NEW BLOG!!!!

It's ready. It's finally ready. So, head on over and check it out (and yes, I know it's not 100% ready as I have someone special helping me out on a few technical things I have dreamed up).

http://www.carlabphotography.com/theblog

This also means it's time to update any bookmarks you may have to it. :)

Moving the blog

I'm in the process of moving the blog, and have a few minor things to "tweak" for it's grand debut! It's not that I'm ignoring this blog, but in a way I am to get the new and improved one ready. Bigger photos, easier to navigate, prettier design, and hopefully easier to keep up with (well, doubt that really, but I can hope!).

I got to go to a Tea Party!

This little girl shared her new tea set with me, and we had a great time until a spider crashed the party. If we both had not been quickly moving out of the way I would have had a great storyboard - "Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider and sat down beside her, scaring Miss Muffet away."


It was a harmless grass spider, but they do look rather large and alarming at first.

Quick proofing break...

to show you some images of Katie that I took during a recent playdate at the Gardens. When I mention to everyone that Katie does NOT like participating in a session, please remember THESE images. Thanks!

Laughing at me because she knew I did not want her in full sun (harsh shadows on the face)

Running from me when I tried to get her to go back to the shade.

Looking at the fish (but hey, it's one I like!)


Instant motion as soon as she turned around...*sigh*


She's either thinking "Take that photo and I'm putting this rock in my mouth" or "Take that photo and I'm throwing this rock at the camera."


OH a CUTE one...too bad she was running away, turned to look, and I wasn't fast enough for perfect focus.


Pretty smile, will work well for a "head shot" portrait for the Grandparents...unfortunately I wanted the full length for the wall.


This one, she didn't run away, she looked at me (though did not smile), and gave me the full length I wanted...knowing she had her sippy cup and I was NOT going to allow it to be in anything but her scrapbook.



Yes, these are the BEST ones I got of her.

Such beautiful children

...blue tongue and all!


Seriously, could these kids be any more beautiful?


What is even better is that they are truly more beautiful on the inside. They are the sweetest kids.

She reminds me of my favorite movie

Well one of my favorites...The Sound of Music. See, this little girl reminds me of Gretl sitting on the stairs singing the song "So Long, Farewell."



She also gives me some of the best silly faces ever!

BBWSOD

What's that? BlackBerry White Screen of Death, otherwise known as JVM Error 102 - Reset, which the kind technical support people told me means that basically there is nothing they can do except replace my cell phone. I will be getting it Tuesday morning, so until then, I will have to check voicemail remotely and log into my email to get those messages!

I am feeling quite lost right now, but have so many GORGEOUS images from the wedding I shot yesterday. Luckily the cell phone died after all my sessions and the wedding were done!

Out of office times

I am once again traveling out of state (sessions and a wedding). I will be looking at emails and such, but may be slow to respond. I am out until July 1st, then gone from July 3rd evening until July 8th. July 9th I should be back to normal/regular business hours.

I have sneak peeks and sessions ready to showcase! I'm so excited on many of these sessions. I have photography many beautiful families and siblings and children these last few weeks!

Thinking of Christmas already!

No, this is NOT a post about Christmas sessions and scheduling them soon. Rather, it's about a little online store that my family loves. As we live in "Pocket Protector" capital (well at least of Alabama), I thought I would share just in case any of you have a special "enginerd" on your list this year.

Think Geek

To be perfectly honest, my 9 year old stole the catalog as soon as it came the mail and I've not seen it since. ;)

Be on the lookout for some truly wonderful sessions that are previewed/sneak peeked/showcased here. I have so many favorites from recent sessions. Oh, if you really are thinking of Christmas sessions already, please let me know as I am starting to think of them as well!

When the computer tells me it is time for bed!

I hardly ever talk about my nights, but this was a lesson I truly need to share with you. See, I do my best intense computer work after the kids (namely the little Princess) is in bed. Tonight I was innocently enough editing photos on my computer (it has some pretty good RAM and processor speed in it) while having my email open as well. I also, in my infinite wisdom, had an internet browser (or two hundred) open as well. Photoshop, chose that one moment where I was mid-edit of a long edited photo to flash the ever so lovely sign "(not responding)" on the title bar.

My heart sank. My stomach dropped to the floor. I quickly switched to an internet window to see if I could ignore it and it would go away. It didn't.

CTRL-ALT-DEL brought up Task Manager, and as this seems to happen frequently in my life (I do have Vista) I have learned which processes are normal and which are not, which I can kill and which I can not. This time, oh this time, I clicked the "show all users" and got to even MORE! Yippee!!!

I ended this one and that one, and JOYFUL noise sounded (in my head) when I saw that Photoshop was once again working. Instead of quickly going and SAVING that long edited photo like any self-respecting computer tinkering person, what did I do? Oh I went and blithely ended other fun sounding processes. I clicked one, and I promise it sounded innocently enough. How was I to know it would completely kill my entire session and REBOOT my computer?

After my cry of dismay, my dear husband said to me "Perhaps the computer is telling you to go to bed."

Perhaps it was, but I really do need to get these edits done as I know tomorrow will be busy with making sure my little sweet Princess keeps toys out of the toilet, keeps itty bitty "big boy" toys out of her mouth, and doesn't unload the clean laundry baskets by putting those clothes in the trashcan. Yes, I really should get those important edits done tonight because I know I won't have much time tomorrow. I'm off to edit again, but this time, I think instead of my two thousand internet windows, I'll turn on some music instead. Something nice, uplifting, and not at all lullaby like. ;)