Would you believe most of these pictures were taken outside a restaurant?  I wouldn’t have believed it before I did it either.  But it worked very, very well.  Thanks to Allison and Wendy for a great Thursday afternoon shoot.  Have fun at DISNEY!  Wish I was there to take those family photos for you.  How much fun would that be?  Can’t even imagine how much fun that would be.  Merry day after Christmas everybody.  We are sortof taking the week off and will be back once school starts.  We are behind on some Notre Dame merchant photos (apologies) and we haven’t even gotten to look at deb presentation photos we took either.  See you next year!

adorable little thing.  It was freezing and she was not phased!  Kids are so amazing. 

This shoot got me in the spirit and we pulled out the real deal Monopoly board last night and played with Mav for the first time.  Shameful we waited this long.  We had a blast even though Kevin whooped us.  Garrett just wanted to play with the money. 

This weather is not making shoots much fun.  If you have a session scheduled, wear lots of layers and plan for a fast and furious shoot before we all freeze!  Maybe it will warm back up for some more extended families closer to Christmas. 

Can’t believe how fast this year went by!  It’s time to give another fabulous bride and groom some free photography for their 2012 wedding.  It’s simple to enter.  Send your wedding stories to fotobydeedra@aol.com.  We want to hear all the details about how you met, how you got engaged and all the wedding day info too!  WE LOVE THE DETAILS!  The details won it for the couple last year!!!!!!!  This year we are adding a little something too.  If you refer the winning wedding you get a $100 gift certificate.  Of course only one person can win that, so you better hurry up and start telling all your engaged friends about this giveaway.

The wedding package is for 6 hours of photography by me (DeEdra), a bridal portrait or engagement session, and an 8×8 storybook album or trade the album for your wedding day CD!

Don’t forget we need to know the date!!!!!  We have already scheduled some weddings for next year, so it’s kindof a big deal that we know the date. 

We will announce the winner the first week in January, before the bridal market.

If you have any questions, please let me know.  fotobydeedra@aol.com

It’s time to talk Christmas cards. 

Christmas card design $35 and you print (6 images, 1 change)

Copyright for Image to design card yourself $35 each (regular price is $65) sale ends December 25th

5×7 or 4×8 photo card $2.25 each minimum order 25 cards

Entire CD of your shoot is $350 (best deal)

Look at that light!  and that beautiful baby girl!  Nice day today….well except for those blood thirsty tiny vampires that seem to be everywhere!  Take your bug spray with you wherever you go.  They almost carried our bride and groom off on Saturday.

I have so much to blog…but must photograph one more wedding first.  Heather was amazing, but watch out ladies, we took these on a humid and warm day and I almost had my first bride pass out on me.  Don’t think it won’t happen to you.  Wedding dresses are heavy, hot and theres no ventilation in them either!  Be careful and be ready if you start to feel a little strange.  Believe me!  I’m a fainter and have been since the 4th grade.