Braidsmaid Fitting

Sharon had her braidsmaid fitting today at The Bridal Boutique of Raleigh located near downtown Raleigh, NC. Sharon is a taskmaster and the ladies were having fun while they were getting measured for their gowns.

Shoot just to Shoot

Today’s or should I say tonight’s shoot just to shoot, I went downtown to Greensboro’s Center City. I love the fountain and how busy the park is. These shots were at night so I went with the blur affect and bumped up my ISO for a semi daytime look for this night image.

My dream townhouse

Again house hunting with my BFF, I end up finding my dream Townhouse and ended up talking her into it as well. Maybe we’ll be neighbors one day. The townhouse is built by Portrait Homes and features 2 bedrooms and a loft. The loft is just perfect for a quaint studio.

Fun Times Networking

Today was networking day for me some planned and some not planned. It all started out with me having lunch with my good friend from Greensboro Merchant Assoc (GMA), Chris Young. I always enjoy seeing Chris with his interesting ties, and keen sense on how to make businesses successful. Chris is pictured below wearing his Chicago Bears tie with cufflinks that actually tells time. ..Only you Chris.
Later I decided to go to Barnes and Noble on Friendly and catch up on some of my reading. While there I ran into Linda Blumenfeld from Guilford Woman Magazine, and several of her networking buddies, some of whose names and cards I didn't get (I know shame on me). I met Linda when I joined the GMA Networking Gurus and she lives up to the name. Our first conversation was an immediate, "You do great work, how can I help you?"

My networking story ends with me sitting at my table at Barnes and Noble and a lady seeing my photography books out and asks, "Are you a professional photography?" To which I replied with a grin and said, "Yes I am" We chatted for a few about what type of photography she was interested in having done and I gave her my business card to later contact me.

Moral of the story: have well dress friends to get you in places you can't get into (Thanks for the referral Chris) always ask for a card, always carry a card.

House Hunting

I have been helping a good friend of mine house hunt for a couple of weeks now. As you can see. She is all about closet space.

The Things I Find

I found this little bugger outside my favorite hang out of Maxie B’s. And if you haven’t found out yet Maxie B’s won the Knot’s 2008 best of Wedding Cakes….yum yum

Panel Discussion Hosted by Charlotte APA

Wednesday I was able to attend an excellent panel discussion hosted by the Charlotte APA about photography websites and commercial photography. Met some really cool people in the industry such as J Sandifer from liveBooks (pictured below) and who happens to be recently engaged to one of my favorite wedding photographers, Emilie Sommer.

It was a very frothy discussion (more about that word another time) the panel included:

Panel:
Louisa J. Curtis - Moderator & Creative Consultant, Chatterbox Enterprises, New York
John Rosato - Art Producer / Art Buyer, Mullen Advertising, Winston Salem
Jim Mountjoy - Partner and Creative Director @ Loeffler, Ketchum Mountjoy, Charlotte
Bill Baker - Interactive Services Supervisor @ Wray Ward, Charlotte
J Sandifer - Photographer & Sales Executive for liveBooks, New England

Thanks to the Charlotte APA for planning such an awesome event.