics of all my clients – not just the ones that stop traffic with their beauty. Jasmine, you're a brilliant photographer and I love your work. Today I just feel a bit pissummed.2.10.09 - 5:18 am
this one just put me over the edge on my J* blogtastic lovin'. seriously. totally stunning. love everything about these!2.10.09 - 5:56 am
I aDORE these photos Jasmine!2.10.09 - 5:57 am
Love 'em! Great work.2.10.09 - 6:03 am
Jasmine- I cannot thank you enough for all the hard work you have put into these photos. We could not be happier with them! THEY ARE AMAZING! thank you my friend! Cant wait to see you soon. 🙂2.10.09 - 6:16 am
@Jo: I don't know who the "we" you are referring to, but I want to clarify that I post 100% of my client images. Every. single. client gets an appearance on my blog. Yes, all my clients happen to be fabulously good looking and I'm blessed to be working with every single one of them.2.10.09 - 6:21 am
What a wonderful couple. Beautiful photos2.10.09 - 6:27 am
I LOVE all of these. Such a gorgeous couple….and such magical shots. Amazing…as always. I hate your guts for being so awesome 😉2.10.09 - 6:34 am
J* ~ First of all, what an AMAZING, gorgeous shoot! Literally, perfection. Second, don't pay any mind to the critics out there. Those of us who love you know you shoot only beautiful pictures and make all of us look like rock star, super models. Rock. On.2.10.09 - 6:55 am
WOW. I know that gets old, and I am totally sounding like a broken record, but your work is constantly so inspiring, warm, and real. You feel like you know the couple when you shoot them 🙂 Thank you. Well, just cos 🙂2.10.09 - 7:27 am
WOW this pictures are gorgeous! I love the colors, and all the backlit photos. I'm dying to know how you do it … BTW I've been spying on your blog for awhile now and love it. I'll try to leave more comments and not be so silent! 🙂2.10.09 - 11:33 am
Awesome as always!2.10.09 - 11:43 am
The stars aligned….the angels smiles….the light, the processing, the adorable couple!!! Absolutely flawless!
Seriously Gorgeous Jasmine!!!!! I just love the bike with the flower basket and the couple is SOO adorable!2.10.09 - 12:33 pm
Jasmine.. absolutely breathless! Looking at the images I can hear them laughing! So AWESOME! Hats off to you! Great work and they are a great looking couple!2.10.09 - 12:49 pm
Jasmine you rock it out every time. I think the true talent of a photographer is to make every couple look their best. Yes many of your clients are good looking but you also work your magic with them as well! ROCK ON!2.10.09 - 12:52 pm
I'm pretty sure this might be my favorite shoot of yours to date…I wish I could master lighting and skin tones like you do…practice makes perfect I suppose….so breathtaking.2.10.09 - 1:23 pm
They're all beautiful! and I love the music.2.10.09 - 1:35 pm
That's it. I quit. These are too good. You are cheating somehow. It's just not fair. And your obviously hiring supermodels now.2.10.09 - 1:43 pm
AMAZING SHOTS!!!2.10.09 - 1:44 pm
Awesome! Jasmine, how do you get your 'groom-to-be' to let loose? Especially those that don't like to be photographed!2.10.09 - 2:08 pm
Absolutely amazing! Your an inspiration to me as an aspiring photographer! Totally love them and you!2.10.09 - 2:13 pm
Could this couple be any more good looking? Geesh! Gorgeous as always…love the light.2.10.09 - 2:25 pm
WOWZA! Thats all I can say 🙂2.10.09 - 2:32 pm
Gosh, Jasmine. These are beautiful!2.10.09 - 2:36 pm
Love these, Jasmine! And, Stephanies dress is fabulous!! Great work!2.10.09 - 2:41 pm
You blow me away with these amazing images! You are truly a inspiration. Love the portaits!2.10.09 - 2:43 pm
hi Jasmine, I just watched the slideshow and all i can say is wow, wow !!!! did i say wow !!.
Im constantly in awe of your work and something else i have noticed is that you always get the skin tones bang on !!!
How do you do that ? Thats something i really struggle with, that and the correct white balance etc etc etc.
Awesome work.
Fabulissimo as usual Jasmine, and I make up words too! Love the use of the bike in these.2.10.09 - 3:37 pm
Jasmine, I apologize. I wasn't being critical or accusing you of anything. I had been surfing photography blogs for an hour (yours, Dane's, Kevin Kubota's, etc) and had noticed that everyone was thin, gorgeous, etc. It just had me thinking that I had never seen any ordinary, average "me" type people in any of my favorite blogs and I was wondering whether photographers did it deliberately or if they only shot gorgeous people (by choice or otherwise). I wasn't trying to be critical, just bringing up a question that was rattling around in my head. Sorry to have offended you. I have this disease where I speak before I think about how it will sound when it comes out.2.10.09 - 3:52 pm
Beautiful photos Jasmine, very creative and very hard to pick favorites as they are all great! Thanks for speaking on Photography Mentor the other night too, you really did a great job and I so enjoyed and learned from listening!2.10.09 - 3:53 pm
These are so fun! As always, your photographs absolutely blow my mind. I aspire to be half as good as you one day 🙂2.10.09 - 4:00 pm
These are gorgeous and the couple is adorable!
*Hey, if you need a second while in San Diego, let me know :)**
Love the bike! 🙂2.10.09 - 4:03 pm
Are you sure they aren't models? Because you couldn't have had them dress more cute or perfectly for photos! Seriously…hired models right?2.10.09 - 4:24 pm
These are fantastic!!!! If I could just get a little slice of your talent, ooooo that would be so great! you rock my world!2.10.09 - 4:29 pm
wow!!! i love this sesssion… she is gorgeous and full of life! you have a talent for bringing out the real in people!! awesome job 😉2.10.09 - 4:39 pm
What a wonderful session!2.10.09 - 4:56 pm
I love this shoot! Point Loma is an amazing place to be for whatever reason. I've spent many summers there. Amazing work…as always!2.10.09 - 5:33 pm
Love their outfits and how playful these photos are – So adorably cute!2.10.09 - 5:39 pm
What a cute couple! These are fantastic! Jasmine, you are a absolute super star photographer!2.10.09 - 6:05 pm
what time of day did you shoot this? I am so jealous of your gorgeous sunsets/sunrises. Here in London we just don't have that!! Always loved your blog and of course your work. I am so tempted to pay you to come to london to take some photos of my little family. Would you? I will start saving.2.10.09 - 6:16 pm
How adorable! I love all the details in this session from their cute clothes to the cool bike with the flower basket to the awesome cameras, everything rocked this session! Awesome like always Jasmine.2.10.09 - 6:19 pm
Do you use any gadget help to achieve your fabulous white balance? Or is it just your amazing ability to work that camera?
great session jasmine. love the props and the couple's outfits. stylin!2.10.09 - 7:36 pm
What a gorgeous couple, and the lighting is also gorgeous. I love the backlighting!!2.10.09 - 7:51 pm
Jasmine, I am not a pro photog or anything, so I'm not sure what this is worth, but I just had to post and say this is my fav shoot I have ever seen! I love everything about it, especially the overall feel. It gives me the sense of watching a romantic comedy movie. You rock! And I want to add a little p.s., since I rarely post: THANK YOU so much for taking the time to give me some exposure pointers last year. Even though I'm not a pro, I want my family photo albums to look decent, and my kids will have you to thank for having decent childhood pics! Since putting your advice (mainly: watch the histogram!) into action, my photos have gotten 100% better. Bless you!2.10.09 - 8:44 pm
One of my favorite shoots… beautiful job. I love the bike with the flowers!!2.10.09 - 9:08 pm
well miss jasmine you have out done yourself again!! These are just too perfect2.10.09 - 9:54 pm
Those are beautiful! And crisp and how cute are they?!? I love the ones where they are riding the bicycles. Beautiful work, but I expect no less from you and your talent! Have a great week!!2.10.09 - 10:13 pm
Me again, I just couldn't go without saying that as an over weight and self-conscious woman Jasmine made me feel and look absolutely incredible when she photographed Devin, my husband and I back in March. When I look at those images (which is almost daily still) I see the me I think I am. You know the person we see in our minds instead of the one that confronts me every morning in the mirror. And for the record our awesome session was posted to this blog on March 27, 2008.2.10.09 - 10:16 pm
Awesome shots. Great lighting. I am impressed! Also, I am more impressed that you read every single comment, and answer/comment back one ones that peak your interest. What a woman!2.10.09 - 10:30 pm
as a daily reader of your blog, I have to say this is my favorite shoot yet! You can feel the love and joy of this couple and I love the shots of them in the yellow flowers most of all. Just beautiful. I still wish you were shooting my wedding, but can't wait to do a day after with you. I want to be in those yellow flowers! and I love the song you set the slideshow to as well. so well done all around!2.10.09 - 11:24 pm
Awesome awesome photos! Simply beautiful!2.10.09 - 11:54 pm
These are a great set!! I love your unique perspective and LOVE how they incorporated their vintage cameras in the session.
Your blog is always a joy to read!2.11.09 - 1:08 am
Firstly, THANK YOU for your kind comments. My amazing clients deserve all the credit as I merely showed up and pointed a camera in their direction! 🙂 A few people have asked what lenses I shot with for this session. As with all my engagement sessions, I shoot with the 50mm, 1.2, 85mm, 1.2, and the 24mm, 1.2. I shoot with the 50mm about 60% of the time, 85mm about 30% of the time, and the 24mm about 10% of the time. Or something like that! 😉 For those of you who asked about white balance, I simply shoot with the Canon 5DmarkII set to auto white balance mode. I don't have any tools for white balance, but I will say that camera captures some amazing color! Again, thank you to those who take the time to leave feedback on the blog and I appreciate your kind words more than you know! 🙂2.11.09 - 1:37 am
Gosh, I feel so late in the game with the comment here! haha. But these are beautiful. The whole session is just spot on gorgeous – perfect light, beautiful couple, awesome creativity – I love it!2.11.09 - 1:44 am
I love, love, love these photos! Did I say love?2.11.09 - 2:41 am
Holy crap woman – these images ROCK !!! Yes, you have some beautiful clients, but you don't give yourself enough credit. The angles, composition and poses are BEAUTIMOUS. Think that was your new word 😉 By the way – you have that gravitational pull too! Look at how many people are drawn to you and your work !!2.11.09 - 3:52 am
These are beyond gorgeousness! One of my favorite shoots from you without a doubt!2.11.09 - 4:08 am
I was amazed at how tack sharp these images are, even when shooting into backlight! well done. gorgeous couple. beautiful shoot!2.11.09 - 2:28 pm
ooooohhhhh I can't pick a favorite!!Love the ones in the flowers , and every one with the vintage cameras…VERY COOL!2.11.09 - 3:09 pm
Amazing! I love: the location, the bike, the cameras, and the poses. Great work, as always!2.11.09 - 4:41 pm
I love their outfit choices!2.11.09 - 4:53 pm
beautiful, love the series in the flower fields!2.11.09 - 5:32 pm
Gorgeous! They are so adorable and your photos, of course and as always, are marvelous. =)
You are so generous too in your sharing of information (like what lenses you tend to use)! You're so talented, yet you don't act like you have some major secret to keep or act snobby about your skills or anything. 😉2.11.09 - 6:33 pm
Literally drooling over these pix. Some of my absolute favs of yours. The bike is to die for and the field of yellow flowers. Wow, oh to live in CA.2.11.09 - 7:26 pm
A.MAZ.ING. j* as always 🙂2.11.09 - 8:16 pm
oh.my.goodness. These are ALL so fun and gorgeous!!2.11.09 - 8:55 pm
I want her hair. Seriously – so cute. These are so so good. I love that last one!2.11.09 - 10:33 pm
I am so in awe of your work! If you ever need a second…you hear that like every 5 bazillion seconds I'm sure. Heehee.2.12.09 - 12:18 pm
As one of 183 comments I doubt you'll even read this but I'm compelled to comment anyway. Not often do my friends surprise me with their talent. I *know* how amazing you are. Looking at more amazing-ness with each new post, therefore, is expected. That is… I come here expecting fabulous pictures. This shoot, however, surprised me. The overwhelming awesomeness seemed to never end. You are incredible. And how do you get such beautiful couples?!2.12.09 - 10:49 pm
WOW….I was in Puerto Rico this past week and missed alot I see. This shoot is full of color and vitality. Great energy here! Beautiful couple and I love that they are so stylish. I was smiling really big as this is my first post viewing in a week. 😉2.16.09 - 4:13 pm
These are beautiful! Where did you shoot these?2.16.09 - 6:22 pm
This is an amazing session, and these people are simply stunning! Thanks for sharing so much beauty.2.17.09 - 3:20 am
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Very nice photos. Love the color and feel.2.18.09 - 1:24 am
You are such an amazing photographer and a great mentor to look up to! Keep kickin butt!!2.28.09 - 5:02 pm
They are such a cute couple. Great people too. I love what you did for their engagement. Great stuff Jasmine.3.3.09 - 11:07 pm
this is WOW,.. everything from this session is PERFECT from the lights, the couple, the emotion, cloths and the accessories u had it all Jas, thanks for sharing u r a true inspiration for others photographers7.4.09 - 1:42 pm
Just saw this on StyeMePretty – gorgeous wedding! Congrats to you both. 🙂11.19.09 - 6:54 pm
this is my favourite of favourite session you have ever done. i LOVE the vintage cameras, the bikes, the clothes. everything 🙂11.25.09 - 2:52 am
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Great location - friendly staff
We stayed at the Flemings Mayfair from 19 April - 23 April 2004.
The positives: terrific location, only 2 blocks from the Green Park tube, easy and very pleasant walk through Green and St. James Parks to Buckingham Palace, very convenient for the West End (either by a long walk or by tube). We found all the staff to be quite friendly and helpful. Our room was comfortable, two twin beds (as requested) with a small sitting area. Fine bathroom, though the tub was very deep, use the handles! Plenty of hot water. Never a problem or long wait with the 1 elevator.
Disappointments: buffet breakfast is only a cold breakfast and selection dwindles very quickly. Housekeeping was spotty, especially with the bathroom. Some used towels not replaced, just re-folded. Curtains could have used a vacuuming (very dusty). Maintenance glitch - floor lamp didn't have a bulb. We didn't mind only 5 TV channels, some would. Surprisingly loud street noise, soundproofing not great.
We would stay at the Flemings Mayfair again if we had our size room or larger, though we won't book the buffet breakfast package.
Good Location, Lousy Room
I stayed here in April 2004. I got a last minute deal through a well known website, so only paid �55 per night, instead of the rack rate of �169 for a single. Had I paid the full rate, I would have demanded my money back. In order to get to the room, I had to negotiate a labyrinth of hallways and stairs. Thankfully, I only had one bag with me. The room itself was small and stuffy, with a single bed. I was able to open the window, but never got it to close again. The street outside, was surprisingly noisy, so I ended up switching on the airconditioning to create some white noise, and cool the room down a bit. I was unable to double lock the door, which resulted in a maid coming into my room without knocking, even though I had the "do not disturb" in place. Not all toiletries were replenished on a daily basis, and the washcloth that was there when I arrived, was never replaced. In order to get to the safe in the wardrobe, I had to move the television. There was no minibar and the pay tv option wasn't available. There were only 4 channels, plus CNN. There was only one elevator, and that was broken on one of the days I stayed there. The location of this hotel is excellent, but I wouldn't consider it to be 4 star.
Flemings Mayfair Hotel, Great Location
Clean, fashionable and what a convenient location. Just one-half block off of Picadilly Circle (so not noisy) and one block to Green Park Station (London Underground). It is also one block from the Ritz Hotel which is a pick-up place for any bus tours, the Hop-on, Hop-off bus or the Evans-Evans tours which take day trips outside of London (ie, Stonehedge, Warwick Castle). The price includes breakfast and the concierge(s) are just jumping at the chance to answer any questions you may have. I would stay here again but only if I had some sort of airfare-hotel deal. The board behind reception said it was 269 pounds/night for a double so it is only affordable if your stay is bundled up in some sort of package deal.
We loved it!
I have just returned from a 5 day stay at Flemings with my mother and my 13 year old son. We were given a large twin room with a pull out couch on which I slept quite comfortably. The bathroom was clean and spacious and the buffet breakfast was just lovely. The staff were extremely pleasant and always welcome to answer any queries. We had booked as a package through Virgin Vacations so our breakfast inclusive room rate was astonishing low. We had done a similar but lower priced Virgin package last year at the Barkston Gardens but the small incremental price for Flemings was well worth the investment.
We didn't stay!
After reading the great reviews of the Flemings, we thought we had discovered a "find". We arrived late at night after our trans-Atlantic flight. The lobby of the hotel put me on guard. It was very tired looking and not particularly clean. We were escorted up the elevator and down a long, long hall (which got dirtier the further we went) to the end where two rooms were opened for us. They both were VERY cramped. The furniture was mismatched, old, and some actually broken.
The lock on one door did not work, it's window opened to an air shaft, the heat was blazing and there was no way to turn it down or A.C.. The other room was equally shabby. It's heat was a large,stand-alone unit on the floor that was very loud. The bathroom stank of urine. My husband went back down to the front desk to ask for different rooms - there were none. I made calls to other hotels and got a reservation at 47 Park Street. We left. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone. It is too expensive to be this poorly maintained.
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My wife and I, together with our teenage daughter and a friend stayed at No. 13 Half Moon Street for 6 nights over New Years. Our penthouse apartment (2 BR, 2 1/2 baths) was lovely. The apartment was quite comfortable, the kitchen was nicely outfitted and the overall setting was wonderful. Set on a quiet street in Mayfair, near to the tube and to wonderful shopping, we could not have been more pleased with our choice. We have stayed at many first class hotels around the world and our apartment at No. 13 did not disappoint.
I love this hotel. The Flemings Mayfair is definitely my choice when staying in London. It's location is fantastic, only a couple minutes walk from Green Park tube station; and Mayfair is a splendid area just to waltz around and do a little bit of window shopping (and starbucks!). The staff are absolutely lovely; you cannot fault them.
Very friendly, helpful, and will go out of their way to help you. I have visited a couple times this year and the rooms I had were comfortable and clean and a place I feel I could relax. My only bad point would be the hotel bar....around �4 for a Cola!?! Would definitely visit again.
Lovely hotel, lovely location!
Stayed at the Flemmings Mayfair hotel April 2002 with my husband. A fantastically located hotel in probably the nicest area of London-just off Picadilly. The nightlife of Soho and Theatreland is a 20-25 minute walk away and Oxford street is about 15 minutes walk away. Green Park is the nearest tube station a few minutes walk away and there are a few small supermarkets within the vicinity for snacks/drinks etc. There is a Hard Rock Cafe a few minutes walk away on Picadilly. Hotel appears to be small but cosy as you walk into the reception area. A porter assists you with your luggage and the lift if required. We had an executive room which was surprisingly small but clean. Decorated in yellow and blue with a small double bed and a sofa plus a nice white and black tiled bathroom with bathrobes. I have to say the bathroom was quite dirty with mould on the tiles and the pipes at the back of the sink and toilet were rusty.
A wonderful hotel!
My sister and I stayed in an apartment at 13 Half Moon Street, a part of the Flemings Mayfair hotel. It was unbelievably wonderful. The apartment was beautifully decorated and everything about the apartment was top notch. From the fresh flowers, basket of fruit and breakfast provisions, they looked after us in a way that we both loved.
We stayed there for three days in early September, 2003, and then two more nights in early October. It was our favorite place to stay in all of England. The staff is wonderful and was extremely accommodating. We got good rates on the two bedroom, two bath apartment with living room and kitchen--keep looking for specials as they can be found. Ask for apartment 704--it's just lovely.
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my wife and I just got back from a trip to London. We used to go on a fairly regular basis, but have not been back for approximately 5 years. I checked internet sites this time and discovered the Fleming Mayfair Hotel off of Picadilly Street and five minutes away from the Green Park Tube station. It was an excellent choice. The room was large with a sitting area with sofa, table and chair, plus tv. The bed was a double. The bathroom was nicely appointed. Very smart lobby and commen areas for all guests. The breakfast, which was included with our room rate of 99 pounds per nights was of the highest standard, english breakfast, plus buffet. Our room faced the street which was ok with us, but we live in a city. So street noice even with double glazed windows, book the rear room in the hotel.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The choice to die at home, rather than in a hospital, provides great comfort to both the patient and their loved ones, a new British study says.
People who die at home experience more peace in their final days and hours than they would in a hospital, with no greater pain, according to findings published Oct. 8 in the journal BMC Medicine.
Further, their relatives experience less grief in the months following their passing, said lead author Barbara Gomes, a research fellow at King's College London.
"Dying at home happened more peacefully, and in no greater pain, than in the hospital," Gomes said. "This could bring some comfort and help people deal with what is a very difficult time for someone who has recently lost a friend or relative to cancer."
But the researchers also identified a set of factors that must be in place for a person to be able to die at home.
Both the patient and their relatives must be on board with the decision, the study showed. The patient also needs to have access to palliative care and nursing support in the home during their last three months of life.
These factors "are almost essential," Gomes said. "They were present in more than 91 percent of home deaths."
The new study involved 352 bereaved relatives of London cancer patients, 177 of whom died in a hospital and 175 who died at home. The relatives filled out questionnaires that measured the patient's pain and peace in the last week of life, and the relative's own intensity of grief.
The researchers found that about 25 percent of patients who died in a hospital experienced little to no peace in the last week of their lives. By comparison, only 12 percent of patients dying at home were unable to find any peace.
Being at home during one's final days can help a person take solace in the life they lived, said Don Schumacher, president and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, based in Alexandria, Va.
"The smells, the familiarity, the comfort, the love, the things they've helped to create, the garden they've built -- all of this is around them," Schumacher said. "It creates such a sense of accomplishment and nurturing and caring."
The study also found that relatives reported that people who died at home experienced no more pain than those who died receiving hospital care.
"Many people with cancer justifiably fear pain," Gomes said. "So, it is encouraging that we observed patients dying at home did not experience greater pain than those in hospitals, where access to pain-relieving drugs may be more plentiful."
Dying at home also appeared to help the people left behind. Relatives reported less intense grief when the patient died at home, even months following their death.
Bereaved relatives might receive some comfort from the fact that the patient died more peacefully, Gomes said. They also may have been able to spend more time with the person in a familiar setting, helping them achieve a sense of closure.
However, dying at home requires that the patient clearly express the desire to do so, and often requires relatives to support that decision, the study found.
That means people need to have end-of-life discussions sooner rather than later with loved ones, and make their wishes clear, Schumacher said.
"Don't wait too long to have these conversations," he said. "There's nothing worse than waiting until you're in crisis, because then it's so easy to misinterpret things."
People also were more likely to die at home if their relatives had accepted the fact that their condition was terminal, the researchers found.
Health care professionals who are skilled in end-of-life care can help facilitate these discussions, Gomes said. They also can make sure that the topic is revisited regularly, as a person might change his or her mind or the medical situation might require that the plan be altered.
The patient also needs strong hospice support to die at home, according to the findings, and that means people living in some areas will be more apt to have their wishes obeyed.
People in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada appear to have sufficient access to hospice care to allow them the option of dying at home, the researchers said in background information, while people in Japan, Germany, Greece and Portugal often die in a hospital because there's less support for hospice.
"The reality may be different in other regions, particularly in those where access to home palliative care teams -- specialists in controlling pain and any other challenging symptoms in the community setting -- is patchy," Gomes said.
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Kathy Lette: My date with a Great White on a sun-kissed adventure in South Australia
The massive sign that greets disembarking passengers at Adelaide Airport asks: 'What is Australia's deadliest marine creature?' It's illustrated with a terrifying array of teeth-gnashing sharks, sinister- looking stingrays and iridescent, tentacle-trailing, anaphylactic shock-inducing jellyfish. I would soon be swimming in this lethal soup. My editor was clearly trying to kill me.
In at the deep end: Kathy went for a swim with the Great White shark
Then I got to thinking: what's so scary about a state that has world-famous vineyards; a 2,300-mile coastline of golden, empty beaches; a laid-back lifestyle under a big, blue, easy-going sky; unique outback and marine adventures; spectacular sporting events from the Ashes to the Tour Down Under cycling; innovative cuisine and cultural treats such as the annual Arts Festival? All this and more makes South Australia a stimulating destination. Its capital, Adelaide, is the only city in Australia that was pioneered by free settlers.
As a descendent of both the First and Second Fleets that took law-breakers Down Under (my family's the crème de la crim of Australia), I half expected to be clamped in irons at customs. Instead, I was loaded on to a little plane for a half-hour hop to Port Lincoln. The southern hemisphere's biggest fishing port, with an industry worth millions, is situated on the Eyre Peninsula, a place of towering limestone cliffs and ancient granite outcrops. Its pristine waters are home to Australia's 'big five' of the aquatic variety: sharks, whales, tuna, sea lions and dolphins.
Here's looking at you! Kathy dons her snorkel for a closer look underneath the water's surface
Tourists can frolic in the sapphire seas with huge Mick Jagger impersonators (technically known as cleaner wrasse), stingrays with their theatrical capes and stage- villain grins, giant cuttlefish, dolphins, playful sea lions and awesome southern right whales. Having left snowy London the day before, my girlfriend Lisa and I emerged into the dazzling beachside sunshine, blinking like new-born field mice. We were met by Emma Forster, who organises local marine adventures. She's in demand as South Australia is one of only two places in the world where it's possible to dive with Great White sharks. I was feeling quite relaxed about the dive.
I work in publishing, after all, so I'm at home in shark-infested waters. Then Emma nonchalantly let slip that over the years, five of her friends and family have been 'taken'. This could explain why a few minutes later I was clinging to the dock like Robinson Crusoe to his driftwood. The plan was to cruise to the aptly named Shark Bay at N eptune Island, 40 miles south of Port Lincoln and home to a large seal colony. Then we would 'chum up' the water (meaning pouring in bucketfuls of fishy bits), don some scuba gear and descend in a steel cage to come face to face with the 16ft to 18ft predators.
Flying the flag: Kathy is incredibly proud of her home country
I asked what bait was used to lure the sharks. 'Small children,' the skipper grinned. And his top survival tip if you encounter a Great White in the wild? 'Push your friend in front of it.' The laconic local humour is even drier than their wine. As we set off across the deep azure blue of Boston Bay, the skipper became more serious. He told us that more than 100 million sharks are needlessly slaughtered every year. 'For soup,' he explains. 'And the fin doesn't even taste of anything. It has to be flavoured with chicken broth.
Just to satisfy China's rising middle classes at their wedding feasts. It's sharks that should be afraid of us,' he says. I was trying to feel all environmental and Jacques Cousteauesque, but was beginning to fear this could quite possibly be the most nerve-racking event of my life... well, which didn't involve gynaecologists. I found myself plotting ways of sending my editor on a little assignment of his own – say, cordless bungee-jumping. I was just explaining to the skipper how a shark could put a nasty hole in a girl's social life – not to mention her upper torso – when he told us that the sharks were 'not actually nibbling today'. He reckoned it was because he'd forgotten to play any AC/DC music of late.
'A shark's sensitive hearing is compatible with the band's low-frequency music, and through trial and error we know that they particularly like the song Shook Me All Night Long,' he said, straight-faced. I suspect the sharks got wind of the fact that they were about to be in the water with a woman who'd forgotten to pack her HRT patch. Instead we were off to swim with the giant blue fin tuna. Port Lincoln is the only place in the world to offer this experience.
My initial worry was that I'd be accidentally netted by a Japanese trawler and end up diced, spliced, rolled up in rice and placed on a Yo Sushi conveyor belt with a ginger garnishment. (Cue canned laughter – canned tuna laughter.) But the boat then docked at a 'Tuna Pontoon'. This giant fish farm is home to 60 southern blue fin tuna, plus a whole bouillabaisse of local fish including silver trevally, salmon and snapper. The tuna, worth up to £2,000 each, are caught at sea, then penned to be fattened up on pilchard, anchovies, scallop and squid. Basically, these fish eat better than we do.
Hats off to Oz: Kathy, on the left, and Lisa enjoy a boat trip in Adelaide
Lisa and I pulled on our wetsuits and goggles and plopped into the vast aquarium. Tuna fish are not only huge (average size 6ft), they are also the Ferraris of the sea, able to accelerate from zero to 70mph in a heartbeat. Doggy-paddling madly, I dangled a herring by the tail and – whoosh – a finned Ferrari zoomed by, gobbling the fish from my outstretched fingers.
Suddenly there were tuna hurtling towards us at breakneck speed from every direction, weaving, ducking, darting and diving. The crew had promised me that tuna are harmless, but no creature gets that big from eating periwinkles, right? Lisa and I were tumbled about as though in a washing machine, but once my goggles had defogged, I could see that the fish were careering about with pinpoint precision.
Moments earlier, I thought I'd be exiting the water faster than you could say 'mouth-to-mouth resuscitation', but the experience was exhilarating. The rest of the day I spent in the aquatic petting zoo, handling lobsters, blue swimmer crabs, sea horses and even kissing a small leopard skin shark – sadly it didn't turn into a prince. On that theme, ladies take note. Port Lincoln has more millionaires per capita than any other Australian city. The bars are chock-ablock with wealthy fishermen who are footloose and fiancee-free.
Big country: Gum trees in a billabong at Flinders Range National Park
I was tempted to trawl through town with
a net to bring home a nice, juicy catch for my single gal pals. But it
was time to don my intellectual scuba gear and dive into a different
kind of deep end – the Adelaide Festival. There's a presumption in
Britain that an Australian's opening conversational gambit is to crush a
beer can on his or her forehead. In reality, Australians attend more
cultural events and read more books per head of population than anywhere
else in the world – and the Adelaide Arts Festival is world famous.
Stirring: Flamenco at the Adelaide Festival
By day I lay on the eucalyptus-shaded grass of the Writers Festival listening to words of authorial wisdom from more than 80 scribes. By night I plucked my highbrows, devouring everything from Beowulf to Aboriginal song lines, and ricocheted from the gravity-defying, airborne origami of one of the greatest ballerinas of our time, Sylvie Guillem, to the loin-stirring flamenco of Carlos Saura. Soo n I had only two days left and didn't know how I was going to fit in everything on offer.
Should I go to Tunarama's seafood and wine festival and take part in a tuna-tossing competition or head off on wilderness safari? Hot-air ballooning over the Flinders Ranges, Cooper's Creek and Lake Eyre, with its flocks of pelicans, cormorants and wedgetailed eagles, sounded irresistible, as did whale-watching in the Great Australian Bight Marine Park. I wanted to grab a meal at Adelaide's 'worst vegetarian restaurant...steaks half price', see the Maslin Beach Nude Olympics and have a putt on the world's longest golf course, an 18-hole par-72 course stretching 850 miles from Kalgoorlie to Ceduna, with a hole in each participating town.
I'd arrived in Adelaide terrified something was going to bite me, but in the end I was the one who bit off more than I could chew. P.S. The most lethal marine creature is the box jelly fish – if you don't count Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott, who likes to bodysurf in his budgie smugglers.
Travel facts
Austravel (0800 988 4834, austravel.com) offers a two-week South Australia itinerary from £2,375 per person. Based on departures on September 19, 2013, it includes return flights from Gatwick with Emirates, 11 days' car hire and eight nights' accommodation. For further information, visit southaustralia.com.
A one-day shark diving experience costs from £256 per adult and £128 per child under 16. For more details, go to sharkcagediving.com.au. A three-hour excursion to swim with and hand-feed blue-fin tuna costs from £58 per adult and £39 per child under 16. Visit swimwiththetuna.com.au.
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As a former recruiting coordinator, Missouri coach Barry Odom would prefer to build a program in the fashion one might expect from someone who worked in that ultracompetitive environment. Win recruiting battles, sign the best prospects possible and construct a deep, talented team.
"I'm excited about having a chance to hopefully put together the best group we've ever had," Mizzou's first-year head coach said last week at ESPN headquarters, "and then after this year, we'll try to do it again next year."
But if Odom hopes to enjoy the long-term success that predecessor Gary Pinkel did, he and his staff must continue one of the most important traditions of the Pinkel regime. The Tigers must remain specialists in talent development, taking in underrated and unnoticed athletes and turning raw potential into top-end results.
That was the cornerstone of Pinkel's success, helping him become Mizzou's all-time wins leader (118), with five division titles and 10 bowl appearances in 15 seasons. This after Mizzou enjoyed just two winning records in the 17 seasons preceding Pinkel's arrival.
Run down the list of Missouri's top players over the last decade. Sure, there are a few elite prospects, such as Terry Beckner Jr., Blaine Gabbert and Sheldon Richardson, who picked the Tigers from a long list of suitors. But there are far more notable signees -- Charles Harris, Shane Ray, Jeremy Maclin, Aldon Smith, Michael Sam, James Franklin, Kony Ealy, Henry Josey and Kentrell Brothers, just to name a handful -- who were three-star prospects or worse as high schoolers and became standout players under Pinkel's watch.
Finding diamonds in the rough is a necessity at Missouri, as the Tigers' home state is not well traveled in recruiting circles. In the last four recruiting classes combined, the state of Missouri had just nine prospects earn ESPN 300 status. This year alone, the state of Florida had 48 ESPN 300 players and Georgia produced 31.
When you're in the same division as programs with such depth of talent in their home states, you'd better get creative -- and Pinkel's staff did that as well as any of its FBS competitors. There was no magic formula, Odom said, but one valuable evaluation tool was observing how the athletes fared and competed when they played in sports besides football.
"There's obviously a couple different components with it," Odom said. "No. 1, when we recruit athletes, identifying an athlete that we think we can do a great job of coaching and turning and training him to be a football player. Also the inner drive that the kid has on wanting to be great. A multisport athlete, to me, that's a positive. That's a great thing. To be able to see him on different avenues and in different venues on being successful and competing. Then, development once they get on campus, and strength and conditioning."
A perfect success story as a result of these methods is Harris, an All-SEC defensive end last season who did not play football until his junior season of high school. A basketball standout in Kansas City, Harris unquestionably was a project, but Mizzou's coaches liked the frame and focus that could one day help Harris become an SEC-level pass-rusher.
"Charles Harris wants to be the best defensive end Missouri's ever had and that's important to him, and if you watch him practice on Tuesday afternoon, it looks like it's game day," Odom said. "He's got some inner drive that's really important."
Harris is part of a position group that has been especially successful in the arena of talent development. Under former defensive line coach Craig Kuligowski, the Tigers regularly signed mid- and low-level prospects who went on to become stars. That tradition instilled a willingness with the Tigers' defensive linemen to put in the work that would allow them to keep it up from year to year.
"At the defensive line specifically, that unit, that group, those guys that we have right now, they want to be better than last year's group. And that group wanted to be better than the one before," Odom said. "So there's a carrying-the-torch a little bit in that they want to be the best. … And then they've received some pretty good coaching too."
Without question. Pinkel and his staff won SEC East titles in 2013 and 2014 with rosters loaded with starters who were never considered blue-chippers. If Odom wins this fall, it will be done in similar fashion. Missouri's recruiting class ranked 51st in ESPN's 2016 team rankings, and the Tigers were the only SEC program that did not sign at least one ESPN 300 prospect.
That's not necessarily a major issue -- Pinkel proved that -- but Odom's ultimate success or failure at Mizzou likely will be determined by his ability to match Pinkel's gift for turning leftovers into a gourmet meal.


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And the answer is one of the girls from our snapchat feed last night. (barstoolsports.com) Quite simply one of the most electric snapchat feeds of all time. If you're not following barstoolsports snapchat you hate girls and life.
I love sluts.
I hate my life.
This was a pretty good barstool takeover because of the abundance of asses and the lack of talking.
It would be nice if you guys could toss in some boring pictures of charts and graphs and stuff in GTA so that i can scroll to real fast when my boss is over my shoulder
How about a little less smiley emojis over their nips and a little more b-hole. And a lot less of them speaking. Thanks pres
This is a decent ass, but you're going to have to do a whole lot better to make up for your horrendous take on the kid's golf video from this morning.
That would easily be the best 15 seconds of my life.
Nothing weird about a brother snap chatting his sisters ass for the entirety of barstool to wank it to.
Blue thong pic is aggressive. I like it
Her poor father
need snapchat name
She literally posted her naked ass like 3 times. Best day in a while.
Really hope I never have a daughter.
That chick in the blue thong kept trying to twerk and she couldn't shake her ass at all.
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If this is your first Christmas in Sweden or your quest to learn about Christmas around the world, you've come to the right spot.
I put together a comprehensive guide to having a Christmas in Sweden and abroad. Even if you don't have access to thousands of tomtar, you can still incorporate Swedish traditions into your own traditions.
There's so much food and decor to enjoy during the holidays, but it is all about family and giving back to the community.
If you are in Stockholm, then I highly suggest shopping at Stockholms Stadsmission to get secondhand Christmas ornaments. You can see from the photo there is plenty of pretty decorations at a good cost, and doing the Earth a favor by recycling.
Julstjärnor – Christmas Stars
The stars represent the town of Bethlehem.
Julbocke – Christmas goat
The Christmas goat is said to check on families that Christmas decorations were done properly. Some folklore tales say the Yule Goat scared the children and demanded gifts.
In Nordic mythology, Thor rode on his chariot with two goats, Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr. In the Prose Edda, he kills the goats and provides his guests and the gods food. With his hammer, Mjölnir, he resurrects the goats the next day; creating a cycle of sustenance and nourishment.
Of course you need ornaments for your tree!
From Design House Stockholm and you can buy them in the US. It's dark, it's dark, it's dark, candles are a must; any size, any style.
Julgran – Christmas Tree
The Christmas tree is put up on the third Advent and stays up until Knutsdag (twentieth day yule) on January 13th.
Kalendarljus – Calendar candle
Julgris – Christmas pig
Who doesn't love reindeer?!
A recipe from ICA.
Yummy saffron buns! Recipe to come soon!
You can buy several different flavor from Systembolaget or make your own using wine, vodka or rum.
I'll be posting a recipe quite soon!
Aquavit – Snaps
Christmas Calendar
Advent Candles
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Christmas Eve
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Christmas Dinner
The Swedish Christmas dinner is served on Christmas eve after watching Kalle Anka and before opening Christmas presents. The smörgåsboard is several courses, starting with cold meats and fishes, hot food, cheeses, and dessert. And nothing would be complete without toasting with snaps.
Very nice.. Oh I've pyntat for like 2 weeks now.. BTW I believe its Julgran not julgrän :)
You forgot ris à la Malta! Probably the most important thing. Like your blog a lot, I'm in the us as an exchange student and can use your blog to show stuff from my home country when I can't explain it myself :)
@Nkosazana – Thanks dear! Once again my spelling skills has evaded me.
@Elin – I think I just learned something totally new, what is ris à la Malta?!
Thanks for reading my blog :-)
It's not quite as common as the traditions you've listed, maybe 1/4 of households.
Thanks Youma!
I think I will try making both (ris à la Malta) and risgrysgröt and see what the difference is.
Risgrötgröt is a meal in it self, although probably more common as breakfast or lunch than as dinner. It may be a part of the julbord, but you usually don't eat only risgrynsgröt as dinner. Ris á la Malta is a dessert, always (usually at the julbord)!
Risgrynsgröt is served with sugar, cinnamon and milk. At christmas there is often one almond in the bowl, and the person who gets the almond gets to make a wish.
Ris á la Malta is cold risgrynsgröt mixed with whipped cream and some sugar and vanilla. I guess the difference isn't really that big, but for us they are two completely different things! :)
(And they are both sooo good!)
Liv- Thanks for clarifying! So I could make risgynsgröt and then use the leftovers to make the ris à la Malta? Youma dropped link above and it mentioned oranges in the ris à la Malta…commonly done?
Either way, how can you go wrong with cream + sugar + rice :)
I never let the season go by without a little (ris à la Malta) in my belly! Awesome cosy food. I recommend letting it continue 'cooking' in the bed (no joke intended, really!). After it's 95% finished in a pot, wrap it in some towels and then cover it with blankets in the bed.
that was the lousiest christmas tree I've ever seen.


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WINNER UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks so much to everyone that entered. I SERIOUSLY wish I had enough tickets to give to everyone – all of your comments were so sweet! Limited space is a factor as always though, and to keep things fair we used random.org to select the 10 winners, who are listed at the bottom of this post. We will also be notifying the winners via email. So excited to have you join in the holiday fun tomorrow! :)
[Original Post] Things have been extra busy around here lately due to a special holiday event HWTM is styling for Starbucks this Tuesday in NYC… and I'm thrilled to be able to extend an invitation to the event to 10 of our readers… plus a guest for each! Yay :)
If you're in the NYC area and would like to take part in a merry evening of cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, holiday decorating ideas, cake pops and more THIS Tuesday, November 8th from 6-9pm, please post a comment below to let us know you'd like to attend. I know… we had you at "cake pops", right? ;) The party will be hosted near Gramercy Park in Manhattan. The exact location will be disclosed directly to the ticket winners.
Please enter below by 4pm EST Monday, November 7th. Just post a comment letting us know you'd like to attend! The TEN winners will be drawn randomly and announced both here and on Facebook at 6pm EST on Monday. Good luck!! :)
TICKET WINNERS: (chosen via random.org by comment #)
49 – Jacin
8 – Arlene Fernandez
14 – Courtney
89 – Allie Nicole
2 – Jeanell
98 – Courtney Blake
93 – Vicki
31 – Leanna Weller Smith
58 – Aleah
81 – Stacy Brennan
Congrats, ladies! We will be in touch via email later this evening with more info for you. :)
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81Jene SAYS:
I'd LOVE to join you in the Big Apple! Pah-lease, make my day!!! <3
82Ali mcnulty SAYS:
sounds like an amazing night! Would love to attend!
83sara SAYS:
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me come
84Stacy Brennan SAYS:
Would be thrilled to attend! Just a short train ride away! Styling by HWTM for Starbucks…. fantastic way to get into the Holiday Spirits!
85marshall SAYS:
sounds exciting! i'd love to go
86ccowick100 SAYS:
***Would absolutely LOVE to go!***
87Mira SAYS:
It sounds wonderful! I'd love to be there :)
88Michele.Torsiello SAYS:
Would love to attend!
89Susan Rodriguez SAYS:
Would love to attend this event….how exciting!
90Farrah SAYS:
Sounds great! Would love to go!
91Dense Paterak SAYS:
Oh how I would love to visit NYC this time of the year.
92Allie Nicole SAYS:
I would love to go! I am a student going to school at St. John's in NYC and the two highlights of my day are getting my morning Starbucks and reading your blog. :)
93Jill Hampton SAYS:
I would love to win these tickets! I would treat a bff of mine! Jill
94alyson SAYS:
meet you in person??? that would be awesome!!
95Jena SAYS:
I would love to attend something this fun!
96Vicki SAYS:
97Dee G. SAYS:
It's my birthday week and this could be a fun kick off to a new year in my life. I mean it's coffee. My true love lmao!
98Nicolle-Libby Lane Press SAYS:
Oh please let me win! I am going to go pack now, just in case
{kidding, a little}.
99Amitis SAYS:
I would love to go! As a designer, it seems like a dream event to attend :)
100Amitis SAYS:
I would love to go. As a designer, it seems like a great event to attend :)