Just a quick note

I finally posted on my business blog w/some pics from a session today....go over there and take a peek if you get a second...I haven't decided if I'm going to combine the blogs into one yet...so for now they are separate...


(I made a link to my business blog on the right)

A little fun with editing...

One of the girls on the 2Peas board gave away some free presets that she made for Lightroom (a program that I use for editing my pics)....I played around with this picture of Edwin so I thought I'd post them here...

Here is the original...


This one is "acid wash vignette"


This one is "retro vignette"


This one is "warm honey vignette"


And finally..."White Chocolate"

Just playing around....

Last night, Anthony decided to bring all of his stuffed animals into the living room....not quite sure why...but when I saw them laying there today I knew I had to try to get a picture...I've seen ones like this before and just thought it would be fun....can you find Anthony? (haha...it's real tough, right?)

There's not much to report...I've been a blog slacker...I'm going to try to get back in the habit..I was doing really good for a couple of weeks there....but we've all been sick here....I've been dealing w/the back pain issue and some work stress...so at night I just want to hang out on the couch with my boys and watch tv....

A Quick Update...

I've been neglecting this blog a little bit lately..but I hope you are all still checking out my POTD blog...I've been trying to keep that one up daily and am doing pretty good so far....

Things here are good....every spare minute I have I've been working on my photography..either working on stuff for my business, or reading books on how to use my new software or editing/proofing pics etc etc....I have a few edits to make to my website and then I'm going to send out the big email to all of my friends, family, co-workers etc announcing my site is live....I'm already booked for January..how cool is that?!? I have 6 sessions over 2 weekends...I can't wait..they're going to be so much fun...

Just thought I'd share a couple of pics from tonight....we met Mom, Dad, diana and edwin at the mall for dinner and then I brought Edwin home for a bath while Diana ran a couple of errands...I got him some new jammies today so after bath time I put him in his new pjs and then took a few pics....then he had his bottle and fell asleep...so sweet....

Now I'm settling in to watch Grey's Anatomy...hopefully those darn writers will go back to work soon or it's gonna be a long couple of months w/out any good shows...

It's Live!!!

I'm so excited...my photography website is live....

There are a few kinks to work out such as the contact me email isn't working right now, and I'm going to be doing at least 6 portfolio building sessions this month so the pics will be changing some, but please take a look and let me know what you think...

Let me know if there are any typos or things you would change...

I would LOOOOVE some comments!!

Also...keep in mind that there is music, so turn your speakers down if need be.....and to view it the best, I would click "view in this window"..
http://www.katiemathewsphotography.com

So Lucky...

I am so lucky to have such a great family....I am so lucky that my great family lives close by (well, some of them :0) I am so lucky that we get to spend so much time together....and I'm so lucky that I get to kiss this little boy to pieces and play with him (on the days I see him)...he's so happy and his laugh/smile are infectious....

Baby It's Cold Outside...

Today it was mighty chilly in Wilmington....the windchill was in the teens on the way to work....now I know some of you in Minnesota are reading this and are thinking..umm..that sounds like a heat wave...but this is the coldest it's been in Wilmington this year (and possibly the last 2 years)....

Anyways...I'm doing a picture of the day challenge with a group of photographers on a photography/scrapbooking website I'm on....the challenge is to take a picture of the day for a whole year....although most people just do it once or twice a week...the purpose is to get you to pick up your camera and use it on a regular basis and hopefully improve your photography...in case you didn't know..I'm a bit obsessed w/my photography....it's my passsssion!!

Anyways....the theme this week is "Hats.....off to 2008"...so I had Anthony put on his "toboggan" (yes they call winter hats that down here in the south) and his scarf....this pic was kind of cool so I thought I'd convert it to BW and post here..look at those eyes of my little baby doll..so sweeeet...

Oh by the way...if you want to see my pics of the day...I have a separate blog I post them on..(with different pics usually)...I'd love your opinions.....the link is on the right hand side of this page...

Yeaa...tomorrow is Friday....woo hooo......

And the Winner Is.....

I belong to an awesome website for photography (and scrapbooking) called twopeasinabucket.com. One of the ladies over there was kind enough to tweak my logo design a bit for me and I loooove it!

So thank you Trisha Robertson (if anybody needs any logo/design work done, she is awesome)!!!

What do you think?!?

I need your help...please vote!

***EDITED***

I'm getting things together for my photography business (so exciting!!) So today I have been messing around with making some possible logos...I've never made one before so it was a bit of a challenge - but fun.

Please look at the samples below and vote for which one you like best. If you have any suggestions for any changes - colors, fonts, or whatever...please please let me know...I'm open to suggestions...

Thanks for looking (and voting)...

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One of the ladies on one of the forums I'm on made a suggestion for a font change...so here is choice NUMBER 5