First slideshow!

I'm super excited. Part of the revamping of the Eighth Day Photography website was to pick up some additional software to bring better products to my customers. So, I am very happy to show the very first "moving pictures" slideshow from Eighth Day Photography.

Sarah and Mircea are a couple who's engagement photos I shot in October, were set to be married in January, and after having to reset the date, are now getting married on April 22nd! I am very excited to be photographing their wedding in just a few short weeks! Keep checking the Eighth Day Photography blog for photos from their wedding!

Eighth Day Photography - new and improved!

Well, just in time for our upcoming move to Fort Wayne in a couple of months, I have upgraded my website! Its new! Its fresh! Its got flash! I'm still working on a few things (like adding galleries) and I need to make sure that the contact form works. But otherwise, its up!

Why I didn't bring my camera to the NY Botanical Gardens

I received a couple of posts asking why I didn't bring my camera to the Botanical gardens. The reasons were deliberate and two fold.

1) I wanted to just get out of the house with my baby and didn't have to worry about carrying a camera around. The cameras are big, and I love them, but they take a ton of space. I just wanted to be out and about with my friend and my son and have a nice walk. That, and I knew there wouldn't be a lot to photograph yet.

2) The second reason is more of a personal discipline. Usually, if I go somewhere without my camera, I end up kicking myself for not taking my camera, and I always keep an eye out for a good photo. I don't want to do that. I didn't want to spend my whole day kicking myself for not bringing the camera. So, as a personal discipline, I purposely don't bring my camera and just spend the day trying to relax and breathe fresh air and get exercise. And it worked! Not once did I worry about not having my camera with me. My son was bring cute and I didn't *have* to take a picture of it. Sophia and I had a nice walk, we saw some great animals at the Bronx Zoo, and it is a memory that I have in my memory, not my memory card!

New website is a work in progress

Well, I got a good bit done on the new website. Dn Gregory and I chose new colors. I'm really excited about it, because I really wanted to get from under the typical black webpage. I loved my black website, but I really wanted to "cheer it up" a little, so Dn Gregory and I chose this lovely brown. I really wanted to keep a shade of blue similar to what I had, so these are the new colors. So far, we really love them!

The new splashpage is done for the website. The next thing will be an actual new site, which I am so excited about! I'll be moving to a flash based site, which will be great! I loved my old site, but with the move from Mac to PC, my site was terribly destroyed, and I can't really update it. In fact, this morning I lost my gallery (hence why its not there anymore). I'm hoping to get the new site up and running by the end of the weekend.

And I guess I should sign off, as Dn Gregory just mentioned to me, as he is sitting next to me typing his paper, that I type loudly. And with 2 of us typing at 11pm and the baby trying to sleep in the next room, its probably best to sign off!

New website coming for Eighth Day Photography!

I'm very happy to announce that Eighth Day Photography will be revamping its website! I'm very excited to be moving to a new format! I think that all my current and future clients, including all brides, those being ordained and families will benefit from the new format! It'll be super easy to navigate, clients will easily be able to find their photos and all in all, will have a sleek and modern look! Look for the site to be here really soon!

Bronx Zoo and Botanical Gardens

Today, my friend Sophia and I took our kids to the NY Botanical Gardens and to the Bronx Zoo. Not a whole lot was available yet at either place as it is only mid-March, but seeing as it was close to 70 degrees today, we just had to get out and get the kids outside! Not thinking that we would be going to the zoo, as our plan was originally just the Gardens, I didn't bring my camera. Oh well. There weren't that many animals to see anyway. But I think the plan is to go again in a couple of weeks, and trust me, next time, the camera is coming with me!

Updated my website!

I spent a good portion of this afternoon updating my website. I'm excited about some of the elements that I've added to the site, including individual pages for each client, and an FAQ page (which will be coming soon). I'm looking to purchase a web slideshow program, and soon we will have what I like to call "moving pictures". Basically, it'll be an online slideshow for your photos, set to music. I've been playing with the program, and am now just deciding which version to buy. I'm excited about all the new features! Check out all the updates at http://www.eighthdayphotography.com!