Voice: Gone!

Okay, if you want to hear me sounding really funny, give me a call today. On second thought, that might not help at all... I lost my voice having a blast with the family at Whitewater (water park) over the weekend and it still hasn't come back! I sound so raspy I almost crack myself up trying to talk.

So, if you call today (and probably tomorrow, too), I apologize in advance for how terrible I sound! I really do feel great, I just sound pathetic. =)

I was hamming it up on one of the more mellow rides at Whitewater, trying to scare everyone in line behind us and that's how I lost my voice. I (we) screamed the entire way down and my brother got video of it. You have to love waterproof video cameras! If and when he posts the video, I'll see about including it with this post for your entertainment. It was pretty funny.

Also, I haven't blogged any photos from recent sessions and weddings in a long time so here are a few faves from recent sessions.

Wow, this girl can sing! Seriously, I'm seeing a future American Idol here... or maybe skipping that step and going straight to Nashville.

Thanks for checking in for the latest! I hope to post more soon, I'm just trying to prioritize our time since we're playing a bit of catch-up from weddings and the busy senior season.

Wow, this guy is FAST!

Have you heard about runners who are so fast they can actually run across water? Here's a guy beating two speedboats!


Okay, that's a little silly, but it is an absolutely amazing photo! I noticed that the photographers name wasn't even mentioned, just "AP/Daily American Republic." Bummer! Any photographer is really honored to have their name and/or website given credit for photos and whoever took that photo deserved to have his name mentioned! Thanks to my brother Sean who forward a link to the story. You can see the original Fox News story here if you're interested.

I'm back from two weekends in a row in the Dallas area. The 400-mile round trip is starting to look familiar. =) Should have some photos to post soon from previous weddings... I'm still playing a bit of catch-up.

More soon...

Wedding Photography :: Only So Many Weekends in the Year!

I'm really excited about a little technological time-saver I got in place today. Visual voice mail and on-computer text messaging!
I've been using callwave.com's free services for a while now, and love receiving voice mails transcribed into text messages. Granted, they're abbreviated and sometimes really off in the transcription since it's all computerized, but it's getting better and I can normally get a good idea of what the call is about and can call them back without even having to listen to the message.

But had never taken advantage of their online contact list feature and online text messaging options until today.


We often get wedding photography inquiries for dates we already have booked and are unavailable for. Instead of just telling the inquiring bride that we're sorry that we're unavailable, we can actually text a few close photographer friends to see if any of them are available on that date. Within a few minutes they've replied and then we can actually refer the inquiring bride to a couple of photographers who we know are free on that date, saving them lots of time hunting around and calling around to other photographers!

So, if you're a bride with a date in mind, give us a call and we'll help however we can! =)

If you are like me and don't really particularly like to type out text messages on your phone, you might really like callwave's services. Check it out!


** Caveat :: Looks like the free service I subscribed to isn't being promoted on their site. They obviously still offer it since I'm not paying for it, but you may have to hunt around for it or contact them to inquire how to take advantage of it. If you take the time to figure it out, drop me a line and let me know so I can pass it along!

Edmond Arts Festival features Allison Sangree!

Hey, people! Hope you can make it out to the Edmond Arts Festival sometime today through Sunday. My own dear mother, the very famous Allison Sangree, artist, is featuring some of her exquisite works and will be there in person to sign autographs and swap stories. =)

Seriously, she's one of the most friendly people you'll ever meet, so stop by, say hello and tell her that you're a friend of ours and you will just make her day!

I'm heading there for some good carny food now. Dad says the corn-dog line is incredibly long. =) Maybe I can find something with fresh strawberries since our little plant at home hasn't done very well this spring. I'm not a big corn-dog fan, anyway. If they figure out how to make french fries on a stick, that's when I'll get excited about food on a stick. =)