a few thoughts & an adorable newborn…

this week, i’m starting the week once again with plans to conquer the world! i always think “this is the week that i’ll get organized” and not in just one area of my life….in my mind, i plan to get every area organized. maybe that’s why i love mondays so much? i always have such grand plans of what i’ll accomplish! some weeks i do actually get some pretty major tasks done, but it’s rarely ever what i plan. i’m just thankful that i get refreshed and go into the week with energy, you know? 2 weeks ago, we redid my studio (at home) and painted the bedroom at the loft(with lots of help), in addition to finishing up some pretty major design and photography deadlines, so that week felt golden. some weeks are like that and maybe those weeks give us hope for the upcoming weeks and looming deadlines and seemingly overwhelming tasks? if this is greek to you, i’m sorry, but i think there are many of us who take on a lot and then have to look at the weeks this way. some of you are probably much better at setting healthy boundaries. i think we all thrive on different levels of activity. i’m just thankful that i am still fairly high energy! i thank God every day for the energy to deal with the things that need to be dealt with…and also for an enthusiasm for life, trying to enjoy each step and not just go through the motions of living. living in the moment and fully experiencing life as it comes.

i think photographing newborns makes me even more aware of living in the moment. they change so quickly (even though that seems so cliche) there’s no way around it. the first few weeks they change daily. i have been blessed to photograph lots of newborns in the past couple of months and i am loving it and hoping it doesn’t stop! i have a couple of families coming up who have contacted me about shooting their unborn babes right away and i really hope it works out. this is an example of one experience that i will do almost anything to make time for! no matter how busy life gets, i will make time for newborn shoots!

drake and his sweet mama amanda came out last week for drake’s first official shoot. he has such a sweet temperament and is adorable as well. not a bad combination! i think he comes by it naturally-









 







drake just melts my heart. i hope you love these images amanda! on a sidenote: maybe if some of my brides and or grooms from the past few years see these images, my *no babies yet* stats will change : )

it’s monday and my *to do* list is long, so i’m going to get to it! have a great day and God bless!

 could anything be more beautiful?

 it is wedding season, which means that weekends fly by! can’t wait to share the images from the wedding i shot this weekend. it was amazing to say the least! i say it all the time, but i think one of my favorite things about shooting weddings, is that they are each so unique. articulating how i feel about shooting weddings is one of the most difficult things….it is at the same time exhilarating, hurry up and wait, intense, private, challenging, stimulating, fulfilling, unique, adrenaline rush (which doesn’t go away for a day or two!), fun, all senses engaged, live in the moment experience! i do truly love it. as i was thinking about the weddings i’ve shot and how i feel about them (when i couldn’t sleep saturday night), i realized a couple of facts: all of the couples who i’ve photographed on their wedding day are still together and none of them have had babies yet. the first wedding i shot was a little over 4 years ago. time has gone by so fast since then! anyway, i’ll be posting wedding photos from the weekend on wednesday.