My Mom Shoots People

I’m loving fall this year.  Connor is at the age where he actually understands things now and every time we pass a pumpkin or a ghost he gets so excited!  I’m loving decorating and having a home.  Feeling blessed.  There are some things that I would like to do to update our home, but Christmas is my favorite holiday and I plan on going all out this year and decorating to the max!

All of that said….I need to stay off Zulily.  Lately it’s been like crack.  They have such good deals and I’ve found the CUTEST Christmas stuff on there!  I wish the shipping were a bit cheaper, but it seems like they ship items separately for some reason? I got this shirt awhile back on Zulily and I Looooove it!

It says “My Mom Shoots People”

I tell you getting this child ready in the morning along with myself is a challenge.  He can’t go anywhere without this blanket, his cup, and goldfish…..sigh….

I love holiday paper towels, Kleenex, paper plates….is that weird???
I am not so crazy about Halloween, but I love the festive plates, cups, paper towels that come out around this time of year.

 On my computer at work…..this is the truth!
I also found these two items at the grocery store lately…just trying to figure out what to make with them???

Hope ya’ll have a great day it’s almost Friday!!! Whoop!  Whoop!!!

I’m so excited about all the Christmas photo sessions coming up!!!! I get so so so excited meeting people and sharing their pictures 🙂

Photo Session Auction: Sending Love to the Turners


I’m auctioning a 1 hour photo session to a DFW reader.  All proceeds will go to Julee and Preslee.  Winning bidder will also get a full disk of digital photos.

To see more you can visit my photo site HERE

HOW TO BID:


  • Place your bid in the comments section of this blog post.

  • Leave NAME, EMAIL, and BID.

  • All bids must be made in $1 increments. If the last bid is $9 then your bid must be $10.
Bidding will close on Friday night at 10:00pm(EST)
Highest bidder will be the winner.
Payment will be accepted via PayPal. Winner will be emailed a paypal invoice and once paypal payment has been made, I will put you in contact with the donor.
PLEASE NOTE: Auction open to US residents only. All payments must be received by October 31, 2012. These payments are not considered tax deductible.

To see what else is up for auction – Check here:

http://www.lifesweetlifeblog.com
http://www.biggest-blessings.com
http://sheshebows.blogspot.com
http://www.jennifergetts.blogspot.com

Photo Happy….Get Ready For Christmas!

 It’s time to get picture happy people! 
Christmas is only 77 days away!!!
I took some pictures of Connor yesterday while I was home with him.  I give all kinds of props to stay at home moms….even though I get a little disappointed some days I’m not one.  It’s work people.  Of course I would love it, but I also love my job and adult interaction everyday.  I never think of my glass half empty…it’s half full and we are very blessed 🙂
So here’s my day with crazy Connor boy:
 He makes the goofiest expressions!

He really loves TINY cars right now.  He also is in the stage of where he wants to stick everything in his mouth!

 And when he’s tired of taking pictures he lets me know by this look:

“Mom stop already!”

 Don’t forget I’m running a Christmas photo special right now too all you DFW peeps!

 Speaking of Christmas photos….have you checked out Shutterfly lately?
They have a great selection of Christmas Cards this season. 
Shutterfly has got a wonderful new collection this year from traditional colors and embellishments to merry and bright colors that take on a modern feel.  They also feature religious/scripture based cards (including Hanukkah) and cards that you can showcase your fur babies photos on.  Whatever your style is they are sure to have something you’ll love.

 Go check out Shutterfly’s special offer page HERE
Disclosure: I linked to Shutterfly in exchange for an online voucher.

 

Fort Worth/Dallas Photography

If you live in the DFW area and are looking for senior or family photos email me at

 

beckylbranch@gmail.com

 

or

 

Just go HERE and click on “Rates” at the top of the screen!

 

I can only do weekends because I work during the week, but I am pretty open for the next few months.

 

I’ve got all this fancy equipment I better start using it!  And honestly I think it would be nice to take pictures of other people besides my family, because their corneas are starting to scorch from all my picture taking!

 

And they’ve started to run from me when I bust out the camera???

 

Is it a sign?

 

SO-Email me and I’d love to shoot you!

 

Well, shoot PICTURES of your pretty faces 🙂

 

 

Shoot Your Kids Workshop

Ya’ll know I’m a crazy picture taking Mama right?
I mean I have soooooo many photos of Connor boy that I am going to need another hard drive soon. 
Gulp.
These are some shots I took last week. 
Connor loves to lay in our bed and watch movies…and because he’s still most of the time I can catch a decent photo.

I’d like to think I know a lot about my camera and taking photos.  For the most part I do.  I know how to get a photo to look the way I want.  I still have a lot to learn and I do like to continue learning to photog skills. 
Enter the Shoot Your Kids Workshop:

“The Shoot Your Kids Workshop is seriously the best beginner’s workshop. Ever.  Presented by Benfield Photography, this three hour workshop will teach you to take better images of your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or best friend’s kids.

Though Dale has been a professional photographer for over a decade (check out their blog here) he was seriously stumped when his daughter Ellie first came on the scene seven years ago. Unlike soon-to-be brides at their engagement shoot, this precious newborn could hardly stay awake for five minutes after she ate let alone pose- how was he supposed to work with that?!?!

Gradually he learned that by combining his background in photojournalism, his life long love of photography, and his adoration of his daughter (and her unique personality) he was able to capture beautiful images of their everyday life and now he wants to pass these skills along to you!

Whether you have a point and shoot with no fancy settings or a DSLR that hasn’t come out of the box since Christmas, this workshop can help. Whatever equipment you currently have, Dale (and his awesome wife Meredith) will teach you how to use it to take better images of your kids. Lighting, composition, Photoshop tricks- they cover all of these too in everyday language that anyone could understand. These skills will give you images for scrapbooks, blog posts, and Facebook updates that you will be proud of!!

They are going to ten different cities in the month of August and will be here in Dallas on Saturday August 11th during the early afternoon. (Check back here for more details on the “what time and where” in a few weeks!)

The best part? They have offered me and my lovely readers $50 off the cost of the workshop by using the code JAVAMAMA50 by July 11th! Isn’t that awesome??

To take advantage of this offer hurry over to the Shoot Your Kids website and then click the “Sign Up!” button on the right side of almost any page. See you there!”