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Here's where I share the latest and greatest things happening in my life (and potentially your's)! I obviously love to tell stories with photos, so you'll find loads of them here. If you like what you've seen, or have something to tell me...please leave me a comment. I love to know what you are thinking and feeling. Enjoy!

KISS me, I’m in love

September 7, 2008 – 8:54 am

Just this weekend, I had a little (sarcasm, it was a BIG) problem with UPS delivering a package on time. Now, most of the time this would not be a big deal. But this particular package was boudoir album. A bride’s gift to her soon-to-be-husband and it needed to be given on their wedding day, that was the whole point of the gift. While normally we order these things well ahead of time, the bride and I had only shot this particular session about 2 weeks before the wedding. So we really had to hustle to edit the photos, select the favorites, design the album, and get it printed. And, wouldn’t you know it…their wedding day was Sunday, after UPS failed to deliver the package on Saturday.

I called my ever wonderful album company, KISS wedding books. They sent people into their shop in SoCal that same day (a Saturday, a day when they aren’t normally open) to start making a replacement and drive it to my house 5 hours away. Can you believe that kind of customer service?! It is unheard of these days. And, I am just pleased as punch to say that I work with them. Not to mention that their albums are the best thing since sliced bread.

So, I thought I’d share a new clip of just how excited the WHOLE house is when one of their packages arrive. The girls are always super excited to see a new wedding album. The smell of that leather is just plain seducing.

*note: no albums were harmed in the making of this video*

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  1. Alicia Price   -  

    Woohoo, you did it! And it rocks :) Love how excited Holly is to get it open! That’s awesome! AND I need to get my you know what in gear and get me a KISS album!!!

Soccer season starts

September 6, 2008 – 3:43 pm

First game of the season was today. They play on Saturdays every week. So, last season I saw a grand total of ONE soccer game. Weddings and your kids’ soccer games just don’t mix. This weekend I was lucky enough to have a Sunday wedding, rather than the usual Saturday. So, here’s what I saw. My kids looked adorable in their oversized soccer shorts, shin guards, and cleats. BUT, now that I see the photos…they just look like older kids. *sigh* What happened? When did my kids grow up?

They ran around the field playing ball. Mostly as one big moving mass without thought.

But, noooo…mostly my kid wanted to play games. Holly made faces. She experimented with how she moved her arms while she ran. She fixed her shirt. She did kick the ball once, but I’m pretty sure it was because it got in the way of the bug she was looking at in the grass.

Anna played great, but her team still got dismantled by the Blue Dolphins. They were stacked with fast, good players. Here’s the end of the game conversation with Anna:

Anna: Wow mom. They sure get the ball into the net more than us.
Me: Yes, they have some pretty fast players.
Anna: NO. They have fast shin-guards and soccer shoes.

So, already Anna knows life is about the gear you use…she’s ready for photography. BA HA HA. That’s a running joke amongst photographers, is it the gear or the person? (For the record, I think it is both)

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  1. Lisa   -  

    Katie - Isn’t it nice to just sometimes take snapshots. Glad you took the camera =) The last pic is just so Holly - I love it!

Morgan: Senior Photos

September 5, 2008 – 5:03 pm

In preparation for our session, Morgan told me that she was “the most unphotogenic person ever”. Ummm…yeah right. As you look at the photos below, I think we could all call her crazy. She needs to see some photos of me to compare what unphotogenic really looks like. LOL! Morgan’s a horse and ranch girl. She brought 4 of her horses along for the session…and if you know me, you’ll know I’m not much of a horse girl. I know they eat carrots. I know people ride them. And I know they don’t like flies. That’s the extent of my horse knowledge. Luckily Morgan did the horse wrangling for the photos, and I just stayed behind the camera and tried not to back up into a horse.

Good luck picking a single picture for the yearbook, Morgan. I had a hard time narrowing it down to less than 20 for the blog.









Morgan’s friend Alex (aka Erica) came along for the fun times. Always a danger that I’ll put you in front of the camera too, if you tag along for a session. Thanks Erica!

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My blog is purty.

September 4, 2008 – 5:35 pm

So, check this out. My blog has been featured at WP-Premium’s website for being one of the best customizations of the WordPress blogging platform. So, if you want to pop over there and leave some loving review of my site…that would be cool. Beware though, you could easily get sucked deep into looking at all the cool blogs.

And of course, I have to give the love directly back to my WordPress theme’s creator…Jared at Professional Photographer’s Theme for making such a great product. Yes, I did some tweaks and changes, but the wonderful backbone is all his work.

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  1. Matt Graves   -  

    You rock!!!!!

  2. Annie   -  

    That is awesome! Congrats :)

  3. Andrew Lin   -  

    oo lookin good! I like what you have done with it!

  4. Dustin Francis   -  

    Sweet! Mine was featured back in May, but as you know already, I love what you’ve done with customizing your ProPhoto theme…lovin’ the new logo. Rock on!

Babies Babies Babies

September 2, 2008 – 12:37 pm

Ok…I just had to write how excited I am to hear all about these babies and pregnancies from some of my wedding clients.

Meghan…your little peanut butter pirate Pheobe is the spitting image of Geoff.  Super great blogging on her!

Annie…OH MY GOSH!!!!  You were holding  out on me!  Your blog is bookmarked now!

Monika…I can’t wait to see pictures of your baby!  It’s grandma Suzanne sounds pretty darned proud already.

Any more good news for me from you all?!  This news just made my day!  Send me some photos and I’d love to post them up here.  I think we could have a poll for blog readers to decide who the baby looks more like, Mom or Dad.  (Of course, Meghan…your baby looks IDENTICAL to Geoff.  No poll needed.)

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  1. Annie   -  

    LOL! Is it a bad thing that one of my first thoughts when I found out I was pregnant was, “Oh boy! We have an excuse to work with Katie again!!”

  2. katie   -  

    Annie…hmmm your first thought was “oh boy”, but my first thought was “oh GIRL” *wink wink*

Slideshow: Katelyn and Daniel

August 31, 2008 – 5:32 pm

Check it out…Katelyn and Daniel’s slideshow

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