Thawing out in Red Rock…

One of my all time favorite places to climb is Red Rock, Nevada.

Jeff & I had some time off at the end of January so we decided to make a trip to get some climbing in before the busy season starts for me & continues for him.

The weather was absolutely perfect. Cool so the rock felt great, but not too cold where we were miserable. It was a nice chance to “thaw out” from the snow at home in Truckee. Haha!

We drove our camper van down on Tuesday – making a pitstop in Reno to see two of our favorite people {Brittany & Rick} in their new stomping grounds of Sparks, NV. We enjoyed lunch & a beverage at Great Basin Brewery & then hit the road –  stopping in Tonopah, NV as a halfway point where we parked the van & slept…. Oh, did I mention – that night it was 10 degrees?? Haha. Luckily we had tons of blankets & stayed plenty warm!

The next morning we hit the road to Vegas. When we arrived into Vegas we checked into a condo we were staying at for a few days – got comfy and relaxed…planning out our next couple of days of climbing at Red Rock.

The next handful of days turned out to be absolutely amazing. Jeff’s parents flew in a couple of days into the trip & joined us for their first time climbing! The trip was seriously perfect!

Now that we are home, our skin is healing & we are on to planning our next trip (for my 30th birthday!!) to Bishop!

 

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Jeff getting all artsy with the camera, snapping some photos of our girl!
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Taking a break from bouldering for beers & burgers.
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The ride… oh this van, how we love you!
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My sweet sweet little adventure family 🙂
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I swear she loves me & loves adventure… haha
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Happy girl!
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This girl… and her expressions/moods. haha
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Trying to figure out how to get to the next route…
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Jeff trying to make a… less – wet path for us, haha!
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Jeff trying to make a… less – wet path for us, haha!
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Bro giving the look…
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Jeff’s Mom killing it at her first time bouldering!
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Jeff’s Mom killing it at her first time bouldering!
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Jeff’s dad killing it at his first time bouldering
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Jeff’s dad killing it at his first time bouldering
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The ladies chillin’
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Sometimes the Bro-girl just needs a warm jacket…

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Figuring it out…
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The look. Haha!
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love this dude…

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My fella is getting pretty good at this photo-taking thing 😉
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My fella is getting pretty good at this photo-taking thing 😉
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My fella is getting pretty good at this photo-taking thing 😉
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My fella is getting pretty good at this photo-taking thing 😉
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My fella is getting pretty good at this photo-taking thing 😉
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My fella is getting pretty good at this photo-taking thing 😉
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Jeff’s dad Steve on the route
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Jeff’s dad Steve on the route
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Jeff’s mom Kathy on the route
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Jeff’s mom Kathy on the route
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Jeff’s mom Kathy on the route
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Jeff & his parents chatting about the awesome climb…
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The crew waiting for me to set up the camera… 🙂
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Group shot to end this incredible trip!!!

Would it be weird…

Hm…. would it be weird to post these? Would it be weird to blog about this?

What will people think?

Does this make me unprofessional?

Should I keep this part of my life on the low-down now?

 

Ohhhhh the thoughts that crossed my mind this morning after experimenting with some lighting for an upcoming fitness photoshoot. (Keeping it real here, I am pretty sure we all know, I prefer that beautiful natural light…. 🙂 )

Before photography took off – my social media was 100% about fitness….. but has it been too long since I have posted about that part of my life? That part of my life that I live every… single… day….??!!

I went back and forth for a little bit this morning about posting these photos below to my personal Facebook page….. I have clients that are connected with me there now – what will they think?

And… what I decided was…I want my clients to know me. I want them to know who I am. I want them to know the things I am into. I want them to have an idea/vibe of what I love, what I do (other than photography), what makes me… ME. And well, this is part of it.

I spent a lot of years not being sure of myself & not being sure of how honest to be {with others} about well… me! The (very) often quirky, sometimes shy, hot mess of – Stephanie.

I tell terrible jokes at my sessions. Sometimes I am the only one that laughs…Sometimes I trip over things (definitely not graceful over here). And these things used to give me such anxiety – because I thought I had to be a certain kind of person, or a certain kind of
“Stephanie” to be able to do this for a living. And then one day something clicked  – and I realized that I can be me, in all of my not so awesome glory – and do this.

 

I am Stephanie. I love photography, I love fitness. This is me.

Lets rock.

 

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