I am merely days away from launching my new website! I am so excited to have a new forum to exhibit my work to current and potential customers. This project is at least four years overdue. I am so embarrassed to admit how long it has taken me to update, but the anticipation of a new showcase is a much more powerful emotion at this point. I think so many of those first images are precious, but if you have been with me from the beginning, you have seen how much I have grown artistically, technically and professionally since opening the business almost six years ago. (Wow. Has it really been that long?) I am really ready to showcase what I am now vs. what I was five years ago.
This has definitely been an exercise in reflection - which is appropriate this time of year - and I have totally enjoyed the process. My only complaint, and the main reason why I have put off the update, is I am paralyzed by having to choose the "right" images to put on the website. I brought my trusty advisor, my nephew Cameron, onboard this week to help me decide what to keep and what to cull.
Just to explain what he had to put up with: I gave him a folder of my favorite images of children from this past year. I had it narrowed down to 130 images (from over 300). He narrowed it down in the next room to 90. I went back into the recycle bin and pulled out 10 that he had deleted. He made me go back in and delete more. We eventually compromised...
I have tried to stay true to my rule of no images older than a year - I had to say goodbye to the baby in the watermelon and a very young Ben with his mouth open, along with countless favorites. Two I couldn't part with were my red-headed bluebonnet girl and James looking into the pumpkin. They will both be included seasonally.
I look forward to another fantastic year of shooting and another year of gathering great images to update on my website (frequently).
Goodbye Little Ben (who is now almost eight)! Come back this year and have more photos taken!
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