pb&j photography - fluff

but i do love going to them and for people that i know i can be persuaded into being an unofficial extra person with a camera. but i have NO interest in being the sole provider of the portraits from the special day. too much pressure. it was a beautiful wedding and the bride looked amazing. here are some of my favorites from the wedding i went to this weekend. here’s hoping the happy couple is having lots of fun in the sun as they escape from their lives for a week!

congratulations!

and all the world is right. so i promised a blog special and here it is!! i know this is the major time of year for engagements, and that there has to be a lot of people in the alpharetta area who got engaged this week so here is the offer.

if you got engaged between christmas and valentines (this past christmas 2007 and this valentines 2008) and live in the alpharetta or roswell area, then email me a snapshot of you and your sweetie and give me the scoop on the proposal. i will post them in snippets so my blog readers can get your story then i will set up a vote, you, your friends and family can vote and the winner will receive a complimentary engagement session and a 16×20 portrait. (non-substitutable) so pass this on to your friends. deadline for entering is march 1st.

and to sign off here are some recent engagement pictures i did for another sweet couple!

the day of love. well at least a good day to celebrate. and eat LOTS of chocolate! but then again who needs an excuse for that! i did the valentines for my kids and thought i would share them with you all.

a few quick notes first! things are certainly hopping around here. weekends are almost totally booked through the end of april. there are still a few weekday sessions left so please contact me asap to get your date on my calendar. and look for a blog special to pop up sometime in the next day or so, something to celebrate valentines day. and there will be one other blog event before the end of the month. keep checking back.

 now for the valentines. hope you have a wonderful day surrounded by everyone you love.

I got to meet the sweetest little girl this weekend. Well, we all know that they are all super sweet. But she was just adorable. I had a wonderful time meeting her and her parents. (and her puppies too) Here are a couple sneak peeks from our session. There were so many that I love that it was hard to pick just a couple to share with her parents while I get the rest ready. So here we go! I am looking forward to watching her grow up over the next year.

I got this email from a friend and thought I would share. This is so simple to do and so worthwhile!

Please go to the web site below and vote for Atlanta (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta) to get a new hospital playroom from Colgate. It was an easy process and would benefit so many of our children that spend there time here at the hospital. Send it on to all your know and see if we can’t win this for the kids. You can vote every day!

NOTE – right now other cities are beating us badly!
Thank you so much for your help with this. PASS IT ON!

Colgate Cares - Vote for a hospital playroom 

So in keeping with my goal to actually keep the blog updated and have some current posting, here is a preview from a session from this past weekend. This was my second time to see Mr. H and he has gotten so big. He was so full of personality and smiles. He loved grabbing his little toes and he was making all kinds of noises at us! Super cute. Here are a couple of my favorites from the session. The rest will be to mom soon!

I found this post over at a blog I visit (one of my friends) showing all the glories of studio photography, granted it is mostly from the 1970’s but it is still fun to look at. And quite the reminder how far photography has come and why I am so glad that people recognize that there are better options!

“Remember those great studio shots”

Oh and a big thanks for the birthday wishes and to everyone who booked sessions on my birthday special!

Keep an eye out for another blog special coming up very soon! I am hoping to have at least one a month. So keep on looking.

In celebration of my birthday, I am having my first blog special! For 76 hours (in honor of my birth year) all sessions booked during that time will be $76. So . . . . email me and lets get a date set. Offer is good for sessions booked in 2008. Not valid on session plans, but you could purchase more than one session)! Yeah! Happy Birthday to me. (and in case you were wondering Wednesday is actually my birthday).

This offer ends on Thursday 1/24 @ midnight!

(btw this is not my cake! it is from my son’s birthday this summer. i don’t have my cake yet)

ok. so i am not adept at posting pictures. testing to see if these will center or not

It’s a New Year. A new start. A new look. A new site. A new blog!

Hopefully I will keep it updated a bit better. Am planning some special “blog” specials. So keep checking back to see what I come up with. The schedule is getting full fast too. January is booked and February only has a couple sessions left. As always if you are expecting and are looking for newborn portraits I leave some wiggle room in the schedule to get you in, so please contact me with any questions.

Here are a few pictures from our family ski trip this holiday. The kids had a great time and were better skiers than me.