Funny shot

I often ask kids to make faces for me.  It's fun, it loosens them up, and the natural smiles following the allowed silliness are awesome!   Occasionally they are some of my very favorite photos.  I love this one.

Looking forward to newborn twin boys

I'm making a hat to match this one in green and brown.  I think it's going to look adorable on the twin boys that will be born in March or the beginning of April.  Sooooo cute.  I can't wait!!  Well, I can, and hope they are born later rather then sooner.

It's almost here!!!

First I would like to poke fun at myself. When I put the post up about the Valentines cards I did not realize it was still January... Who knew?!?! lol We are currently doing a fertility treatment in an effort to become pregnant with our third child. When going through these treatments it's pretty common to think forward to testing for a yes or no. This testing will be the first of February making me a little 'off' at the moment. It makes me laugh every time I think about my little error.

The big news is about the almost launch of the new branding & website! We're going to see about making the new website live in tomorrow or Wednesday. Oh yeah!!!! I think its awesome and am so excited to share everything with you. I had to post about it and couldn't wait until it's actually ready.

As a sneak peak.... Here is the new color pallet.

Would you like to share a testimonial?

I'm just about finished with the new website and shopping cart! Part of the finishing touches will be to include any testimonials. I have a few hand written cards as well as some emails I can use, but I wanted to see if anyone definitely would like to be included on the website with a picture from your session. Please email me what you would like to share.

I have a cool share for Fine Art Friday tomorrow. Can't wait to post it for you. It's a bit cool and funky.

Wedding cake beauty & Calling my fellow photographers!

Recently I've been thinking about weddings. They are so much fun to photograph. My next one is coming up in October & I still need to share some of the Williams wedding photos with you. Their album is way cool definitely showcasing their colors of Black, White and Red. I get emails (tooo many most of the time!) from Real Simple magazine with little bits of information & ideas about numerous topics. Today the photo of a completely beautiful cake came into my inbox. Check it out! If I liked cake this would be my pick for our wedding cake redo. Since I got to wear my dress 4 times & it is now a dress up dress and tutu that would be impossible, but this cake is right up my current creative alley in perfection! It is definitely inspiring me to make some cool cards with a similar design. Maybe an album design would be even better. Couldn't you imagine your little girls photos elegently set among such beauty?
Hey fellow photographers.... I'm looking to start a collaboration group of photographers from different markets to help each other out with our design and paperwork needs. It would be great to start out with some group designs for Christmas cards, albums, wall inspiration guide, documents & any other thing the group deems necessary for our businesses. Please email or call me if you are interested. My email is sandgphotography @ cox.net and my number is 919-585-6433. Thanks!

Shannon

A great design

I just wanted to share the cutest nursery with you. It's even more fabulous because all of the photography was done by me! LOL There really is nothing better then to walk into someones home and see the proudly displayed photographs we have taken. Photography is so much a part of your past, present and future. It IS family history.



There are a few blank frames in the room just waiting for the next photo shoot. We got started a little early on their photo shoot next week when I snapped a few shots of Rylee in her room. YAY!

Photos from our recent trip

I saw a few reflection shots online and was dying to find a cool spot. This beauty came my way as we were walking around DC.


One of my cuties! Blake is enjoying being outside after a couple hours in a museum.


Do you know what this flower is? It is so stinkin cool looking!


There is just something appealing about arches, dark and light that begs for a picture.