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Saturday, January 10, 2009

I always forget to mention....

And I hate when I forget but let it be said now (before I forget lol)
I make Save the date and thank you cards!!!



These are just a few more designs:




And for all those who fell in love with my Christmas cards!! Start planning now, get with me and mention you saw this here and receive and extra 15% off your order of any type of printed announcement or card!!!

Front



inside


Back

Strange stuff!

Ok seriously.... I'm looking up stuff for the renaming of my business so I go to the thesaurus to find some new word for lady, girl or woman and looky what I found.... I just can't believe what the thesaurus says is a synonym for lady, I've been so kind as to bold my favorites:



lady
- 2 thesaurus results
Main Entry: lady
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: woman
Synonyms: adult, babe, bag, baroness, bitch, broad, butterfly, contessa, countess, dame, doll, duchess, empress, female, gal, gentlewoman, girl, little woman, mama, mare, matron, missus, mistress, noblewoman, old bag, old lady, old woman, petticoat, princess, queen, queen bee, rib, squaw, sultana, weaker sex


CAN YOU EVEN BELIEVE IT!!! I just know a man wrote this lol



Oh and by the way did anyone else notice that google.com got a new favicon?? How cool is that.

Friday, January 9, 2009

As promised! Short preview

I think this one is sweet


One of my favs!











My FAV!


Another good one LOL





I ♥ this one














More to come soon!!


How cool is this?

click on each pic to view or click on the square button in the far right corner







Wednesday, January 7, 2009

2008 Favorites!!

I am so blessed to have had a wonderful year in photography! I have met some amazing people and been to some great places. Never could I have imagined that photography would have given me so many oppurtunities. Not only has God given me more than enough clients but He also has given me an abundence of new friends and many chances to experience the love and support of those friends.

2008 was a very hard year for me personally and I know if I didn't have the love from some of you that I wouldn't have made it through. So while I will always look back on this year with sorrow, I will also remember how these trials have made my relationship with Christ stronger, how these trials have made my heart more tender and the place that these trials make me the woman I am today.
So with all the tears and smiles of 2008:
It's going to take a bit to load though.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Super awesome wedding today!

Who wouldn't love a bride and groom who venture out and freeze their butts off lol!



Totally worth it! Don't you think!

Hello Blog world!

I've missed you all very much! However I am catching up on some much needed family time (oh and some VERY much needed house cleaning lol).
It must be working cause I have a wedding in about 30 minutes and here I am just as relaxed as can be sitting here blogging!
Well I better get going. Just wanted to share a few things to come for 2009. I'm super excited
I'm working on a 2008 favorites post
New website is in the works!!! YIPEE!
I'm also changing the business name (you get to pick it!) I'll have a survey up soon hopefully
Also I'm going to New York for a wedding this year!! I'm super pumped (Claire I know you're out there! Can't wait to meet you)

For now:

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Mason's first bus ride!!

Brookville schools recently passed a much needed levy so now the kids that live in town also get bused! He was so excited

Friday, December 26, 2008

Teaser for Stephanie's family session!



My little helper

The television is on the fritz, so I have Branson watching open season while I work lol!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Everyone keeps saying nothing helps but time... music

But time won't stop replaying in my mind

Saturday, December 20, 2008

A MEGA small world!!!

We were watching the news a few nights ago and the new mega million winners we on. As everyone knows by now they are from Piqua Ohio!!! Isn't that so cool? Well anyway one of the women winners were being interviewed and I said I think I know here, she looks really familiar. Which when you work with tons people a year, usually means nothing.
But this time I really did know who it was!!! A former groom's mom! So congrats to her and her family! I couldn't imagine a sweeter family!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Red HOT search update!!

Ok so I've had two interviews with redheaded brides but I'm booked for both of their dates =( Keep sending them my way guys!!! I don't care where they are from, just get them to me and we'll work something out.
Ok some facts about Redheads:
♥Only 2% of all Americans have red hair and only 4% of the world's entire population! (wow that would explain why I haven't photographed a redheaded bride yet lol)
♥Redheads have the least amount of hairs on their heads but the thickest of all colors
Red headedness is a recessive trait. It may appear after several generations of darker hair.
The perception of the color red, scientifically speaking, enhances the viewers metabolism and increases heart rate and respiration. (this one is funny =) )

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Ahhhh a bit of down time

Ok so I had a December wedding planned but some unfortunate circumstances have taken place and they couple had to postpone the wedding. You know what that means?? With the time I've scheduled off I won't have a wedding for a few months!! I'm going to get caught up on some much needed family time. Yesterday I finished working on my last wedding and I announced "that's it I'm all finished" Mason and Branson jump up and down yelling YEAH MOMMY'S ALL DONE WITH PICTURES!! LOL Poor kids.
I am so enjoying this too. It's so nice to just be with my family without deadlines. I think I'm going to get caught up on friend time too. Joni perhaps I'll take a road trip out to see you? Tracy, let's plan something super fun! Renee, how about a family get together? I miss my girls!
K, so my next photo shoots won't be until it snows, so "let it snow, let it snow"!
♥ you all bunches!!!

Monday, December 15, 2008

My beautiful niece

Sunday, December 14, 2008

That 70's party

So I'm finally getting caught up on my family stuff!! As many of you may know my husband turned 30 this year, so I threw a surprise 70's party for him. It was a bunch of fun and I was so glad to share it with our friends and family


Saturday, December 13, 2008

Finished!! Yipee!!

Ok I love this engagement session for so many reasons, but the best being that it has so much personal connection to their relationship.


Their fist meeting...


My favorite shot from the whole day!!!!




The actual table where they spotted each other lol!




Hot!


Awww


The site of the first kiss!


Love this story board sequence! They sit by each other. They glance at one another. They go for the kiss


This is so funny! Ok so Julia is Jewish and during the trip in which they got engaged Jeremy had this shirt made that says: Together for ever Jeremy and JEWlia lol!


This is my second fav!


Close third









I like this one a lot too


Cute


Julia you are so adorable!


Oh my look at those eyes!






About Me

My photo
Wife, mother, photographer based out of Dayton Ohio. Will travel =) I believe in love. I cry when I see it’s presence in photographs of people I don’t even know. I believe love can be touched with the eyes as they move across the well told story of a photograph. That’s what I want to do… I want to tell love stories with my photographs.
I know Jesus in my heart and through him I know how to change lives. All the beauty I see is because of the stability and inspiration of my home life. Family is so very important to me. They are what makes me complete, my foundation and my encouragement. It is because of them that I know a great love story while looking through a lens.