Rylie Noelle and Mommy...

Or you could call it a maternity shoot. Lakisha ( Rylie's Mommy to be) and I had a fun shoot on Saturday. For being due November 5th, I think Lakisha is looking great! She is so ready to welcome Rylie into the world!<---(I can't wait to take her pictures!)

About the shoot:

Started in her house in different areas but mainly where the natural light was shining in. It took a couple of try's to get the right settings on my camera to work but when it was all said and done the pictures turned out great!

We then proceeded outside to take a few more shots, but that ended up being atleast 150 more shots that turned out gorgeous. The lighting was perfect and Lakisha looked so pretty! I was very happy with the outcome.

Can't wait for my next maternity shoot!

Sadikshya

We had a great time today shooting! Sadikshya and I go way back! And we hadn't seen each other for awhile so the shoot was a good excuse to catch up! I didn't realize how much I had missed being around her! She really knows how to make anyone smile.

So about the shoot...let's just say it was a very short one. She was dressed in a gorgeous sari, that took quite some time to put on! So we were crunched on time once she arrived but I think the end result was completely worth it. In total, it lasted about minutes but we were able to get about 40 pictures out of it.

The editing is still in progress, but of course I had to get some done! I stuck with the typical b&w, blue tones, and adding saturation to most of them. I really didn't want to do too much with the pictures only because the sari was so pretty (and so was Sadikshya) that all the extra editing was not needed.

I hope everyone enjoys the pictures!!

What's next?

A question that should go without being answered. I have learned very well thanks to yesterday!

( got my keys locked in the car and had to pay a locksmith the money I had put aside for my husband's birthday) "Plans are made to broken" " If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans." etc. Tons of quotes about making plans and having them ruined. I was so frustrated with myself but stuff happens, you cry about it, then you have your mother basically tell you to get over it and go on with your day. <----(She has no pity!)

I am so excited about all that is planned this coming up fall/winter. I just so hope and pray that everything will fall through. And if they don't for some reason, I will just have to laugh because that's all we can ever do!

Notice anything different?

Well, if you haven't taken a look at Persnickety's website lately you might want to check it out. It has a whole new look to it! I designed my old website and yes I loved it but this website I love more!! I could have easily done the same exact thing using my husband's website, building stuff, but I did not want to get in his way<---(he is quite the busy one these days and you all remember what happened last time...) So I took it upon myself and found a new love....wix.com. (light bulb went on) Wix is an EASY way to build a website for yourself. You can pick a pre-done template and make it your own. It took about a day and half to do mine. I will probably be making some changes to it over the next few weeks but for awhile I think I will continue having an affair with wix ( Sorry Hubby!). Make sure to check it out! It's really simple but still fun!

And the winner is....

Kathryn Bojanowski!! Congrats! She will be getting a free 30 minute mini shoot!

This was my first giveaway and I was quite suprised how many people entered. I was excited to reach 100 people on facebook and wasn't quite sure how the giveaway would go but thankfully it went well! Hopefully next time we will have more entries and different prizes!

Thanks again to all who entered!!

Andy and Kim

"Andy Hughes, Andy Hughes, Andy Hughes!!!" That was the normal call he got from me when he came over to hangout with my brother. (Even today he will get the call from me) Well now its going to have to be, " Andy Hughes and Kim x3!!" because he is getting married. Andy was and still is like a brother to me. Our families lived right behind one another and over time became great friends. So when my family found out that he was getting married we were thrilled for him but more worried for the girl that was going to be stuck with him! Kim, the girl who is going to be stuck with him forever, is a complete sweetheart! She compliments Andy quite nicely and I don't think we, as his "other family," could have asked for anything better.

Congrats you two! Many blessings on your marriage! Kim good luck with Andy! And Andy remember that she is always right, no matter what! (<---you will find this in the new husband handbook).

New logo...new blog (on the outside)

...same old me on the inside! anyways...

See the new header?...I am about 90% sure that this the new logo. I have a few more things to mess with such as color and all, but other than that I think it will work. I kept the original heart concept from the first logo but did away with the corny script. It just simply wasn't me : /

Along with the new logo came a new simple but modern look to the blog. I didn't really care for the template I had chosen. The bright colors caught my eye originally but now I just want all eyes on my logo ( and my posts of course!) . Nothing to busy or trendy. ( I am anti-trendy when it comes to certain things...damask, blue and brown, pink and green, tiffany themed weddings, uggs, white on white wedding cakes etc.) I will add and take a few more things away to the blog within the next few days.

But make sure to enter the giveaway if you haven't already!! A free shoot...who would pass that up? Night!