3 mos old!

Look at my big 3 month old!

favorite subject...

If you read one of my other blogs, Our World = Rocked, then you know that I've had our baby.  Deacon Josiah was born October 26, 2010, so we've had him for almost 12 weeks now!  Hard to believe.  Since he's been here, he's become my favorite photography subject. 

No surprise there.  :)

We take photos of him almost every single day.  It's ridiculous, really, but I can't help myself.  He's so.dang.cute.  And he's changing so fast daily, we don't want to miss anything!

Since I do have the other blog, devoted solely to him, I just wanted to post a couple a bunch of photos that I've taken of him that I consider "artistic":

Okay, I can't take credit for this awesome photo (obviously since I'm in it :) but I wanted to post it anyway because it's just...it totally depicts... well, it makes me cry.  Every time.  This was probably one of the very first moments that I got to spend with my son and it was captured by our doula and good friend, Kelley.

Love me some baby feet!  1 month old

This is probably one of my all-time fave photos, so far.

4 weeks old

Love how our Christmas tree looks in the background.

And his precious profile.  :) 

7 weeks old

Aw.  8 weeks old

My little guy in jeans.  Love it.  And I love how his...um, crotch

makes a heart.  Well, it does!  Just look...

9 weeks old

You gotta love little baby body parts. :)  9.5 weeks old

He's not a huge fan of tummy time,

but he did good on this day...

9.5 weeks old

What did I tell you about baby feet?  *muah*  10 weeks old

Oh, hi.  10 weeks old

special friends...

I recently did a photoshoot on the beach for some special, long-time friends and it was a lot of fun.  Everyone was a good sport for the most part and then we headed to Max's Pizza for some yummy dinner.

Here are some of my faves from the day:

Nimmo Family...

I had an opportunity to photograph a sweet family this past weekend, Caleb & Laura Nimmo and their two cute kiddos, Caden & Lilly. It's always a challenge to catch young, active kids in action but I'm pleased with what I ended up with from this shoot. It was a lot of fun to hang out with this family on the beach.

Here are a few of my faves:

open for business...

If you've been following this blog long enough, you know that I've done a few photoshoots (paying gigs) for various individuals: high school seniors, families, etc.  A couple of those came about just because they knew I like to take photos and they trusted me enough to ask me to take some photos for them.

The other photoshoots have resulted from word-of-mouth and I'm grateful for that.  I've decided, however, that I'm ready to start promoting that side of my creativity a little bit more aggressively.  I'm not sure where it will go but it would be fantastic if God would use this passion of mine to allow me to provide a little income for our family.

With that being said, I want to officially promote LW Designs.  

I have posted about this in a past post and probably mentioned that this "endeavor" would encompass print designs, too.  That is true; I'm still willing to design anything from shower/party invitations, baby/graduation announcements, Christmas cards, etc.  Add to that blog/web design and photography and that's basically what I have skills/talents and passion for.  For this particular post, though, I'll focus on the promotion of my photography:

I specialize in outdoor photography in the Wilmington and Jacksonville, NC area.  I also do parties, showers and marketing photos (do you have something to sell on a website or in a shop?  Let me take your merchandise photos!).

If you're curious about what that translates into, here's the deal(s):

[all categories include a copyright release]

PHOTOGRAPHY SESSIONS: $200 flat fee

[includes 1.5 hour session + CD w/edited photos]

*couples/family

*senior photos

*baby

SPECIAL OCCASIONS: $25/hour + $50 for CD

*birthdays

*baby showers

*bridal/wedding showers

MARKETING PHOTOS: $15/hour + $3/image or $25 for CD

*merchandise in/on your:

  - shop

  - Etsy

  - website/blog

  - Facebook

You can find examples of my work here, here (& here), here and here, as well as on Facebook, where I've set up a group called LW Designs.  Find it here and join!

I would love to hear from any of you who have need of my services for whatever your special moments in life include; contact me at lindsay.wenzel@gmail.com or leave me a comment with your info so I can get in touch with you.  And do feel free to throw my name out to anyone who might be interested!  Thanks!

happy 2nd birthday, cora beth!

My niece turned two last weekend -- another year FLOWN by -- and we had a blast celebrating this special milestone with her.

The party was an ice cream theme (gotta love those summer birthdays! :) and again, my sister-in-law had the cutest ice cream decorations.  The tablecloths had ice cream cones & sundaes on them and we ate yummy ice cream out of cute little bowls.  Even Cora Beth's shirt had an triple-decker ice cream cone on it!

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE ice cream?

The party was at the home of my brother & sister-in-law's in Thomasville and family & friends gathered to celebrate Cora Beth.  She did so well, entertaining us all with new tricks and such.  And she racked up on gifts, of course.  :)

Here are some of the sweet moments from that day in photos:

[candles in the ice cream -- love it!]

[look at this big girl -- she got the hang of it real fast!]

[Cora Beth and her -- ahem -- boyfriend, Dylan]

[fun times with Uncle Jeff]

[Priceless.  She didn't actually pose for this but how cute is she??]

For more photos from her party, click here.

weekend activities...

Look what's happening this weekend!

Not sure how 2 years has gone by already...we just celebrated her 1st birthday, it seems...