Ahhhh… summertime. Good ol’ summertime. I don’t know about you, but summertime in a way always marks a passage of such significant things to me. This year probably more than most, as my son graduated from high school last week. High school! I can hardly believe it. It seems like only yesterday he was starting kindergarten. It all goes by so fast! So the end of May was a flurry of finals and then preparing for graduation. In the middle of all of that, Brittany, Kelly & I went to Angel Fire & Taos, New Mexico for a work retreat. Many changes ahead, and I can’t wait! We have some great ideas that I’m so excited to start sharing with our clients!
When I got back from our trip and graduation was over, I did a redesign and a relaunch at Wholly Matrimony, a blog about real destination weddings and destination wedding planning tips. I’ve had some great contributions so far, and more in the works. I can’t wait to share them! I’m excited to see what the future holds for the site, which has been online since 1998. It is ancient in internet years!
I started a personal photography project back in May. A bit ambitious, but over the span of a year I’m photographing 365 businesses, artists, non-profits and creatives. I do all of my sessions for a week on one day, and then I blog about each shoot daily. It has been such an incredible experience! I was inspired by the Support Local, Grow Together movement, so it is the SLGT Photo Project. I do a 30-45 minute shoot and then blog about them, and they receive 5 digital files to use. Know someone who might need photographs? Buy a Day!
With everything else, I have been craving a change to this blog as well. So tonight I made one while I watched “Dear John”. I wanted it to be more light and bright. It was hard to see as I cried through the ending of “Dear John”, but I made it in the end! If you haven’t seen it yet, and you’re a sap like me, be sure to have the Kleenex handy! Meanwhile, what do you think of the new look around here? I hope you love it too!
I told Mike the other day that my second job for the next few weeks is as a blogger. Photography, of course, is first! Things are settling into a nice routine, and I’m looking forward to the summer. Having a fresh look here is so inspiring, I see lots of new posts coming soon! I have several drafts almost ready to go live – next week is going to be fabulous!
Shhhhh… you can tell everyone, there is a new Boudoir special coming on Monday too!
We all know that no post is complete without a photo, so here is a taste of what is coming soon – Naurin & Michael’s wedding at Agave Road in Katy, Texas!
3 replies on “Summertime, Summertime!”
What a beautiful wedding ceremony this must have been — with the sun setting in the background! Can’t wait to see the rest of the pictures!
Gotta love an evening wedding outdoors. Beautiful photo Christine!
Wow, this is a gorgeous photograph! Love it!