Asha continued

As promised, another image from the Asha shoot...

Asha Salon - The Shoot

Alrighty!

I will be posting images slowly as I finish the painstaking process of meticulously retouching each image. Bear with me :)

Here are the first two:

Behind the scenes at the Asha Salon Shoot

Alright - here's my news. I was hired by a stylist named Susan Ford over at Asha Salon in Schaumburg to do a photo shoot last night. Here's a behind the scenes look at last night. All images were taken by my assistant, Chad Headley.

The actual images from the shoot will be shown at some point in the near future.

Kyle and Jacqueline - An Engagement Shoot

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of romping around a chilled Chicago with Kyle and Jacqueline. Kyle has been my brother's best friend since they were both in second grade (and I in first). He is my other brother, and now Jackie will be another sister :)

Thanks so much to the both of you for allowing me to be such a big part of this whole process!!!

Munroe - 01/12/08

Some pictures from last night's show at Austin's...

Great show boys! TK, hope you fix your guitar!!!

Ariel and Monaca - The Proofs Are Ready

Hello, everyone! I'm pleased to say that proofs for Ari and Monaca's wedding are now online to view.

Please note that there will be a few more artistic images that will be uploaded onto the site within the next several days. I simply wanted the basic images to be accessible sooner.

You may view the event here

Simply enter the username and password that I provided the day of their wedding. If you happened to lose this information, please email me at amyaiello@yahoo.com so that I can email it to you. You must provide the last names of either Ari or Monaca, your relationship to them, and the date of their wedding to prove that you were indeed a guest.

Please also feel free to contact me with any other questions you may have.

The Sears Tower got eaten today

It's not all that often that I am able to capture the scud clouds rolling in on the loop. Today I managed to do it though. Yes, the building on the right is the Sears Tower.




One of my favorite places in Chicago...




We were sent to Indiana to cover some bad flooding that resulted from the storm system last night. I decided to make somewhat of an artistic image out of a flooded river bank.

A New Year, A New Start

I'm sure most of you have figured out by now that I seldom talk about my personal life on this blog. I think that sometimes it's important to share with everyone that there is a human side to me, and that I'm not only about my work. I'm going to take a rare minute to talk about what's going on in the non-professional life of Amy.

In the first week of the New Year, I've had the opportunity to think about a lot of things - my goals, aspirations, needs, desires, etc. What I came across while thinking about my life was that I've got my whole self involved in too much - not just activities, but people too.

I ended 2007 by saying a major goodbye to a painful part of my past. I will never look back and never regret it. From this goodbye, I've learned that sometimes there is only one mean to a necessary end. One simply cannot dwell on such means if the end promises a lifted weight off their shoulders and heart.

So this year, in continuing the monstrous step that I took in the final days of 2007, I've promised myself to focus harder on the things that I am passionate about, and to let go of the things that were never fully mine to begin with. These are not resolutions, but rather permanent promises to myself from this year forward:

I've promised myself that I will try harder to recognize my talents, and to severely reduce the negative self-criticism. I will only allow the constructive criticism necessary to improve my passions and my character.

I will say the necessary goodbyes to all which is negative or brings negativity into my life... except for junk food - I'll simply reduce even further my intake. What can I say? I like chocolate (that one's for you, dear U.S. Helicopter co-workers).

I will be more mindful of everyone else's feelings and their schedules (especially Liam's) when filling my schedule and dealing with life's issues.

I re-started my piano studies with Alex today after the holiday break, and am promising myself that I am going to make some major progress with that this year. Alex and I sat down together and planned out some of the key elements that have been missing in my training, and are going to push to ensure that I make a huge improvement in my technique and ability :)

I am planning on showcasing my work for the first time ever in public this year. In doing so, I am also offering my prints for sale for the first time. It's been a long time since I put myself in a position of vulnerability that is public performance. I've promised myself though, that I will not be afraid, and I will only use the experience to continue to grow.

I will focus on everything that I do have, and stop obsessing about when I can have or do the things I've been desiring. They too will come with time, just as my career seems to be doing :)

I will begin the process of giving back, and never stop until my dying day.

Happy new start, everyone :)

Continued opportunity...

I'm pending a very exciting opportunity - a few of them, actually - that I will discuss as they unfold... It's so hard to contain these things sometimes...

ANYWAY!!! If one (or more) of these said things pans out, it will be a HUGE door opening opportunity for me. Keep your fingers crossed for me!!!

Addicted to chopper shots... updated

I'm never going to get any sleep!!!

I Should Be Sleeping....

But I took some images that I am overly excited about today, and I couldn't wait to post at least one... I always have this problem right before I'm supposed to go to sleep, and then I stay awake WAY too late...

I ended up spending about an hour and a half ensuring that the first image was perfect:

"A Summer Past Time"



"Broken"


"Day's End"



"Chicago's Towers"



Sears Tower At Twilight