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I can HARDLY believe it’s time for to start gearing up for school again!
and since we all know how quickly time flies by, i’m offering a Back To School special for Senior Portrait Sessions!!!!
if you or anyone you know needs to have senior portraits done this year, let them know they are now at a...

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i’m halfway through the travel for the month
i’m exhausted
and ready to drive my own car. and sleep in my own bed. and use my own shower. and visit my own church
i joked once before that “sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name….. like the airport”
the ground crew in Amarillo is very familiar...

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long story short:
i will be out of town until Friday July 23rd.
i will have ZERO access to my phone. text. email. internet.
i will be volunteering at Camp Alphie, located in Ceta Canyon. and i’ve been told that once you drive into the Canyon, my wireless and virtual “world” will cease to exist.
at first, this...

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very very VERY excited to share today’s news with you!
after shooting Peyton and Ashley’s Wedding in Houston, TX a couple of months ago, i came home and mulled over thousands of images. They had a beautiful and elegant wedding nestled in a quiet little chapel in the woods!
it made me fall in love with Houston....

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well, as most of you know, i have been keeping a running count of all who commented last month
and the day has come where i select a winner from all who commented
what am i giving away????
a $50 gift card to Sensei Med Spa here in Amarillo
the spa is my most favorite place to be
so i...

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when i first went “full time” with my business, i set goals for myself.
whether it was a goal to purchase new equipment. or to shoot new things. or… travel new places for work…
there was ALWAYS a goal… or two.
this year, i have compiled my list of goals. and one of them was to be “published”
i’m...

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i like to say that i know several languages. i can speak english, spanish, slow and choppy Italian, butchered variations of Portugese and slowly form words with my hands using Sign Language.
but i’d also like to add that i’m fluent in Photoshop.
Now… this post will be disturbing to some – annoying to a few –...

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alright… i have a poll for all of you. because i watch my blog stats jump and bottom out and jump again
i can see what you’re looking at
how long you’re looking
who sent you here
what words you used to find me in google
how many of you subscribe
etc. etc. etc.
********* creeper!!! *******
and several of you email me...

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Happy Monday!!!!
this has been the longest weekend ever.
we have been snowed in with about a foot of snow for the last few days.
I don’t know about you… but snow is HIGHLY overrated.
I’m ready for spring.
for nice weather
leaves on trees
sidewalk chalkin’
bike ridin’
you know… spring!!!!
I’m also ready to start booking spring sessions before i kick off...

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well, well, well…
2009 has come to a close
it has been an AMAZING journey this year
the beginning of 2009 is COMPLETELY different from what it is now
every year, i total up the sessions from the year.
here is the tally for this year’s sessions:
16 maternity sessions, 17 babies, 43 children, 52 families
18 weddings, 31 engagements, 7 bridal...

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