Well, it’s that time again. Clothing shopping, scheduling haircuts, struggling to get back into a routine that involves having a bedtime, and our Back to School Special. For the month of August sessions are 40% off! Yes, that’s right, only $75. Take this opportunity to capture the moment before the hectic schedule of school starts. Book your session today!

Sessions are for up to a family of 4 ($25 for each additional person) and include:

• 1-2 hour photo shoot at outdoor location of your choice
  

• Photographer travel time

• Minor retouching (blemishes, red-eye, tooth whitening, skin smoothing)

• Minor colorization (black/white, sepia, other tonal conversions, selective colorization, vignette)

• A private online gallery for viewing proofs available for 3 weeks

• CD/DVD containing 5 of your pictures printable in 4×6 format only and copies in a smaller watermarked format suitable for sharing with friends/relatives via e-mail or for posting on various community websites like myspace or
  facebook.

Some venues do charge fees for photography sessions. The customer will be responsible for this additional cost (not included in the session fee). Session fee is due at time of session.

Session Cancellation: Cancellations need to be made at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled session. If for any reason the photographer cancels the session, he/she will reschedule the session at his/her earliest convenience. If for any reason the client cancels the session, he/she may reschedule at the photographer’s earliest convenience. If the 24 hour cancellation notice is not met, the client will be responsible for 50% of the session fee. (Can be added to new session if rescheduled.)

This weekend I had a session with a wonderful little man and his momma. At first I was dreading it a little because it’s been a while since I photographed young ones. All photographers know that the younger toddler ages are the hardest to photograph for many reasons - grabbing their attention and getting eye contact, posing, naps, crankiness. Much to my surprise, I had none of these issues with Little A. He was a cutie and a dream to photograph. He had little 1 year old baby rolls, and chubby fingers and stubby toes. AND….contagious drooly smiles. He made not only his momma and me smile, but attracted an audience a few times. Of course I’m not done editing the session, but I couldn’t pick just one for the sneak. These were all within the first 10 minutes, and the smiles lasted all the way to the end.

Here’s where a couple of girls were walking by and he turned on the charm. He smiled and giggled and pointed. Of course, they stopped and “oh’d and ah’d”. Momma’s going to have her hands full when this little charmer gets older.

I have a few of him and Momma together. He loves his mommy so much, and you can just tell how much she loves him by the way she looks at him.

Momma L, I hope these are what you expected and I am working to edit the rest. There are so many…. Thank you for sharing your special little guy with me!

Well, we spent the last week at the ranch. I must say that it was a much needed rest, and I was sad to come home, but glad in the same breath because we came home to our other two babies. I did miss them, even though Ms. Grace has been nothing but a ball of gassiness. We’re planning another trip out there in December, but will probably hopefully make another weekend trip out there before then. We left Munchkin out there for the next 5 weeks. I’m not missing her completely, yet, but I’m sure I will in the coming weeks. I’m sure she’ll come home about 3-6 inches taller and tanner (not that she can get much more tan with her olive, Italian skin). I set her email up on her phone so she can send quickly without logging onto her computer. I’ve already had one email with the subject line “Houdy”. LOL.

We were supposed to go out for the 4th of July Rodeo. Unfortunately, due to the weather, the rodeo was canceled. They did have the parade, but not without sporadic showers. The kids scored tons of candy and the adults got t-shirts and koozies. We headed down to the craft fair downtown after the parade. Dad had a custom cutting board made for Hubster and surprised him with it at the vendor’s booth. I’m sure that day we probably saw most of the 387 population of the small town while we were there that afternoon. That night the girls lit sparklers. Munchkin held her ears as the sparkler dwindled down because she thought it was going to explode or pop in some way. I couldn’t help but laugh.

When we go out, I love taking pictures of the animals and various flowers and other plants out there.

Sometimes I see what I can find in the barn.

If I am lucky enough, I get to snap a quick picture or two of Munchkin.

We were going to head back on Thursday so Hubster could do payroll for work, but he did it remotely, so we ended up staying until Saturday morning. We wanted a day to recoup. Hubster tackled the lawn while I worked on the dryer (he stuck his shoes in there and they scuffed the inside all to heck) and the shower door (gotta love hard water). I also worked on the business a bit. I updated the background image to the blogsite because Hubster wasn’t too fond of the watermelon colored polka dots. To be honest, I wasn’t either. I wanted something a little edgier, but wasn’t sure what to do at the time. I think I’m happy for now.

I also set up a Newsletter Signup. I hope to be able to send out newsletters regularly. If you want to sign up for our newsletter, go here and enter your email.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Recently we’ve had visitors of an eight-legged variety outside our house. Both vehicles have inhabitants either on wheel wells or side mirrors. Butters lives behind my side mirror. Almost every morning he makes a web and Munchkin and I look at it when we get in the car to head off to camp.

On our way back into the house the other night, we noticed some more “friends” camping out on our palm.

This hairy little dude was just hanging out, surfing the leaf that was waving in the wind.

On a close leaf, we found these:

Unfortunately, they’re not there today. I don’t know if they hatched, were eaten (we do have lizards who live in the palm too), or just blew away. A little further up the same leaf we saw this teeny, tiny young lady. (I’m assuming the mother to the above eggs?????)

There are more friends out there. Maybe this coming weekend we’ll go out and take a closer look. What’s in your front yard?

Just a reminder to all of you out there that we are still looking for Senior Superstars for Georgetown and the surrounding areas (Round Rock, Florence, Pflugerville, etc…). If you know of any 2011 or 2012 Seniors who are outgoing and like having their picture taken, please direct them to our site to complete an application form.

More info can be found on our site by either visiting the Senior Superstar page or by viewing the Senior Superstar online brochure.

Webpage and application

Flash brochure

So my friend Eric is going to be traveling to Australia for 2 years for school. The last time Eric and I had a session was August ‘08. I have bugged him and bugged him to schedule another shoot. We were going to try in May, but May came and went. So we pinned down today. We started out wanting to go to Mt. Bonnell, but I wasn’t sure that location would give him the exact feel he was looking for. I made some more suggestions and he picked The Domain.

I arrived slightly early as I always try to do. I have been to The Domain before so I had some ideas in mind, but then we went to the totally opposite end. As I was walking in, I was greeted by a Segway Security Guard. He advised me of the photography policy since the mall is private and there are residential spaces above the stores.

I met Eric shortly thereafter and we headed down the sidewalk. We found a niche that was a walkway leading from the mall to the parking garage. We took some fabulous shots there and then moved on to an elevator and then a parking deck. Eric wanted me to take some shots from on top of a post that stops cars from driving through the front doors of a store. I’m sure I looked like a roly poly red panda trying to climb on top of it. Then Eric suggested that I butt-jump. I wasn’t sure I would make it that high. I mustered up my vertical intgrity and bounced. I made it. Eric assisted me to a standing position and we got some shots. As I made my way back down, we laughed. We then moved on to the top of the parking garage, then back to the car/restrooms for a quick clothing change and then back into the parking garage to do some clone shots. Eric and I did a clone shot before of him talking to himself on a park bench. We tried something a little more difficult this time around. Maybe pictures will be posted later after editing. You’ll have to stay tuned to see.

I do have a sneak peek though. Eric, I had fun and will definitely miss you while you are in Australia, but expect Facebook updates! Here’s the sneak.

Don’t forget to take advantage of our Spring Special. This weekend is the last weekend! The weather forecast calls for beautiful weather! Who would want to miss this opportunity? 40% off regular session price (a savings of $50). Perfect for if you want to get those last minute photos before summer.

Book your session now!

Definitely stay tuned to the blog for some more announcements in the coming weeks!

We have a new online informational brochure for those who are interested in being a Senior Superstar, but need a little more info about it.

You will need a Flash Viewer to see it.

Senior Superstar Brochure

This weekend was a good one. Can we rewind it? It started with Friday off from work! Yay!

I spent the morning down at Blue Hole scoping out photography spots. I found some plants and wildlife (AKA flowers and bugs…lol).

Then I got a brilliant idea to plan a Trash the Dress shoot. Here:

The plans are in motion, so we’ll see how they pan out. Keep watchin’!

Friday was also little Seester’s birthday. We ate us some lunch and then I snuck off to the store and got a card and a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake. MMMMMMMmmmm. It mixed Reese’s and Cheesecake (2 of Seester’s fave things) and whipped cream (which should be one of everybody’s fave things). Then we spent the afternoon looking for shoes. Shoe shopping with a picky shopper. LOL. It was store after store after store. Step after step. GAnd we almost found something. Well we did find something, but they were damaged and we didn’t have time to see if they lady had them at a different store. So we left empty handed. Soooooooo….If anyone knows where to get a Reef Butter Flip Flop in black size 6, please let me know and we’ll surprise her together.

Then Saturday. Munchkin spent Friday night with Mo, and they came to pick me up for a fun-filled Pioneer Day. She wanted to ride the horse drawn wagon, but alas we had no cash. So she ended up at the bubble table. She LOVED the bubble table. I don’t know what it is about kids and bubbles, but give a kid a tub of bubbles and the fun just oozes for hours.

She also washed clothes, made cornmeal, and made a cornhusk doll. Pics of those to come later.

Mother’s Day was awesome! I got a little pot of flowers (I don’t really like big bouquets. Don’t get me wrong. They’re pretty and all, but then they die.) I also got two cards from Munchkin. One Hubster helped pick out and the other she made by herself. Then she and the Hubs made chocolate/white chocolate dipped strawberries. Hubs got me a bottle of Asti Moscato and made delicious burgers with bacon, cheese and BUTTAH! (Thank you Miss Paula Dean!) He also made angel food cake for homemade Strawberry Shortcake. Mmmmmmmm. Then we all just chilled watchin’ Scooby Doo and Chowder. I love Chowder.

How was your weekend?

I went through some more Lemonade Day pics. For your entertainment:

This was during a lull. She borrowed my sunglasses. She had the hiccups and I told her that everytime she had a hiccup I got to take her picture. The first one is her “Are you serious?” look. Second one she just thought it was so funny that she couldn’t stop her hiccups. The last one was when she decided she needed a drink. Her little nose all wrinkly just kills me.

She took off the glasses long enough to show me her eyeballs.

Then it was time to get back to work and earn that bling.