I know it’s been a week since I last wrote you all a note on my little blog here and I’m so sorry in my delay in posting! I’ve just been so incredibly busy the past week. Ryan has started doing flooring on the side again, and I’ve been going with him to help. I …
The Journal
Thoughts from the Weekend…
This past weekend was fun. Ryan and I had a bunch of our friends over to hang out… kind of a post- St. Patrick’s Day party. As I was sitting there with friends, sharing food and conversation, I started thinking about how incredibly blessed I am. I haven’t always had the best of luck in …
The Meaning of Life… Tamara’s Thoughts
As many of you already know I’m a thinker. I’m the kind of girl who will lie in bed at night and end up staring at the ceiling for hours unable to fall asleep because I can’t get my thoughts to slow down and subside. I’ve been thinking a lot lately…about the website I’m working …
Finish Each Day…
Today is one of those days. You know… the one where you want to just stay in bed. You’re inexplicably tired and in all honesty have zero motivation to accomplish your long to-do list. That’s how I’m feeling today. And yet here I am. Talking to you. Writing this blog post. So I suppose I …
Unleashing the Creativity…
Sometimes I just have this insatiable need to create something. Oftentimes it’s through my pictures, but sometimes I find other outlets to unleash this creativity. Recently I’ve been on a sewing and jewelry-making kick. So I’ve got this nice little assortment of projects and project parts going. One day I spent an entire afternoon making …
The Photography Industry and a Lunch Date
You know, it’s funny what extremes you can find in this industry, and I’m not talking about styles or skills – although that’s true as well. I’m talking about the people themselves. It seems to me there are two types of photographers. There are photographers who’ve been in the industry for a while and are …
Authenticity…
Authenticity and Authentic are words that I hear often, but do you know what authentic really means? The dictionary defines authentic as “undisputed origin or authorship; genuine; accurate in representation of the facts; trustworthy; reliable.” Hmmm….that seems a little blah to me. When I think of authentic I think of so much more. And then the other day I found this quote and it summed it …
Baby Everett’s Newborns | Decatur, IL | Newborn Photography
I was so excited last week because I was going to get to meet little baby Everett! I took maternity pictures of the little man’s mom and dad a month ago, and couldn’t have been happier to take his first professional pictures. Everyone knew Tiffany was going to have a big boy… She was all …
Business Book Review: Photography Web Marketing Guide by: Zach Prez
There is this awesome website called Design A Glow, that has all these awesome design ideas for photographers. It’s truly a wonderful website. Last week I received an email from Zach Prez who does some work for their site. Long story short – I found out about his awesome new ebook and offered to review …
Greenville College Senior Boys Basketball Senior Night | Greenville, IL | Sports Photography
This year is my brother, Joel’s, senior year of college, and his last year playing basketball for Greenville College. You may remember me taking pictures of the senior boys a month or so ago for the fatheads they had made as their senior gift. Well Ryan and I headed to Greenville last week on Monday …