H. Family Portraits - Sneak Peek

This is unfortunately a week or more overdue. I wish I could have gotten these finished more quickly. My family and I took a short vacation to Pagosa Springs (and had a blast!) but that delayed my editing being wrapped up. Needless to say, this family is beautiful. They are good friends of mind and I am so thankful they let me capture some very special moments in their life.

My best friend Cassidy joined me on the shoot. She and I were the original duo of Brittann Photography back when it started on November 1, 2003. Wow how the years have flown by. I am shocked that so much has changed. She now has her own company called Captures by Cassidy and is doing fantastically well on that front. But, it was so fun having her as a second shooter with the H. family. She did her world famous Angry Gorilla - yes, you will have to ask her to show it to you if you ever have the privilege of hiring her to take your family's photo. It works really well on making kids laugh...big kids too. I love to embarrass her with it - yes, that is the kind of good friend I am.

Well, enjoy the images. I had a hard time just picking a few...so, I narrowed it down to...well, a lot of them. I guess that wouldn't be considered narrowing then, would it? :) Thanks again H. family! I loved every minute of it.

Fellow photographers

It's fun to see photographers work in magazines...but its better to know those photographers whose pictures I am flipping through. How incredible a feeling to be PUBLISHED. I think that this may be my next goal!

So, what's new...let's see. On Saturday our church hosted an auction to raise money for the youth in church to attend their various summer camps. I donated a portrait session with a cd of all the images included with copyright. It sold for $65. A bit of a downer considering I have such a high opinion of myself (I'm just kidding - I was thrilled that we raised that much money for the youth and it gave me some new exposure):) but I LOVE the girl whose daughter's pictures I will be taking. Brooke is adorable & her daughter is too! So, the pictures will without fail be adorable too! But beyond just getting the booking, I have 3 new ones in the wings. YEAH! See, giving does mean receiving!

Tim and I bid on and won 6 hours of babysitting (split up in two - so 3 hours each) and a date night with a $40 gift certificate to Maggianos and 2 tickets to a movie of our choice! Can I just say that I love date nights. I adore Tim and can't get enough of him. Sappy yes, but coming up on SEVEN years in June and still going strong! I have to say that I honestly believe I am the luckiest woman alive because I have him. HE'S MINE!!! ALL MINE! :)

In other news, I am still working on my website. I have a bunch of albums uploaded and can't wait to put it LIVE! But, I have a lot to do still. I need my friend Cassidy (who was my business partner back in Milwaukee) to get her hubby Grant to write my bio. He wrote our old ones and I have to say, they were hilarious. I would much rather have it be funny and entertaining than stiff. It's more my personality anyway.

I just called and found out that the photography fair that was cancelled was rescheduled to TOMORROW night. I tried calling them the night of but no one ever returned my call, so I finally called today and got someone!!! YEAH! What a blessing that I didn't miss it!!! Yikes, That was close! Well, I should get moving on the slideshow then!

later!