Here we go again!

Another GORGEOUS girl. A tiny bit past senior, but close enough for our purposes. This is a teaser, M...I haven't even come CLOSE to wading through all the pictures we took today. I had a blast and I am so very very happy with these!! I know you will be too, can't wait to share all of them.

And thanks for helping me find my bag ;)

Such a great read

For clients or potential clients wondering why we "charge so much" for prints...

Why custom photography costs more

Airplanes and "D"

So to continue with the previous post, having decided I was going to focus more attention on growing my children/baby photography side of the business, and having grown a little bolder from my weekend in Chicago...I had the very good fortune to be seated on the plane behind the ONE baby flying to DFW from O'Hare. Most people would not consider that fortune, but most people wouldn't have noticed how insanely cute he was, either. I can't stress the insanely part enough. INSANELY cute. And I
thought...what would Audrey (tell me to) do? And so as we were taxing in DFW, I asked if they were from the area, and then gave them my card and asked (as non-creepy as I could) if they'd be interested in letting me photograph their son as a model for my portfolio.

They were gracious enough to smile and take my card, but I thought surely they'd be weirded out by a stranger asking that question. I crossed my fingers that they'd keep the card and look at my site and see that I wasn't a total nutjob, and maybe even email me back. They did!!! And we set it up quickly and he was...get this...EVEN MORE CUTE. And very, very interested in seeing his pictures on my camera.

So here you go...my current favorite (non-related, though this is what my kids should have looked like) model, "D". A special thanks to his mom for trusting me, and also for not letting me get lost in the parking lot.

Oh and happy belated birthday, little man!!!

Different directions

So my weekend in Chicago really did inspire me to make a number of changes. Like simplifying my pricing structure...that was easy. Deciding to take my business in a slightly different direction than I had planned...well that was actually pretty easy, too. I love my seniors, they are so much fun and I can be so creative with their pictures. Those pictures are what I consider my "brand", and I intend to keep it that way. However, seniors (high school in case you still haven't figured that out) tend to be somewhat seasonal, and there was always the question of what I'd choose to supplement that business.

Instead of trying to do a little bit of everything to please everybody and show that I CAN do it, I think I'm going to go back to doing kids and babies. What I originally started out to do. What I really thought I wasn't so great at because I struggle with the whole gootchygoo thing. Maybe that will develop over time...

This means I'm probably not going to pursue the headshot side-business thing right now, too. I'll still take them if they come to me, I really don't dislike doing it. What I dislike is that it takes out two of the things I love best about my photography...spontaneity and creativity. If I don't have those, I'm afraid I'll burn out.

To keep this from getting too long, I think I'll continue with the story in another post. Yes, that one will have pictures!