Well I’m back just a heads up. I’ll be checking all my emails. OMG you wouldn’t believe how many I have to answer. Please give me a day or two to plow through,I promise I will get back to everyone. It was a nice break, not nearly long enough I think it was too close to the holiday. I might try two months next year. One month to unwind take a creative break and another to work on some of the things I have been inspired to try but haven’t had the time to explore. Still it was nice but I am feeling anxious to get back into the swing of things.
One of the things I have wanted to explore is perfecting a high key on location "Gap" studio type of images like this one. Nadia was a willing model.
News, well I am going to running a contest in March something to do with Seniors so be looking for that. If you had a session in the last year, I’m going to be running a print special because I will no longer be using my old system of ordering and some of the former price structure will be changing. Starting now clients will be doing all the ordering directly, simply from an online cart. The orders will be shipped directly to your home or any address. It’s a great system for relatives who do not live close by. Anyone you wish can have access to your gallery and they simply order on line and the portraits are on the way directly to them. You can order a gift card for family to redeem too, great for last min gifts, holidays etc…
Nadia and I had a lot of fun during my break, shopping in the after Christmas Sales. She adores Hollister (all she wanted for Christmas was clothes from Hollister and a cell phone) and they had some great sales. Last night it was so funny I took Nadia and one of her friends there and they kept sniffing their new clothes that Hollister scent…. I don’t know what they put on the clothes, it doesn’t seem the same as their perfumes but oh it smells good! As Chris said that store isn’t a store it’s an experience… LOL!
Nadia begged me to do a shoot of her in her new Hollisters, but it was too cold. We only lasted a few mins and the poor girl her hands turned purple! I promised we would try again soon but the weather doesn’t look promising it is freezing this week!
It’s so weird how much she has changed in just a few short years. We’ve been spending a lot of time discussing things about growing up and well I think I worry worse about them then their father. It’s the teen years that they can really fall into some decisions that will affect them for the rest of their lives and I’m not just talking about dating boundaries. Now is the time that they have to decide what they believe and where they are headed and as parents we can’t keep them from some of the pain we experienced just because “we say so”.
As far as dating for now Nadia has a bunch of “admirers”, but thankfully she isn’t interested in dating yet. Isaac feels the same so I’m grateful that they haven’t fallen into the have to have a boyfriend/girlfriend thing. The kids do ask us about dating when they can etc… but we are trying to help them come to their own convictions about it before they become really interested and haven’t set down any hard and fast rules yet. We’ve been reading different books on dating, growing up etc.. and hope they can help them decide on good boundaries themselves because convictions that you believe in personally are a lot easier to keep. It’s so true that quote “Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” Elizabeth stone
Speaking of which my brother sent me a video of my nephew who is a pro motorcross rider and oh I don’t know how his heart can stand it!!! Take a look at the video I don’t follow motocross any more (my father and brothers all raced at one time. ) so oh some of it ouch hard to watch but looking at it brings back so many memories for me…. It was a lot of fun much better then football or hockey(burr!!!) I’ll embed the video but it’s low resolution if you want to view at a much better quality check here http://www.roadanddirt.com/videos/07_WNO_SR.mov
Some of his accomplishments 6 time qualifier Loretta Lynn’s, 3 Top 5 Branson Nationals, 2 time Indiana state Champion, Over 120 race wins in 7 different states, AMA District 15 champion, US Open qualifier.
He's number 89 Daniel (and yes we are both named for my father) Nadia thinks it's so cool that he is sponsored by Monster Energy(a favorite).
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