I just wanted to let you know that I’ll be away from June 30-July 20 and
will not be able to answer any business emails during that time.

I do have all current print orders ready for those who have submitted them
in the few weeks; please contact me before June 25 to arrange for pick up
or delivery.

To those who have not made their print selections, I will gladly address
your orders when I am back in the office after July 20th

Thank you for your business so far this year. It’s been so great to work
with you and I look forward to continuing our relationship after my
holidays.

AND I look forward to taking lots and lots of photos while on vacation.

Here’s a cutie from a recent Baptism Portrait session. Isn’t he the sweetest? You might remember this little guy from an .

What a glorious day to celebrate fathers! Big blue sky, idyllic puffy white clouds, and a daughter who, for once, was patient!

I have to give a big shout out to my husband, whom might be the best father in modern times. This is a man who is confident enough with his masculinity to play Barbies and princess dress-up. A man who takes the time to make “cakes” with our daughter while she plays in the sandbox or tub. A man who treats his wife with love and respect as an example of how all women should be treated by any of her partners in life. Without my husband and his commitment to being such a hands-on Daddy, I would never be able to have a photography business. I’d never be able to spend hours with other families taking their photographs, or spend hours on the computer to process those photos. Without him, I wouldn’t have gotten into photography in the first place, and without him, I’d cease to be inspired by his love every.single.day.

Our daughter has told me she’d like to marry Daddy when she grows up. I’m so proud of my husband for being the kind of man that she can imagine her future prince in him. I deeply deeply wish that she has the luck to find someone like I have, and to know exactly how great her Daddy really is.
In this image, I can TOTALLY see the resemblance….the nose, the jaw line, the raised eyebrow expression. I have a beautiful daughter because I have a handsome husband (who needs a shave LOL)

And a toast to my own father! It’s been nearly 3 years since he passed suddenly in his sleep, but not a day goes by I don’t think of him. I can’t even possibly fathom what it must be like for my Mom to not have her husband wake up beside her every day, and so I acknowledge her on Father’s Day, as well. In fact, I think I’ll go call her right now.

Digital Heirlooms Photography has joined Twitter! Watch for alerts to new postings on my blogs, photo tips, & other Digital Heirlooms stuff.

Follow me by visiting http://www.twitter.com/DigitalHeirloom.

I’m new to Twitter, and am still figuring out how I’ll use it to benefit my clients. But I hope to reach out to you with fun and interesting tweets every once in a while. I promise not to inundate you with messages.

And since every post is better with a photo…here’s one from a birth I photographed last summer.

Say it ain’t so! But it’s true. My internet router at home has fried and that means I can’t submit print orders to my lab. So if you’re hoping for your prints this week, looks like it might be early next week before I can get them in.

I’m so sorry for the delay…how did we ever get by without the internet?

If you’re ever wondering what’s taking me so long to post your session galleries or sneak peeks, THIS GIRL is usually the reason. I do have a full time job as well as my photography business, but most important to me above anything else is my husband and daughter. It’s been busy lately with dance recitals (she was a cowgirl), swimming lessons, playing princesses, and planning her birthday.

So thank you to those whom are patiently waiting to see their session. I am working on your files, and hope to post them very soon. Having families of your own, I know you’ll understand.

Four years. It’s been four years since this darling girl came into my life and changed it forever. And she’s taught me more about myself in those for years than I’d learned my whole life before her.

Tomorrow is her birthday.

She is why I take photos. She started it all. Look at her…the camera loves her!

I’ve really been enjoying putting together some album designs lately.  I know that sometimes clients have a hard time choosing which images to print because, let’s face it, there’s only so much space to put up framed photos!

Custom albums or hardbound coffee table books are a great solution.  They look gorgeous, and can tell a better story than any solitary print.  I’m putting together a few different samples to make it easier to order.  You’ll see them as I add them to my main website  galleries.  So far, I have two different albums posted, and more to come.  I’d love to know what you think!

Here’s a sample of the Zoe Album.  These are single 12×12 pages.

And here is a sample from the Vivian Album.  These are show in double layouts, so as if you’re looking at an open book.