Sorry!!

Sorry it's been awhile! I'm still playing "catch up" from my trip and so I will be posting something soon I promise! I'm thinking of giving you all my point of view as a beginner with underwater photography. It'll be a "truth revealed" on what to expect from a land photographer turned underwater photographers experience...maybe some of you who are considering trying it, will see its actually exciting work! Talk to you soon!

Miranda

Ok so I'm working on this wedding I did a few weeks ago in Grand Junction CO, and it was so beautiful that I thought I should share it with all of you! A little background on the bride, she is a really good friend of mine whom I met when I was around 18 years old. We were both living on very limited funds back then (her a college student, and me a single mother) so we had to get sometimes "creative" when coming up with things to do lol. One of my favorite times with her was dumpster diving when the nice neighborhoods would have their furniture pickup days and seeing what kinds of funny things we could find (she won by finding some classic Holland wooden shoes! haha). Unfortunately she moved to Colorado and we sort of drifted apart, but thanks to Facebook we found each other again a few years ago!

Back to the wedding, the day before the "big day" it rained! We were all a little worried about the weather the next day but god was on our side! The day ended up being just about PERFECT! The big day started first thing in the morning (hair stylist got there at 7am) and lasted until about 10pm! That was the longest shoot I have ever done and I LOVED every minute of it! For those of you who wonder why photographers have to charge SO much for weddings, it's because of how much work has to be done on that special day! And that doesn't even include the post-processing part lol. Anyways, I would have to say this was the first wedding I've actually CRIED at! The bride looked so beautiful!! She had just had knee surgery about a month before the wedding, so walking down the isle was a little painful for her, and she was an absolute TROOPER! The love that they expressed to each other in the vows and toasts, gave me so much hope for the future!

The wedding took place at Two Rivers Winery, and we stayed in the Chateau. That place was GORGEOUS! I think this was the most beautiful wedding I've ever attended, it was so fairytale like! Here are a few pictures from the wedding....again congrats Heather & Cody Nostrand and I wish you a lifetime of happiness!!

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Hello Everyone!!

Ok so I must admit, I am a blogger newby! I have never blogged before today so bare with me everyone as I get the hang of it. Let's first start by introducing myself, my name is Miranda Johnson and I am the photographer for Visions of Violet Photography. I have a 17 year old daughter named Kristin (I know...17! eek! lol), and she is probably a big part of the reason I am a photographer today. Kids grow so fast so you want to take as many pictures as possible, and then I found scrapbooking!  I LOVED scrapbooking and the more I did it, the more I thought of creative pictures to take for my pages. Soon I started taking pictures of other people and making them pages and all that led to starting Visions of Violet Photography! Funny how things work out sometimes isn't it? Well I will be posting events, and all the fun stuff I will be doing so be sure to come back for a visit!  


You can checkout my website at www.visionsofvioletphoto.com