Focus on the Light

You may have been wondering where all the posts and newsletters have been this year! I would like to blame my blog neglect on my recent addiction to Facebook! Seriously, it is an addicting site, however, that's not the real reason for the lack of posts. I feel that God is re-directing my life this year and wanted to share about it with my clients. First and foremost, I am still in business! I absolutely love my clients and am so very passionate about photography and recording cherished memories. I'm still continuing my education, staying up on the latest equipment and software, and honing my skills. However, I am scaling down a bit in the business this year for a number of reasons. The first, and most important, reason is my family. I don't want to take photos of everyone else's kids and miss taking my own children's portraits. I'm also realizing how fast my kids are growing up and really wanting to cherish the time I have and make memories with them. I've been planning Friday night family night activities and am doing a lot more crafts, field trips and special things with them. It's been a blast, but to do it well, it takes a lot of organization and planning.

The second reason is that God is using my gift to be a blessing for others. It's not my gift anyway. He gave it to me, so I want to use it to glorify Him. This really hit home when I took photos of little Aiden who has leukemia. I know I was blessed by meeting the little guy and witnessing the courage and hope of his mom more than they were even blessed by receiving complimentary photos. This has spurred me on to pursue volunteer opportunities to do what I'm most passionate about - saving babies lives. God has opened doors for me to volunteer my talent for two different pregnancy resource centers and I'm excited to see how He is going to use this!

By nature, I am a perfectionist. I want to give 100% of me to whatever I do - my marriage, my kids, my church, my volunteering, and of course my business. I know that I am going to be a full-time photographer in the future, but this is just not the season of my life for that. Having said that, I am making some business changes for this year that I think most of my clients will be thrilled about and will be more doable for me as well! Ready.... drumrolll please.........

Sessions will be the same: on-location, unlimited time and outfit changes.

However, in lieu of session fees and print collections, there will now be a standard rate which will include the session and a cd of 30-40 images from the session.* I know many clients will love the freedom to print whatever, whenever, email images, post to facebook, etc! Contact me to book a session and inquire about pricing.

*Rates will be higher in evenings and on Saturdays.

*Travel fees past 20 miles apply.

*Slideshows are not included with standard rate