Making this Business a Business

So I've been working a lot lately on trying to actually make my business a job, with income... I am going to registrar the business soon so I can add tax to my sittings. I put a Craigslist ad up and got a small event booking out of it! I was SO excited! I also have a family session that I am doing next Saturday.

Most exciting I think is the fact that I have hooked up with a local wedding photographer and was her second shooter last weekend. I think it turned out great, I just hope she like me and my pictures enough to keep me on for future weddings. I can't show the pictures here though : (

I ordered some things through Shutterfly today too. Some business info picture cards and some thank you note cards. Just trying to make it all seem put together.

3x5 Folded Card

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I we took my son to the zoo this weekend along with my brother and his family. I got some really good pictures, which is not usually the case on zoo trips. (I get distracted or the kids don't want to cooperate) Jus thought that I would share some of my favorites!

Weeks 5 & 6

I've been slacking quite a bit on the 365 project. I have a few days I didn't take pictures, but I don't want to let a few missed days spoil the whole thing. Here is the last two weeks!

 Day 29

day 30

 day 31

 day 33 option 1

 day 33 option 2

 day 34

 day 35

 day 36

 day 37

 day 39

 day 41

 day 42

day 43

Getting More Clients

So I added my self to something called thumbtack.com I'm not sure if it will accomplish anything yet, but I want to start making a bigger push for business. I already have one session booked and I'm offering a Valentine's Day special too in hopes to build a bigger client base.

We'll see we'll have to see! 

I Heart Faces- Oh So Silly

I was really excited to see this weeks theme. I had just been out and taken this picture last week. I love this picture because of how absolutely natural it is. I captured my friend during a photo outing when she wasn't paying attention. We weren't there to take pictures of her, it just kind of happened. I think it really shows her outgoing, and silly personality. 


 

Go over to I Heart Faces to check out more awesome pictures!

Out of My Comfort Zone

I take pictures of people. That's what I do. That's what I feel I have an eye for, it just clicks. I've never been a big fan of taking pictures of stuff. It always looks a little random to me. But my friend asked me to go out to a really old local cemetery to take pictures and I said yes.

First off, I don't like cemeteries. I just don't. They give me the creeps. So I started out just standing around and looking. I just didn't see it. It didn't help that there was no sun. No cool shadows. I had this picture in my mind of some sun flare over an old headstone. I have trouble with sun flare and I thought it would be good practice on a tecnique I could use in my normal photography. Well, that didn't happen.

I ended up with a couple cool ones, I honestly didn't take a lot. I enjoyed walking around, talking with my friend. Here are the ones I ended up liking.








And of course, my favorite picture I took is of my friend when she wasn't looking. Figures.

365 Project Week 4

 day 22

 day 23

 day 24

 day 25

 day 26

 day 27

day 28

I just realized that I took a lot of pictures of food this week. Opps.

Chess

My husband is a big chess nerd. He played on a team in high school and collects different sets now. So for Christmas he got our oldest son a learning chess set. Last weekend was their first lesson. I thought it would make a really good picture of the day for my 365 project. Little did I know how well they would turn out. I think these are some of my favorite pictures ever.