Wow, I am seriously behind in my blogging. I need to get caught up now, because there are so many portrait shoots and weddings to blog about for October!

Following are some of my favorite shots from a recent session with the Taylor family. The primary goal of the session was to capture some memorable shots to celebrate Ryan’s 1st birthday, but there were so many great shots of the family as well that I wanted to share some of those too.

Ryan has such big, beautiful eyes, he was just a darling! Hope you enjoy the photos.

After becoming completely fed up with trying to organize and run my photography business by keeping paper files and using Google Calendar alone, I began looking online for a good business management solution geared toward photographers and photography studios. There must be something out there like that, right? Well, the answer is–right! I found this great online software called Tave Studio Manager that has really helped me become so much more efficient with the paperwork and scheduling side of my business. Plus, I didn’t have to totally scrap my beloved Google Calendar, because Tave lets me subscribe to my calendar. Anyway, long story short, I know that I have a few photographers reading my blog, so be sure to check out Tave Studio Manager and explore their site to see all of the great tools included in the software. Oh, and check this out! After writing about my great experience with Tave in a photographer’s forum recently, I was asked to give a brief testimonial about the product. I just noticed that I am now featured on their main page! How cool!

We stop your regularly scheduled blogging to post this…

Yep, that’s my hand! I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago, but on September 19th Zach proposed, and I said yes, of course! Shortly after we left for our weekend trip to Lake Erie, and had a wonderful time celebrating the engagement. I took the picture above on the lake, with my little point and shoot camera. Not the most spectacular image, but certainly a spectacular moment.

I have been talking about the new site and blog that have been in the works for some time now, and I am pleased to say that we’re almost there! As you can see, the blog has been updated, and features the absolutely incredible new logo created by the amazing Eva Talley. I have been so incredibly busy with portrait shoots, weddings, and editing, that I just couldn’t seem to translate my the look/feel that I was hoping for into any of my own logo drafts. Hiring a professional was the best decision that I have made in a while. I asked her to give me a logo that was crisp, fresh, and delicious–how fitting that she incorporated an apple (and in my favorite color too.)

The blog isn’t the only thing that is changing, I will be launching the brand new Catapult Photography web site soon, and shortly thereafter, the new boutique and client proofing area. Yes, I said boutique!

I hope to have most of the new elements rolled out in the coming week, however, my primary focus again is on shooting and editing, and boy oh boy, do I have a jam packed October ahead of me. So many new people to meet, and so many memories to capture. I hope mother nature works with me on the weather this month.

So, I am finally getting around to posting some of the images from Mike & Clista’s beautiful wedding in July. The wedding and reception were held at Deer Creek Resort and Conference Center in Deer Creek State Park, Ohio. The wedding ceremony took place near the lake, in front of a beautiful white gazebo which was draped with red roses. It was truly a beautiful wedding, and a wonderful experience for me! Hope you enjoy the sampling of images from the day, I will post more soon!

Well, I know that it probably seems like I haven’t updated this blog in forever, and that’s because I haven’t! It’s not for lack of action around Catapult Photography, in fact, I’ve just been so busy that I’ve overlooked this important part of the business for a few weeks. Hold your horses, though, because everything will be pretty and new within a few weeks with the launch of the new site and maybe even a new blog.

Image post coming later today!

I am finally getting around to posting some of the beautiful images from Ben’s recent’ portrait shoot! Ben and his mom joined me in Yoctangee park recently for this shoot, and we had fun playing with sticks, flowers, and of course chasing ducks! Hope you enjoy seeing a couple of samples, they all turned out so vibrant and striking!

I feel as if I have really been neglecting the blog, but, I have a good excuse. I’ve just been so busy! Between photo sessions, client meetings, editing and ordering, my schedule is becoming very full and I am really loving it! I feel so fortunate to be meeting so many great new people, and I am constantly amazed at the power of word-of-mouth marketing and good old Google.

Speaking of the internet, I am working on a brand new Web site, so stay tuned for that. I like the one that I have now, but it is a bit too similar to some of the other photographer’s Web sites in my area, so I am making every effort to come up with something fresh and new to define Catapult Photography. I am so excited about this upcoming change!

Also, stay tuned for lots of photo updates this week!

I think that I am going to be adding a pet portraits section to my site soon. I have so many wonderful portraits of my own pets, and I am sure that there are plenty of people out there like me would would love to have pictures of their furry children! This is my Sasha bean.

I’ve been meaning to post a couple of Amanda’s senior portraits from our session a couple of weeks ago. We shot most of the session downtown in Chillicothe, in a few of my favorite spots around the city. I really think that the urban setting fit in great with her personality and style.

As promised, lots more pictures from recent sessions coming soon!