I'm Back Baby!!

Alright, I know its been 2 months since my last post!! To be honest, I haven't done any photography in the past two months... It was actually a nice break since I had been going full speed ahead since March. Well 2 months of nothing, and then, all of the sudden, in the past week I have booked 5 jobs!! I think its getting down the wire and people are starting to realize they only have a few weeks left to get their Christmas photos done!!

Today I did two photo-shoots which both were amazing! First, the weather was beautiful! After a week of freezing cold, we got a day of 70 degree weather! I think God must have been smiling down on me because I couldn't have asked for a better day. Additionally, I discovered a new park which was also ideal for the photo-shoots. The thing that made it even better was that both families had the most amazing kids ever. I have to admit, I was a little nervous to photograph 4 kids under 8 (in each family), but they were wonderful. I did bribe them with candy, but I think they would have been just as great had I not. I have almost finished editing the photos and will have a few posts up shortly!

Being a Better Blogger

I have been told by a few of my friends that I do not blog enough, and that they want to see more pictures! Well I am very flattered that people read my blog, and want to see my photos, so I will try my best to provide you with current images. The past few weeks have been slow (which has allowed me to have a much needed break), but I have several shoots in the pipeline, so I hope to have new photos up very soon. I can't actually say that I have taken much of a break. Last week I attended an inspiring wedding photography seminar put on by David Jay (Wedding photography is definitely my next step), and went to a lecture on how to start a small business last night. This may sound weird, but I am actually really excited for the business aspect of photography and the idea of "owning" my own small business. My second love is finance, so this will put myself proclaimed "Personal Finance Guru" title to the test. I do realize that business finance is a whole different ball game so wish me luck!

Portrait

Below are some portraits I took for my good friend. She used to be a model so the shoot was very easy! I tried to be artistic on the color photo. I know it is not technically correct but I like it!

My Website!

Okay, I do not have my site finalized yet, but I am officially on the web!! I am going to keep the site a secret until I am ready to launch it, but I am very excited. The best part is, I did this all on my own. I am not very web oriented, but I am proud that I have been able to figure all of this out (or at least I hope I can). Keep an eye out, it should be up in the next few weeks!

Go USA!!!

I am not sure how many people stayed up until 1 am last night to watch the finals of the Womans all around gynmastics competion, but if you did you must have been just as excited as I was. Nastia Liukin was phenominoal! She was near perfection on every routene, and the part is, our girls beat out the Chinese! I was so thrilled and had to send a shout out to my new heros, Nastia and Shawn! Go America! (PS. I LOVE the olympics!)

More B&W

Here are some more black and white from Saturday's session. I did do colors too but I got into the BW groove so have finished editing those.






(They look like newlyweds!)

FINALLY!!

I am back on the saddle and am doing photo shoots again! Here is a preview of a photo shoot I did yesterday for a wonderful family. I hope you guys had fun at Six Flags yesterday! (Note: I tried out some new B&W conversion techniques. Let me know what you think!)