check out one of our fellow "photogirls", adrienne maples, on the air for shutterbug magazine radio.  she talks about wppi and the photogirls experience!

i am always looking for ways to "go green".  there are so many simple little things that we can do to make our world a better place.  tomorrow night at 8:00 pm i plan to participate in "earth hour".

check it out:

earth hour 

On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the  World Wildlife Fund.

 Earth Hour was created by WWF in Sydney, Australia in 2007, and in one year has grown from an event in one city to a global movement. In 2008, millions of people, businesses, governments and civic organizations in nearly 200 cities around the globe will turn out for Earth Hour. More than 100 cities across North America will participate, including the US flagships–Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix and San Francisco and  Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

 We invite everyone throughout North America and around the world to turn off the lights for an hour starting at 8 p.m. (your own local time)–whether at home or at work, with friends and family or solo, in a big city or a small town.

 What will you do when the lights are off? We have lots of ideas.

 Join people all around the world in showing that you care about our planet and want to play a part in helping to fight climate change. Don’t forget to sign up and let us know you want to join Earth Hour.

 One hour, America. Earth Hour. Turn out for Earth Hour!

we are planning on having friends over for a cook out, so we will finish up with our dinner and head outside to sit around our fire pit to chat by firelight from 8-9.  we will turn off all sources of power in our house, enjoy our friends, listen to the sounds of night, and look at the stars.  what are you going to do?

-sara 

mel and i are in the outerbanks this week for the first annual photogirls retreat!  mel and i thought it would be  great to get together with some other amazing women photographers to network and be total photo nerds!  we will be hanging out all week.  stay tuned for more fun photos from the photo girl retreat! 

we are here:

these photos are compliments of melissa jill.

i try to sneak in a couple of hours of work in the morning before eliza gets up.  it is a peaceful, quiet time with just me and the dogs in my office with my morning cup of joe.  in all honesty i start my morning thinking, "how in the world am i going to get everything done that i need to do today!".  i start most mornings by making lists and checking emails.  i love lists....actually, it is a love/hate relationship.  i hate to see them so long and daunting, but i love to cross things off my list!  sometimes i cheat and put things on my list that i just did, so i can see the tasks with a big ole slash through them! : )

this morning at 6:47 am i got a nice little surprise.  we got the email below from one of our brides:

"HI Girls!! It is 11:30 Tuesday night and I was thinking of the two of you. We are all busy with our jobs and our families and have so little time for ourselves. I was thinking of the many things that keep me awake at night over this wedding and I realized that I don't have any worries at all about the 2 of you!!! I realized that you two are the two best decisions I made for this wedding and I decided that I needed to take 5 minutes and write you to THANK YOU FOR BEING AWESOME!!!! YOU TWO ROCK!! The one thing I am sure of for our wedding is that I know our pics will be awesome and I know we will have a blast with you. We are 3 months almost to the day of the BIG DATE and I have so many things running through my mind to finish up. I am so excited and I wanted to let you know that WE appreciate your hard work and talent and that you give up your weekends with your families to let us have a beautiful piece of art as a keepsake of our special day! I can't thank you two enough!! GOD BLESS and PEACE!!!!! -Love Christine and Brian!!!" 

wow!  i cannot tell you how much this little note makes my day!  mel and i pour our heart and soul into our photography.  it feels so good when you work with a bride and groom who trust you to do your job and who appreciate your work.  i feel very lucky, because most of our clients are just as amazing as christine and brian!  we have met so many wonderful people through our photography.  by the end of the wedding we are hugging the bride and groom and their families and saying goodbye like old friends.  the other cool part is that a lot of our business comes from word of mouth so we get to see our past clients at our new client's weddings!  we also get to keep up with our past brides and grooms when they call us with exciting new developments in their families....babies!

i just wanted to say thanks to christine for taking the time to send us a happy little ray of sunshine!  we are looking forward to seeing you guys in 3 months!

thanks,

sara 

christine + brian

happy valentine's day!

here is eliza's reaction to getting a valentine in the mail from her grandparents.

this is the front of the card that eliza gave to all of her valentines.  thanks kate for the photo and the hat!