Writing is one of my favorite things to do is write, so I love this blog and how I can really write about anything I chose. Sometimes I just don't know what to write about.
I saw a prompt from the Daily Post in the Wordpress Reader and it is titled "He's so Fine: What drew you to your significant other?" So I decided to write about my husband because I love him and I don't think I've really talked about him at all yet.
I had met him when I was 16/17 when our families had a game night. I tried to impress him, me being 16/17 and I knew he was much older (6 years), but I don't think I really did a great job - we hardly spoke. The next time I talked/saw him was when I was 18 and was home for the weekend. We were in church and his brother had an inflatable tie so he could nap without getting a line on his forehead, so my family kept deflating it when he put his head down. We were not exactly 'spiritual' that Sunday.
About 3 weeks later I received a phone call from "Jed's brother (jeff?)" and thought it was his younger brother, Jed, trying to prank call me. I picked up and heard Jeff's voice, he then said he thought it would be cool if we went out sometime and we set a date for the following weekend. Since our first date, we have been with each other every weekend.
One of the first things that attracted me to Jeff was just that he was older and had traveled a lot. He was very charming and made sure there was no awkwardness between us. I was later attracted to the way he treated me. He encouraged me and made me feel smart. He would come to be for advice and he would value what I had to say.
He would also let me know that he needed me. He never tried to play it "cool," or whatever. He was open with his feelings and he trusted me. That was one of the biggest things that I loved, that he trusted me. He didn't try to dodge questions or tell me lies.
Jeff and I also have the same sense of humor and that is extremely attractive. Being able to make each other laugh is magical and I can't imagine being married to someone that I couldn't laugh with. Having the same sense of humor, I think, allows you to have more inside jokes as well. I love being able to look at someone or something and look at my husband and know that he is thinking the same exact thing I am.
I seriously could not have found a better man than the one I married. He is truly my best friend and soul mate. I am thankful every day that I get to wake up next to him and face to the world together, hand in hand. It's beyond comforting to know that I have someone at home waiting to give me a hug, listen to how my day went, and make everything better. I never imagined myself getting married so young, but I found my perfect match.
Love, Natasha
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Being True to You!
I feel like I'm being all self-righteous on this blog, but this is what is going on in my life right now.
My lesson learned from this last week or two has been to do what is right for you. I've been wondering if leaving Toyota Bountiful was the right thing to do because I rushed into it, but this week I received my answer.
The first answer has to do with my photography. I truly have a passion for photography and want to create a business for it, but I don't want to seem extremely pushy to all my social media friends. Anyway, one of my unwritten and recently decided goals for the summer is to photograph 50 new people and do it creatively. I don't want to have a set thing to do for the shoot and I want to use it as a creative outlet from how taxing this semester has been. So I put it on Facebook, just asking if anyone would be interested in being a model and saying that I want to get out of my comfort zone. I received lots of feedback and I was surprised at how many people want to help out and get some pictures. But from that, I've also received lots of "you can take my family pictures!" and a "you can photograph my wedding reception, i'm looking for people who don't want to get paid." Which is wrong - that last one kind of made my eye twitch. Anyway, I did have a few people that messaged me and asked if I would seriously take pictures of them and they would pay me. So I feel like my business will really pick up with all this free evening time I'm going to have.
My second answer came from Banana Republic. I work with the most awesome people there. I'm going to be getting like double the hours I do now, and I learned today that one of the leader's is moving to LA in August - so naturally, I want to train and take her position, but I felt awkward saying something so I was planning on how I would bring that up. Anyway, while I was contemplating on how to bring that up, the same leader that is leaving came up to me and asked if I wanted to start learning about the jewelry and I would become the 'jewelry specialist,' which I know is a stepping stone for that lead position.
So I'm ecstatic for this opportunity and I really hope this works out! I really love Banana Republic, the environment, the people, and their involvement in the community (local and global).
Get ready for more pictures! Now that school is mostly done, I'm going to be taking pictures of everything I can!
Love, Natasha
My lesson learned from this last week or two has been to do what is right for you. I've been wondering if leaving Toyota Bountiful was the right thing to do because I rushed into it, but this week I received my answer.
The first answer has to do with my photography. I truly have a passion for photography and want to create a business for it, but I don't want to seem extremely pushy to all my social media friends. Anyway, one of my unwritten and recently decided goals for the summer is to photograph 50 new people and do it creatively. I don't want to have a set thing to do for the shoot and I want to use it as a creative outlet from how taxing this semester has been. So I put it on Facebook, just asking if anyone would be interested in being a model and saying that I want to get out of my comfort zone. I received lots of feedback and I was surprised at how many people want to help out and get some pictures. But from that, I've also received lots of "you can take my family pictures!" and a "you can photograph my wedding reception, i'm looking for people who don't want to get paid." Which is wrong - that last one kind of made my eye twitch. Anyway, I did have a few people that messaged me and asked if I would seriously take pictures of them and they would pay me. So I feel like my business will really pick up with all this free evening time I'm going to have.
My second answer came from Banana Republic. I work with the most awesome people there. I'm going to be getting like double the hours I do now, and I learned today that one of the leader's is moving to LA in August - so naturally, I want to train and take her position, but I felt awkward saying something so I was planning on how I would bring that up. Anyway, while I was contemplating on how to bring that up, the same leader that is leaving came up to me and asked if I wanted to start learning about the jewelry and I would become the 'jewelry specialist,' which I know is a stepping stone for that lead position.
So I'm ecstatic for this opportunity and I really hope this works out! I really love Banana Republic, the environment, the people, and their involvement in the community (local and global).
Get ready for more pictures! Now that school is mostly done, I'm going to be taking pictures of everything I can!
Love, Natasha
Monday, April 21, 2014
My Passion
One main reason why I created this separate blog from the blog about my husband and me is to share my pictures.
I have loved taking pictures since I was in junior high. I remember one year for Christmas, my parents gave my sister a nice camera (at the time). It was like a Kodak 2mp camera and I loved it. She put it down at a family party and I picked it up and started photographing and after that she didn't see her camera very much.
I attended Snow College and I went down there because I was offered a job as the School Student Photographer. I got to have a special pass to every event and I stood on the sidelines at all the football, basketball, volleyball games. I also traveled to the Richfield campus to photograph the Snow College Orchestra playing with the band Kansas. I absolutely loved that job and would go back in a heartbeat. I was also studying photography down there as well. I received my Associates of Fine Arts and learned so much from the design and drawing classes I was required to take. You truly grow as an artist when you study other art forms as well.
I'm currently enrolled (for another week) in a Digital Imaging class and at first I thought it would be some easy class and I kind of blew it off as not important and just an easy way to get credits. I still think the same way - it's easy and it's definitely not the most important class I'm enrolled in, but it has pushed my boundaries. It has inspired me to get in touch with my creative side more often and I have actually learned a lot about Adobe Photoshop that I probably would have never learned if I continued to lightly edit my pictures like I prefer.
Anyway, here are some of my images.
This was an assignment for my Digital Imaging class called the document of possibility. So here is me with no hair.
This is an editorial layout I had to create. I did the entire image - took the picture in a foam board, makeshift studio. I absolutely love the lighting I got from my speedlite and soft box bouncing off the white boards. I plan on taking more pictures in it.
This is the original of a duotone I had to create - but I fell in love with the original and the duotone will probably just be seen in my class. I love large apertures because of the softness it adds.
In February, my husband and I went to Disneyland and California Adventure and I took this picture in front of California Screamin'. I took this in color, but black and white is so much more powerful.
This is another image from our Disneyland trip. We were waiting in line for Pirates of the Caribbean and I had just gotten a new camera and I wanted to test it's light sensitivity and I was pleased. I absolutely love this picture as well because of the light.
Another Disneyland image. During the firework show a family huddled together and again, I was testing the light sensitivity again and I was very happy with the outcome.
I had also just gotten a speedlite and was testing it out.
And this is me. Ha I gave my camera to my husband. I'm training him, ha ha.
And these next pictures are from a product shoot I did for my independent study and I love it!
Sorry for the picture overload, but it will happen a lot, so get used to it.
Love, Natasha
I have loved taking pictures since I was in junior high. I remember one year for Christmas, my parents gave my sister a nice camera (at the time). It was like a Kodak 2mp camera and I loved it. She put it down at a family party and I picked it up and started photographing and after that she didn't see her camera very much.
I attended Snow College and I went down there because I was offered a job as the School Student Photographer. I got to have a special pass to every event and I stood on the sidelines at all the football, basketball, volleyball games. I also traveled to the Richfield campus to photograph the Snow College Orchestra playing with the band Kansas. I absolutely loved that job and would go back in a heartbeat. I was also studying photography down there as well. I received my Associates of Fine Arts and learned so much from the design and drawing classes I was required to take. You truly grow as an artist when you study other art forms as well.
I'm currently enrolled (for another week) in a Digital Imaging class and at first I thought it would be some easy class and I kind of blew it off as not important and just an easy way to get credits. I still think the same way - it's easy and it's definitely not the most important class I'm enrolled in, but it has pushed my boundaries. It has inspired me to get in touch with my creative side more often and I have actually learned a lot about Adobe Photoshop that I probably would have never learned if I continued to lightly edit my pictures like I prefer.
Anyway, here are some of my images.
This was an assignment for my Digital Imaging class called the document of possibility. So here is me with no hair.
This is an editorial layout I had to create. I did the entire image - took the picture in a foam board, makeshift studio. I absolutely love the lighting I got from my speedlite and soft box bouncing off the white boards. I plan on taking more pictures in it.
This is the original of a duotone I had to create - but I fell in love with the original and the duotone will probably just be seen in my class. I love large apertures because of the softness it adds.
In February, my husband and I went to Disneyland and California Adventure and I took this picture in front of California Screamin'. I took this in color, but black and white is so much more powerful.
This is another image from our Disneyland trip. We were waiting in line for Pirates of the Caribbean and I had just gotten a new camera and I wanted to test it's light sensitivity and I was pleased. I absolutely love this picture as well because of the light.
Another Disneyland image. During the firework show a family huddled together and again, I was testing the light sensitivity again and I was very happy with the outcome.
I had also just gotten a speedlite and was testing it out.
And this is me. Ha I gave my camera to my husband. I'm training him, ha ha.
And these next pictures are from a product shoot I did for my independent study and I love it!
Sorry for the picture overload, but it will happen a lot, so get used to it.
Love, Natasha
Friday, April 18, 2014
Doing it for myself
I've always been someone that does everything else for anyone else. I always think that if I was that person then I would be so grateful for the person helping me out, so I do it. And sometimes it wasn't what I should have done.
A couple weeks ago, a coworker had to go to a funeral for a family member. How could I say no? I was going to be late because I had school all day and agreed to go in after my classes. I just agreed - I didn't ask to see what my husband thought. Turns out, he had planned a surprise and I had ruined it. I still don't know what it is/was because he said he will just reschedule it. But when I got home I could see the sadness in his eyes. I had let him down.
Now with finals coming up this week, I realize that I've been too nice. I haven't gotten studying done and I still have an entire portfolio to start and complete by Wednesday, along with a Mass Communication Law class to study and know by heart. The best part {sarcasm} - I only have one day off until these finals are scheduled.
The reason I am so busy - work. It's not even a matter of school, it's all from work. Toyota Bountiful is great for doing homework, but only out of a text book. The majority of my work has to be done on Photoshop and InDesign so I'm out of luck there. Banana Republic on the other hand allows me zero time to do homework. So of course I feel bad that I had to say I couldn't go into work for the pregnant sick lady, but I needed time for myself.
It's one of the most difficult things I've done - tell people no. But I need it for my sanity and my marriage's sanity.
Which brings me to the reason why I started this particular post - I quit. I've actually been contemplating it for about a week, but it's difficult for me to work at Toyota Bountiful. When I was making pros and cons lists I felt incredibly selfish but I had to do it for myself. Don't get me wrong - I love the job, the environment, the people. The biggest and only real problem for me is the hours. I work Tuesday and Thursday from 5-9 after working 9-4 at Banana Republic. And I work Saturday's from 1-9 - every Saturday. I only see my husband about an hour before we go to bed and for maybe 30 minutes in the mornings. Something to add is that these are the two best jobs I've ever had, so it was a difficult to decide what to do.
Now that I've actually given my two weeks notice - I actually feel relieved. I'm going to have so much free-time and time that I can actually spend with my sweetheart! I'm not actually going to have a lot of free-time, but it feels like it. My husband is on board and told me that it's probably best that I only work at Banana Republic. So I'm glad that he agrees with me and, more importantly, supportive of my decision.
The main thing that I've learned is that the sting of letting someone down is temporary and even though you feel good when you help someone out - sometimes staying sane is more important.
Love, Natasha
A couple weeks ago, a coworker had to go to a funeral for a family member. How could I say no? I was going to be late because I had school all day and agreed to go in after my classes. I just agreed - I didn't ask to see what my husband thought. Turns out, he had planned a surprise and I had ruined it. I still don't know what it is/was because he said he will just reschedule it. But when I got home I could see the sadness in his eyes. I had let him down.
Now with finals coming up this week, I realize that I've been too nice. I haven't gotten studying done and I still have an entire portfolio to start and complete by Wednesday, along with a Mass Communication Law class to study and know by heart. The best part {sarcasm} - I only have one day off until these finals are scheduled.
The reason I am so busy - work. It's not even a matter of school, it's all from work. Toyota Bountiful is great for doing homework, but only out of a text book. The majority of my work has to be done on Photoshop and InDesign so I'm out of luck there. Banana Republic on the other hand allows me zero time to do homework. So of course I feel bad that I had to say I couldn't go into work for the pregnant sick lady, but I needed time for myself.
It's one of the most difficult things I've done - tell people no. But I need it for my sanity and my marriage's sanity.
Which brings me to the reason why I started this particular post - I quit. I've actually been contemplating it for about a week, but it's difficult for me to work at Toyota Bountiful. When I was making pros and cons lists I felt incredibly selfish but I had to do it for myself. Don't get me wrong - I love the job, the environment, the people. The biggest and only real problem for me is the hours. I work Tuesday and Thursday from 5-9 after working 9-4 at Banana Republic. And I work Saturday's from 1-9 - every Saturday. I only see my husband about an hour before we go to bed and for maybe 30 minutes in the mornings. Something to add is that these are the two best jobs I've ever had, so it was a difficult to decide what to do.
Now that I've actually given my two weeks notice - I actually feel relieved. I'm going to have so much free-time and time that I can actually spend with my sweetheart! I'm not actually going to have a lot of free-time, but it feels like it. My husband is on board and told me that it's probably best that I only work at Banana Republic. So I'm glad that he agrees with me and, more importantly, supportive of my decision.
The main thing that I've learned is that the sting of letting someone down is temporary and even though you feel good when you help someone out - sometimes staying sane is more important.
Love, Natasha
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Who am I?
I don't have a problem with what I want to write about. I have a problem with making it interesting and giving a reason to why people would want to read about my life and experiences.
I saw a writing prompt on the reader and it said to write about who you are - if reader's like who you are and you give them a reason to read what you write then they will keep coming back.
So here is an introduction to who Natasha is.
Welcome, my name is Natasha. I am a communication student at the University of Utah and I have an internship left to complete before I can graduate. So I'm searching and resume blasting everyone I know.
I grew up in Woods Cross, Utah and I loved it! When I turned sixteen, my family moved three miles away, to Bountiful. I went to Woods Cross High and graduated in 2011. I then went to Snow College in Ephraim, Utah and loved it there. I moved back home a year later because I received my Associates - I also started dating my husband a few months before school was done and I didn't want to keep driving home to see him.
In January 2012, I received a phone call from a guy whose parent's were in my ward. He was asking me on a date and I was sure his mother was trying to set us up. Anyway, I agreed and we've been together since then. We dated for a year before he proposed and we got married 9 months later. We got married in the Salt Lake Temple and it was probably the best day of my life. It was such a joyous day and everyone was there to celebrate with us and there was pretty much no negativity. With that being said, I would never want to go through that day again or the days leading up to it because of the stress.
I am a religious person, but not overly. I don't preach it to everyone and anyone; I don't try to correct people because we believe differently; I genuinely try to be open and accepting of other's ideas and beliefs, but sometimes I fail.
I currently work 2 jobs as well as attend school full-time. I work at Banana Republic as a Brand Ambassador and at Toyota Bountiful as a Receptionist. Both have their pros as well as their cons - I'm currently weighing both, but that's a different story for a different day.
My goal in life is to be successful. That's it. In whatever I attempt, I want to be successful, or at least learn something that will help me be successful next time. I hate disappointing people and failing or making mistakes - but of course I am only human and sometimes I feel like I only make mistakes.
I love going on adventures, watching tv and movies, taking pictures, reading, relaxing, swimming, dressing up, playing with my dogs, setting up and taking care of salt water fish tanks, and most of all, my husband. I am obsessed with cheese, snacks, orange soda, and creating pictures. I am fluent in English and Sarcasm, but would love to learn a third language. One of my dreams is to become a known-photographer and have a large following on Instagram (my favorite of all social media!) for photography and fashion. I would be a cloud nine if companies started to send me clothing to wear and show off just so they gain media exposure.
That's pretty much my life right now, and all I can think of. I guarantee throughout this blog you will learn more than you ever wanted to know about me, but I hope it teaches you something or it just entertains you.
Love, Natasha
I saw a writing prompt on the reader and it said to write about who you are - if reader's like who you are and you give them a reason to read what you write then they will keep coming back.
So here is an introduction to who Natasha is.
Welcome, my name is Natasha. I am a communication student at the University of Utah and I have an internship left to complete before I can graduate. So I'm searching and resume blasting everyone I know.
I grew up in Woods Cross, Utah and I loved it! When I turned sixteen, my family moved three miles away, to Bountiful. I went to Woods Cross High and graduated in 2011. I then went to Snow College in Ephraim, Utah and loved it there. I moved back home a year later because I received my Associates - I also started dating my husband a few months before school was done and I didn't want to keep driving home to see him.
In January 2012, I received a phone call from a guy whose parent's were in my ward. He was asking me on a date and I was sure his mother was trying to set us up. Anyway, I agreed and we've been together since then. We dated for a year before he proposed and we got married 9 months later. We got married in the Salt Lake Temple and it was probably the best day of my life. It was such a joyous day and everyone was there to celebrate with us and there was pretty much no negativity. With that being said, I would never want to go through that day again or the days leading up to it because of the stress.
I am a religious person, but not overly. I don't preach it to everyone and anyone; I don't try to correct people because we believe differently; I genuinely try to be open and accepting of other's ideas and beliefs, but sometimes I fail.
I currently work 2 jobs as well as attend school full-time. I work at Banana Republic as a Brand Ambassador and at Toyota Bountiful as a Receptionist. Both have their pros as well as their cons - I'm currently weighing both, but that's a different story for a different day.
My goal in life is to be successful. That's it. In whatever I attempt, I want to be successful, or at least learn something that will help me be successful next time. I hate disappointing people and failing or making mistakes - but of course I am only human and sometimes I feel like I only make mistakes.
I love going on adventures, watching tv and movies, taking pictures, reading, relaxing, swimming, dressing up, playing with my dogs, setting up and taking care of salt water fish tanks, and most of all, my husband. I am obsessed with cheese, snacks, orange soda, and creating pictures. I am fluent in English and Sarcasm, but would love to learn a third language. One of my dreams is to become a known-photographer and have a large following on Instagram (my favorite of all social media!) for photography and fashion. I would be a cloud nine if companies started to send me clothing to wear and show off just so they gain media exposure.
That's pretty much my life right now, and all I can think of. I guarantee throughout this blog you will learn more than you ever wanted to know about me, but I hope it teaches you something or it just entertains you.
Love, Natasha
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Welcome
My name is Natasha and I want my own space.
I created a blog for my husband and I, but I feel like I can't write about my experiences on that blog - it should be our shared experiences.
I also have a website, but it's a professional (soon-to-be) website and I would rather not write all my personal stories on it.
So welcome to Natasha's Narration. I love to tell stories and sometimes I feel like my thoughts need to be shared with the world. I feel like we can all learn from each other's mistakes as well as triumphs.
I created a blog for my husband and I, but I feel like I can't write about my experiences on that blog - it should be our shared experiences.
I also have a website, but it's a professional (soon-to-be) website and I would rather not write all my personal stories on it.
So welcome to Natasha's Narration. I love to tell stories and sometimes I feel like my thoughts need to be shared with the world. I feel like we can all learn from each other's mistakes as well as triumphs.
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