HGTV and ... ME!!!!

What is this?

Why it is the new HGTV magazine?  It just came out today!  Isn't it festive and lovely?

Oh look at this!  An interesting article on houses that sold quickly.  Hmmm...

Who's house is right there on page 91?  That is MY HOUSE in Charleston!!!!!!  Who took the picture?  ME!!!!!!  I guess I can say I am a published photographer now!  :-)

Our realtor was excited but upset.  Our blurb isn't what he really said or even focused on in his interview!  He really pushed the blue hour shot we had taken and then they put this one in.  Oh well, I can still say my house was in HGTV Magazine!  Wooo hooooooo!  

This is a pretty awesome little magazine if I do say so myself!  This was the first time I had seen it and I am pretty impressed!  

Thank you Stephanie from Conversations from the Cul-de-Sac for alerting me 

that it was in there!  You rock!  

Well, I am a happy girl!  Carry on!!!!

My Photography

Happy Sunday everyone!  I have had a few people ask me about my photography and what I have been up to!  Since moving, I really haven't done very much.  Photography is a lot of word of mouth.  I was starting to do more in Charleston and when we moved, that stopped.  I did start introducing myself as a photographer and one lady asked if I would be interested in doing her newborn photos!  Heck yeah!!!!  I was so excited!  I have a wonderful office in our new home that I work in.  It gets lovely light and was perfect for the shoot.

It was a 2 1/2 hour shoot and I loved every minute of that sweet boy!!!  The key to newborn photography is just patience.  I still have a long way to go and editing newborns is a whole new ball game!  They have red splotches, yellow noses, and purple/blue feet!  Woo!  I did a lot of researching and Youtube watching, but was very happy with the results and the parents were too!  He was a doll!  

A friend of this family saw my work and asked me to do a Halloween mini session of their son.  I said, "YES!"  They have also booked me to do his 6 month/Christmas photos and his one year!  

I love this last one!  I call it... Did Someone Say Candy????

So word is spreading and I also have a new gig working with Chic Critique Forum!  Kelli France is an amazing photographer who has designed a forum for photographers with so much information!  She offers a 4 week critique from celebrity photographers.  You sign up and they critique your work.  It is so wonderful to hear what a pro in the business thinks of your work!  I am going to run their Giveaways page that we are launching in December!  I am so excited!  Between all this and volunteering in Jemma's school... I am a busy woman!  And I thought I would have all this free time!!!!

Happy Halloween!

We had such a great Halloween!  It was a little cooler than what I am used to!  Jemma was a Native American Indian princess.  She had on long underwear, a turtleneck, sweatpants, and her costume!  We went with a big group of kids and everyone had a great time!  

The neighborhood crew!

Our sweet neighbor, Sam, who handed out candy so the BHW and I could walk with Jemma!

I made luminaries that said Trick or Treat, but they didn't show up as much as I wanted them to.  I will have to work on that for next year, but our new wall was perfect for a display!

On Monday night we carved our pumpkin!  Here they are assessing the situation...

Let the scooping begin!

She kind of liked it this year!  

I swear, next year, I am going to put makeup on and fix up to carve pumpkins!  Every year, I look like I just rolled out of bed!

Murphy is checking it all out!

Random mantle shot!  I was very simple this year!

 The finished pumpkin!  I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Halloween!