I’m proud of myself for putting this together before Monday.  30 minutes is still 30 minutes.  FTW!  ::grin::

I’m bored with talking about me and how busy I am.  I mean…really…who isn’t busy and who DOESN’T have a million things going on?!

Instead…this is about all the cool things I did this week — things and people that made me happy…that made me laugh…and that made me realize just how amazing a week I had…

First of all…I HAVE to share this image I took at Dana and Matt’s wedding on Saturday in the Thousand Islands.  I don’t know if you’ve ever had this experience — but sometimes when my shutter clicks…I just…know.  I know that that particular image is going to be AMAZING.  Dana calls it “You know Tam Tam (yes, she calls me Tam Tam – just like my mom) THE shot.”

So first…here is  THE shot:

Other cool things?

I met some REALLY funny and amazing seniors this week — I swear — I laugh so hard with these kids — their insights, facial expressions and jumping expertise just gets to me every time.  They are amazing!!

I photographed a family that I saw this winter — and the boys looked about 3 years older!  How does that happen???!!  So adorable this family.  Srsly.

I went to the Thousand Islands and photographed an amazing wedding with a peacock feather theme at a fairy tale chapel.  MMMM…YUMMYLICIOUS (see about for THE shot ::laughing::)

Oh…and…one of my good friends scored a REALLY cool chair and couch for me at a garage sale.  I put the chair in my van and in true Tammy style — forgot it was there.  So…when the sun was setting on the river and I was thinking…man…I WISH I had some cool piece of furniture to put the bride and groom on …

Um yeah.  ::laughing::  You see how I ROLL!

Other good things:  another good friend brought me over a COUCH that I LOVE that she didn’t WANT for my LIVING ROOM (phew.  that was a lot of capital letters!) — and I am soooo happy.  It’s the coolest couch EVAH.  Thanks guys!

I am setting up an appointment with a cool nutritionist — more about that later — but first she wants me to take a metabolism test.  She sent me the guidelines today and I have to be without caffeine for FOUR HOURS.  I don’t know Carol.  That is a LONG TIME!  ::laughing::

Also — did I mention PEACOCK FEATHERS???!!  LOVE!

So…sounds fun right?  Just to enhance my prodigious story-telling capabilities ::snort::  here’s my week — in the PICTORIAL SENSE:

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So.  This week.

Here’s the cliff note version:

wedding.  fun.  pink.  amazing sunset.  (you’ll have to wait for those however.  they’re still a secret.  ::grin::)

senior Bryanna with the most.amazing.hair.and.blue.eyes.ever.

crazy fam session that included sand eating (8 month old) and falling into the lake (3 year old).  Yep.  I laughed the entire time.  So freaking cute!

a pair of adorable Llapso’s and their moms and a great sunset.  but lots of mosquitos.  You’d be surprised at how many mosquitos I have to photoshop off people’s faces at this time of year.  srsly.

an engagement session that started with a soccer ball being kicked quite dramatically at the poor fiance.  And yep.  My suggestion.  Luckily Victor didn’t actually HIT her with the ball.  But I made a note to self:  bad idea.  ::grin::

Whirlwind week.  New ideas.  New components that I can hardly wait to share with you…but I must.  Self restraint is never good for me — but I am trying to improve as I get older — so you’ll have to stick with me and see when it rolls.  But I mean it — so cool.

Without further ado…I give you:  this week in pictures.  Sort of.  this week in sneak peeks for clients.

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Recap.

Busy.

Twins.

Nutritionist.

Dogs.

Weddings.

Seniors.

Maternity.

Engagement. Wait. no. no engagement shoot this week. ::laughing:: I must be delirious!

These are seriously fun to put together. You should see me in front of the computer peering at all of my images from the week. It occurred to me that it might be good for you to understand my workflow (right? cuz you’ve been laying awake at night thinking…I wonder…what Tammy’s workflow is…yeah. I know.)

When I photograph a person…or a wedding…or a dog…I have to immediately go home and look at the images. Sometimes I get so excited about images that I want to leave the shoot and go home and immediately start working on them! Just kidding (sort of). ::laughing:: I always give my clients a sneak peek. Digital has made us all immediate gratification junkies. I see everyone (me too) peering at the images on the back of your cameras — I so get that. So I edit up one or two images and post them. Usually on my facebook first…or email (if it’s boudoir, obviously) if the client prefers that instead…or doesn’t…have…a…facebook…account. Did I just say that outloud?That doesn’t really happen, right?

So. Sneak peek done — my lovely and efficient assistant Jess contacts the client and puts them on the calendar for their proofing appointment. Yep. I do it all in person. Because I like to SEE you react to your images. It means a lot to me — so I make this a priority. So my point being — that I work on images twice — first time is the sneak peek — second time is in preparation for the client seeing the images — so sometimes you’ll recognize a person (or dog or wedding) you saw two weeks ago. Sometimes I pull out old images and work on them just for the fun of it. Those might show up too. I just can’t promise that all my stuff is chronological. It’s more “tammylogical” which makes way less sense but is much more fun. (at least…in MY opinion. ::grin::)

But first…lest you think ALL my work is perfect (because it’s so easy to show only the GOOD stuff) here’s a moment that I LOVE actually, from my session with one year old twins — (happy birthday AJ and Sophie!)…this makes me laugh every time I see it:

haha  — funny right?  I love everyone’s mouths in this image.  I should add speech bubbles!

Here’s the pretty stuff:

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It’s actually super fun to put together little snippets of what I am working on during the week…although I expect that in the winter when things are less busy — my updates will be more boring.  Well…

As boring as I get.  ::grin::

Here’s a little window into what I am shooting/editing/thinking about this week!  An amazing wedding in Skaneateles NY at the incredible Frog Pond Bed and Breakfast…some crazy cool seniors, Jess Best an Opera Singer from Tampa…some amazing flowers by the ever talented Stacy at Stacy K Floral…the coolest group of teenagers ever…phew!  Busy week!  But how much fun is this?!  Way way way fun!

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