Last weekend, I had my last client portrait session before going on my photography maternity leave. Interestingly enough, it was a “newborn” session…or rather a six-week old session. Meet Mack!Mack is my friend Pam’s second son. You may remember his older brother, Judah – I was just at his 2nd birthday in November…just weeks before I found out I was expecting. Unfortunately, I did not shoot Judah’s newborn photos. I think I was just getting into photography when he was born. However, based on what Pam tells me…little Mack looks almost identical...

Thank you to all of you who shared a bit of your story with Amber, Sarah, and I by linking up your Top 5 photos from the 2nd Quarter.  Now for the winner of A spot in an Online Workshop for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements from Mom Tried It ($75 value).#61 – Tracy of The Journey Congratulations Tracy!  Please, send me your email address, so I can pass it along to Kim and you can claim your prize ashley.sisk{at}gmail{dot}com.To find out who won a Capture Life Necklace from Cinnamon Sticks ($40 value), click over to Click.Pray.Love and visit Amber. To find out who won Three 24 X 32...

Welcome to Tutorial Tuesday! Sarah of Naptime Momtog and I will be bringing you a new challenge every week, to stretch your shooting and editing skills. This week, Sarah is sharing Fireworks Photography Tips…just in time for the 4th of July. So get your cameras out and take some photos. Even better, we’re leaving this week’s linky open until July 10th so you all have plenty of time to get those fireworks shots. If you already took some last year, you can share some of those too. Personally, I’ve never mastered the fine art of photographing fireworks. However, each...

Geesh – I gotta get my act together! I let another week go by without going through your responses to my blog maternity leave request…ya know, about Scavenger Hunt Sunday. Seriously…this week, I promise to do something about that. I’ve got one more week of work (Friday is my last day) and then I’m going to focus on really preparing for our little girl to arrive…which of course includes tying up loose blog ends (and there are a few).  On another note, I continue to get more and more uncomfortable. While I’m looking forward to my last shower (in my...