{to my friends}

my website and photography blog are being updated. i had to send her multiple pictures and she will pull and decide on what to use. i just wanted to give you a heads-up because there was no way I could choose and if your baby or child or family is up - it was totally a random thing. Or, maybe what would work best with whatever frame she was working in.

i just don't want to hurt any feelings. and all of your kiddos are too stinkin' cute!

but.......they will be updated...


even i don't know who is going up at this point......

{to: the moms}

no exclusion to the dads out there (philip), but i have a feeling this typically applies to the female gender. the one behind the camera snapping away.

i've mentioned this before, but, moms (and dads!) make sure you get in the pictures with your kids! this has hit particularly hard with david's passing reminding me of losing my own dad at a young age. and, after all the time that has lapsed.....i have two pictures of him with me. two. i would love to have albums full like i do of those with my grandpa. but, i don't.

being the one behind the camera in this household 99.9999999% of the time, i am in very few pictures recently. i have put off having my photog friends do it for pointless reasons, like....i want to lose weight. i said that, ahem, 5 years ago and continue to say it. do you think my kids will truly remember that i had another 10 to go? probably not.

not only am i to blame for that, but, also, for somewhat stopping to take snapshots. i have plenty of "portrait-type" stuff, and i do treasure those. but, i have almost come to a halt on the everyday things. the things i will forget. so, i am focusing (although, ha! my eyes will not focus very well right now!) so, see (pardon the pun!) do not wait until something unforseen happens to regret not being in pictures with your kiddos. make sure you get plenty of snapshots. and, actually develop them. fill albums and albums with them.

it is the above reasons i started my little adventure in photography, but, somehow got lost along the way and......stuck behind the wrong side of the lense.

i will have you know, that i am making contact today to have playful pictures taken with my boys. since scott's focusing abilities are likely worse than mine most of the time, i will have to recruit some assistance! but, i plan on filling albums again. what better way to remember the details than with visuals?

i could care less about that extra ten pounds right now. photog friends: you may want to avoid my calls!

{attention: missie, julie and/or jessica}

you may want to avoid your phones. i am on a mission to get just a few sweet shots with my boys. i have ideas floating, but, am terrible with a self-timer. so, i begged, pleaded, pledged my life away and guilted scott out, camera securely fastened to neck. i positioned him so he could sit, in hopes to avoid too much camera shake. nada. although he got close to some of the images i was going for, too blurry to print. i'm so sad. so, girls......fair warning......

i love intimate shots with kids. so far, the moms i've tried it with - have not gone with it - maybe too uncomfortable in the middle of a field? i'm not sure? but, that's what i'm going for this next year in whatever sessions i may have. at least, that's what i want for myself - but maybe, not appealing to other moms. any thoughts? i may need guinea pigs.....