April showers bring April flowers

As promised, Mother Nature has blessed us with showers AND flowers on this warm April day - before the rain, a few tulips joyously greeted me this morning in the front yard (I'm a real sucker for a pretty flower).

So much for Spring has finally sprung!

I was all set to head out yesterday morning on my annual Spring Has Finally Sprung photo shoot (I love when the sky is turning a soft shade of blue, flowers are blooming, grass is growing, and the light is fantastic!) when I realized the garage door was already open. Hmmmm, did my husband forget to hit the button on his way to work? (Sorry, Babe, you always get picked on, huh?) My first reaction was to try closing the door but it wasn't goin' anywhere. Which meant I wasn't goin' anywhere, either.

Now, we live in a typical subdivision in a typical suburb with the typical sense of security we all appreciate. But, I couldn't just leave the house knowing the garage door would be wide open for all to see! I just knew someone would drive by, look in, and see our beat up old lawn mower and think to themselves, "Boy, I could sure use a beat up old lawn mower." So, I put the Canon away, got out the Yellow Pages, and found garage door repair - that's me! I got on the horn and within minutes I had an appointment for a repairman to come out - an appointment for TOMORROW morning! Wait, that means our door is going to be open all night long! (That's exactly what I said to the company dispatcher and she said, "yes, that's right, maam, tomorrow morning." Silence.) OK, I can deal with this. It's only one night - what could happen in one night?

Later that evening, as the clock struck midnight and it was time to toddle off to bed, my brain kept saying, anyone could just walk right into the garage and take...take what? The beat up lawn mower, the half-used gallon of Pretty in Pink paint, the broken lawn chair hanging from a nail on the wall, the 20 or so empty flower pots stacked in the corner? You get the point. It's all a bunch of junk. So, with nary a second thought, I hopped in bed next to my husband (he was already snoring - see, what's there to worry about, anyway?) and proceeded to have nightmares about the lawn chair attacking me in the middle of the night.

Forget the pretty blue sky and daffodils - I should clean out the garage instead.

City Street sessions

Parks and playgrounds make great photo backdrops but so do urban streets and alleys, complete with amazing architectural angles and interesting textures. That's why I'm offering my City Street Sessions in downtown Columbus on the weekends during the month of June (weather permitting). Picture yourself in...

• as many locations as we can get to
• as many poses as you can pull off and
  
• as many changes of clothing as you can hop in and out of

Sessions are available in 2, 3, or 4-hour increments or as an all-day outing with creative fees starting at $150 with two complimentary 5x7's of your choice. You call to schedule - I'll bring the GPS.

Urban meets Cowtown - only in Columbus Ohiya

Tutu to you, two!

I love, love, love a little girl in a tutu so I couldn't wait until it was this ballerina's turn to come in for her session. I've been photographing her since she was a wee babe and now she's a BIG girl of two - oh, my, where has the time gone? My sweet little girlfriend couldn't wait to show me (and Mommy sitting off to the side) a pirouette in her pearls!

Drum roll, please.........we've got a winner!

CONGRATULATIONS to Lisa B. for being the first client to post a comment on my blog! The B. Family is the lucky recipient of a complimentary creative session just for keeping me company. Whew, I was getting a little lonely out here in blogger land! OK, Lisa, just give me a call and we'll get something on our calendars.