Love, Mom 2014-It's almost Mothers Day and Gift Certificates for Sessions are Still Available! {Delaware and Pennsylvania Lifestyle Newborn, Child, and Family Portrait Photographer}

This weekend, I will be doing my 3rd..or is it my 4th? Love, Mom annual sessions this year!  And with this year, I get a very special treat of photographing my own family. No, not myself, Wesley, and Charlotte. But we are bringing in my parents, grandparents, nieces, and nephews, and just a couple of the grandkids!  We have a really big family that spreads from northern New York, all the way to Florida and pretty much everywhere in between the Eastern seaboard. So trying to get everyone in at the same time would require just a bit of magic, but we will make do!

Even though the time to book your Love, Mom mini sessions are over, and they are happening this weekend. You still have till May 1st to order your Love, Mom gift certificate session.  So it's not over yet!!!

You can still person the Love, Mom gift certificate session, and still have the gift certificate come in time for Mothers Day! This is good for one full session at a location of your choose (within 60 miles of 19713 for travel to be included), and the two best things. 1) It doesn't expire! which is something I rarely offer, and 2-with purchasing this Love, Mom session gift certificate, you will receive a $100 gift credit that you can use towards the purchase of prints are products from your session!  Everybody wins! You give the Mom in your life a gift she will love, use, and have amazing photographs to remember just how wonderful of a gift it was, and you will be remembered as the one with the best and unique gift!

You can purchase your gift certificates here: http://marisataylorphotography.bigcartel.com/product/love-mom-gift-certificate-special

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Love, Mom - Beth, Maeve & Declan {Delaware & Pennsylvania Family Photographer}

Weather is getting warmer, which means my Love, Mom sessions are available again! With Mothers Day always rapidly approaching, this is the perfect gift to get for yourself or for the mom in your life.  Take a look at Beth's gorgeous session with her two adorable kids Maeve & Declan.

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The Seka Family + Ruby Turns 1! {Pennsylvania & Delaware Lifestyle Family Photographer}

I had a great time meeting and photographing the Seka family. A mutual friend of ours, and a client of mine had purchased a gift certificate for the family to use for a portrait session, so by the time I showed up, it was like we already knew each other.  Plus, it was the youngest member of the family, Ruby's first birthday just a week prior. So it was a combination of a first birthday session, with the most amazing wooden birthday cake (less messy!), and a family session.

The Seka family and I had a lot in common, which is always a good thing. Besides crafting, our love of natural foods, their son Brendan loved legos and the Avengers. It's not every day that I can talk geek while working.  And after the session, I had my first taste of tomato pie, and let me just say, I am hooked!

Take a look at how amazing this family is and how much fun they had during their family session!

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Love, Mom campaign 2014! {Delaware Lifestyle Portrait Photographer}

Love, Mom 2014

The perfect Mothers Day gift for yourself & the moms in your life

It has been a great success the past 2 years that I have running this, and I am plan on going into it's third year strong!  If this is the first time you have heard of my Love, Mom campaign, you might be asking yourself, just what is it?

Love, Mom is a campaign to have mothers and their loved ones photographed. Plain and simple. I know first hand as a mom how busy life can get, and how fast kids grow up. Before you know it, they aren't the little chubby faced babies that once followed you around, and you find yourself wondering where the time went.  I have priced special sessions so that Moms can come in and have some fantastic images of just themselves, or themselves, their kids, or their spouses.



This year, I am doing things a bit differently! I am offering two types of Love, Mom sessions.  In-studio sessions that will take place with timed slots during Friday April 18th to Saturday April 19th. I am also offering a full session gift certificate that you can gift to the mom in your life and use to set up your own, personal session any time.



Sounds great, right!  Well, head on over to: http://marisataylorphotography.bigcartel.com/ To purchase your time slots for the weekend specially priced Love, Mom sessions, as well as the Love, Mom gift certificates.

Because these Love, Mom sessions have been so popular, I have to put a limit on how many I am offering, as well as the gift certificate specials I am offering.  There will only be 8 sessions per day for the 2 weekend sessions (16 sessions total), and I am only offering 10 of the Love, Mom gift certificates.  Why? Because with the Love, Mom weekend sessions, you receive a $50 gift credit to use towards purchasing prints and products! And with the Love, Mom full session gift certificate, you will receive an $100 gift credit to use!

In-studio sessions must be booked and paid for in full by April 14, 2014.  Gift certificates must be paid for in full at time of booking.  Gift certificates will be available until May 1, 2014 or until the 10 special gift certificates are purchased, which ever comes first.

Once your session is done, be sure to place your print & canvas orders by April 28th to have in time for Mothers Day. 

You can take a look at my Client & Session Guide to check out the print prices and the products I offer, as well as helpful hints for getting ready for your session

Feel free to spread the word, and if you have any questions at all, shoot them on over to MarisaTaylorPhotography@Gmail.com

Enjoy your weekend!

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Travel Bucket List {Delaware Lifestyle Photographer}

I love travelling. I love road trips. One of my favorite things to do is to just hop in the car with Wes and Charlotte and drive to new places, or take a different route home that we never knew about.  And then discovering new things along those routes are definitely a plus.  So it's only natural that I have a travel bucket list.

Some of the places I have already been (and have been lucky enough for my work in photography to take me there) are:

• Virginia Beach
• Upstate New York
• Longport Beach, NJ
• Ocean City, NJ
• Lewes Beach, DE
• Washington, D.C.
  

And of course there are quite a few places that I want to head to, including:

• Disney World (my most favorite place in the world!)
• Hawaii
• England
• Maine
• Connecticut
• California

And this beauty right in South Korea:

Image from: http://www.viralnova.com/camera-cafe-south-korea/

It is a HUGE camera! And not only is it a camera, it is a coffee shop! How amazing is that?  Read about it, and see more amazing images here: http://www.viralnova.com/camera-cafe-south-korea/ .  As a coffee lover and a photographer, me visiting there is meant to be! I hope that one day I can go!

In the meantime, head on over to their website, Dreamy Cafe, to see more!

And if you are having a wedding, or want an amazing family or portrait session in an amazing location, don't forget how much I love to travel! Visit www.MarisaTaylorPhotography.com and email me at MarisaTaylorPhotography@Gmail.com

Have a great Friday everyone!

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Rejected? Keep trying! {Delaware Lifestyle and Fashion Photographer}

Feeling low?  Trust me, as a small business owner who is running a photography business, I know what it's like to put your work, your self on the line and be rejected. I recently entered a major photographer competition, and let's just say, I did less than well. While I scored, which is better than a competition that I entered in 2013, my scores were low.  I admit, I spent a few days being upset, and wondering where do I go from here?  It's like riding a horse. You just hop right back on.

Success does not come easy, it comes with hard work. And if you give up, you will never really know how close you were to making it.  I wanted to share this link with you about famous people who were initially rejected at what they do at first, but went on to become amazing.  You have no idea how close you are, just keep working hard.

http://www.distractify.com/people/famous-people-rejection-letters/

This is one of the images that I submitted to the print competition. Titled, "Let them eat cake".  Styling a Marie Antoinette inspired shoot was a lot of work, and I was very proud of this image. The model loved the way she looked.  I scored very low on this image at competition. But I will not give up. 

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Your own worst critic {Delaware Lifestyle Photographer}

I know a lot of photographers struggle with being their own worst critic, and just trying to figure out where you are in your style and place in business. Here's my tip:

Whenever I am feeling down, or unsure, I look back at all the emails and comments from my comments. The ones where they say how much they love their images, the ones where they say they have tears in their eyes because I captured such beautiful memories, those types, and those remind me that my journey is not complete and I am giving people something amazing.

Being a photographer is non stop learning and growing. I may not be where I want to be, but I am a heck of a lot further from where I was. And I thank every single person who has been on this journey with me and loved the moments I was able to capture for them.

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