Lively Needham!

I got to do a photo shoot this morning with a new favorite little person! Introducing Miss Lively Needham - daughter of our good friends Kelly and Jimmy.

For a bit of back story on my friend Kelly go here. Kelly and I have been meeting weekly for a little over a year now. In that time, she had a miscarriage last December and 4 months later I miscarried in March. Her friendship has meant the world to me and truly I felt the comfort of God in her words and actions. There is something unique to have a friend that will just understand what you are saying, even when you're not saying it well. It was an overwhelming joy to see God bring beauty from ashes when Kelly found out she was pregnant while on a trip to Israel (in Jerusalem, how amazing is that?). And I sometimes still can't believe that Lively is finally here.

I don't know if Lively will ever know how much she was longed for, prayed for, thought about, worried over, rejoiced for and just plain enjoyed...but I know that her parents and I will always know it. Enjoy!

Laura Wilkerson's Headshots

Good times with a great friend!

On Sunday I drove up to College Station (good old times) and swapped head shot sessions with my good friend and former roommate, Laura Wilkerson who is also a great photographer just starting her business - www.lwilkerson.com

We met my sophomore year through her boyfriend at the time, now husband, Josh, who was the President of the "Res Week" committee (of which I had some position, secretary or something - I don't remember). She was at Purdue at the time and Josh was at A&M and a year later Laura moved down to Aggieland. We became friends and then got a duplex with our friend Kelly Burris Haisten our senior year.

I had so much fun with Laura and Kelly my senior year including staying up too late, smelling Laura's morning Americano (EVERY Morning and do NOT speak with her until she's had it), buying water by the 3 gallon container, purity princesses, whose line is it anyway, the discussion of naked time (totally foreign concept to me at the time - "You mean people actually want to be naked?" was my response), a ban on cooking fish in the house and lots of poop talk which was weird to me (not any more though).

Laura, I enjoy you so much and am so grateful that you are in my life and you're one of the big reasons I loved my time at A&M so much.

So, these are downtown Bryan - we had lots of laughs, no accidents and lots of excitement about the future! If you are in the Bryan/ CS area and need photography, call Laura, she's amazing! www.lwilkerson.com




















And I referenced Laura's website wrong on image #6- its www.lwilkerson.com

Enjoy!

New 16x24!

Yeah!

I received a coupon at the PPA Expo a few weeks ago for a canvas print and I only had to pay for shipping. So I did what any photographer would do- I got the biggest one I possibly could. This canvas print would normally be $84 for me wholesale but I got it for $15- just the cost of shipping!

The image is one I took in Mexico in November. I was just hoping something like this would come out. It was near sunset time and the sun is shining right through a wonderful tree called the Palo Blanco. This tree is continually shedding strips of white, tissue paper thin bark. It looks beautiful how the sun caught it. I should have put a bit of fake sun flare but...we live and we learn.

It's hanging in my hallway and I love it.

Update on the resolution

Yeah! Things are going well I think in regards to my New Year's Resolution. Here are some of my achievements:

1. Got all my crafts and art supplies organized. This is no small feat (my parents would be able to read this statement and feel the weight of it). My crafts are now only in one tupperware in the garage and a few small, organized boxes in my studio/guest room.

2. The guest room is halfway a functioning studio (when you are an artist of any kind you get to call it a "studio" not an "office".) Pictures are below for you to see my progress.



3. Talked with a business coach friend of mine and I am setting goals for the new year. I have already set my pricing for my photography business, have a launch date for the website, a domain name picked out and business cards ready to order for March 1st.

4. I even picked up some new business including making marketing materials for some friends who have their own companies. And I booked two weddings to do hair and makeup. L. Schott Artistry is really getting into the "artistry" part - doing lots of different art things.

5. Landon and I have successfully kept our budget for two weeks (please don't laugh) and even have money in the savings account! Yeah! We're finally starting to grow up!

6. And, I don't really know if anyone is going to be able to sympathize but I've really been keeping the house clean lately. Yeah me. When my house is clean, this is what I see and this is what I feel:



Well, that's it for today. Stay tuned for more information about a new website, new products and more adventures in my life. Much Love
~Linds