smiling feet :)

We were at Wal-Mart the other night and found the coolest thing at the "shoe care center" and I just had to share with my brides and bridesmaids! They are called Kiwi smiling feet strips. For all those uncomfortable spots in your shoes! I'm not sure if they work good or not but they are more attractive than the average band-aid and may last longer than the paint-on protection. You can also get them at Target. I was especially impressed with the strappy strips. They show the entire line on their website for all shoe styles: www.smilingfeet.com/products.html
MY CURRENT PROJECT: Wade Wedding
SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD: When I grow up by The Pussycat Dolls
CRAVING: A warm bagel
NEEDED A MOMENT: It's Fall already!
BEST MOMENT: It's Fall... I love Fall...

Bessey family photos

Helloooo!
Well I had a great time with the Bessey family photos today. It was lots of fun and everyone got involved. It was neat to have all the different personalities and combinations. Each family had their own look and I really got to mix up the backgrounds and settings. Be looking for more of their photos on my website under family photos.
MY CURRENT PROJECT: Finishing Chouinard wedding photos. Wade wedding next. Selecting Sweet wedding photos for album ordering.
SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD: Whether you like this song or not, you have to admit, it does stick in your brain! I kissed a girl by Katy Perry
CRAVING: Sleep
NEEDED A MOMENT: I feel dizzy. Is my sinuses every going to be normal again?
BEST MOMENT: A change of plans for the evening!

My .COM "friend"

Well, I've had this ".COM friend" for some time now. It confuses lots of people and I'm sure I will be asked even more about my other out of the ordinary "friend" or shall I say competitor...? more often. Although they don't do photography directly, per say, and they are half a state away from me, it still is so confusing because they have a similar name and their website ends with the popular .COM and mine is the not-so-popular .BIZ. They have now since re-vamped their website to look similar colors to mine and although they have stepped up since their horribly neon pink catastrophe, it so frustrates me.
I have considered changing my website name to outoftheordinaryphotos.com but it seems more trouble than it's worth, along with the fact that it may cause even more confusion. I don't understand why their website can't be more like their full name, like: outoftheordinaryspecialevents.com or outoftheordinaryevents.com? But that would make too much sense and would be way too fair and we live in an unfair world. I guess I'll continue to lose some to this confusing mess.
Not to mention the idea that Jim & I see a whole wedding planning business in our future. And even though it's only an idea at the moment, what happens when we go for it? Change the name? For the record, I have tried making friends with them, to maybe even market each other, and they ignore me... and although I want to turn them in for using a copywritten popular song on their website, probably illegally, I won't because I'm a thoughtful person and everyone does things wrong in their life and I believe what comes around goes around. So for now I will remain defeated by the .com until the .biz becomes more known.
You may take a look and let me know what you think. It definately needs some work (like their photos are missing or behind their header but otherwise it's pretty fancy-smacy now, enough to confuse all my potential customers, that's for sure:
http://www.outoftheordinary.com/ Ok, now come back to mine! lol...

MY CURRENT PROJECT: Lewin sent. Finishing DiRenzo photos. Chouinard next.
SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD: I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) by Daryl Hall & John Oates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vouDK-LELEU
CRAVING: more sleep
NEEDED A MOMENT: A clogged brain from a sinus head cold
BEST MOMENT: sleep

Update on my uncle

Not a lot of news on my uncle except they have decided to put him in a nursing home to wait things out. I'll let you know any other updates until then.

Uncle "Ronto"

My uncle Ronny, 70, is in the hospital with a serious lung infection. Doctors are saying it's only a matter of time as this point. Uncle Ronny "Ronto" was always the joking one, making you laugh at everything. I remember him at the family runions creating a show everywhere he went. He attended the Huffman reunion last month on July 19th. He was married to his late wife, Janice, no children. His girlfriend, now by his side, with limited to no visitors. Mainly because he wants to talk and the doctors say he shouldn't be, but that's typical for Uncle Ronto. We are praying for him which ever way his journey takes him. Love you Uncle Ronto...

There are 13 brothers and sisters on the Huffman side. Seems in the last two years we have been seeing my mom's side of the family passing. With only a handful left on my dad's side, it's really hard to see her side going. Ya know, reality is always there but it's still just as hard to accept it as anything else. It's times like theses that I'm also reminded of how important it is to have photos. Between this economy the way it is & digital market, it's easy to feel as a photographer that there may not have be place anymore for it. But when you want to look back, it is desperately needed. And I could kick myself for not attending the family reunions as an adult with a camera in hand.

Here is most of the Huffman Family siblings on my mom's side. Uncle Ronny in the first bottom row kneeling. My mom is in the second row, standing, second one in, blue dress & glasses. Below: Here is Uncle Ronny with his late wife, Janice.

Fabulous weddings!

I have had a great last couple weeks. Been busy but good. Lots to talk about but I gotta keep it short. I am so excited about my recent purchase of Adobe Photoshop CS3. Finally! It's truly amazing and hopefully can help speed up my processing. Also got a new lens for my main and now after all this I'm back in debt. lol... but I want only the best for my couples out there!

Below: I wanted to share some photos from the last few weddings with captions above.

Take care and I will write again soon!

MY CURRENT PROJECT: Lewin album photos on order. DiRenzo photos next. Also trying to get web updates for everyone, thanks for patients & checking back!

Wade Wedding: Some old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
Sweet Wedding: This Groom set the photo up holding the brides ring, a classic one I have been wanting to get. Tesoriero Wedding: Love the bare feet in the wedding dress. Mraz Wedding: Nothing says beginning of August like this unique photo with the daisies. The Grooms David & Josh: My first coverage of a gay wedding. A great opportunity for Out of the Ordinary Creative Photography! Love this photo with both rings. Check for their page coming up on my website in the next month or so.

Email

Lately my email keeps going down. I've been researching into other email programs but I can't find anything that suits me best. They need an email system made for photographers. With options for photo sending and recieving. If anyone has any email programs that work great for them, please let me know! Currently I have my email through Yahoo! because I use it as my website server. Thanks for any input. :)