Noemi Photography

I’m totally laughing as I write this…kinda embarrassing but who cares?

Confession: I have no interest in College Basketball during year but…when March Madness hits I am in with 5 brackets as soon as the teams are chosen! WHY? I love to compete! Does this sound crazy to you? You didn’t know I had this side to my personality? Well, there’s more, even more then my love for competing…is my love to win!

Last night the teams were announced and you have until the first game (Thursday, I think) to pick who you think will win each game and move on to the next round. Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final 4 and then the Championship Game!

I love picking my teams based on my zero knowledge and watching the teams have it out and see my percentages go up and down with every game. This tournament is amazing! It’s all or nothing…each team gets their shot and if they don’t win THEY ARE OUT! I literally watch almost all the games and don’t know who I’m wanting to win unless I look at my bracket. Funny right? Why do I do it? My husband watches basketball and is a diehard Kansas Jay Hawk fan and he would watch the tournament every year. A few years back I saw him filling out the bracket and said, “I could that!” So now we share/compete for the best score every year. I watch every game cause because I care about my team winning and he watches cause he loves basketball…everyone is happy!

Ok. Now I’m going to tell you incredible science behind the 5 brackets I filled out – the boys at the sports center desk will never forgive me!

1. Pick team based on the best ranking.

2. Pick team based on the best uniform color.

3. Pick team based on best away game record.

4. Pick team based on my random whim.

5. Pick team based on the team scoring average.

If you’ve never filled out a bracket and you have a husband that loves this tournament…think about the cuddles on the couch for the next two weeks (well, in my case that’s only if my team is winning…otherwise it’s separate couches for sure! You think I’m joking but I’m not.)

The other thing I love is it feels SO AMERICAN. I love that! The whole country is tuning in to watch their teams and I get to be apart of that!

Go KANSAS!

Thought you’d like to see where I came from…everyone has their humble beginnings. I love where I’ve come from. I’m Uruguayan by birth, Turkish – English/Irish by blood, spanish and english were my parents first languages, second of four born in five years and brought up in a family that taught me to love Jesus and love people because Jesus loves them. Now I have 3 beautiful children and I’m teaching them the same. Whew. What a privilege…to be a daughter, a sister, a wife, a friend, a mom and a servant.

I’m 36 today. I don’t think I have tons of gray hairs to prove it but I wouldn’t mind if I did. I don’t mind getting older. I like my skin and I’m constantly learning about who I am and who I was created to be.

Sorry that the quality of these pictures isn’t great but it’s all I have of my childhood so they are perfect to me.

I'm the bald baby!

I think I've shown this one before...but I love this shot taken from the beaches of Montevideo Uruguay.

I'm the smaller one in front.

I'm the cute little baby

I love my Dad's mustache!

I'm the standing baby.

I love my older sister Elizabeth then and even more now. We're only 15 months apart but I look up to her in so many ways. Happy that we have these pictures of us together.

Go to WPPI! It’s the biggest Wedding and Portrait Photography Conference and Trade Show around and I can’t get enough of it! Seriously, I can’t wait to start my season of weddings and portraits because I’m totally inspired and ready to push the creativity envelope!

Here’s my 5 day journey through the lens of my Iphone 4S! I took these photos over the last 5 days and uploaded to facebook (NoemiPhotography) and twitter (NoemiPhotograph)…Feel free to “like” me for future posts! Cheapest pro camera I’ve ever purchased!

from my window seat!

We arrived a day early to take in the weather and sites!

These looked so good I almost paid the crazy price but regained my sanity just in time!

Yup! You can totally laugh at this. We took this for our 3 year old boys!

walking back that night...loved this quiet moment!

My new Vegas hat...I was sweating while posing for this shot! I was dressed for Minnesota on the hottest day in Vegas! It was 75 degrees.

Flying home!

A couple months ago I shadowed a friend of mine who’s a horse veterinarian at Canterbury Park. I have always loved horses and it was an amazing opportunity to capture them. So I followed her while she did her rounds and took pictures whenever I got inspired…Before the races, getting ready for the races and during the race!

Something different right?

ENJOY!

There's a little bit of paperwork involved.Off to the races!

Off to the races!