brothers

How cute is this face?!!

Family of three

Ms. R

This is my third time photographing this sweetie. She is very active but I do enjoy chasing her around with a camer

We gave her a cookie for some smiles :D

Oh, and this is my new purple backdrop! We just got 7 new backdrops in!

30 days till 30

30 things I want to do before I turn 30

1. have my photo taken with my son

2. take a day off work -- first in 5 months

3. try the apple cider made here in the county

4. have my son skip school and head out for the day

5. get my broken cameras shipped off to Canon

6. get rid of this cold and have my voice back

7. go to a movie

8. pay off my car

9. have a Halloween party for my son -- it was awesome!

10. talk my sister into making me cheesecake cupcakes

11. change the burnt out light bulbs on my car

12. find a designer purse that is not leather

13. get a facial

14. wax

15. spend a whole day in the same spot

16. have my mom show me how to plastic the house windows for winter

17. get my bunny to pooh in the litter

18. eat something new -- thanks Janet

19. be a mentor to someone

20. have some 'before 30 boudoir' photos taken

21. make lots of people smile

22. buy a Christmas tree

23. understand the difference between 'affected' and 'effected'

24. go on a date

25. go on a double date

26. go out with my shady ladies for a night

27. skate

28. read a book on human behavior

29. get married and have more kids...lol, ok maybe that's a little rushed!

30. get over the fact that I will be out of my 20's :*(

GOSSIP MONDAY

Work:

- we had over 40 studio sessions this month! ...and all the disks were out quick!

- I only have two weddings left this year

- the studio bathroom is painted pink!

Home:

- my son and I are both home ill today. I lost my voice a week ago and started coughing and my son is just getting it now. It' been awesome spending the day on the couch

Personal:

- in one month today, I turn 30. I am in my last month of being in my 20's :(

I made it out to another local photographers house for some family photos Love Nest Photography but Tara wasn't able to be there so I haven't had the pleasure of meeting her just yet. However, the rest of the family was there so we went on anyway by Tara's request.

the cousins:
the siblings:

Good times!

I'll be back to the studio soon to photograph Tara and her immediate family soon :)

Baby B

images impact people

In photography I am creating on an ongoing basis. I love this part of my job. Every week, month, year, I get to create, literally thousands of images. In addition to that, I create images that impact peoples lives.

Recently, one of my clients past away. The sister of my client emailed me saying how beautiful it was to have photos of her sister and her family (husband and three kids) that we took earlier this year in studio. The family had enlarged prints from the studio to display at the funeral. She went on to say that everyone loved the images, they brought tears to some friends and family members, and that the family was thankful for the images, thankful that her sister thought to do this before passing.

After wiping away tears, I then started thinking how few images I have of my own family. And then I thought of the families I have photographed that come in for their first family portrait session ever, or the first portrait session in 10 years. And then I thought of my clients that come in yearly and some several times a year and wondered how I could let something so important to me be put off. I have never had a professional photo of my son and I. Isn't that unbelievable?!! My mother has been asking for a photograph of her grandchildren for over two years, and I haven't done it yet.

If you were to come to my house, you would never know I am a photographer because I only have three images canvased of my son and I snowboarding, a few framed images, and a lot of bare walls!

This year is coming to an end and I need to take care of this:
1. book a photographer to photograph my son and I
2. get my mother her image
3. fill my wall space

Anyone else out there not have a family portrait, get out there and photograph your families!!!

GOSSIP MONDAY

WORK:

- things have been busy and we are all caught up with studio sessions and getting location sessions out within the week

- we've mailed the first bunch of Cougar photos

- the studio is all unpacked now :)

- most of my blog readers know what's going on as we make changes in the studio. Our latest big change is the new Office Manager Christa. She has been taking care of the bookings, scheduling and editing studio work. She is fabulous! this is her:

HOME LIFE:

- Do you know what a water pik is? It's basically used for flossing and tonight my son decided to use his to wash his face.

- we have our rabbit back :)

PERSONAL:

- I lost my voice over the weekend and am still working on nursing my health back.

- I sometimes find it hard to believe that we are rolling into November! It's getting cold but this year seemed to go by so quickly

Engaged to be married next month!

Thanks to everyone who emailed me their Cougar image information!

If you sent your information before noon yesterday your images will be in the mail tomorrow. Images are picked up from the lab every Wednesday. We're still waiting for a few ladies to claim their images -- thanks everyone!

Julie & Jordan

Above is my favorite image of the day :D

It was another windy day on the water but we made it work

The wedding takes place next year!

GOSSIP MONDAY

WORK LIFE:

- wow, it's been busy! I think I have photographed over 200 people in the last few days just in family sessions.

- the cougar photos are being picked up on Wednesday and sent out in the mail, probably both Thursday and Saturday

- I'm still waiting for the new backdrops to come in

- and the studio is looking soooo much better!

HOME LIFE:

- I think our bunny has been kidnapped! A kid came to the door, asked if we wanted our bunny back because he had him in his house, I of course said yes, and he said he would go back to get him and that was about five days ago!

- I'm having thanksgiving today at my moms. My sister makes me vegetarian stuffing! She is the greatest!

- I sat down on the couch on Friday, my son looks at me, looks at me, looks at me...I finally ask him what and he replies "You never sit down" lol

PERSONAL:

- non existent ;)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Baby O

This session took place on our first day of shooting since we finished with the renovations and we had four sessions to start us off.

This was the first time we had seen this adorable girl in the studio.

Here's our new pink chair in the studio.

I love her half smile!

To cute!

Jennifer & Jeremy

Jennifer and Jeremy are getting married today!