Editing & Inspiration

After a marathon session of editing photos today, I discovered something awesome. You know when you're reading a book and you come across a sentence, or a quote, that is just so amazing you have to read it again? Or you have to read it out loud to someone else just to share in the amazingness? THAT is what I aim for with the photos I give clients. I want them to do a double take and be transported back to what they were feeling when the photo was taken.

So when I'm editing, and I run across a photo that gives me shivers, or makes me grin uncontrollably - despite the fact that I'm numb in my chair with a cold cup of coffee because it's totally worth it - I know my clients will be happy. And that makes me feel happy. And gives me the motivation to go reheat the coffee already.

Today, I ran across at least 10 of those pictures. So it was a good day. Here is just one example.

And quite a few other things made me (and my stinking awesome husband) smile this weekend as well:

1) We went skydiving. And survived. No big deal.
2) We've finally booked all of our accommodations and train tickets for Europe. Whew!
3) I was asked to photograph both a Buddhist Wedding and a Courthouse Wedding - two items on my "Bucket List of Things to Photograph".

In other news, be on the look out for a massive amount of blog posts over the coming weeks. Mondays are now my official "photography stuff" days, so I'll have time to catch up on all the posts about weddings, family sessions, and other photo projects I've been privileged to be a part of over the past several months.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Fourth of July Weekend! And happy (albeit a bit belated) summer!