Wednesday, February 24, 2010

I found out tonight that I have a follower! You have no idea how excited I am by that! It's been a fabulous week! I know what you are thinking, fabulous? how can anyone have a fabulous week in the midwest this time of year with the weather we have had lately? Well, let me tell you.......We have photographed so many fun people this week, we've caught up with old friends, learned so much, worked on our web-site, started a small remodel project at the studio, "Fun with Bunnies and Chicks" is set and ready to go, and we've even made new animal friends(by the way I speak dog according to this mornings appointment), and it's only Wednesday. Now, I know that my last sentence ran on and on, but the great thing about my blog is that it's my blog and if I want to run on and on I can. I learned that from my journaling mentor and friend, Jean. So just enjoy my quirkiness! LOL Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!

LoJ

Saturday, February 20, 2010

What a very busy and great couple of days! Great people, great sessions, great orders, great parties, great friends, great shopping......

The suprise party was almost a suprise, but a wonderful party none the less. It was nice spending time with famiy and friends. The party was for my twin brothers' 40th birthdays. Sessions, wedding appointmnts and shopping today and then we hosted 13 of Brandons basketball teammates for a movie night, which seemed to be a huge success. The boys were awesome!

I'm studying and learning something new every day! I'm excited for our upcoming week. We get to see a lot of good friends this week and we look forward to photographing them. We're also working on plans for an open house. I'll let you know the details as soon as they are finalized.

Keep watching for the new web-site design.

LoJ

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

I'm still new to this blogging thing and it has not become a habit yet, but I dreamt that I was blogging, does that count? I was thinking about all the amazing things that have transpired over the last few weeks.

First of all, we really do have the best clients. We sincerely get the "cream of the crop". Thanks to the Hanke Family for purchasing out Gift Certificate at the Hoffman Auction. It's always a pleasure to work with you!

Our e-newsletter went out last week thanks to a lot of work by Karen and we've had an amazing response. The buzz right now is "Fun with Bunnies and Ducks" coming up March 18, 19 and 20. Appointments are filling up fast. We also set our dates for our kids specials for the rest of 2010. Vintage Baseball, Mommy and Me, Daddy and me, Grandmas Attic, A Day at the Park, Summertime Picnic, Fall Fun and Holiday! I absolutely love our specials this year! It's a great line up!

I have had so much fun shooting in the past couple of weeks. I've had the best seniors, and who says you can't find great places to photograph outside in the winter? It helps to have a great subjects who play along with my ideas. The awesome kids we've had in here equal some AMAZING images. We've shot images for a CD cover, and had models in here that have been incredible. We're busy with winter sports and looking forward to a year of all new "stuff". When I'm not shooting, we are doing some modifications to the studio and studying.

I'm most excited about the re-design of the web-site. I check every morning to see if the new pages is up (ok, truth is I probably check 8-10 times a day). Can you tell I'm anxious? I will have all the information updated as soon as we are live with the new design.

Happy Birthday wishes go out to my brothers, Don and Doug who are turning 40 this week, and my BFF Sharon who is going to be 29. I love celebrating birthdays (as long as they are not mine). We are also hosting Brandon's Basketball team for a movie and pizza on Saturday.

Hello to anyone out there reading this and checking up on me. Post a comment so I know that you have vistied.

Have a great evening!

LoJ

Thursday, February 11, 2010

WOW! That's about all I have to say about this afternoon. My senior/model was just incredible and it turned out to be a great afternoon to do some really creative outdoor images. I can't wait to post some for you to see. LoJ
So..... blogging is new for me, but I'm up for the challenge. It's an exciting time for us, we are publishing our first E-Newsletter and our re-designed web-site should be up and running this week.

Visit our web-site traditionsportraitdesign.com and send us a message via the "contact us" page if you would like to subscribe to the newsletter.

We celebrated 5 years on January 1st, 2010. Seriously? It really is amazing how time flies.

New for 2010 is "Clique" and "Studio T" Stay tuned for more information.

You can also follow us on Facebook.

I'm off now to photograph an amazing senior!

LoJ