Taking time off

Yesterday was my last wedding until October.  Being that I am due in about 4 weeks, I am now taking some much needed time off before the baby comes.  If you thought photography was hard on your body, you should try doing it while nine months pregnant!  But I do credit shooting weddings in helping me stay active during this pregnancy.  With a wedding close to every weekend, I have been quite active, and my doctor says that is a great thing.   I do feel bad though, I had couples contact me for shooting their weddings during the months of August and September, and I had to turn them down, which is something that always breaks my heart.  Especially when they say how they have been looking for someone with the same personality as them, and how much fun I am, and then I am all sad.

So, what do I "plan" to do before the baby arrives?  Notice I put plan in quotations because I am not one to stick to my own plans typically.  First, I plan to get some serious nesting done. Cleaning and throwing things away!  The mothering instinct is now stronger than it has ever been.  I also plan to get a lot of work for my business done.  New marketing and advertising and such, all things to get me ready for the 2012 wedding season!  I will still be doing family portraits and maternity and babies, but my website will focus directly on weddings, and the portrait site will be re-launched pretty soon.

And of course when baby arrives, I plan to photograph her, a lot.  I really do wish I could have my birth professionally photographed, so I can have one of those amazing birthing videos to look back on....but, we will see about that.  I can say that I am very excited for my little bean to get here.

In the meantime, I have this last wedding to edit, and then I get to, hold on...wait for it...relax! Wow, that's something that I haven't done in ages!  Well relax being a relative term because i'm always up and about doing something, and with a newborn baby, I don't think "relax" will even be a part of my vocabulary anymore.  Then of course, I have a wedding coming up in October, so that should give me plenty of time to "relax".

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{Another round of awesome client reviews}

I shot a wedding yesterday! Thankfully it was not too hot, and did not rain. I was worried about it raining all day, but it did hold out.  The one thing though that seemed to be crazy was the bugs. We were attacked by a swarm of gnats and other random insects that were absolutely everywhere. There were quite a few images in which everything is perfect one second then within the next people are flailing and waving bugs away.  So while the preview pictures from that wedding are being prepared, I have another round of awesome client reviews!

The new Mrs. Samantha Chestnut said this:

Marisa needs to photograph everyone's wedding! She did an amazing job, i was very impressed!I am so glad that I actually got a photographer that cares and has a warm, fun personality. She gives it a special touch that puts them way above any old plain wedding photos. She was able to give us Amazing photos even though she had to drive over an hour, the sun was incredibly bright AND while she was pregnant. If she can't do it, no one can. I LOVE my Engagement photos, I LOVE my wedding photos, and im gonna LOVE my Rock the Dress pictures too! Watch out Marisa, your going to be my babies photographer too. (but that's not gonna be for a while, lol) Thank you Marisa! You made my wedding perfect! Thank you SO much.

Heather and Oscar (who will be married soon in a destination wedding) said this:

Wow .. where to begin. My fiance' and I where BEYOND pleased with our Engagement Session with Marisa! We had chosen a location that was familiar to us, but a location that Marisa had never been too. Countless emails between us, planning out all the little details and theme for our session. Everything worked out perfectly, and we had a great experience with her. I wish we could take her with us for our DW!! The time and attention put into our overall experience was OUTSTANDING! From start to finish, I can say, that she goes out of her way to make sure that she is capturing the moment, perfectly. We are looking forward to many more sessions with Marisa *hint hint :) Thank you for everything! We couldn't be happier!

Jenna had this to say about her engagement session:

I Declare My Love For Marisa! She was awesome. She did our engagement session at Rockwood Mansion. We used the photos she took for our Wedding favors. Everyone that has seen them keeps asking who did them...so I send them here. Marissa thank you so much! You do a great job and you have a natural gift for making people feel comfortable. Keep it up.

What more can I say? Other than my clients are awesome, and I love them, and thank you!

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{Love}

I admit it, I am a sucker for love.  Not that romantic comedy kind of love, which is quite funny.  But the type of love where you can't imagine how your life can go on without that person.  The love that a couple has on their wedding day, the love that a mom has when she first sees her newborn child, a love that a kid has for their dog.  Love is amazing in so many ways.  To live a life without love is to live a life without happiness.  It's heart wrenching to know that there are people in life who will never know what it is to be love or to love someone in any capacity.  But one cannot focus on the sadness, for love is all around and is so wonderful and amazing that we should relish in it each and every day.

When my husband leaves for work, I always tell him I love him. Even if I am in a deep sleep, I will somehow wake up to tell him that I love him.  When he is at work, I always send at least one email telling him I love him. And before we go to sleep it's the same thing.

I am a strong believer that you should never go to bed angry, so tel those in your life that you love them every day, all day long. Pin It