Both these families were so fun to work with and I'm so glad I was able to get some great shots for them!
5.20.2010
|SOL, RANDI & SOL JR.| family
Randi and Stephanie are sisters. When Stephanie mentioned to Randi that I would taking some family pictures for them Randi jumped on the boat and booked me for a double photo session! =) Sol and Randi have a handsome little boy and another baby on the way. Sol Jr. was a fan of the "Science World" weeds (I've never learned their actual name!) and blew the seeds off pretty much every single one in the field! Too cute.
Both these families were so fun to work with and I'm so glad I was able to get some great shots for them!
Both these families were so fun to work with and I'm so glad I was able to get some great shots for them!
|DAN, STEPHANIE & SOPHIE| family
When Stephanie emailed me asking me to do a photo shoot her her family I was so excited! They had a 7 month old baby and I just love taking pictures of babies. I think it helps that I have a baby myself so I know what moments I want to capture for myself so I just do the same for other people! Babies grow up so fast and are constantly changing so taking pictures is so important.
I hadn't met Dan and Stephanie before the shoot but I had such a great time with them! So friendly and their daughter is so adorable! What more can a photographer ask for? Thanks, Stephanie, for asking me to take these pictures for you. I hope you enjoy them!
The rest from this session coming up next!
I hadn't met Dan and Stephanie before the shoot but I had such a great time with them! So friendly and their daughter is so adorable! What more can a photographer ask for? Thanks, Stephanie, for asking me to take these pictures for you. I hope you enjoy them!
5.10.2010
My 1st Mother's Day!
Yesterday I celebrated my first Mother's Day! Last year for Mother's Day I was 8 months pregnant. My Facebook status summed it up nicely... "A year ago today I was waddling around with a big belly... today my Girlie is waddling around with a big belly!"
What was my first Mother's Day like, you may be asking. Well, it started with Cheyenne walking toward me with a little gift bag in her hand. That made the tears start welling up. Inside the bag was a card from her saying "I love you", and a framed picture of her and I. We don't have many pictures together since I'm always the one behind the camera!
Anyway, after that we all went to church and then came home for nap time. In the afternoon we headed to my parents place with my sister and her husband, too, and went out for a fabulous dinner.
It was a great day! I asked my husband to do a mini photo shoot of Cheyenne and I. Here's my Girlie and I on Mother's Day 2010!!
What was my first Mother's Day like, you may be asking. Well, it started with Cheyenne walking toward me with a little gift bag in her hand. That made the tears start welling up. Inside the bag was a card from her saying "I love you", and a framed picture of her and I. We don't have many pictures together since I'm always the one behind the camera!
Anyway, after that we all went to church and then came home for nap time. In the afternoon we headed to my parents place with my sister and her husband, too, and went out for a fabulous dinner.
It was a great day! I asked my husband to do a mini photo shoot of Cheyenne and I. Here's my Girlie and I on Mother's Day 2010!!
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:
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