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    Welcome to my blog! This is the place where you'll see lots of updates on all the cool new adventures I'm up to. I'll be posting my favorite shots from recent photo shoots, my latest deals & specials, and occasionally an art project, a dinner recipe, or a dream I'm chasing. Friends, family, clients, photographers, and anyone else who's willing to read my ramblings-- feel free to stop by anytime! And don't forget to leave comments because it's the only way I know you guys are out there! Thanks for the love & I'll see you soon!

    -Natalie =)

The Holidays are here!

That’s right! It’s that time of year again–the time to bundle up your little bundles of joy & take some Holiday family pics! I am so excited to announce two brand new Holiday Specials I’m introducing this year!

Deal #1: FREE EXTRA PROOF BOOK

With your Holiday photo shoot, you’ll receive TWO copies of your beautiful linen hardcover photo book instead of one. Extra books make great gifts for family members or to save as a keepsake for your babies when they’re all grown up!

Deal #2: EARLY BIRD ORDER DISCOUNT

If you make your Christmas order on or before Monday, December 7th, you will receive 20% off your entire order PLUS Next Day Express shipping at no extra charge! Enter coupon code HOLIDAY20 when placing your online order.

Stay tuned for VIP Deals!

If you are on my VIP mailing list (clients from Houma/Thibodaux, LA who signed up to receive my monthly email updates), you’ll be offered another special deal or two very soon, so check your inboxes often!:)

 

HOLIDAY CONCEPT PHOTO SESSIONS

This is a brand new option for Holiday Photo shoots I’m super excited about!  It’s a 3o-45 minute session in which we shoot 1 or 2 specific ideas or “concepts” for your photos. Let’s say, for example, you want your kids, in their PJ’s snuggling under a bunch of white blankets and pillows. Or maybe you want the baby swaddled and wrapped up like a Christmas present, the dog running through the yard with Rudolph antlers, etc,…you get the idea.  We come up with a plan ahead of time so once we meet up for the shoot, we have everything we need and the session is quick & easy. Here’s how it works:

  • You email me, “Natalie, I’d like to try the ‘concept photo session’ thing!” We talk and brainstorm ideas for your shoot. We nail down an idea, (maybe 2), decide on the perfect location, props, clothes, etc. and set a date!
  • Next, we meet up for our shoot. It will last about 30-45 minutes, and since it’s half the time of a normal session, you’ll get about half the usual number of photos.
  • You’ll get a CD full of the digital images from our shoot.  I’ll mail it to you about a week after the session. No online proofs, no ordering prints from me, no proof book. This type of session is designed to be the perfect idea for those of you who just need a quick shot for your Christmas card and to get printed for family members’ gifts. The usual rules apply for the CD’s though– no printing at grocery stores or drug stores please! Good photos deserve good paper & ink.:)
  • Price for the whole thing: $150. Let me know if you have any questions and if you’d like to book a concept photo session!

 

The Fine Print (IMPORTANT INFO):

The deals and offers described above AND all future Holiday 2011 deals/offers are applicable only to photo sessions and orders considered “Holiday” sessions/orders. The photos taken and/or ordered with these discounts must be Holiday/Christmas themed and take place during the Holiday season (November 1st through December 25th, 2011.) Each deal can only be used once per customer/family. Deal #2 Early Bird Order Discount is not applicable on digital files on disc.

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Gorgeous Kim

My good friend Kim wanted to do a fun fashion session, so how could I resist? We took a few shots around her beautiful apartment complex and then headed over to Hermann Park. She is so beautiful and fearless, so it was definitely one of the easiest, most creative sessions I’ve done in a long time. Here are some pics!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The longest blog post ever (after the longest absence of posts ever)

So….I’m ashamed. It’s been since July. Sorry guys. Lots of things have been going on in my life lately, which I’ll ramble about in the following paragraph, and also I have joined a couple of new social networks (foursquare, pinterest (soooo addicting!), and rejoined the twitter world), so unfortunately the glitz and glamor of their new-ness has distracted me from blogging. And it really sucks that I can’t blog from my phone. Once the techno-geniuses figure out a way to do that, I will be blogging non-stop, I promise.

Full-disclosure: The following is a dumping of my brain’s thoughts, combined with some things I feel I owe you an explanation for.

You ask “Hey, Natalie! How’s Houston?”

Well, As some of you may know, I spent the summer training to be a teacher. I had absolutely no luck with getting a teaching job. Not a single interview. I knew it was a long shot with the Texas education budget issues, and I know everything happens (or doesn’t happen) for a reason; however it was really disappointing. I spent probably a week throwing myself a big pity party, wondering how I could be such a failure. Then I got over it and started pushing through every day, day by day. I was (and as of now, still am) working for a retail store doing visuals and merch. presentation. Not long after the not-going-to-be-teaching revelation, I found myself working 40 hours a week, coming home exhausted. I  worked every day until I was too drained to even watch the list of TV shows in my DVR.  I procrastinated WAY too long on all of my photography work, I avoided phone calls (embarrassingly, even from my close friends/family), I fell asleep in the car on a regular basis, ate out for almost every meal, and wished someone would stick me with a Starbucks I.V. So, enough complaining….here’s what happened next that totally turned it around:

1. I went to this really cool painting class where you bring wine/snacks and you drink and paint. Wow. Best feeling I’d had in a long time. Drinking wine and painting are on my list of top 5 favorite activities.

2. Mike & I adopted a pup. Charlie is his name, and he has completely stolen my heart. Cute as a button, 7 mos old, potty trained, cairn terrier mix, full of energy, drags me out of the apartment to walk him, makes me smile 10+ times a day.

3. I got a JOB at the painting place (from #1)!!!!! I start soon, and I’m SO SUPER EXCITED. Less hours, more $$, I get to paint, teach people how to paint, and drink wine at work, AND I can walk there from my apartment. It’s literally like God dropped this wonderful little gift in my hand. Plus, this will give me lots of free time to be creative, work on my business, evaluate things, maybe take a yoga/pilates/dance class occasionally, and BLOG. Phew!

4. I got sick. Last weekend driving home from Louisiana, my throat started feeling funny. I hate being sick, and I haven’t been sick in over a year, but I’m actually grateful that I was stuck in bed and forced to rest peacefully for 3-4 days because it allowed me to clear my mind of mannequins, window displays and seasonal clothing to think about my life and how I want it to be from now on. I needed to be sick, I guess, to get to this point.

 

So, in conclusion…..I’m sorry for neglecting the important things (blogging included) and I am really turning things around this time. I am PUMPED for the holiday season, ready to get more creative than I have in years, and totally inspired to try out some new ideas for photo shoots!

Also, as a reward for being so loyal and supportive of me and my little dreams, I will announce now that there’s a really big deal in the works for those of you who have been my clients from the start. You guys know who you are, and you’re like family to me. And it’s time for me to show my family how much I appreciate them.

There! I’m done rambling. Now, here are some super cute pics I’ve taken recently!

 

William and Alexandra:

 

 

 

Baby Emma:

 

 

 

 

Ethan, the cowboy:)

 

 

 

Little Graham:

 

 

 

Hayes’s Birthday party and 3 year pics:

 

 

 

 

 

And lastly (for now), Baby Kate!

 

 

 

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Baby Anderson

Is he a cutie or what!? I love Anderson. He was just an extra sweet little bundle of joy! Here are a few from his newborn session:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Usey family

Samantha did a RockStar workshop with me a while back,  and she has been taking some amazing photos! I’m not taking credit, of course, I’m just happy to see a friend do so well with her photography! Here’s a link to her website: http://samanthauphotography.com/

Anyway, Samantha emailed me one day wanting to schedule pictures for her family, and I was beyond flattered considering she does such great work! Here are a few from our session:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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