Wedding Sneak Peek: Simeon and Marissa

  

What a beautiful day this was!  I loved photographing Marissa and Simeon because the bride and groom were so comfortable in front of the camera, it seemed as though they were oblivious to my presence...which a photographer loves because you get those natural photos that show real emotion and intimacy.

And I am pretty sure I have never seen a happier groom....ever.

I DID IT! (And it's for sale!)

Well, an important thing happened to me last night.  I could act all cool and non-nonchalant about it (that WOULD be the professional thing to do...) but that's not really me.  I mean, if I am feeling like this: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  then I am gonna look like this:

 

(Whether I want to or not.)  

(Not, by the way, would be the obvious choice.)

SO- what's got me so enthusiastic, you ask?

Well.  I got a cardboard box delivered to my door last night and in it was....

....drumroll, please....

wall calendars!  With MY photographs in them!  

 

The fact is, while I love photography and would love to have my own photography business some day, having four smallish kiddos does seem to pose a problem for me in this season I am in.  (Can you say...childcare?!)  So I got to thinking...and with the encouragement of quite a few people (even some of you!  Thank you for that!) I decided to try to sell some of the photos I am able to take, even surrounded by children.  

This is Adele's favorite month.

This is Corynn's favorite month.

All this to say.... I have started an Etsy shoppe where I will begin to sell a few of my photographs along with a few other handmade things throughout the year.  One of the prospects I am especially excited about is a yearly wall calendar~ so that is where I began.  The 2014 calendar theme is Blooms and Bugs (You all know how much I love those!) and each picture is taken right here at Hopestead...mostly in my flower circle. Also in the shop are postcard sets...some of you are already familiar with those. ;-)

What does next month hold?!?!

Probably a little something like one of these!

 If you are interested in checking out (or ordering!) the 2014 Bugs and Blooms wall calendar, you can see them here.  Remember- quantities are limited (After all, I didn't want to fork over too much money on an experiment that might totally bomb!)

Postcards can be found here. 

Okay.  I admit it.  I only posted this picture because I love my girls' dimples. 

What the hey.  

Maybe my photos might tickle someones' fancy. And if not...well then, I guess I have all my Christmas shopping done!  ;-)

Sneak Peek: Mother's Day Photo Session

A few pictures from a photo session I had a week or so ago...

Those two shots above were two out of like, oh, 15 pictures that all looked something like this:

Four year olds can be challenging to photograph!  Hilarious, but challenging.

About this time, Little Mister got cranky.  So Mama had to hold him.  Mama's make everything better.







And then he conked out.

It was fun to do some real photography again.  It has been a while.