Ali Hormann Photography: April 2011

The Seeming Impossibility of Moderation

I am feeling soapbox-y today. I am sitting at my computer waiting to type because the words inside me are making my blood pressure rise and yet my ever too common need for restraint coupled with my brain's inability to organize the useful from the possibly hurtful is weighing on my soul. So forgive me if the start is muddled and the transitions...

April 29, 2011
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When the music makes the hipsters fade away...

First off, don't worry mom, I didn't get a tattoo of a blurry menorah on my wrist, it's a stamp. I received the stamp upon entering the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle tonight for my first rock show in ages. The stamp across my wrist, like so many I had received in years gone by made me just a little bit sad. You see,...

April 28, 2011
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An Eye for my Eye

30 Days

Someday soon I'll post the story of how I got into photography and how it is truthfully not my most flattering story, which is probably why I'm waiting to tell it. But this story is towards the beginning and was truthfully vital to my understanding of what it meant to have an "eye" for photography. It often bugged me that my husband and...

April 27, 2011
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He is Risen!

He is Risen Indeed! ...

April 24, 2011
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And when from death we're free...

What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul! What wondrous love is this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul, To bear the dreadful curse for my soul. When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down, When I was sinking down,...

April 23, 2011
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John + Tanzi, Maternity Session

John and Tanzi have had adventures together all around the world. Since they met in Switzerland their life together has been a series of calls and journeys that have taken them from Switzerland to Nome to Nicaragua and seemingly everywhere in between. Now, they are moving towards their next great adventure... Liam. With ever present questions about the possibilities of moving to New Zealand...

April 22, 2011
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How do you stay mad at that face?

As many of you know, Noah and I live with an amazingly generous and kind family from our church. Aaron and Beth have two boys, Nathan and Josh as well as corgie puppy named Wrigley. Now Wrigley goes by many different nicknames, depending on the person and situation and frankly it's a little bit funny if you think about it. Joshy - "Wigwy"...

April 21, 2011
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Matt + Sarai - A Seattle Engagement

When I asked Matt what the first thing about Sarai was that made him think "wow," he immediately blushed. It was their first date, before they ever met, he checked out the cute blonde who had just walked in, realizing only seconds later that it was actually his future wife. He knew by the time the night was over that he had to...

April 19, 2011
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Matt + Sarai - One picture to start it all...

Today I had a great day with some phenomenal people. I got to go on a photo shoot with my husband, who is continuously thinking two steps ahead of me and knows exactly what I am thinking. Also, I met up with my friend Sarai and her fiancée Matt. Their love story is the stuff of dreams, I promise to tell you more tomorrow. ...

April 19, 2011
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A Quiche by Any Other Name...

Today is Palm Sunday, a day when Christians celebrate the triumphal entry Jesus made into the city of Jerusalem symbolizing the beginning of Holy Week. As a child I remember a few very basic things about Palm Sunday; waiving palm branches while singing a song with the word "Hosanna" in it, the disappointment about never having a real donkey in church and the anticipation of...

April 17, 2011
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The Usefulness of Clouds

On Monday June 14th I completed an eleven day road trip from Chicago to Yelm, WA where Noah was hired on as the camp pastor at Cascades Camp for the summer. There's nothing better than a beautiful camp settled at the base of Mt. Rainier, or at least that's what they told me. I arrived amid the cover of clouds and hail, it...

April 17, 2011
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The Wholesale Super-Highway

I have a continuous love/hate relationship with Costco. I love that today I bought a five pound bag of lemons for like $5. I seriously dislike the fact that at 1pm on a Friday in Woodinville, WA we had to park so far away I had to pack a Nalgene just for my trek to the nearest cart return. The small-business supporter...

April 16, 2011
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Something like Teenage Poetry

30 Days

The first time I remember writing a poem was February 6th, 1997. I was in 7th grade, I wrote it for a boy who died in my school. He was a junior and he was nice to me which was rare as I was awkward and nerdy to the nth degree and he was popular, the kind of popular that carries weight in...

April 14, 2011
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A Novel Idea...

Life

I'm not specifically a cat person. I mean I grew up having cats my whole life and I love them but it has always been Noah and my dream to have a lab. We look up dogs on petfinder whenever we can and we dream about going on hikes and hunts with a great chocolate lab. We argue over names, he wants Bono...

April 13, 2011
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