A really fun headshot session

I know, I know...I always "see" resemblances to celebrities when I photograph headshots but I can't help it! This girl, who recently won a big acting award in her school's UIL contest, came in to get acting headshots done as well as some modeling images for her zed cards. I aged myself when I told her she really reminded me of the 80's supermodel Claudia Schiffer...and she had no clue who that was! I'm dating myself with these 80's references. Or too much VH1 where are they now shows ha ha!

Anyway, this girl has legs that go on forever and I'm so jealous of her height and model body! I predict she will do well and wish her all the best as she selects her college to further her journey as an actor.

A Little Tulip Trivia

1636, the Netherlands. The tulip craze struck the Dutch and the price of tulips soared to astronomical prices. Before long, just about everyone was trying to "get in on the action" by buying tulips in the expectation of profiting from the quickly rising prices. Although this market was short lived, it remains a great example of how the market can sometimes behave in irrational ways.

In 1636, the Netherlands was experiencing a period of relative prosperity after having just overcome a depression. This prosperity encouraged spending and one of the things that people started spending money on was tulip bulbs. After years of doing without, people wanted to beautify their homes and property with flowers that grew well in their area. As more and more people had more and more money to spend, the demand for tulip bulbs outgrew the supply. Before long, the price for an average tulip bulb was growing by as much as 100% per week.

At this point, the craze began feeding on itself. The quickly rising prices encouraged many people from all walks of life to try their hand at speculation. Since these people had a good expectation that the price of tulips would be significantly higher a week or two after they bought some bulbs, they stood to make a significant profit. Many did make enormous profits off of this craze which encouraged others to try their hand it at. Before long, people were quitting their jobs to become tulip "day traders." They made money not by buying tulips at wholesale prices from a supplier and reselling them to customers at retail prices, but by buying a supply of tulips and waiting for the price to rise before reselling. By January of 1637, some rare tulip bulbs were fetching prices equivalent to over $100,000 in today's dollars.

Sounds like real estate prices in some parts of the country today! And to think I only paid a couple of bucks for the beautiful tulips posted here...

Baby E

I met this lovely Keller family last summer and today got to meet their new little girl, "E." She is a beautiful baby and had enough hair already to be sporting bows! She only got Mom wet today, its usually Dad that gets it but she got it out of her system early on, lucky Dad! I also got to photograph her with her grandparents (love when the grandparents jump in for pictures too!). Her older sister "K" did awesome with the kissing shot, that's much harder than you can imagine for 2 year olds to get. I'm almost finished editing the gallery (I had my Wheaties today ha ha) so Mom and Dad can start looking at this sneak peek while I finish up.

A Grandma Moment

I can't help myself here...have a cute photo of Gigi to share. We had the best day yesterday with her and she was in the mood for photos so I grabbed the opportunity! And I'm proud to say...she took her first steps with us yesterday! And then showed Mom and Dad later by doing it a few more times. She's a late walker and getting quite heavy so this is awesome as Grandma and Pops are getting too old for all that carrying around!

Casey

Walk With An Old Dog

Because you will not be forever,
Hope against time though I may,
I paint your picture in my memory,
Eyes blue with age, muzzle gone gray.

Because you walked with me in Springtime,
Puppy-clumsy, running free.
As you grew, we grew together-
You became a part of me.

Because you shared with me my sorrows,
Not understanding- simply there.
Often spurring me to laughter--
My friend, you know how much I care.
Because the years have slowed your fleetness,
Though your spirit still is strong.

I promise I will take more time now,
So that you can go along.
Because you do not fear the future,
Living only in the now,

I draw strength from your example-
Yet time keeps slipping by somehow.
Because the day will soon be coming
When I will no longer see

You rise to greet me-but in memory
You will always walk with me.

~by Gayl Jokiel~

My hair had a party last night

I had never heard that expression before till my sister commented on Gigi's hair one day. We are definitely at the wispy stage! I don't do bows (and neither do Mom and Dad) but I love to slap a hat on her...she just loves that...not!

This is just a quick grab shot one day when I was babysitting...Grandma is worn out when she leaves! I love having her, and she gets more fun every day but I remember now why we have our kids when we're younger! We will be taking her for a mini vacation in May or June so we'll see how that goes! She is 15 months old now and starting to feel her oats and let's you know when you have not gone along with her plan...like let me throw the food at the restaurant or hide Pop's keys...aah, the joys of toddlers!

Wee Blessings

This family is the daughter of a dear friend of ours. If it wasn't for him, my studio would still be half done. He knows how to do everything (including lighting a fire under my husband he he)...so he of course gets a lifetime of photography services from me as a big Thank You! Ok, enough about that....J, the mom here, we just love...she has the bubbliest personality and is just a joy to be around. So I couldn't wait to meet her new family and her baby son is just precious. Love his chubby little cheeks and beautiful eyes. Mom and Dad couldn't be more in love with him. Ok, having said all that...I ended up using the hands shot - trust me on the chubby cheeks/eyes thing!