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New Year’s Resolutions

I’m not really one who usually takes on New Year’s resolutions, but in order to better the business and myself, I’ve taken on a number of them this year and thought I’d share some of them with you.

1. Drink water. I am a big tea drinker. I love the Red Diamond sweet tea with Splenda you can get at Walmart. I like cokes too, but not like the tea. My first resolution is to cut out cokes and tea all-together and drink water. There are exceptions, like I can still drink Propel Vitamin Water, but less sugar and no caffeine is the goal.

2. Blog. I’m not guaranteeing I’ll blog everyday like my friend and great photographer Dale Benfield did in 2009, but I found myself slacking last year with keeping up with the blog. My goal is to blog more and share more personal stuff including thoughts, personal photos and crazy, random things with you.

3. Read. I’ll be the first to admit I’m not someone who reads books for fun. I normally read photography forums online and news. Since the Kindle app for the iPhone came out, I bought some books for it with every intention to read them, but just never got around to it. This year will be different. I’m currently reading Tribes by Seth Godin (thanks DB) and have several others ready to go including How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (thanks Becker), Fast Track Photographer by Dane Sanders and Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port. Cyndi told me I need to read some fiction books, though, so I’m on the hunt for some good fiction. Any suggestions?

New Addition | Arkansas Family Portraits

We were so happy to have a new addition to our family! After months of anticipation and waiting, we finally were able to welcome our new nephew, Layton Nathaniel, into our world (crazy as it may be sometimes)! We were sure to get him used to the camera as soon as possible! We had a quick family shoot for Christmas cards and then photographed Layton some. I love the shot where he looks like Dr. Evil! We also have some shots of Ava taken on Thanksgiving…

Misti & Chad | Arkansas Family Portraits

I’m so glad Misti and Chad have asked us to photograph them the past three years. I met up with them in Bentonville to shoot them for their Christmas cards and had such a great time with them. We hit up the square and then headed to Bogle Park for a few more shots.

The Hill Family | Arkansas Family Portraits

We were thrilled when Gina and Britt wanted to have us photograph their family for Christmas cards and presents. We headed down to Fayetteville to Wilson Park (along with a couple hundred other people… it was a beautiful day!) for starters and then ended up at my new favorite place.

Rebecca & Travis | Fayetteville Engagement Photography

I was lucky enough to have Rebecca and Travis call me about photographing their engagement session back in November. We met up on campus and got some great shots while getting to know each other and then headed to one of my new favorite places to shoot in Fayetteville. I’m in love with the photographs I made and am glad to finally be able to share them with you. Enjoy!

Didn’t Get What You Wanted? | Arkansas Photographer

So Christmas has come and gone, and you probably got many presents. While you are really enjoying them, they’re not exactly what you wanted. Or… someone you weren’t expecting got you something and you need to get them a gift in return. Well, you’re in luck! We’re still offering our gift certificate special where you automatically get 50% more for no additional charge! Just click here and we can send it to them today!

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Hangin’ with Camden | Northwest Arkansas Children’s Photography

A couple of weekends ago we got to hang with our favorite little guy, Camden, and his parents Crystal & Carl, of course.  (You can click here to see a list of our previous shoots with them.)  We walked around downtown Bentonville for a while and got some super fun stuff.

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So fun!  We will, of course, be doing another shoot of this sweet family in a few months to really capture Crystal’s pregnancy.  Hopefully it will be  when she is 7 or 8 months pregnant instead of 3 days before she gives birth, like the last time!

- Cyndi