Continued Learning

We like to continue our education when the opportunities are available. Becky was able to attend the Wisconsin Professional Photographer's Association's annual convention, which was February 22-27th in Madison. It was a great chance to see and hear new ideas, as well as get "refreshed" for the year ahead. Watch for new portrait and wedding offerings, including a new line of albums, coming to Appleby Photography this spring!

Busy, Busy, Busy!

The past month has had a lot going on, both professionally and personally. We had a great weekend at the Bridal Show. We met a lot of great people, who were there planning weddings. We even had three couples book their wedding date with us at the show. Since then, we have added some more 2007 wedding dates to our calendar and have couples starting to meet with us about 2008 wedding dates. We are almost filled for 2007 Saturday weddings, with only a few random weekends open yet. Over the past month, we have also met a few new babies, which is always fun! On a personal note, we have been saddened by the passing of Becky's grandfather. It is always hard to say good bye to a loved one. We really appreciate all those that have expressed concern. Thank you!

Wedding Planner & Guide bridal show

The annual bridal show, put on by the Wedding Planner & Guide, is this weekend, January 13 and 14th, at the Alliant Energy Center. We have been displaying at the bridal show since 2002 and love to meet with brides and grooms about their Big Day! Our booth is #1606, near the fashion show. Please stop by our booth to say hello and introduce yourself.
The new 2007 Wedding Planner and Guide book is now available. Our ad is on page 230.

See our Ad

The January issue of Brava Magazine (formally ANEW magazine), a local Madison magazine, will be hitting the newsstands in a few days. See our ad on page 69. We were very pleased to see our client, Erica Meier, featured in an article on page 94. We were also pleasantly surprised to see the great shot of her livingroom wall with all the fun photographs we took of baby Lauren on page 96!

Infant Bereavement Photography

Note: This post contains sensitive subject matter.

Many months ago, when I was pregnant with my second child, I heard about a non-profit organization that offered assistance to families suffering an early infant lose. The services are available for infant lose as early as 20 weeks gestation. Photographers who volunteer their services provide the families with beautiful heirloom portraits of their children to help with the healing process. After many months of consideration, Chris and I signed up with Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (nilmdts.org).
Yesterday, for the first time, our studio was called upon to produce portraits for a family at the hospital. The hardest part for me, as a mother, was knowing the grief that the parents' must be going through. As I looked at the parents, I was surprised at how ordinary they appeared to me, like any other couple sitting in a hospital room, so loving and strong. And their little angel looked so perfect laying in their arms.
I pray that God will continue to watch over them and that these photographs give them a tangible memory to cherish.

Love At First Sight

Madalyn got glasses last week! She was so excited to see all the details that she had been missing. We got her two pairs and she loves to switch them around. I told her I think she looks so mature in her glasses- that she looks like she is at least eight years old. She loves that!

Sarah and Rich's wedding

We were working on another album today and wanted to share a few photographs. Sarah and Rich were married this summer and we LOVE the dock shot! The one with the flowers in the foreground will be in our Wedding Planer & Guide 2007 ad.

Jennifer and Jason's wedding

Jennifer and Jason, who were married this summer, picked up their wedding album today and we decided to share some images from their wedding. (Jen and Jason- Thank you for the CDs- we especially loved disk 2!)

Katherine

Katherine is a two year old that we photographed yesterday. Her mother wanted to re-create a photograph that was taken of herself when she was a child, with Katherine wearing the same dress and with the same hair style. Katherine did a pretty good job of working with us!

Christmas dresses

I was excited to find matching dresses for our daughters, Madalyn and Lydia, to wear for Christmas! (They will probably hate me for making them wear matching clothes later!) Here are some shots from our Christmas Card session. The photos belie the effort it took to get the girls to both cooperate at the same time.

Lydia is 9 months old

Our youngest daughter, Lydia, is nine months old. She currently weighs in at 16 pounds, 7 ounces and is 28.25 inches long. It is amazing how fast time has flown by since she was born. She is so much fun to watch and everyday she is learning something new! Lydia has been crawling since she turned 6 months and "cruising" on furniture since 6.5 months, however she shows no signs of being interested in walking yet. Here is a nice shot from her 9 month photo shoot.

Welcome!

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