A brand new blog

Well as many of you know I have recently started taking pictures for other people. I absolutely love doing it and I wish that I could do it full time. But for the time being, I take any chance that I have been given to practice. I have been thinking about doing this for a while now and finally have taken the time to do it. I have created a blog just for my photography "business". I hope that you will take the time to visit! www.marandasummersphotography.blogspot.com

A Model Search?

Well, I know that every mom thinks their child is the cutest kid in the world but I guess I went a little far with the idea. Just outside of Sears at West Town there is a table set up that said, "So you think your child is cute?", it really grabbed my attention. Of course I think my child is cute. Everyone tells me all the time that he is cute and I know I am not at all partial (just kidding) Anyway, I thought I would fill out the little entry form and just see how it went. They called me Monday to set up a full model shoot with our little man. The photographer's name was Victoria and she told me to bring 3 outfits. A casual, a dressy and an outfit that really showed off his personality. I had just taken his pictures in his overalls the night before I got the call but I couldn't resist I had to do it again. She also said to bring some props so we brought lots of farm animals and a couple of tractors and his cowboy hat. Brody did pretty good for an 18 month old. He didn't really want to sit where and when we wanted but she got some really good shots anyway. Who knows if the judges will think he is a "winner" but it was a fun experience anyway. Now I don't want you all to think I am conceited or anything, I just thought I would try something a little different. And yes I do think my child is pretty darn cute!!!

Picture, Picture

I have been taking so many pictures lately. I really love it so much that I don't even realize how many I have taken until it is time to load them to my computer. I would post more often but it takes my computer so long to upload them that I really get discouraged. Anyway, I started last week with pictures of Avary. On Monday I took the ones outside that I posted earlier. On Thursday, Brody and I went to Amanda's parents house on the lake to take some more of Avary. I really wanted to get some outside by the lake but Avary had other plans. We did get one that turned out really good though. Then we moved inside and Amanda changed Avary's clothes and got her calmed down. Then I took pictures with her first birthday cake. They turned out so good.I had to get mom to meet us there to watch Brody while I was "working" - Thank you mom you are the best! Amanda posted a few of her favorites on her blog so check it out.

I have been wanting Adam to weed-eat around one of the buildings on our farm for a couple of days. He mowed today so after he cleaned up around the building and even made me a little bench for kids to sit on to get some good pictures. I was very inspired and ran inside and grabbed a pair of overalls for Brody. I wanted a pair that was a little too big. I put them on him without a shirt , grabbed my camera and off we went. We had a little photo shoot and some of them turned out really cute. Brody will ignore me a lot and not look at me when I am taking pictures. Then sometimes he will do just perfect. Tonight he didn't really want to look at me but that was okay. I think these pictures turned out just fine without him looking right at the camera.

We had a great 4th of July! We went to my aunt Evelyn's for a cookout at noon and I got to see everyone on mom's side. It was so much fun. Then that evening Harold and Sandy cooked out at their house. It started raining while we were there so we ended up spending most of our time inside but it worked out fine. The kids were able to go outside and play with a new water toy that Paul and Bobbie Lyn brought. They had a blast and anytime Brody has fun I definitely do too! I hope you all had a great 4th too and I hope you are all enjoying your summer as much as I am!!! It is definitely one of the best summers of my life!