Five Fact Friday ~ 6/25/10 {Lincoln NE Photography STUDIO!!}

Going to have to make this week quick ...

1. This week has been CRAZY!!! We tried to have a relaxing long weekend out at the lake over father's day ... didn't work so well. Not that I can control the weather but I felt SO BAD that it rained all day Sunday for father's day. :( We did manage to get a little fishing in and had a great camping/boating day Monday to make up for it.

2. (art by http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/Internet_g170-Under_Construction_p11771.html)
A lot has changed at the new studio since last week! I mean A LOT!! I found out Monday that my temporary studio space is needed for family so my permanant studio is moving at lightning speed! My wonderful, caring, and SUPER handy husband is STILL working on it this evening as I write (it's 10:30 - serious marriage bank deposit.) lol With the help of "Mark & his guys" we were able to hang the drywall, pull the carpet, move a heating vent, poly the floor in prep for the new wood floors and pull the urinal (yes, there was a urinal in the bathroom - ick!) I won't post before pics until I'm ready to post after pics too - I don't want to scare anyone without proof that our vision can indeed become reality. ;)

3. Marky picked up my flooring today! I LOVE IT!!!! Having a hard time pin-pointing exact wall coloring but I'm sure I'll figure it out soon - I have to. ;) I told my dad the other day it's really amazing that I can be creative in so many ways but interior design is NOT my strong suit for SURE! Luckily my husband has a pretty good eye for things like that.

4. Working on t-ball orders tonight and tomorrow. If you have an order it's still not too late if you want to let me know before 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. ;)

One more t-ball team to take photos of next week.

5. Found a new web-site for photographers - this week they included a "What to Wear" suggestion section for maternity session that I thought was pretty helpful and wanted to pass it on.

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Five ... well Six Fact Friday ~ 6/18/10 {Lincoln, NE T-Ball Photographer} ;)

1. This was the longest fast week ever! I feel like my head is spinning! Busy at work, busy at home, busy at photography! I have always said that I would MUCH rather be busy than bored and I still stand by that!

2. I ended up taking photos for 3 t-ball teams this week, about 35 kids! I love photographing kiddos! They're SO FUNNY! I had one little guy that would only take his sunglasses off if I took a photo with them on first. LOL!

3. My favorite part of taking pictures of kids is when I KNOW at the end of the session that they had a good time too. My little man from the last sneak peek walked over and gave me a big hug out of the blue. *heart*

4. The studio renovation is moving about as fast as my house being built … that means not at all. The really smelly part is I have no one to blame but myself. :( Boo Hiss on me! I need to get my heine (X's new word he learned from a friend - lol) moving on this stuff!!!

5. Father's day weekend! DO NOT forget to tell your Daddy how much he means to you!

Taking my own Daddy out for dinner Saturday night, I'm REALLY looking forward to it! We like to try something new every time we go out, even if it's something simple. We're giving Bread & Cup a try this time, hope it's good. I've always been a Daddy's girl (minus a few teenage years but who's counting.) I heart my dad!

Here is one part of father's day gifts for this year. I'll post the other part next week ... they're still not done yet. :/
My new tiny borders! I HEART them!! :)




6.I had to post some pics of my photo frame I FINALLY got pics for. LOVE IT!!! ;)


After I saw it with the pics in it I HAD to have Mark hang it!! Woo hoo! :)

I scream, you scream, we all scream ... for those BLUE eyes! {Lincoln, NE Photographer}

This little man just turned four and I can already tell he's going to be a little heart-breaker. Check out those bright baby blues! :) Not only that he's got a huge personality to match.

He did such a good job mom treated him to ice cream before we called it quits.



Double click on this picture and check those eyes out, I dare ya. Natural light does amazing things!






Fast forward 14 years to senior pictures... lol

EIGHT fact friday :) ~ 6/11/10 {Lincoln, NE Photographer}

You might want to go grab a snack and a Diet Pepsi before you sit down to read this week … I'm feeling pretty windy today … :)

1. Finally got the web-site where I want it for now. Eventually I'll have a professional update it for me but I think it's pretty good where it's at for now. ;) www.tracyvphotography.com Really happy with where my colors ended up too. ;)

2. Do you know how hard it is to find hair scrunchies anymore?!?! ;) lol I've been wanting to make these forever and I finally got motivated to make some homemade 'lens buddies' to occupy your little ones during a shoot. Hopefully I'll get more eye contact with help from these goofy little creatures. X decided he couldn't live without a spider one so I'm still in search of a black or dark purple scrunchie still. Worst case scenario I'll have to make my own … been a while since I did that. I used to make myself one for every outfit back in the day … don't laugh you know you did it too!




More to come later ... they take longer to make than I originally thought they would.

3. A 4 year old shoot scheduled for this weekend and a couple t-ball team photos later this week/next week.


4. Cutest thing, my hubby was out coaching/practicing with his t-ball team and he calls in one of the little girls to bat. She runs up gives him a sweet little smile and hands over a little flower. :) Little girls are so sweet! He had a pocket full of flowers by the end of the game. Though I think a couple were from X too. ;) It's really funny to watch the difference when you cheer on little girls vs. boys. The girls eat up the attention smiling at the crowd all the way to first, the boys just run past on a mission straight to first without even noticing that you're cheering for them. ;)



5. Totally excited that I'm getting closer to a real live studio, near 38th & Cornhusker Hwy. It's a tiny little space but there's room to grow and I have the opportunity to completely customize everything (as much as my tiny budget allows that is.) I have a LOT (I mean a LOT) of work to do. Anyone up for a complete bathroom remodel or some carpet replacement … ??? I have a husband who is a wonderful carpenter/overall handyman but he's absolutely swamped too with his siding/roofing/gutter business so I'm on his schedule until the winter when he slows down. ;) I'm going to stand outside the studio with a sign that says "Will take photos for manual labor." :)

I think I'm going to use a dresser for the vanity so that I have lots of counter space too … innovative thinking, huh? Would it look really silly to put in a one tub aluminum kitchen sink in the bathroom so there is room to clean a baby after a smash cake session?
Speaking of smash cake sessions … I haven't done one forever. :( Everyone is turning 2 this year! I CAN'T believe it! I LOVE cake sessions! ;) I don't even mind the clean up.

6. Working on some sort of 1st year baby photography plan. I'm thinking that I would rather do a 'punch card' type of deal rather than a package that you pay for up front.

7. Going to use my digital papers goodies to create an award/certificate for Mark's blastball team. What a GREAT group of kids!! They are all awesome! They've grown so much in just a couple weeks. From running off the field every time they weren't at bat to making it through the whole hour! I'm pretty sure Mark should have been a teacher/coach, he's really good at it. ;)



8. Going camping next weekend with the boys over father's day. I have some really cool photo gifts for the dad's even this year! I'll post some photos of dad's next Friday, pretty sure my dad's not too quick on reading the blog and I KNOW Mark's dad doesn't. ;) I have no idea what to get Marky for father's day this year and all X could come up with was that "we should get him a lap top." Crazy kid!

EIGHT!?!? I'll stop! I'm sure that's a record! Hope you all enjoyed your little TracyV Photography blog break! ;)

Five Fact Friday ~ 6/4/10 {Lincoln, NE Photographer}

1. I LOVE when Xavier's book order comes in from school! This time we ordered my new favorite children's book ... Mary had a little lamp!! LOVE IT! Everyone with kiddos (and even those without) should really give it a read. ;) It's totally cute!


2. Last day of school this week. :( We are really going to miss XO's teachers and school friends but I know he's going to have one awesome summer at daycare this year. ;) We went to Ivanna Cone after school got out to celebrate a great year ... four words, banana ice cream YUM!

3. We had a REALLY GREAT memorial day Monday! Went for a nice long bike ride, went out and got dragged along the lake in the tube, then some fishing and smores (minus the graham crackers.) ;)






4. All of the above pics are from my new camera! I'm absolutely LOVIN' it! I think I'm just about used to it and should be 100% ready by the next session.

5. I asked X what I should write for #5 and he said that I should "just say thank you for people doin' stuff for ya." Doesn't sound like a bad idea ... Thanks everyone!

Have a great weekend everyone!