Welcome back to ME!

Wow, I just had to take a minute to clean out the cobb-webs that formed on my BLOG {hehe}...Its been a while since Ive ventured over here into my little corner of my world.  Life has been busy, and making my family my #1 priority in my life ive been a busy little bee carefully tending to my most precious of cargos...my little ones {well, not so little anymore!}  I havent stopped with my Photo-taking....Im still snapping my camera every chance I get.  My husband has been wonderful in helping me out with helping my business grow--I even gave him a part time job being my sidekick with 'the other camera'....yes, this means we are now a {part-time} husband and wife team.  He is still not allowed at my Boudior Shoots, though...    ;-)   

Im really glad that my husband & I are going to do this together because, I think, husband & wife teams make the best teams out there, but thats just my own opinion, of course....when I need to crack the whip I can!  LOL  ...not really...actually he seems to keep me on track otherwise my busy, scattered brained mind sends me veering to the far left in 'shopping world'....Another post for that subject :-)

So, I am back & I am going to try & keep my BLOG updated.  With my clientele growing every minute I want to start posting the little things that make me happy & share with everyone whats going on in my side of the world...

Busch Gardens 2011

A sample of some of the photos I took of our fun-filled day at Busch Gardens in Celebration of the Graduation of our two oldest boys, Glen & Mikey, into the Middle School~

Name Storyboards

              Here are some new things I have been working on.  'Name Storyboards' 

~These are fun images where I have incorporated a bunch of photos that I shot of my children on various trips we have taken over the past year & added them to each letter of their names.  Great for scrapbooks & wall clings~

My Friday night lesson on creating a globe effect & shadow

Lady Liberty

Here is a simple photo my parents took & I transformed it into a nice glass globe effect that shows a reflection as if it were on a glass top table.   

2nd Birthday

A cute little boy, a 2nd Birthday Celebration, Cake & Mickey--What more can this little guy need??

Storyboards are great ways to capture the little Milestones in life~

Summer Vintage

Here is a photo of my beautiful daughter taken a few months back when she won 1st runner up for our local pageant that is held in our small town every year.  To preserve this image, I gave it a twist on one of my many favorite actions which I use while editing photos. This is a before & after shot of of the 'Summer Vintage' action I chose to use for this particular photo. She loves the camera & I am SO glad because she is my #1 model!

Love

What a wonderful thing to come home to :)  Apparently my husband and children were out & about today & thought that bringing me some flowers would bring a smile to my face....well, it sure did because when I walked in the door there they were just sitting there on the counter waiting for me to come home...

Lake Okeechobee

Here is a collage I put together of my two boys out on Lake Okeechobee here in central Florida.  We spent the day wandering out along the berm of the giant lake while my daughter was at her Baton workshop preparing for the upcoming State Championships. We had lots of fun exploring, hiking along the berm, and just plain nature watching.  If we would have thought to carry our fishing gear I am sure that I would be swamped in fish scales!