I had lots of favourites so here they are!
5.08.2010
|KHERINGTON| newborn
Finally, done editing all the pictures from Kherington's session! I feel so accomplished. I'm so happy with the way they turned out and even more happy that her parents are happy with them too! That makes this session a success in my books!
I had lots of favourites so here they are!
I had lots of favourites so here they are!
5.06.2010
Priorities
My attempt at being an avid blogger has failed. But, I come bearing excuses...
1. We were away for a week visiting family
2. Everyone in my house came down with the stomach flu, one after the other
3. I've had lots of photo shoots (which is a very good thing!)
4. The former excuse leads to numerous pictures to edit
But, really, I should stay on top of my blogging. It's important. Or so "they" say. I don't necessarily think I'm a great blogger, but here's hoping I'll improve with time.
On to the topic of my blog post. I've been thinking a lot about priorities lately. I love photography, and I love how many photo shoots I've been able to do and I love seeing my own improvement, and I love making people smile when they see their pictures. That's a lot of love. But it's true. Being a photographer is a great job for a people person/ people pleaser like me. I don't think I've ever loved any of my previous jobs before.
One thing that I can see being dangerous about this new profession is that it has the potential to consume me. After a photo shoot I could spend all day, every day, sitting at the computer looking through all the pictures, editing them, putting them on my blog and Facebook page. When I first started my new career-path in January I would literally spend all day on the computer after a photo shoot because I was just so excited. Even when my daughter was awake, I'd try to hold her with one hand while editing with the other. Don't worry, that quickly stopped as I told myself, "Nothing is more important than spending time with my family. No-thing." I've scaled back a lot. That's why you don't see as many pictures up as quick as I used to. But my time with my family is numero uno.
My daughter is turning 1 in just over a month (yup, that's insane! Seems like she was just born the other day) and she's constantly changing and growing and learning new things and I want to be part of it all. My pictures won't disappear if I put them off for a couple days if I'd rather go out with my daughter and play at the park or visit with other friends and their kids.
I know that as my business picks up, and I do more and more photo shoots, I'll need to be more strict about my work hours. That's hard to do when you work from home. I've been working out of my house as a hair stylist for over 2 years and it's the same thing. You need to set limits or people will take advantage of you, or you'll miss out on important life stuff.
So, you can keep me accountable for this too!
Family is first. Check. Then there's everything else. My husband and I have also recently started questioning our health situation as far as what we eat and what we put into our bodies, in general. I didn't used to care at all, but not that we have a baby in our lives things have changed a bit. Who cares if I eat Kraft dinner, but do I really want my daughter to have that crap in her system? Not so much. I won't go into details about it now, but we're hoping to replace some of the food in our house with healthier alternatives. That also requires making priorities within itself. Like what do we replace first? You can't do everything at once, that's a bit of an overdose, but step by step we'll get there. My friend has a blog that's all about this topic which has been SO inspiring to is. Check it out if you're even remotely interested. She writes in a way that's easy to understand.
That's the gist of it, I guess. Sorry if this was a boring post. I'm working on it! I need some ideas of what to blog about. Feel free to leave suggestions in the comment section!
Thanks for reading. Hope you're enjoying your Thursday, it's almost Friday! =)
(No pictures today since I'm not on my own computer, but I'm almost done editing pictures from Kherington's session so those might be up tonight yet!)
1. We were away for a week visiting family
2. Everyone in my house came down with the stomach flu, one after the other
3. I've had lots of photo shoots (which is a very good thing!)
4. The former excuse leads to numerous pictures to edit
But, really, I should stay on top of my blogging. It's important. Or so "they" say. I don't necessarily think I'm a great blogger, but here's hoping I'll improve with time.
On to the topic of my blog post. I've been thinking a lot about priorities lately. I love photography, and I love how many photo shoots I've been able to do and I love seeing my own improvement, and I love making people smile when they see their pictures. That's a lot of love. But it's true. Being a photographer is a great job for a people person/ people pleaser like me. I don't think I've ever loved any of my previous jobs before.
One thing that I can see being dangerous about this new profession is that it has the potential to consume me. After a photo shoot I could spend all day, every day, sitting at the computer looking through all the pictures, editing them, putting them on my blog and Facebook page. When I first started my new career-path in January I would literally spend all day on the computer after a photo shoot because I was just so excited. Even when my daughter was awake, I'd try to hold her with one hand while editing with the other. Don't worry, that quickly stopped as I told myself, "Nothing is more important than spending time with my family. No-thing." I've scaled back a lot. That's why you don't see as many pictures up as quick as I used to. But my time with my family is numero uno.
My daughter is turning 1 in just over a month (yup, that's insane! Seems like she was just born the other day) and she's constantly changing and growing and learning new things and I want to be part of it all. My pictures won't disappear if I put them off for a couple days if I'd rather go out with my daughter and play at the park or visit with other friends and their kids.
I know that as my business picks up, and I do more and more photo shoots, I'll need to be more strict about my work hours. That's hard to do when you work from home. I've been working out of my house as a hair stylist for over 2 years and it's the same thing. You need to set limits or people will take advantage of you, or you'll miss out on important life stuff.
So, you can keep me accountable for this too!
Family is first. Check. Then there's everything else. My husband and I have also recently started questioning our health situation as far as what we eat and what we put into our bodies, in general. I didn't used to care at all, but not that we have a baby in our lives things have changed a bit. Who cares if I eat Kraft dinner, but do I really want my daughter to have that crap in her system? Not so much. I won't go into details about it now, but we're hoping to replace some of the food in our house with healthier alternatives. That also requires making priorities within itself. Like what do we replace first? You can't do everything at once, that's a bit of an overdose, but step by step we'll get there. My friend has a blog that's all about this topic which has been SO inspiring to is. Check it out if you're even remotely interested. She writes in a way that's easy to understand.
That's the gist of it, I guess. Sorry if this was a boring post. I'm working on it! I need some ideas of what to blog about. Feel free to leave suggestions in the comment section!
Thanks for reading. Hope you're enjoying your Thursday, it's almost Friday! =)
(No pictures today since I'm not on my own computer, but I'm almost done editing pictures from Kherington's session so those might be up tonight yet!)
5.02.2010
Facebook Page
I *think* I may have figured out how to link to my Facebook Page. Try this link. I'll probably add some extra photos on Facebook from my photo sessions so you'll want to check it out!
Let me know if the link works or not! =)
Let me know if the link works or not! =)
Sneak Peak
On Friday the weather forecast for Saturday said there was an 80% chance of rain. Yeah right! We had the most beautiful weather for yesterday's photo session at Derby Reach park! The sun was shining and it was about 18 degrees outside.
Unfortunately, as soon as I got home from the shoot I came down with a nasty stomach flu, probably the same one my daughter had just a couple of days ago. I wasn't able to put up any Sneak Peak photos until now! Here's a little glimpse at yesterday's session with 2 families:
Unfortunately, as soon as I got home from the shoot I came down with a nasty stomach flu, probably the same one my daughter had just a couple of days ago. I wasn't able to put up any Sneak Peak photos until now! Here's a little glimpse at yesterday's session with 2 families:
4.28.2010
Grocery Store Grievances
I hate grocery shopping. It's probably my least favourite "chore" to do, well, maybe it's even with cleaning the bathroom!
This is my rant post.
Let's start by saying, I always pick the worst check-out aisle at the grocery store. I don't know why, but it's a given that the lane I choose will be the lane that takes a million times longer to go through than any other lane. You know what I'm talking about. The lane where the lady in front of you needs a price check on one of her items; or they just notice that the bag of sugar has a hole in it and they need to page someone to grab a new one for her; or the item won't scan; etc. It's all bad.
Well, yesterday I had another one of these experiences. I chose the check-out lane that looked like it should be the quickest. I loaded all of my stuff onto the conveyer belt thing and waited. The old lady in front of me started making small talk with the cashier as the started ringing through her items. The total came to $75. Right away the old lady said she was pretty sure there wouldn't be enough money in her bank account for that (she was paying by debit) but the cashier swiped her card to see what would happen. Sure enough, not enough money. So the old lady starts unpacking her grocery bag and they start taking some items off the bill. You'd think she'd start with the more expensive items, like the meal replacement shakes that cost $10. But no. Let's start with the bag of Fig Newtons, and maybe the box of no name Bran Flakes cereal. $65. Swipe again. Still no good. The old lady again said, "I'm pretty sure that's still too much. I don't get my pension money until midnight tonight." So, they unload some more items. Now she's down to about a quarter of the groceries that she bought. This time her card was accepted. $49. Seriously? $25 over? You'd think she would have shopped better knowing she only had $50 in her bank account! haha. Oh well. I wasn't in a huge rush and I've learned to not get totally frustrated in these kinds of situations!
There's other things that annoy me about the grocery store but I'll just stop now! haha.
Onto better things in life... babies! I went out to Abbotsford to take some pictures of my cousin and his wife's 5 week old baby girl. What a cutie she is! Here's a quick sneak peak from yesterdays Newborn session with her, more to come when I get some time to edit!
This is my rant post.
Let's start by saying, I always pick the worst check-out aisle at the grocery store. I don't know why, but it's a given that the lane I choose will be the lane that takes a million times longer to go through than any other lane. You know what I'm talking about. The lane where the lady in front of you needs a price check on one of her items; or they just notice that the bag of sugar has a hole in it and they need to page someone to grab a new one for her; or the item won't scan; etc. It's all bad.
Well, yesterday I had another one of these experiences. I chose the check-out lane that looked like it should be the quickest. I loaded all of my stuff onto the conveyer belt thing and waited. The old lady in front of me started making small talk with the cashier as the started ringing through her items. The total came to $75. Right away the old lady said she was pretty sure there wouldn't be enough money in her bank account for that (she was paying by debit) but the cashier swiped her card to see what would happen. Sure enough, not enough money. So the old lady starts unpacking her grocery bag and they start taking some items off the bill. You'd think she'd start with the more expensive items, like the meal replacement shakes that cost $10. But no. Let's start with the bag of Fig Newtons, and maybe the box of no name Bran Flakes cereal. $65. Swipe again. Still no good. The old lady again said, "I'm pretty sure that's still too much. I don't get my pension money until midnight tonight." So, they unload some more items. Now she's down to about a quarter of the groceries that she bought. This time her card was accepted. $49. Seriously? $25 over? You'd think she would have shopped better knowing she only had $50 in her bank account! haha. Oh well. I wasn't in a huge rush and I've learned to not get totally frustrated in these kinds of situations!
There's other things that annoy me about the grocery store but I'll just stop now! haha.
Onto better things in life... babies! I went out to Abbotsford to take some pictures of my cousin and his wife's 5 week old baby girl. What a cutie she is! Here's a quick sneak peak from yesterdays Newborn session with her, more to come when I get some time to edit!
4.27.2010
|JO| fashion
This photo shoots is definitely one of my favourites to date! I think it was the combination of the model being one of my sister-in-laws, the great lighting we found, the numerous prime photo locations on the farm, and all the outfits!
Like I said in a previous post, my sister-in-law makes almost all of her clothes and she wanted to have a photo shoot to show case some of her favourites. We spent, literally, all afternoon taking pictures. Every once in a while we'd go inside to feed her baby and take pictures of him (you can find his pictures in this post.)
I'll just post a few of my favourites here but you can find the rest on my new facebook page. Not sure if that link will work or not. If not, just search for "Vanessa Voth Photography" in facebook and you'll find me! I'll be posting all my pictures on there as well as on my blog.
Anyway, here's some of my faves from our Fashion shoot!
This afternoon I'm doing a Newborn session for my cousin and his wife and their baby girl! So excited to meet her!
Like I said in a previous post, my sister-in-law makes almost all of her clothes and she wanted to have a photo shoot to show case some of her favourites. We spent, literally, all afternoon taking pictures. Every once in a while we'd go inside to feed her baby and take pictures of him (you can find his pictures in this post.)
I'll just post a few of my favourites here but you can find the rest on my new facebook page. Not sure if that link will work or not. If not, just search for "Vanessa Voth Photography" in facebook and you'll find me! I'll be posting all my pictures on there as well as on my blog.
Anyway, here's some of my faves from our Fashion shoot!
4.24.2010
|ERIN| relive the dress
My sister-in-law volunteered herself to be one of my models so she put on her wedding dress and we took a bunch of pictures around the farm. Here's some of my favourites so far!
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