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My mission in life!!

The Bible tells us not to think more highly of ourselves than we ought to. Sadly, many of us don't give ourselves enough credit.

I've said before that I think every woman should have a picture of herself that makes her feel beautiful. I mean it. Everyone should be able to see their own beauty. Not worship it, but believe it. Know that even when life is pouring lemons on you and you can't find your juicer, you still have worth and value and beauty.

Such is the case for my little sister in law. She's been a single mom for many years. She's been buried in life for so long that she was forgetting that she's a beautiful woman. This weekend, we did some pictures (some! more like 250!!) and I hope that some of the images that result will help her to remember that her beauty is not just inside. It's outside too.

Last one with film for a while!!

This is Abby. My youngest niece. I just adore her! I rarely have to give her any instruction when she's posing for me.

Anyhow, this is from a bunch of shots I took at the park two weekends ago with my film camera. Today, my digital SLR (see post below) came in and I expect that I'll be using it for a while.

So much stuff!

Let's see, so far I've saved the date for the wedding and set a date for the engagement photo shoot. I've gotten a new camera.

Now, I have to get a good photo for business cards and get those made up. I need to get a new flash unit and a light meter. Somewhere along the line I should acquire some confidence in what I'm doing. I need to get a website set up - gotta talk to David about that! - which means I need to hit up everyone I know to pose for me!!

Funny, but when I wasn't being paid, I had all the confidence in the world. Now I'm shaking in my boots. I am learning a ton though. I can't wait to get some studio lights and get a studio set up. I just want to take awesome pictures and have people love them.


And pay me for them! Okay. At least I'm honest.

This is the one

After much research and internal debate, this is the camera I'm going with. I'm really happy about my choice. I'll be getting a 75mm - 300mm zoom lens also plus a 2G memory card. After the first of the year I'll get a good flash and a bag to carry it all in. Then maybe an IR filter for it. I know this is not the top of the line. But I'm expecting that with

I'm working on finding a good processing site (think I've got one) and on business minutia (contracts, expectations, business cards, tax stuff). I really should do some of the actual work I'm being paid for right now though.