Change is coming...

Change is always hard but I wanted to let you all know that I will be doing some changing, revamping, altering of my pricing, wedding packages, sessions and products in a few short weeks. Any appointments scheduled before then will be at current pricing as well as any weddings already booked, and Sweetness Collection members. The pricing for these will be honored at what they were booked with. I appreciate you all so much. Thank you for loving my work and for supporting me through this growth spurt!

New Products...

So, I've been thinking and every time I get a new birth announcement, card, album or book in, I love how they look and wish I could show them off before delivering them to clients. I decided recently to snap a few pictures so that I can show you some of the fun things I can do with your images. I plan to add them to a better looking "product list" soon, but here's a little peek.

Flat Note Cards (Image on front, backside open to write a message)

Birth Announcements

Canvas Gallery Wraps

Albums

Olivia and Emme

I met these little girls a few weeks ago at a wedding. Olivia was one of the flower girls and I was so excited when her mommy contacted me and asked me to do their photographs. We met at Elmwood yesterday and it was a beautiful day out. I had to tell Olivia NOT to show me her dimples, but I guess she couldln't help it... :) Here's a few from our shoot.

Claire is One

My second shoot this morning as of Miss Claire. I've photographed her as a newborn, a six-month old and now one year old and I can't believe it's already been a year!!! She did awesome at her shoot and so did her "big brother" Murphy. She let me put a tutu on her and loved up her puppy...it was perfect!!!

Sonia and Chris

After a little bit of a "hair issue" we were able to meet up this morning for our much anticipated engagement session. We met downtown this morning and seemed to have dodged the "summer arts festival" traffic. I've known Sonia for about 6 years now and I just met Chris today....and it was fun to see him a little goofy infront of the camera. They are a great couple...here's a few from this morning...

Tara & Brooks [6.27.09]

Yesterday I spent the day with a fabulous couple and a few of their closest friends and family. The wedding, the details, the wedding party, the couple.....it was all fabulous! First of all, it didn't rain on us!!! Yay! I got to shoot in one of my favorite churches to shoot at, St. Vincent de Paul, we got some outdoor shots and OPPD arboretum, then off to the bowling alley for some wedding party fun! The reception at Georgetown was gorgeous and there were so many details, all going with the theme of lime green, hot pink and orange! Congrats you two...thanks for a fun day! Don't forget to watch their slideshow!

Happy Anniversary and Happy Birthday!

Yesterday, I was able to spend time with one of my brides parents....Emily called me and wanted to get her parents the gift of their own photoshoot. It was both milestone birthdays and an anniversary in the past year and she wanted to get them something special. I loved it! As I am blogging this I think one of the reasons why I liked it so much is that most photoshoots, aside from engagment and wedding, are focused on something else( a new little person, kiddos, family, etc). It was so wonderful to see that relationship I photograph in my new couples still there after 35 years of marriage. They were playful, silly and fun and I loved it! I wanted to share a few of my favorites!

Thanks you two...congratulations and wishing you many many more!

Proofing/Ordering Update "Favorites"

I just wanted to put out a little note about ordering on my website. For those of you who've been a customer for a while, you may notice that the ordering site is a bit different and it is. I've gone with a new company and there are still a few details to work out so I appreciate you bearing with me.

"Favorites" On my old site, you could log in, save your favorites and come back to them later by logging in. When I first started using this new site, you could select "favorites" but if you closed your session, they were lost. I've been sending in feature requests for this and they listened! Now, as long as you're on the same computer...your favorites should show back up if you open the event again! Yay!

I just wanted to let you all know because that was a feature I LOVED before and am happy to be able to offer that again. (feel free to call/e-mail if this doesn't make sense)

Also, just because it's boring to post something without pictures....here's from my weekend off! I got to watch my son play T-ball and it was the cutest thing ever!

Erin

Yesterday I headed to Bancroft, NE to shoot a fantastic senior session. I was so excited to go to a new location and thanks to Mom and the girls, they scoped out some great spots for me to shoot, with her new pony, on this old bridge out of town, by this old rusty truck,etc. The lighting was very nice, minus the rain we had to dodge and the downright DOWNPOUR that ended our outside pictures. I wanted to share a few of my favorites...Erin looks beautiful doesn't she?