11-18-10

My poor blog has been neglected lately...I've been studying, writing papers, and more studying.
Today I took a break and did no school at all!  :)  The end of the semester is in sight, and I am looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with family next week. 
Jonathan and I went for a walk today.  He was happy flying his toy plane and protecting us from aliens, and I was happy to be outside with my camera. 

Changes for next year

Two changes for 2011:

1- I am so excited to announce that I am now officially booking weddings for 2011.  The funny thing is, I was always SO sure that I would never ever want to photograph weddings.  Ever.  I thought it would be too stressful, too much work.  But I have grown in my confidence and skill as a photographer, and I feel that I have something unique to offer.  I had the opportunity to photograph a dear friend's wedding this past summer, and I loved it!  I have posted a portfolio of the work I did for them under the "weddings" section at the top of the page.  Oh- one more piece of good news- pricing will be discounted for the 2011 season (since this is my first season doing weddings).  Send me an email if you are interested!

2- Pricing for regular portrait sessions will be going up beginning in January (I will post the changes once I have them set).  There are lots of factors affecting this price change, including equipment upgrades, becoming a more experienced photographer, and umm.. my pricing has pretty much not changed since I started this whole photography thing.  When this began, I was a high school student who loved her camera and wanted to become better at photography.  I'm beginning to move beyond that stage into being a professional photographer rather than a hobbyist.  Thanks so much to everyone who has supported me from the very beginning, photography has been a great adventure for me and I can't wait to see how God continues to use it in the future. 

E. Family

It was a perfect evening for pictures yesterday, and I had so much fun meeting and photographing this family!  And get this- they even brought guitars to use in the photos.  I just wrote in my last post about how much I love it when my clients bring an instrument to the photoshoot  : )  And their kids were adorable.  The curly hair on the little guy, big brother wearing his cowboy hat and boots-  they just don't come much cuter than that! 

Jill's Senior Pictures

Just a few things I want to say before we get on to the photos:

1- Jill, you are so, SO beautiful!!!

2- I had a ton of fun taking your pictures this afternoon!

3- I think somewhere in my subconscious, I just really like the guitar in photos. I am drawn to those ones the most of all the pictures from your session. Could all my seniors please learn to play the guitar before their session?? Or just pretend? : )


Anyway, here's Jill...