Calling All Cuties!

IT'S TIME FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL CASTING CALL EVENT!

On February 20 and 21, ID & Company and Inspirations Photography will once again be holding the Casting Call event to find 13 new faces to put on the walls at ID & Company for the coming year! We are looking for boys and girls, ages 1 - 13 years. For more information, check out my web site! Spaces fill up quickly, so make sure to call right away if you are interested in signing your child(ren) up!

An Exciting Month

Well, this past week I went to Phoenix, Arizona to attend Imaging USA (the annual Professional Photographers of America convention). Two of my prints in the Loan Collection were on display along with many other amazing images by gifted photographers around the world. It's always so inspiring to see such beautiful work! There is also a HUGE trade show where we photographers can keep up with the trends in the business and check out new products to offer our clients. Fun stuff! My husband and I had the opportunity to head up to Sedona where I was able to capture some images of the landscape there--amazing color!

The main reason I went to the convention this year is because I received my Master of Photography degree from PPA! Through education and competition, I have been working toward this degree for the past 4 years. It was a lot of hard work and tough love, but well worth the effort! I wanted to share the good news with all my clients, and below are some images from the awards night as well as some Sedona pics. =)

I hope everyone's year is starting out bright and I wish you lots of warm fuzzies during these cold months ahead. Hopefully, I will get to touch base with each of you this year.

My husband, Brent, and me after the Awards Ceremony. He is my biggest supporter and an amazing husband! I love you, babe!

Jim Churchill and me; he was my sponsor and is a gifted photographer from an area north of Muskegon.

My print "Ashes to Ashes" on display at the Kodak Gallery Elite Awards event. It was one of around 60 images from across the United States to receive the Kodak Gallery Award last year.

Dakota!

Well, I had a great session on Saturday with Dakota! I love his edgy style and we had fun (albeit we were COLD) shooting on Saturday in those giant snowflakes that were falling from the sky! I also got my dog fix with his beautiful Dalmation. Here are a few of my faves...can't wait for you to see them all, Dakota! Enjoy =)

Sweet Little Makayla

Well, I don't know about you, but I've been crazy busy getting ready for the holidays. So many orders to finish in time for Christmas! I had to post these from last night because she's so adorable, but I'm keeping it short and sweet. She's only 3 months old, and we wore her out, poor thing (as you can see in the last pic). She slept on her way here from Kzoo, and was asleep before she left again. Hope mom and dad got to sleep last night, too, and that they made it home safely in that freezing rain.

An Honor for "Heads"

This is pretty cool. I received a call from PPA today. My image "Heads are Gonna Roll" was apparently part of the travelling Loan Collection that was recently in China. There were 100 prints in this collection, and a magazine over there named Chinese National Reader Magazine chose 4 prints to put in an article about PPA. Mine was one of the 4. I just thought that was cool and I'm very honored! Wanted to share this little tidbit with you =)

Weekend Shots

I've been MIA once again on my Blog. It's hard to keep up this time of year!! So many awesome sessions, it's hard to get them all on here. Soooo, here are just a few shots from this weekend that I did. We had great weather and we took advantage of it!

Congrats to Jenny, Homecoming Queen for Caledonia! (She's the first image below.) Followed by Tristan and his Mom and Dad. Tristan is only 9 months old--how cute is he???!! That boy loves balloons...=)

Sweet!!

PPA launched its updated website yesterday. As I was browsing around, I located my "Heads are Gonna Roll" image on display on the website! Since it's a new site, I don't know how often they will change images (or IF they will), but I am honored as they have many, many, MANY images from which to choose.

If you want to see it, click on the link below. You should see a small "01" and "02" beneath and to the left of the thumbnail images on this page. Click on the "02" and look through the thumbnails for my image--click to enlarge.

http://www.ppa.com/galleries/5/Images-on-ppacom.php