Archive for May, 2008

So I am getting super serious about my photography business, and am lining things up to have a busy summer. I spent a couple hours last night putting together a marketing brochure that I plan on sending to clients after they book a session with all the info needed for the session. I am super excited and it wasn’t too difficult because I bought a template from one of my favorite sites. I’m almost finished, there are two pages that I’m not happy with, so before I send it off to print, I will work on those, but here’s a sneak peek. It will be a 5×5 tri-fold, so use your imagination.

Sometimes it’s the joy in the little things that gets you through the day. We’ve had a pretty good week so far being out of school for summer. I was a little frustrated in the beginning of the week because of all the bickering, but I guess I just have to entertain them. We painted a great big card board box yesterday, which the kids loved. I put it in the driveway, gave them the paint and said have at it. Then we washed my car, and played water guns and water balloons. It was a great day and today has been much of the same, Popsicles and water balloons, lunch outside on the patio, we’ll make this summer fun for sure. I guess next I’m gonna have to bravely put on a swimsuit, despite my weight gain, and head to the pool. WooHoo!! Summer!!

So we got a fish today! Technically it is Maddison’s, in that she claims she will take care of the cleaning of the bowl and feeding of the fish, but I give that all of a week. We will see, our track record with fish is not very long, but this one is pretty. The kids named it Dory, after the movie “Finding Nemo”. Hopefully it will last a little while, cause it is a nice addition to the bathroom.

Because you never know how long you have on this earth. I am a big fan of singer/songwriter Katie Reider, and she is suffering from a rare tumor. Her story is so sad and heartbreaking, I just had to share. If you can take a look at this site, she needs all the support she can get for her family, she has two small children. I can’t imagine going through something like this, so hug your loved ones today and be thankful for your health.

That’s what I feel like when I look at these pictures. Maddison is one the phone pretty much 24/7 so I thought I should document it. I can only imagine it getting worse over the summer since she won’t have that day to day contact with her friends. I’m sure we will have to make up some new rules regarding phone usage over the summer. On another note, I hate the picture of me on my new website, Andrew took it and my camera was set to manual focus and we didn’t know it, so it wasn’t very good to begin with, so I gave my camera to Maddison today after school and was like here get a good one of me. Well she did fine, although subject looks like she’s got a few years on her. Dude, when did I get so old. WOW!! do ya see the wrinkles around the eyes and mouth?? I can’t believe this is me and not only that, I have seriously gained weight and my short hair cut accentuates that fact. Anyway, wonder which one you thought was better, if you want to give your opinion, be gentle, though.

Lisa Loeb Rocks!!

May 20, 2008

So I have this new website for my photography business and I was wanting to put some really good music on there, you know not just the stock generic stuff. Anyway, I’m a big Lisa Loeb fan and she has this awesome children’s cd called “Catch The Moon” and I thought, “what’s the worst that could happen, she’ll say no”. So I went to her website, emailed her people and asked if I could use her song on my site, and SHE SAID YES!!! It’s actually a really great album, especially for a kid’s cd. Click on the pic and you can head over to Barnes & Noble to buy it. Isn’t that the coolest. I feel so cool now, I’m so glad I did it, you know it just goes to show sometimes in life you have to take a little risk.

Sometimes you just have to blow bubbles. I love catching kids in the act of blowing bubbles, the concentration and sheer joy is so fun to capture. These two were having a blast today enjoying the weather and the bubbles.

WOO HOO!!!!!

May 18, 2008

I have pretty much spent the entire weekend working on my photography website. I revamped it and made a much more professional one. It is so exciting to have one that is what an actual website is supposed to look like. So take a look if you’d like, I would love any feedback.
www.leighlearphotography.com

Cleaning House….

May 18, 2008

My Internet home that is, I am working on a new website for my photography, I hope to have a real live website soon. I was going to say by the end of the weekend, but man this is complicated. I have purchased the template/hosting thingy and have been plugging in pictures and words and all that good stuff, but I am ready to pull my hair out at this point. I have been pretty busy with sessions, so I thought it was to time to upgrade to a more professional site, I had no idea it would be this much work. I think in the end, though, it will be worth it, if the end ever come.
On another note, we’ve only had one showing of the house, and I am getting kind of bummed. We put a contract on a house, so hopefully ours sells pretty quickly. I am seriously considering the statue of St. Joseph, it’s some Catholic thing that all my family believes in, and at this point I am thinking it might be the way to go. Oh well, ta ta for now…..

Portrait session…

May 15, 2008

So I took a beautiful little baby girls pictures today. It was totally exciting for me, because it was raining, I had to use my flash. I think they look great, and I learned that I shouldn’t be afraid of m flash. Baby’s are so fun, it’s a good thing I get to take pictures of them often, or I would have to have another. This little cutie was easy as pie to take pictures of and she is beautiful as well. Really, is there anything better than little baby tootsies?