A day out with the family

My husband and I and our newest member of the family, went to Marietta Square to take some pictures for a project I am working on. I can't post anything about it because I am doing it for a few people I know and I don't want to ruin the surprise! Anyway, here are some pictures we took!

Locket

This is a locket that I had made over the weekend. This was very special to me and I thought long about how I wanted to do it. Some of you may know that in October 2006 My first baby, Lucas, was stillborn due to complications during the pregnancy. I was 7 1/2 months along. It was the most heartbreaking and humbling thing I ever had to experience. There is nothing like the loss of a child and I will forever hold him in my heart. I was then blessed with my beautiful son, Jonas. He was born this past October, almost a year to the date of Lucas' birthday. I wanted a way to keep them both close to my heart so I decided to get this locket made. On the front there is a monogram. "J" for Jonas, "L" for Lucas and "T" for Turner. On the back are both of their birthdays and inside is a picture of each of their footprints. I absolutely love how it came out and I can't wait to tell people the story behind it.

Mark & Calizza Lagrange, GA

Joanie took these pictures of Mark & Claizza in Lagrange. They were so fun to work with! Here are some of her favorites!

The BIG SNOW

We had heard about it on the news for days. They said that there might be snow and to my surprise, today it actually snowed! I talked to Joanie who lives in Lagrange and she said that it snowed there too! This is a big deal for us. That might be all the snow we see until next year. Here are some of the pictures that I took

A photographers inspiration

A few days ago I decided to email one of my photography idols, Jasmine Star. She is an incredible photographer based out of California. Seriously she has no idea how much her photography has changed my own. Her photos are unlike anything I have ever seen and will make your jaw drop. Well after I sent it I checked my email every two hours to see if by any small chance she responded.Right before going to bed one night I checked my email one last time and there it was! A response from Jasmine Star! I couldn't believe it! Thanks Jasmine for being such a role model for my business! Check out her website www.jasminestarphotography.com

Here is my letter:

Jasmine,

I must first start off by saying what an incredible photographer you are. I stumbled upon your website after religiously checking on David Jays blog. I saw the pictures that you took of him and his girlfriend and my jaw dropped.

I am a photographer in Atlanta, GA. I'm still not exactly where I want to be with my business but I am well on my way. I just had to tell you what an inspiration you are to me and the way I choose to approach my photography. For years I have drooled over David Jays photographs. He has no idea but he has shaped me into the photographer that I am today. He showed me that wedding photography can been the most fulfilling and creative job there is. I owe my thanks to him. Then you came along and now I am in love with your photographs. Every night I sit at home with my husband and I look at your blog and he hears me "Ewwing and Ahhing" over every picture!

So I just wanted to say that your photography has now changed me yet again. I am so excited for my next wedding and I will continue to look at your Blog religiously.

Sincerest thanks,
Lindsey Turner

And her response:

Hi Lindsey!
Thank you SO much for emailing me! It's literally impossible for me
to respond to every email I get, but I just had to drop a line and
thank you for making my day. I feel so honored to have people read
my blog, but I'm more honored to do what I love. I feel so blessed.
I, too, am excited for your next wedding because I know you're going
to knock it out of the ballpark! :)
Thanks again!
Warmly,
Jasmine*

January 15, 2008

Today I went to visit my friend Dawn and her beautiful daughter Poppy. It was my first visit to her house since Jonas was born. We went to lunch and I took a few pictures of her for her website. They came out so cute. Dawn and I had sort of an unexpected friendship. A few years ago we both worked at Lifetouch taking school pictures. We became instant friends and have been really close since then. We have helped each other out with some of our weddings and we have so much fun. Joanie and Dawn got to hang out a lot during my last few months of my pregnancy since I wasn't photographing any weddings. Joanie and I just love Dawn and we have so much fun with her!

Merry Christmas everyone!

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Having Jonas here made it much more fun this year! The collage picture is what we sent out as Christmas cards to our family and friends.
"We hope that everyone gets exactly what they want for Christmas.
We certainly did..."