oh :)

(sorry for the poor picture quality on this post! i used my little compact camera, oops!)

(made by lee. soooo adorable.)

the open house for the little princess bowtique was really fun!

i made it home with lots of cute things, and an empty wallet :)

here's the merch i picked up:

my pretty jewelry!

cute flower from amanda's shop.

sweet headband also made my amanda, of the little princess bowtique.

another cute headband, made by chloe (my twin sister) of ellaphantsy

loove this charm!

another purchase from amanda's shop.

it was a really enjoyable day hanging out over there, giving out business cards, shopping it up . . . if anyone is local, she's planning on another open house in august!

*****************************

so, i think the first photo challenge was a success :) i know not very many people participated, but it was still a blast, nonetheless. lee and mckenna's posts were wonderful and it made me feel good that they went for it. check them out by clicking on their names!

mckenna is one of my best blogger friends, and also a lovely girl who lived just a block away from me all of my life, but for some reason, we never discovered how much we have in common until now . . . when she lives thousands of miles away in germany!

her personal blog and photography blog are both darling, and she takes such great pictures . . . you'll regret not checking them out :)

her post today has inspired me to challenge you all again!

maddie's second photo-challenge!

for this challenge: your favorite hang-outs!

i am going to go to places around town, to my boyfriend's house, my favorite coffee shops, favorite boutiques, antique stores, thrift stores, the park, any place i go to, or hang out at, and take pictures of them!

it will be a fun way for us to peak a little bit into each other's lives and see the fun, cute, local places that show a little bit about who we are.

plus, it will be fun to keep these pictures of things to scrapbook, journal, and show your future/current children when they are older . . .

so, i'm going to have my pictures posted by next friday.

anyone who's interested in participating:

when friday comes, you can email me your pictures or post links and i will get you linked up on my blog so we can all share! comment or email me for any questions or tips.

ready. set. go! :)

oh :)

(sorry for the poor picture quality on this post! i used my little compact camera, oops!)

(made by lee. soooo adorable.)

the open house for the little princess bowtique was really fun!

i made it home with lots of cute things, and an empty wallet :)

here's the merch i picked up:

my pretty jewelry!

cute flower from amanda's shop.

sweet headband also made my amanda, of the little princess bowtique.

another cute headband, made by chloe (my twin sister) of ellaphantsy

loove this charm!

another purchase from amanda's shop.

it was a really enjoyable day hanging out over there, giving out business cards, shopping it up . . . if anyone is local, she's planning on another open house in august!

*****************************

so, i think the first photo challenge was a success :) i know not very many people participated, but it was still a blast, nonetheless. lee and mckenna's posts were wonderful and it made me feel good that they went for it. check them out by clicking on their names!

mckenna is one of my best blogger friends, and also a lovely girl who lived just a block away from me all of my life, but for some reason, we never discovered how much we have in common until now . . . when she lives thousands of miles away in germany!

her personal blog and photography blog are both darling, and she takes such great pictures . . . you'll regret not checking them out :)

her post today has inspired me to challenge you all again!

maddie's second photo-challenge!

for this challenge: your favorite hang-outs!

i am going to go to places around town, to my boyfriend's house, my favorite coffee shops, favorite boutiques, antique stores, thrift stores, the park, any place i go to, or hang out at, and take pictures of them!

it will be a fun way for us to peak a little bit into each other's lives and see the fun, cute, local places that show a little bit about who we are.

plus, it will be fun to keep these pictures of things to scrapbook, journal, and show your future/current children when they are older . . .

so, i'm going to have my pictures posted by next friday.

anyone who's interested in participating:

when friday comes, you can email me your pictures or post links and i will get you linked up on my blog so we can all share! comment or email me for any questions or tips.

ready. set. go! :)

open house tomorrow!

tomorrow, there is an open house for the little princess bowtique and a few other vendors!

tomorrow from 11-4

2685 north 850 west

provo, ut 84604

if you get lost, call amanda at 801-318-9052

the little princess bowtique is composed of super cute hair bows and flowers for little girls and baby girls, as well as a variety for adults.

ellaphantsy, created by my sister chloe, will be featured at the open house, and this little shop is chalk-full of gorgeous hair pieces, head bands, etc.

there will also be hand bags, makeup, jewlery, and other surprise items, including some awesome crafty items made by lee!

i will be there with some business cards and large prints i'm having made today. soo excited to see how they turn out! :)

note for anyone attending the open house: try to bring cash if you can! :)

tonight we will be going to trasnformers 2 and perhaps dinner at chili's. gotta say, wasn't the biggest fan of the first transformers, but shia labeouf is easy to look at for a few hours :)

anyone else have any fun plans tonight?

-m.e.

open house tomorrow!

tomorrow, there is an open house for the little princess bowtique and a few other vendors!

tomorrow from 11-4

2685 north 850 west

provo, ut 84604

if you get lost, call amanda at 801-318-9052

the little princess bowtique is composed of super cute hair bows and flowers for little girls and baby girls, as well as a variety for adults.

ellaphantsy, created by my sister chloe, will be featured at the open house, and this little shop is chalk-full of gorgeous hair pieces, head bands, etc.

there will also be hand bags, makeup, jewlery, and other surprise items, including some awesome crafty items made by lee!

i will be there with some business cards and large prints i'm having made today. soo excited to see how they turn out! :)

note for anyone attending the open house: try to bring cash if you can! :)

tonight we will be going to trasnformers 2 and perhaps dinner at chili's. gotta say, wasn't the biggest fan of the first transformers, but shia labeouf is easy to look at for a few hours :)

anyone else have any fun plans tonight?

-m.e.

taking care of business.

so, a while back, i asked lee if she would design me some business cards, etc., and let me tell you, she came up with the CUTEST ideas!

these are my new business cards!

they're mini polaroids :)

the front of each business card says:

maddie e. photography

maddie thomas-photographer

then the back of the cards lists my information and the different types of photo shoots we offer.

-portraits

-engagements

-bridals

-weddings

-families

-advertising

and then my blog address is typed at the bottom.

i loove them!

most of my nights in the past little while have been spent editing, but also researching what i need to be doing at this point in my photography to get where i'm headed.

i'm grateful to have lee, who has been helping me BIG time with everything, despite what she says/thinks. she'll never know how valuable she is to this developing business.

also, jeremy, my bf, is interested in joining our team :)

i took him on a few wedding photoshoots a few weeks ago, and he said he had a blast AND he actually got some really great shots using my other camera!

i think we're going to have a killer company soon!

hopefully, in the next few weeks, we will launch our first official price list!

for now, we will be charging:

$150 for 1-2 hours for the photo session

30-40 of the best shots, high resolution, fully-edited images given to the client on a disc

until we can get a proofing system set up, we will be choosing the best images (don't worry, you will get the BEST of the images, promise!).

call maddie at 801-735-8059 or email to madelynethomas@gmail.com for pricing on wedding days, etc.

there will be a much more detailed price list soon, when we work out all of the packages, add-ons, etc.

anywho, enough of that :)

this has been a really good week.

work at the mortgage company has FINALLY slowed just a bit.

and each of the nights this week have been quite enjoyable.

last night, jeremy gave me my birthday present which is an AWESOME camera/equiptment back-pack that holds pretty much everything, including the kitchen sink. it's so big, i could probably sleep in it.

it's going to be SO helpful.

also, i made him go outside and take pictures for a while with me, which was really fun,

then we went inside and made homemade pizza, leftover from the party on saturday (best party EVER by the way! i will post pictures soonish).

well, that's all i have for tonight :)

goodnight!

-m.e.

taking care of business.

so, a while back, i asked lee if she would design me some business cards, etc., and let me tell you, she came up with the CUTEST ideas!

these are my new business cards!

they're mini polaroids :)

the front of each business card says:

maddie e. photography

maddie thomas-photographer

then the back of the cards lists my information and the different types of photo shoots we offer.

-portraits

-engagements

-bridals

-weddings

-families

-advertising

and then my blog address is typed at the bottom.

i loove them!

most of my nights in the past little while have been spent editing, but also researching what i need to be doing at this point in my photography to get where i'm headed.

i'm grateful to have lee, who has been helping me BIG time with everything, despite what she says/thinks. she'll never know how valuable she is to this developing business.

also, jeremy, my bf, is interested in joining our team :)

i took him on a few wedding photoshoots a few weeks ago, and he said he had a blast AND he actually got some really great shots using my other camera!

i think we're going to have a killer company soon!

hopefully, in the next few weeks, we will launch our first official price list!

for now, we will be charging:

$150 for 1-2 hours for the photo session

30-40 of the best shots, high resolution, fully-edited images given to the client on a disc

until we can get a proofing system set up, we will be choosing the best images (don't worry, you will get the BEST of the images, promise!).

call maddie at 801-735-8059 or email to madelynethomas@gmail.com for pricing on wedding days, etc.

there will be a much more detailed price list soon, when we work out all of the packages, add-ons, etc.

anywho, enough of that :)

this has been a really good week.

work at the mortgage company has FINALLY slowed just a bit.

and each of the nights this week have been quite enjoyable.

last night, jeremy gave me my birthday present which is an AWESOME camera/equiptment back-pack that holds pretty much everything, including the kitchen sink. it's so big, i could probably sleep in it.

it's going to be SO helpful.

also, i made him go outside and take pictures for a while with me, which was really fun,

then we went inside and made homemade pizza, leftover from the party on saturday (best party EVER by the way! i will post pictures soonish).

well, that's all i have for tonight :)

goodnight!

-m.e.

akasha rabut . . .

has amazing photographs. check it out here. seriously drooling over it!

akasha rabut . . .

has amazing photographs. check it out here. seriously drooling over it!

tree challenge. and, coincidentally, my 100th post!

because my life is pretty "on the go", i ended up taking all of these pictures with my point-and-shoot camera (my little guy).

this is not what i planned on.

i planned on taking out my 5d mark ii (my big guy), but things got so hectic last week that i just had to take the tree pictures as i came across them!

my little guy did a good job, however, for the next challenge i will be more prepared and set more time aside to get pictures with the big camera, because, really, that's the only way i can get practice on exposure, lighting, settings (and all of the other things i listed in the initial post), right?

anywho,

lee and i had to go up to the canyon today to get some twigs and branches for a little project she's working on, so i decided that it was a good time for me to finish getting my tree pictures.

they ended up being lots of wilderness pictures, rather, but it was so much fun!

a picture lee snapped of me (below), she's getting soo good!

i had a little bit of fun getting more detailed shots :)

if anyone else happened to participate, i would love to see how it went!

i know i will be much more prepared for the next challenge, but this was a good way to ease into it, i thought :)

we have some fun challenges for the future. oh. so. excited!

checkout:

lee's tree challenge pictures

tree challenge. and, coincidentally, my 100th post!

because my life is pretty "on the go", i ended up taking all of these pictures with my point-and-shoot camera (my little guy).

this is not what i planned on.

i planned on taking out my 5d mark ii (my big guy), but things got so hectic last week that i just had to take the tree pictures as i came across them!

my little guy did a good job, however, for the next challenge i will be more prepared and set more time aside to get pictures with the big camera, because, really, that's the only way i can get practice on exposure, lighting, settings (and all of the other things i listed in the initial post), right?

anywho,

lee and i had to go up to the canyon today to get some twigs and branches for a little project she's working on, so i decided that it was a good time for me to finish getting my tree pictures.

they ended up being lots of wilderness pictures, rather, but it was so much fun!

a picture lee snapped of me (below), she's getting soo good!

i had a little bit of fun getting more detailed shots :)

if anyone else happened to participate, i would love to see how it went!

i know i will be much more prepared for the next challenge, but this was a good way to ease into it, i thought :)

we have some fun challenges for the future. oh. so. excited!

checkout:

lee's tree challenge pictures