Update on some photographic endeavors :)

While I do a lot of weddings for work, and I do enjoy them cuz let's face it, I'm such a romantic, My portrait work is what gets me excited, what really fills me with drive and passion. It's the work that I can so easily put my whole heart into and be proud of CUZ I LOVE IT! <3 A few weeks...

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Change

So much change going on. Change is not always comfortable, especially in the beginning, but change has to happen to get to the next level. To get to the higher version of yourself. There have been a few things this year that have happened that have really been quite terrible, but those things that may have been bad experiences spurred change. And that...

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Live for today!

I really enjoyed the last lector. So happy to be reading again more rather than spending so much time going out and blowing money on drinks. The healthier habits, the getting up earlier to exercise, reading instead of browsing social media (as much As I used to), knowing the difference between your friends and your acquaintances, taking time for said friends, family, and...

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A poem for today

Swimming Up Stream A Poem By Amanda Wells Venegas All my life I’ll be swimming up stream I’ll be swimming up stream  It seems When It’s bad  I’ll be swimming up stream I’ll be swimming up stream Just to stay where I am  When it’s good  I’ll be swimming up stream I’ll be swimming up stream To plow ahead All my life If...

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Love is many things, but it is never controlling.

Why can't people just behave themselves and be nice, considerate people to others. I just don't get it. When someone treats you with so much love and they give you everything you ask for and you just trample their love and backstab them.. And Then when they finally decide that enough is enough, you can't just leave peacefully, can you? You have to...

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In a moment of inspiration

It's those nights when you wake up at 4am and can't get back to sleep... Those days when everything just seems to have crept up on you... I'm very thankful for my life, but everyone gets overwhelmed sometimes and just loses their shit, haha. But it always seems that those are the times that God really speaks to you and the culmination of...

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Just feeling thankful today :)

I know I'm kind of being bipolar on facebook this morning.. "Ah! I love autumn!..Ahhh eff blogspot, my life!! D:" ...and back to "OMG I love life" But I just wanted to take a moment to say how thankful I am for life. Life isn't perfect, and there will always be little bumps here and there but despite that I'm really loving where...

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AHHH! AUTUMN!!!

http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/TXpsanantonio.php I don't know why I'm so obsessed with pumkin patches right now. Seriously every fall I get a bit crazy about all this kiddy stuff but I freakin love AUTUMN!! Guys! It's already AUGUST!!! grin emoticonhttp://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/TXpsanantonio.php ...

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The life changing magic of tidying up

I'm so proud of myself right now, haha. Over the past month or two I've donated about 20 trash bags full of stuff that was hiding around our little apartment! And it feels awesome! After hearing about that book "the Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up" by Marie Kondo on NPR one day, and coming across a few links online that talk about...

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That's a wrap!

Amanda Venegas
Man, what a crazy week! The nearly past week and a half has been eating, breathing, sleeping the production of the drifter film. After several 10-15hour days, nights of very little sleep or even time for food sometimes, filming all over San Antonio and San Marcos, TX and coordinating with our actors from Dallas, Austin, and SA I am officially pooped out! haha....

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Quote of the Day

Amanda Venegas
Quote of the day: "in order to have more success, you need to be willing to accept more failure." This particular quote struck a chord with me and my tendencies towards perfectionism and how I'm often shy to show my work until I've got it finished and all the kinks worked out. But there's a certain freedom in being able to try and...

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Striving for minimalism

Amanda Venegas
Striving to live a more minimalist lifestyle is incredibly freeing. With every new empty space I create, I also send away just one more piece of clutter that had occupied my mind.. Like little weights lifting off me...they float away like a balloon that's been freed. It's not just about having less, it's about having the perfect amount, what you need. It's also...

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Let's get lost!

Amanda Venegas
So I've been reading this really awesome and encouraging book called the Happiness Project and it's so chock full of good quotes.. Today as I set out to get my daily dose of nature, sunshine, and exercise, I've been thinking on this one quote in particular:  "What you do everyday matters more than what you do every once in a while" and also...

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"The things you are passionate abut are not random, they are your calling. "

Weekly Wonderings

Amanda wells Venegas

Earth Bound

A poem by Amanda Wells In the morning I do cry Neither artist or staple mind Separated, I am wondering From my people, I am fumbling Stuck halfway between Two separate worlds Now I'm permitted entrance neither I thought two doors would be twice as many But two doors has become neither of any Cast away, homeland deserter But in the new land,...

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Just a little poetry for the night

This is a first go with no editing so it might be a little rough. Just some thoughts lately on how our greatest dreams and desires often are just out of our comfort zone. A place in life I believe to be good and a spot we should embrace. Fear I embrace You've always been a faithful friend Where ever I find you...

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