Never stop learning!

It's been a winter of learning so much about photography!  Taking many Photo Festival classes with the NHPPA (New Hampshire Professional Photographer's Association), Winter Seminar, Mini Mondays and the New York Institute of Photography...I have been one busy lady!  Add to that a family and a home, it's been a wild time.
This weekend I am off to the annual conference in North Conway with the NHPPA; four days of learning ahead of me.

Squeezing in some practice time, here are some pictures to share:

Spring is so close...

Although I (not so) secretly hope for another storm to go snow shoeing one more time with my family, I look forward to the rebirth of all things sleeping in winter.  I celebrate all seasons, but March in New England is truly the brown month.  It's caught between winter and spring and not so pretty!  At least with some snow, some of the brown is hidden.

Soon will come the the flowy Easter dresses and bonnets, tulips and buds on all of the trees, boys in sweater vests and pastel colors all around.  If you have some special spring occasions you want captured for all time, I am available to you.  Easter, Communion, birthdays, spring...so much to celebrate!

I have chosen to immerse myself this winter in all things Photography.  It's time consuming, but worth it.  We all write our own story and I have chosen this to be part of mine.  We each have the power to create what we want our life to be, it's so empowering when you think about it and decide to take action to make it happen.

Make it great!

busy times!

This month I have been busy learning with the NHPPA's Photo Festival.  They run a series of classes in the winter and I have been attending each and every one of them.  It's exciting to be learning so much and meeting such kind business people.  This is a great group of people with amazing experience; the best part is they are so willing to share with us newbies and help us grow.  And, a lot of them have been in the business for decades and still learning.  I love that.  Never stop learning!
Classes thus far have been on lighting, posing, photoshop, business practices, etc.  Now to just put it into practice and apply!  Stay tuned for more.

A Princess turns 4!

One of the ways I want to share my services is to be your family's photographer at your events.  How many times have we run all around at our child's birthday party trying to get all the important moments with our cameras.  It really adds to the stress of the day when you are running a party.  It's nice to have someone there, like me, to act as a quiet guest focused only on capturing the moments of the day.  I am happy to do this affordably for your family while I am portfolio building.

Here are some shots of a recent Princess Party.  What a lovely party it was and I was thrilled to be invited to capture the girls.

Happy New Year

It's been a wild and wonderful month for our family.  One daughter in the Nutcracker, then off to Disney World, come home to the week of Christmas, family visiting, New Year and both girls' birthdays, separate parties this year....phew!
I have taken a large number (understatement) of pictures throughout our adventures and will be posting them soon.
I just wanted to take a minute to wish you a Happy New Year.  I love the clean slate, new start feeling.  It's a great time to come up with big picture goals and action plans.
It's going to be a great 2010!  Lets get busy making memories together.

Holiday Photo Session

This family wanted to create a Holiday Photo and I wanted to help!  They are warm and wonderful people and we worked well together.

And, Bromley was a sweetie puppy who behaved well for only five months old!
The big bonus was our first snow of the season the night before.  We couldn't have planned it better.

The C Family!

We had a fun time capturing some great pictures with good friends at their home.  Enjoy these fun and spirited six and eight year olds!