Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Christmas is ALMOST here.

It's time to start thinking about holiday cards and pictures. I am offering a holiday special of $75 for an hour session and a disc (normally $100 value) Even though it's cold we can still do photos!!! Here are a few examples of the holiday cards, check out the card gallery on my site! I will also be adding birth announcements, Save the Dates and more!






Emily's 6 months!

Emily is only 3 months older than Landen, Emily's mamma and I went to High School together and I was given the pleasure of taking pictures of this little ham, she was camera shy until her Grandpa and Daddy showed up then we had lots of smiles and squeels.

Here are my favs!




Sunday, November 9, 2008

What a weekend.

So, we've officially had our first snow, it's gone now..it barely stuck to the ground and by morning it was all gone...but it's still really freaking cold outside. Yesterday I had a scheduled shoot for 9:30am, I went and loaded everything into my car and started the vehicle to get the engine warm (like a good girl) well then when I went to leave, about 10 min. later....the doors were locked. Yeah....what kind of car locks on it's own, I have no idea, but apparently it's happened to my husband before too. Well, of course we didn't have a spare, so I had to reschedule the shoot for today...eventually we were able to get a key cut at a dealership, but it sure made for an annoying happening and definitely won't happen again. So I shot the McCauley's today instead of yesterday, we got some great shots and I'm here to share! Sam (the 2 year old) is going through a no, no, no phase and he doesn't like to be around his sister too much, so we had a difficult time but still had a fun time.






Friday, November 7, 2008

It snowed!

Today was the first snow, I didn't take pics, it wasn't sticking to the ground until right around the time it got dark, but Landen and I did venture out into the mess, and he wore his snow hat for the first time. I've of course taken pics to share!






I also realized, as I was adding pictures to the galleries on my website, I take too many pictures vertically and I really need to start shooting more horizontal, I don't know why but I'm always drawn to vertical photos, haha...I need to venture out of my comfort zone more, I'm also trying to shoot with natural light a little more.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

My last week...

This is my last week of Maternity leave, I'll be going back to work in like 6 days.....I have mixed feelings, part of me is looking forward to going back to work, but ultimately I know it's going to be really hard, especially as he grows and gets funner and funner...So I'm probably going to be taking a lot of pictures this week so I can always look back at them and remember this time Landen and I had together. Today he was a happy happy boy and I grabbed some shots of his cute little face.


What I've really been up to...

I was fortunate enough to have 11 weeks off work to be with Landen, I'm going back to work next week (November 10th). But I thought I would share some of the things I've done over the last couple months, I am officially booking gigs again...and I am super excited about all of them..here are some of my favorite shots I've taken.

















It's been a while...

Wow, I have been busy. No excuse though...I haven't posted on here since April!! And it is now November. In my defense I took a break from photography for most of the year...well booking gigs anyway, I couldn't keep from taking pictures though, I just never found the time to post them. As you all know, I *was* pregnant. On August 25th we had our baby boy and his name is Landen. Landen is now a wiggly 2.5 month old and is a hoot! Just this morning we were snuggling together and taking a little nap, and when I woke up I thought...oh boy he's gonna be mad it has been like 7 hours since he last ate, and then I looked down at him he stuck his bottum lip out as if he was going to begin crying, but then just smiled ear to ear......that's how goofy Mr.Landen is. I'm sure you'll see many many many more pics, but I'll add some that I've taken in the last 2.5 months of his life, including a pic of how large my belly got and how miserable I looked.







About Me

How much can I actually say about myself? I obviously like photography a whole lot. It's not about making money, it's about looking at a picture I've taken and getting the warm and fuzzies from it. It's all about "the shot" not about "the shoot". But I don't have to tell you about how much I love photography. If you want to know about me, then you just need to know that I'm a pretty happy person. I have a loving/beautiful husband and a bouncy baby boy. I have 2 kitties that have been put on the back burner since our son was born, but I still love like they are my children. I live in Iowa, always have and probably always will..but I strive to see more of the world and of course take photos. There really isnt much else to tell you...you'll probably discover it all by reading my blogs.