Little Anna Turns One

I have had the pleasure to photograph little Anna as a newborn, when she was 8 months old, and again today for her one-year photos.  She is such a little sweetie!  She has this way of laughing- it's sort of a snicker, really- that totally cracks me up!  We went to Mt Airy Forest and typically I like to shoot around the Arboretum area of the park.  For some reason, though, the road was blocked off and we couldn't go back there!  After a moment of "Okay, now what?" I remembered the really cool building at the beginning of the Frisbee golf course, and we headed that way.  And the change of routine really paid off- it turned out to be a really great place to shoot and I definitely plan to go back there for future sessions! 

10.20.30's and Then Some.

I've been rethinking the whole "10.20.30. Photo Shoot Event" format (check out the details of what I am talking about here).
It seemed like a decent idea, and I got lots of positive feedback, but no one is signing up and I am beginning to get bored with it.  I tend to do that, get bored with things, very easily.  Especially when it's not really going anywhere.  I don't want to completely toss out the idea- I mean, people have told me they plan to sign up in the future, not to mention the free shoot I owe to the contest winner who came up with the name for me!  Plus, I still think it is a good idea... I am just not famous for my patience and, well, this "event" thing has got me antsy.
So I have been thinking...
Thinking about restructuring the format of the 10.20.30's.  But then they would really no longer be able to be called 10.20.30...
Or I could advertise like crazy for the next one.  I just don't want to get obnoxious with it... I prefer word of mouth.  Word of mouth has been good to me so far!
Oh, what to do...
Oh, the joys of working for myself :)

In other news, I had a lot of fun photographing my children the other day at Mt Airy Arboretum.  It was just me and the tots hanging out by the lake.  Next time I will bring someone else with me.  It didn't cross my mind until I was actually there and taking pictures of my 1 year old son, how difficult it would be to also look after my 3 year old daughter who was so keen to go "fishing" in the lake.  Luckily, no harm befell anyone, and we all went home dry. Well, at least lake-dry... we were all drenched in sweat!  If you are my friend on Facebook, you've probably seen these already, but here they are again- just because those kids are so darn cute!