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Meet beautiful Mikayla! We had such a fun day evening and it was such a gorgeous day!

I am announcing my new logo and a new updated website. Yay, I am so excited! I really wanted something very simple and well, something that was very much me. 🙂 I have always loved handwritten logos and I have always loved butterflies. Butterflies have always been a special thing in my family, my grandmother loved them. I was extremely close to my grandmother and when she passed away, my sister and I talked about how it seemed like we seen so many butterflies that first year she was gone. I personally felt that is was God’s way of sending me some comfort and just a little hi from grandma. I believe God comforts us in many ways and for me when I was seeing so many butterflies after my grandma passed, I felt peace.  When I was first coming up with logo I had no doubt it had to have a butterfly in it. So the butterfly is hand drawn and attached to my name. The drawing was done by my 9 year old daughter Maretta, who was named after my grandmother. I am so excited to have a part of my child’s creativity in my logo. So I gave my thoughts and ideas to my amazing friend and graphic designer Veronica Louchart and she made it happen.

I also wanted to update my website, as I feel I have grown and changed in my photography journey. I feel and have always felt this journey for me has had its ups and downs, but I have always felt 100% this is where God wants me and I am happy to oblige. I love it so much and it is worth it. He has placed amazing opportunities in my life to help me to grow and one of those was working with the amazing talented Jean Smith Photography.  I took her and her husbands He Said She Said workshop about 4 years ago, which was amazing, they simplified everything for me and I was so beyond inspired.  About a year later, I started assisting her at weddings and now I second shooting weddings with her. It has been an awesome 3 years shooting with Jean and I feel so blessed to work with such amazing talent, that has taught me so much! I have now added weddings to my website and soon to come will actually be a separate wedding website, that is still in the works. So I hope you check back.

I hope everyone loves the new website and logo as much as I do. To introduce the logo, here is a photo of my daughter resting in the cool summer grass as the sun goes down.

This weeks photo challenge at I heart faces is called “All Boy”.  I decided to enter this photo because these two brothers are true little farm boys. I just adored them and how they look like they are discussing some serious farm business. 🙂

It’s time for a contest! Win a free mini session and photo disc by helping me get more Facebook fans!

What’s the Prize?

The Winner will receive a 45 min to 1-hour session at their location choice, along with a high resolution disc of 15 images and the digital release for those images – a value of about $500.00!  The location must be within 45 miles of downtown Howell, Michigan. Perhaps you want to join in the contest but you are too far away? The Winner will have their choice of a mini photo-session with me (which they could gift to a  friend near Howell) OR a $25.00 gift card to B&H photo OR a $25.00 gift card to their favorite store or restaurant.

Contest ends Thurs. May 3, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

The entries will all be entered and drawn per a Random Name Generator and the Winner name will be announced on May 4, 2012!

I had the best time with Sarah and her mom.  Sarah has been dancing since she was a little one and also playing the guitar.  We started out the shoot in a dance studio and then ended it on a beautiful October day in the  park.  It was a blast!