I’ve been really enjoying this holiday season with my family. I have many posts to show you but it probably won’t happen until after the New Year. In the meantime I hope everyone is also enjoying this wonderful season with family and friends. Thanks for a great 2009 and I have a feeling that 2010 will even be better!
Happy Holidays everyone! Below are some recent photos of my Angel Baby in her holiday attire:
I love this new bag that Kelly Moore just came out with! I’ve been on the search for a stylish camera bag that will fit all of my gear in it for years now — I’m going to order the purple one!!:
Kelly’s Website: [here]
On Friday my daughter said to me “Mommy can we go take a walk in nature?”. I figured if she’s asking then it’s time to get outside, plus I love nature. We went to Bald Hill and I expected it to be packed given the great weather but we only saw two other people which made it very peaceful. It was a beautiful day although it was freezing! Here are some images I took of Miss Lily and our dog Pepper:
She is such a joy and I love being her mom!!
[*My blog had some major issues over the weekend so if you were on here you might have noticed it looked different. My server company finally fixed the issues, but my blog was down for three days. I guess on a positive note -- at least they were able to fix it!]
I photographed Chris + Ashley’s wedding in June of 2008. I absolutely love this couple! They are so sweet and their love for each other is very evident! Being around them makes me happy and I’m so glad they asked me to do their maternity pictures. There were so many favorites so I posted a lot. Stayed tuned because soon I’ll have photos of their baby boy to post — I can’t wait to meet him!
I love Jemma’s unique style!:
PS I have eight shoots to blog so I’m not going to be writing much with my blog posts — just mainly showing my favorite images taken.
I’m catching up on my blog posts. I had a great time photographing him on his family’s property. I think I was laughing the whole photo shoot — thanks for being so fun Jimmy! Here are a few of my favorites:
Today is a day of Giving Thanks and I’m especially thankful for where I am at in my career. To show my gratitude I decided to give away wedding photography coverage to a couple that otherwise couldn’t afford it.
THANK YOU to all of you that submitted your stories! I chose the finalist by putting all qualified applicants in a hat and had my daughter draw the name – I wanted it to be completely random and fair.
I’m excited to announce that Craig + Lacey won my free wedding photography! This is their story:
Craig and I met 6 years ago when we worked together at Carson Oil Company. I was an office girl, and he was the off-limits warehouse boy
His sister worked with us, he was 6 years younger, I was recently divorced, and it’s generally not a good plan to date people you work with, so I didn’t really do anything about my little crush on him. I had never seen him in anything but work clothes until the work holiday party, and when I saw how good he looked in jeans, I knew that I had to make my move!!
We got engaged on Valentine’s Day – he did the asking this time!
I closed my business this year, and have several years before all of the bills from it will be paid off, so I wasn’t thinking that financially we could have a fabulous wedding anytime soon. Craig just bought a house for us this summer, and with the government tax rebate from that, we decided that we could start planning a simple wedding. Craig has a big family-7 siblings total-so we knew that we couldn’t have a small reception, even if we wanted to! We figured we could cut back on things like flowers and photography to save money. We were just planning on having the little disposable wedding cameras on each table and leaving the pics up to our guests, which could be a little scary!
I am just so happy that I have finally found the greatest guy ever and can’t wait to make our commitment to each other official!
xoxo – Lacey Shelby
I think it’s great that they won! I know Lacey from when I had my studio in the Flinn Block Building as she was the owner of the fabulous store “Glam”. Lacey + Craig — I am very excited to photograph your wedding in August!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Hugs,
Sara
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! I hope you all have a fun and safe Holiday.
I know this post is early given that Thanksgiving is in a week but my office will be closed for the 10 days. I want to give thanks to all of you for reading my blog and trusting me as your photographer!
Don’t Forget the deadline for the Wedding Photography giveaway is this Saturday. I will announce the winner on Thanksgiving Day!
If it’s urgent and you need to reach me leave a message on the business phone and I will get back to you as soon as I can. Emails may take longer.
[Keep checking the blog in the next several weeks because I have a ton of shoots to post! I just haven't had the time to post them I've been swamped!]
I am so very thankful for my life; my husband, my daughter, my home, my health. And I ‘m lucky to be able to do what I love for a living — this is rare and I know this. I worked hard to get here and its made me appreciate it all that much more. I am thankful everyday for what I have. And I thank all of you out there that have trusted me to capture your special moments! As my way of saying thanks I am gifting someone free wedding photography, please read below:
The last few years have been hard times for a lot of people. I know many couples have postponed their wedding due to the expense. I would like to help a couple in need of wedding photography but can’t afford it. Are you a couple in need? Tell me your love story and why I should choose you…
To apply please answer my questions above via email and send in a photo of you and your significant other. Also let me know your wedding date and where you are getting married. You must be okay with me posting your love story and photo on my blog. Applications need to be emailed to me by midnight on Saturday, November 21st and I will announce the wining couple on Thanksgiving Day!
*To qualify your wedding date has to be a date that I’m available. This gift includes five hours of wedding day photography by Sara Lil and digital images on disc.
**[ please note: travel fees may incur if it's outside of my vicinity ]
Just in time for the Holidays — I had these fabulous Gift Certificates made by the talented Ashley of AEL Designs! I love them!! Thanks Ashley!
Gift Certificates are a great gift idea. You can purchase them for any amount you wish to go toward a portrait session or even wedding photography!
Please contact me if you wish to purchase one. I take paypal, checks, and cash.
