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!