Meet My Senior Reps!
Posted on July 26, 2010
Can you belive it? It’s almost August! You’re Tan, Your summer skinny is on, your hair has perfectly placed sunkissed highlights, and your skin is all dewy…ITS TIME! Time to book your senior portrait sessions now!!!! August sessions are booking up REALLY fast so make your appointment ASAP! If you know either Abby at Mt. View, or Chase at Redmond get ahold of them to save you some money off of your session!!!!! Questions? Shoot me an Email or a Text!!!
LOVE IS IN THE AIR! And it’s all about the little things :)
Posted on July 24, 2010
So a Couple weeks ago I got a phone call from a woman who wanted some pictures of her and her husband for their 50 year wedding anniversary. I didn’t know this couple, or how they knew me. I figured it was gonna be similar to an engagement session but didn’t know exactly what they had in mind. I met Jo and Lanny at the studio to begin with where she came loaded with ideas, and a picture from 50 years ago that she wanted to re create, and I think we did a dang good job of it! Talking to Jo, she told me that 50 years ago when they got married, they did not have a wedding photographer. All she has from her wedding day, is one picture of her and Lanny that her mom took. She was so excited to be getting professional pictures taken of the two of them after all these years! I love their story! Like I said, I don’t know them that well, but they seemed Madly in Love still after 50 years, you just don’t hear of that very much anymore! Congratulations you two! Lanny was the postmaster for a lot of years here in Redmond, so you may know him from the post office. I’m excited for you to get all your family together in one place to celebrate! I hope you enjoy the slideshow I made for you!
PS:If you recognize the car in the photos, Ron Walker here in Redmond was gracious enough to let us borrow it for the shoot, Thanks Ron!!!!
A lesson in Being Rude….
Posted on July 2, 2010
Stabbed in the Back, Lied to, Abused, Mistreated, Let down, Broken, Discouraged, Pissed off, Angry, Hurt, Sad, Humiliated……..Just some of the Emotions I’ve felt in the last week or so… Normally I’m not a big “lets talk about our feelings” type girl…BUT COME ON, there is only so much a girl can take. Also, I’m usually a pretty fun and positive person!
I’ve had Several things happen to me recently that really made me feel most of those words…..Most of them revolve around rudeness, just in general. It’s amazing to me how people can be SO rude, to someone who is being SO nice to them. I see this ALL THE TIME at the coffee hut (If you don’t know, I work at my moms Coffee hut also) Today a woman got raging pissed over her failure to look at my menu to see that a white chocolate mocha is .25 more then a regular Mocha…..She FREAKED OUT ON ME over a quarter. A FREAKING QUARTER!!!!!
Once I had a man get so upset over his expensive coffee that after yelling all sorts of bad words and names at me, he pulled up, opened his door and threw all his garbage from his truck out on the driveway in front of 5 other cars…YEP PLAIN OL RUDE!!!
I recently had an image I took critiqued by someone claiming to teach me something…..He Made fun of my image, it was plain ol Rude, I learned nothing from the critique, I can learn from my mistakes, I can even laugh at myself, but not when someone is putting you down and laughing at you, especially when they are supposed to be helping you (and I paid for this???) TOTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL IN EVERY WAY!
I have Several friends, friends that LOVE my work, and really value my work, friends that show off the pictures that I took to all their friends and family, in turn creating more business for me, friends that truly love me, believe in me and support me. I”m not gonna go in depth on this aspect because I really value those people.
I”m not a big Bible “quoter” However there is a Bible verse that people think about all the time that really gets overlooked in the world, Luke 6:31 “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” This is serious people! Treat your friends, family, co-workers, baristas, guy making your hamburger, guy mowing the grass at the park, people on the phone…EVEYRONE the same way you want someone to treat you when you come into contact with them. No matter where it is or who it is….. You affect other peoples lives, so a SINCERE smile and a GENUINE ”have a nice day” goes SO far with most people!
OH YEAH AND FYI if you are a big enough person to admit that you were TOTALLY rude to someone, you may think about going back and apologizing to them, I have had people do this before and it REALLY truly does make a difference to that person, and it speaks volume over the kind of person you are! We all have bad day, bad experiences, headaches, crazy children that drive us over the edge, but if those things have caused you to be rude to someone a small “I’m sorry about that time….” Will make you both feel better!!
Be nice tomorrow……