Here’s another picture of my lake. Today I plan to go out for my lunch break to do some editing and then I have a potential client meeting after work. Busy busy busy.

I had a photographer’s nightmare yesterday. No, not last night but yesterday because it was real. I went to go try to work on wedding pictures as I had edited most of them and found out that a bunch of my edits were gone. Poof!

You should know first off I had all the originals on my external hard drive but a huge portion of my edits were long gone. I think this happened when I moved over folders from my old computer to my new computer. What does this mean? It means I am set back a month of work pretty much.

I freaked out a lot at first but then realized that this kind of thing happens and at least I didn’t lose the originals. At least now this computer can keep up with me so it won’t take me as long as the first time.

I spent a lot of time Saturday just taking pictures, for myself, and it felt great. Unfortunately the session I had set for Sunday had to be rescheduled because of rain, I guess this something I will have to get used to. Enjoy some pictures I took of my lake early on Saturday morning.

Normally they would never nap that close together. They have plenty of other spots to sleep in but this time they both chose to sleep next to each other. If only they could get along so well when they were awake.

I have a busy weekend around the corner witha party and a 4 month old baby boy, have a good one.

Thanks to updated technology and some time with friends (and their children) I am back on track. It’s a beautiful feeling to be in control of your work again. You may remember this little girl from a family session I had a couple months ago. Oh and I did not tell her to do this pose in any way, this was all her.

I’m in a bit of a standstill with my photography journey as my computer is getting worse everyday and I have pictures to edit. I’m going to go to Best Buy this weekend to try to figure out what kind of computer I can afford but can also take me to the next step with my photography. I have another shoot next weekend and another wedding the first weekend of September so I really need to focus on getting my ducks in a row.

Any opinions on computers are completely welcome but I know I can’t afford a Mac, not right now. Also, I am pretty set on getting a laptop.

So, everyone knows I dipped my toe into the world of portrait photography last winter with my Portrait Party. Well I’m planning another portrait party and if this goes well I hope to have more, such as for families, pets and boudoir.

My plan is to get a group of people together who are interested in getting portraits done for a Saturday session in October. If you are interested please leave a comment either here, on Facebook or just send me a message in one of the variety of ways.

This session will take place in my backyard, where I had my engagement pictures taken so long ago. There will be no upfront charge but you can choose prints from a gallery afterward to purchase. More information to come!

You can read more details here about my Portrait Parties.

Do like Aurora and stay cool this weekend!

ps. There is a trick to doing this with Aurora:

1. Wait until she’s fast asleep.

2. Have one person sneak up on her to put the glasses on (my husband) and one person with the camera ready (moi).

3. The moment the glasses go on her, take the picture.

4. Then run away before she reacts.

Voila!