a year of firsts

this is my very first blog. the fact that i even have a blog is amazing considering how technically challeged i am. so many great things are happening right now and i am really excited about my future as a photographer. i have been taking classes at the local college and love it. i have made some really great friends that share the same interests as me. something amazing happened... one of my portraits of stevie rae made it into the art show at the college. i have to say that was really exciting. the picture was very high fashion and i will post it for you all to see.

so lets be honest, photography has been a passion for a long time but i never had the time to really learn the technical side. with stevie rae leaving me... (tears) to attend montana state university in august, i decided now is the time for me to really get in gear so that i don't mope too much when she is gone and i will have a way to make some money for travelling to and from montana. what i didn't expect is that i really really love photography. i hope that i can be great at it.

i had my first paying customer nichelle dismer. yeah! i took nichelle's senior portraits last week and i am really excited about how much i love them. i also designed stevie rae and nichelle's senior announcements. isn't it time we move past the traditional white with the foil cap announcements (LOL). i will post those for you to see too.

this week we are breaking ground (not literally) on my very own photography studio. i can not be more excited. it will take a couple of months before i will be up and running but i am really looking forward to having my own studio.

lastly, many of you (LOL - my two followers), would like to know where the name studio 22381 came from... well.... its personal... but i will tell you... when my first baby, stevie rae was born, they put a wrist/ankle bracelet on each of us and said that we belong together ... that number has had very special meaning to me ever since... that's it!!!

thanks for reading and i will try to be diligent and post about life and my photography experiences. LOVE TO ALL!