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I received a phone call from a new client yesterday and her first questions was, “Umm, yes, do you still take pictures??”. My first thought was, “Crap. I need to start blogging again!”. I am aware of the importance of blogging as a photographer. Heck, I was one of the first photographers doing it (gosh that makes me sound old) and I always harp on the importance of it to other photographers who I mentor. If for no other reason, blogging is important to let people know you’re still in business. Haha!

So one might ask why I haven’t been blogging lately. Well I have been busy with shoots, weddings, and other work duties. The major reason I have put blogging on the back burner, however, is because I have been enjoying being a wife and mommy.I spent the last several years shooting as many weddings and sessions as I could get my hands on, sometimes shooting 36 weddings or more and between 150-200 non-wedding related sessions in one year. Crazy, I know! When my husband and I started our adoption process last spring I decided to take a bit less work until we knew how many children we would be getting and what ages. Well we now have a 2 1/2 year old little boy (he was about 21 months old when he came to live with us last August)!

Having a new child come into our home just one week before our daughter, Ella, stated Kindergarten threw me for a loop and made me realize how much I missed “just being Mommy”. I made a decision to be finished with ALL work by the time Ella got out of school every day. In doing this I realized there were going to be things I would have to sacrifice in my work to make this happen. Blogging was one of those things. And let me just say that being the OCD perfectionist I am this was not an easy thing. At all!! But I have loved spending all this extra time with my babies!

I LOVE my work! Photography has been my passion since I can remember. And it still is my passion…one of them anyway. But my husband, my sweet Ella, and our precious little man…my family is the greatest passion in my life. I know that if my family is not at the forefront of my life and priorities then my work (and clients) will suffer just as much.

So, yes, I do still take pictures. But I make sure my babies are fully loved on and my sweet husband taken care of first.