exciting.things!

Many of you know that I work at an advertising agency by day, and am a photographer by night/on the weekends/in my sleep...pretty much with the remainder of my life. I have juggled both for a long time now, and it really got tough to keep up with things. I'm talking little things like laundry, cleaning, going out with friends and family, etc.--that stuff just wasn't happening because I ran out of hours in the day to work two jobs and still have a life! Well, I am so excited and proud to say that as of Friday at 5:30pm, I will be a focusing only on photography. Since graduating from college I have had the privilege of working at the Ad Agency and learning a ton about branding and design. I have managed big accounts and have been a part of some really cool projects. Because of that experience it has helped me find my true passion of working with people like you to capture some of the most important days or events in your life. Having just said that, it leads me to the NEXT thing that I am excited about...my new brand!

If you didn't notice, my brand has a completely new look which I just love. The lovely and incredibly talented, Penelope Dullaghan, created my new look and I couldn't be happier with it. I gave Penny a little direction at the start, and she put together an amazing look for me. The circular portion of my new mark shows a bunch of shooting stars. With any job that I shoot, my client has a very special reason for hiring me to shoot on that specific day. He or she is the "star" for the day (whether it be a birthday, an anniversary, a wedding, a pregnancy, whatever), and well, I'm "shooting" him or her. Penny is brilliant! I love the meaning behind the mark. And I told her I love color, so she chose to go with blue and green because those colors work for men and women, girls and boys. If I can brag about Penny for just a minute, you must know that she is a rockstar. She is an illustrator and has done work for Target (yeah, you know all of the cool gift cards Target has? well Penny has designed several of them), the New York Times, United Airlines, Town & Country, JPMorgan Chase, and many many more. Go checkout her work. I someday plan on decking-out a nursery with her artwork:)!! (no, that doesn't mean I'm pregnant, mom)!! I wish that my new blog was ready to share with you too, but for now you'll have to look at the new static header at the top of the page. When my new blog is built, things will move and animate. So what you see above will actually come to life! I am getting quotes tomorrow from printers for new business cards, so as soon as I get them I'll be handing them out to everyone I know. You should see what she designed...they are square! Penny couldn't have timed this out any better because I was planning on sharing the good news with you tonight about the job situation, and when I got her email today with the final artwork, I thought I'd throw a little party here on the 'ole blog by sharing all of the new stuff. Let me know what you think of the logo by leaving a comment! You better get used to commenting because my new blog will not be cool unless I hear from you in the comment section. I know you are out there because I check my website stats almost daily!



And no post would be a post without some photos. Here is a shoot that I am overdue on, so Ryan and Vanessa thanks for being so patient. Hopefully these can hold you over until tomorrow when I plan to post EVERYTHING for you. Isn't Landon the cutest thing? (you can click on the images to make them larger...just another annoying thing that this blog does. my NEW blog will have big freakin' photos).






That's all I've got tonight. More tomorrow:)