Everything is moving...

I should have a "real" logo within a few days - I'm so excited! This designer is really great, I wanted something simple that really resonates with "silver tide". I'm excited to see the final product - we're on the right path!

That said, pretty much everything now is moving over to the new blog - http://silvertidephotography.blogspot.com - I'm not sure if anyone is following that one just because I haven't set up 'followers' ... but Sierra's cake smash photos and a couple other new photoshoots have gone up there recently.

I've also set up an actual gallery - http://silvertidephotography.smugmug.com - I hope to have a webpage up within 3 months - that's the new goal! I have my first paid PB (portfolio building) shoot coming up hopefully this weekend. My mothers coworker has a family of five and wants some beach family portraits. Should be interesting - beach + 3 kids 7 and under (the smallest is 2! eek)... it'll be a good experience, anyhow. I'm looking forward to it! Things are moving along and I'm in love with my new camera after a slight glitch - I bought the 40D (canon) and it showed up with focus issues, so within a week I had to mail off my new baby to Canon's repair center, and it was gone for 2 agonizing weeks (it's weird, not having your camera and realizing how attached you are to it - not sure if that's a good or bad thing hah!), and came back fixed and ready for action!

I hope everyone is doing well, and did want to thank you for following this blog. It'll probably become my everyday/normal blog now vs photo sessions... I need a personal one anyway!

Ok!

So I've been working 'behind the scenes' (so to speak) on a business blog. I've decided on a name (this is a big deal, I'm sooo wishy washy :) ) and have been working on the blog for about 2 weeks, pricing, layout, header... I'm still waaay behind on my HTML skills, I used to rock it back in... oh, 1997? LOL. Been a while :P

Anyway, wanted to share... what do you think?

Silver Tide Photography! http://silvertidephotography.blogspot.com ...

Storyboards...

Taught myself how to make Storyboards today!! Woohooo!!

Owen...

My first newborn photoshoot! My friends had this lovely little boy just 5 days ago and were willing to let me learn with him. He was a DREAM. He slept almost the entire time and was pretttyy acceptable of posing. He didn't go to the bathroom on any of my stuff either - A+!

Sierra in a tutu...

I had so much fun doing this photoshoot, this is the epitome of 'girl' for me - flowers, tutu, bows... haha, my husband was mortified, I'm sure! A very nice woman who owns an etsy shop (alittlesunshine.etsy.com ) offered to send us a few things if I'd take some photos. I was thrilled, I love her little onesies and tutus! Here are the fruits of our labor, probably my favorite pics yet:

A wedding...

My very best friends parents finally tied the knot this past weekend and I offered/asked if I could come take photos for them - it was a small, 9 person gathering on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. I wanted to share a few of my favorites - weddings are hard! Major kudos to all wedding photographers out there, though I had little to no real pressure or stress with this one - I can't imagine how tough it must be to hold someones 'day' and a big part of the visual memory of it in my hands!

Just a few...

Working on exposure on a raaiiny yucky day :)