So, it’s been a while…….
Honestly, I don’t know where the time goes. I have this problem that if I can’t do something all the way and if it can’t be perfect, well, then, maybe I just don’t feel like doing it. So, that leads me to a whole bunch of perfect wedding blog post that I am behind on. And, these are beautiful weddings!!! I can’t believe I haven’t blogged them.
Here is the skinny on what has been taking up all of my time:
1. Moving “officially” moving my home office to my real office. I still can’t believe that I did this. I have had my studio space for years and I did work here a good bit, but all my computer work, editing, filing, invoicing, etc. I did from home. It was really making me insane having items in both places and I felt it was hindering my productivity. So, after finally getting all my kids into their respectful school/daycare programs, I moved. I actually love it and it has worked out far better than I had even imagined.
2. Getting work done!!! This year my goal was not to go into the new wedding season with outstanding un-designed albums. We only have a few left from the fall that area awaiting design. This past year I started using a design service as well as a local graphic designer and together they have made things so much easier and a lot less stressful!!! This is one of the list toppers that I am most happy about!
3. Working on a new website. I really hate that I have not updated my main site for a while and a new one is coming. I really wanted to have it up and live months ago but I really put it to the back seat of getting all the albums in order.
4. I have done several weddings over the winter months – post to come soon (I SWEAR!!!) and they were all incredibly beautiful.
5. Portrait sessions – I am dying to share some of those as well.
And, of course my personal life:
Having a new baby always makes life a little more interesting……She is getting so big though, almost ONE!!!
My little big girl, all covered in baby drool:
And, I have never shared the photos I did for my personal holiday card. I’m going to share some of the out-takes as well as some of the final ones we used. I always hear about how lucky I am to be a photographer and take photos of my kids. Well, I’ll tell you – it is not easy! They don’t listen to me at all. They fight and cry and throw fits. This is how I build my patience to photograph other people’s children:
This is me trying to persuade my 4 year old to sit still for 2 seconds. I spent the entire morning getting their clothes ready, finding hair accessories, and making sure they were fed so we could avoid a complete meltdown.
Again, Sophia, always making things a little more interesting:
At this point we were laughing. Someone is always crying or something:
My husband told me that this photo shoot was stressing him out…. really babe? How do you think I feel……. None the less, we got an adorable photo of them which I have in a pretty frame on the kitchen counter.
This is one of my most favorite photos of all time. This is a perfect example of Sophia’s personality:
Here’s to a happy Friday!!!!
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