Busy Busy Busy!

Labor Day weekend is aptly named for my activity level this holiday. But at least it is all a labor of love--figuratively and literally! :) Seriously, though, it is a good thing I love what I do, or I might be feeling overwhelmed. Instead, it is exhilarating.

I've got a bridal show next Sunday in E-town, the day after the first of my fall frenzy of weddings coming up. So I've been digging around in all my wedding files finding some pics to be printed and framed for my booth. It is fun going back and looking through past weddings with a fresh eye--you always find gems that were overlooked before.

I've also been practicing with some album templates I got recently, as I'm currently album building for my lovely and lucky 07/07/07 couple.

So I thought I'd post a few older photos that I'm having printed for the show, and also some results of my collage building. It was fun to find photos that are related in some way, creating a theme of some sort on the page. Building an album is so much fun--storytelling through photographs. Your whole crazy, beautiful wedding day, surrounded by all your favorite people in the world, documented in a gorgeous album that people will want to look at over and over, through years and years and years.

I wish I could build an album for every couple! Sure, it is nice to have the CD of images, but so often, life takes over after all the wedding hustle and bustle is done, and building your own album or scrapbook keeps getting put on the back burner, and before you know it, years have passed! Then the kids come, and well, that's all I need to say about that, as any parents out there know! :)

I'm speaking here from personal experience, if you can't tell--our dear Little the Boston Terrier (who was just a puppy at the time), ate our wedding album and pretty much destroyed it. Most of the pictures were salvageable; she mostly chewed up all the nice leather parts :) ha ha. Anyway, I've still never gone back and done anything really nice with our wedding pictures. My mom put a little something together for us with some of the pictures, but that's all we've got. Just another one of those things I keep meaning to do; you know how that goes! I can't even keep up with printing my own kid's pictures (of course, that's probably good, seeing as how I take, literally, THOUSANDS of them) :)

Well, moral to this story is, I guess, do consider choosing a wedding photo package (whether it is from me or whoever your photographer is) that contains an album option or credit (and of course, keep it out of reach from your furry friends). Years from now, that album is the record of all the magical things that happened on your wedding day, every detail there for your children and grandchildren to cherish as well. Or if you are the creative type who wants the CD of images because you plan on building your own album or scrapbook, don't put it off! Trust me on this one--at this point, I'll probably be retired by the time I catch up on my own personal family photos, starting with my wedding :)

Whew! I wrote a novel tonight, didn't I? I've almost got Kim and Brian's slide show ready, and I think I needed a half hour break or so to freshen my eyes. So anyway, here are a few pictures, as I said a few paragraphs ago... :)

This little guy was so cute. I've got this pic on my website too, but I popped the color a bit to

print it and I think it turned out nice.

I couldn't decide if I liked the color or b/w better, so I printed them both. Comments? Which do you like better? (Credit goes to Kerry, my fabulous friend and assistant/2nd shooter, for these two)

I love the lucky lens flare I got on this one.

I love this sequence; she made such a production of it.

I'd love some opinions on this one too, if anyone is out there :) I thought it turned out pretty nifty, myself. But maybe I'm just crazy (well, yeah...)