What an awesome wedding that I got to photograph for a couple of wonderful friends, Austin and Nicole! Congratulations  you guys!

A couple days ago I was browsing photography blogs and I stumbled upon this great post called 101 goals in 1001 days. After quickly skimming down the list I knew that I had to do the same thing. So after a few days I have come up with and refined what I want my list to comprise of. Some of them will be easy to check off, some will take over a year to complete. I want to look back in the end and see it completed, feel a sense of accomplishment. If you are interested in starting your own list check out http://www.dayzeroproject.com/ Its a great online resource that can help you get started!

I am going to be keeping track of my progress on this post and will be creating links to each complete goal with specific information/pictures/history/etc. I would love any feedback and support as I work through my list. If you ever have any ideas or advice that could help me accomplish any of the things on this list, please let me know in the comments box.

My 101 Goals for 1001 Days (June 16, 2010 – March 13, 2013)

Volunteer, Donate, Give Back

1. Volunteer photography for charitable cause
2. Spend a day paying 25 people I know serious, heartfelt compliments
3. Go on a mission trip
4. Give a 100% tip
5. Pay for some ones bill randomly
6. Sort through my clothes and donate what I no longer wear
7. Donate a portrait shoot to a charity fund raising auction
8. Participate in get-your-hands-dirty volunteer work
9. Commit a random act of kindness that personally costs me more than $50

Travel, Culture, Entertainment

10.Attend 5 music concerts
11. Try an ethnic food that I haven’t had before
12. Go to the opera
13. Eat at 10 restaurants I’ve never tried before
14. Visit a country or state I’ve never been to before
15. See a live improve comedy show

Reading, Writing, Learning

16. Re-read a book from childhood
17. Read 15 books
18. Read 25 books
19. Read 50 books
20. Read the Bible everyday for 30 days
21. Read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit
22. Read the complete fictional prose works of Edgar Allan Poe
23. Learn a second language fluently

Personal

24. Find a 9-5 in Portland
25. Quit the 9-5 in favor of full time photography
26. Eliminate my higher interest student loan debt
27. Get baptized
28. Answer the “50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind”
29. Save all of my change for 1001 days and cash it in when the challenge is done

Art and Photography

30. Enter a photography contest
31. Join WPJA and PPA
32. Take 100,000 pictures
33. Make a coffee table book of the years adventures
34. Shoot a session in the rain
35. Teach a basic photography class
36. Teach someone how to use an DSLR
37. Sell an “artistic” photograph
38. Spend a night doing star photography
39. Get 5 personal photography canvases printed for my home
40. Print 25 pictures to frame

Adventures

41. Climb Mt Hood
42. Climb Mt Rainier
43. 5 day backpacking trip with friends
44. Learn to kayak
45. Move to Portland
46. Go sailing
47. Go fishing with my grandpa
48. Backpacking trip along the coast for a week
49. Road trip to visit a friend
50. Go on a trip by myself
51. Go Geocaching
52. Jump off a + 40 ft cliff into water
53. Visit another continent

Cooking

54. Cook 3 new recipes in 3 days
55. Plant a small salsa garden
56. Cook 3 meals a day everyday for a week
57. Only eat out once a week for 3 months
58. Learn to cook 1 new recipe a week for 3 months
59. Cook a dinner for friends
60. Bake a loaf of bread from scratch

Random enjoyment

61. Buy a hammock, hang it, and use it!
62. Buy a bike
63. Buy a motorcycle
64. Learn all the musical modes and positions for guitar
65. Take 50 piano lessons
66. Spend an afternoon in an Irish/English pub with friends
67. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
68. Bring someone flowers
69. Don’t log on to facebook for a day, instead spend the time calling family members

Health & Finance

70. Go to bed by 11 PM on the weekdays for two weeks straight
71. Get up by 8 AM for 7 days straight
72. Refrain from buying any new clothing item for 3 months
73. Create a will / living will
74. Run 8 miles without stopping
75. Go jogging 3x per week for 3 weeks
76. Set up a ROTH IRA
77. Complete emergency fund at least $5000
78. Go a full day with no email, text, or phone
79. Sell $300 worth of stuff on craigslist and/or eBay
80. Weigh below 200 lbs
81. Give up caffeine for a month
82. Drink only water and decaffeinated tea as beverages for one month
83. No fast food for a month

Good for Business & Industry

84. Plan, build and launch my photography product
85. Join local chamber and attend an event
86. Blog every day for 1 month straight
87. Blog at least once a week for a year
88. Go to a local entrepreneurs meeting
89. Throw a party/event for my business
90. Get published
91. Complete 3 interviews with wedding pros
92. Get 3 weddings published on online style blog or magazine
93. Get 15 comments on a blog post
94. Get 25 comments on a blog post
95. Hire an accountant/tax
96. Streamline business by outsourcing and following the 80/20 rule
97. Start an online community for local photographers

Randomness

98.Fly a kite
99.Write a letter for myself to open in 10 years
100. Go to an event, festival, or convention that I think is weird
101. Finish all my Christmas shopping before December 1st

I am so proud to offer the beautifully simple KISS wedding albums and I know you are going to love displaying it in your home. I LOVE how simple and truly gorgeous these albums are. Each album is created from beautiful, supple 100% full-grain natural leather that is selected for its grain, strength, and quality. Full-grained hided leather feels AWESOME and is so more attractive then fake bonded-leather covers.

Each album layout is a custom and uniquely designed art piece. Each album spread is created with a micro-fold, not a cut which allows for each page to lay beautifully flat so that each spread can be presented in its full glory. Each page is photographically printed on Fuji Crystal Archival paper. Super-durable with a nice soft finish and at 2mm page thickness your going to love flipping through your album with your friends and family!

Choose from seven ridiculously good-looking colors. How could you not love this?

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Yesterday I got to hangout with 4 ladies who love getting their pictures taken! It was a lot of fun to wander around downtown Nampa and take casual portraits of them having fun and being goofy. We got some great images and I certainly enjoyed my time with them. I hope that I can do more of this kind of shooting in the future!

Here are a few of my favorites from the day. Enjoy!

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I feel really honored that I got to photograph Nikki and Ben’s big day. After their ceremony at the temple we headed out for a relaxing reception where they were surrounded by their family and friends.  They are a wonderful couple full of love and passion for each other, which I just love about them. A big CONGRATULATIONS to you both!