The Month of January - Personal Post

The past month has been has been a journey. It almost seems like it has been six months. My family is getting use to a new normal.
On December 19th we lost my grandfather, PoppaBuddy, in a horrible car accident. My grandmother, MommaMilly, was severely injured. Our family has been taking turns taking care of her and visiting. It's one of the great things about having a huge family, we can come all together and support each other.

PoppaBuddy's birthday was on January 6th, and while we set around MommaMilly's yard the sun came out and we all felt a bit warmer. Everything had been so cold and wet lately. We drank wine and laughed and cut up.

I did not bring up my camera, but went a little crazy on Instagram (Follow me SYDRICH1110). The next time I came to visit, my camera tagged along! Here are some pictures!

This handsome guy is my second cousin, Jaxon! He's basically adorable! 

Liv, my youngest sister, was hard at work raking the leaves.

It was another beautiful day! 

Seriously, you have to love this kid! 

We took them over to the jungle. Its a place that me and my cousins use to play as kids. Liv was being pretty dramatic about making sure not to fall! She is such a drama queen! 

Jaxon and his Momma, my cousin - Felicia. He was having the best time! 

A few days later was my Father's birthday. They were out in Pointblank taking care of MM so we didn't really get to celebrate. My Father just wanted to do something small during the weekend. We made his favorite cookies...snickerdoodle and played games!

This is my folks' dog! Emmitt! He's so freakin cute and we love him! :]

See the Whataburger cups in the back?  One of my Father's other favorites! The cookies turned out fantastic! 

One of my goals this year (as seen on a few posts before this) I wanted to do more Fine Art Photography sessions. I wanted to try to do at least one session a month. Liv joined me early this morning and we did a simple session. It focuses on time and moving forward in life dealing with the stages of grief. She was a trooper and an excellent model, as always!
Her favorite part was getting to watch the sunrise! She's a simple gal and I'm glad she's my sister!

Sydney Paige Photography - CONTEST!

Sydney Paige Photography is having a CONTEST! Yeah!

Follow me on Pinterest:

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I have boards posted with some of my pictures! Repin one of my pictures and tag me by doing ‘@Sydney Paige-Photography’ in the description of your pin.

Everyone who repins one of my photos, from one of my boards, will be entered to win a FREE 45 minute session with SPP! 

You can do multiple repins of my pictures and each time you repin an individual photo, your name gets entered! 

The contest closes on January 31st, 11:59pm. I will announce the winner on February 1st on a new blog post! 

***Repins must have ‘@Sydney Paige-Photography’ attached to them and must be repined from SPP’s Pinterest boards.

***SPP will travel for session. Any session located out of Walker County Texas will have a travel fee charged based on the price listing on Comptroller’s Office website. Client can travel to Walker County for session.

***Client and SPP will discuss dates SPP is available and schedule a session as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via email or post a comment below! 

Jessie & Brandon - Couple Session

The weather finally allowed us to meet up last weekend! It was a chilly afternoon, but they didn't mind cuddling close! I just adored how Brandon kept looking at Jessie. The love between them really showed thru to me in this session. Jessie is in a wheel chair due to issues with her knee, but that didn't stop this awesome lady from working the camera! I hope y'all enjoy your sneak peek! :] Here are some of my favorites!

Shawna & Ben - Prayers Please

Hey, all my friends, I have a prayer request. I have clients, who became dear friends of mine this past year. I was proud to be apart of their story. Shawna & Ben Gulley, were married last year and had their first child, Ava, all while Ben was fighting cancer. They are such a loving couple, with such a strong and close knit family. Ben beat cancer at the end of the near and moved back up North for work. This weekend he was informed the cancer had returned. They are back in Texas and they need your prayers. Pray for his health, their strength and their family as they kick cancers butt again!

 

 

Samantha Casper

Sam and I have been friends for years! We found out in high school that we lived down the road from each other and that was all that was needed! We were roommates in college as well!
 Sam just graduated with her Masters in Mathematics from SHSU in December so we did a graduation session! That's right, I have super smart gorgeous friends y'all! The session went well even though the Texas weather was having a mood swing and it was warm and muggy we had a fabulous time! We had some silly moments, but what can you expect! Sam, I am so proud you are my friend and that you accomplished this! I hope you love these!

Hello 2013!

A new year for SPP! Yeah for 2013! I decided to do exactly what I did last year. List my goals out and have you followers hold me to it! Last year I met my goals in booking weddings, working harder with fine art photography and started doing more levitation shoots! This year I want to do even more! I am super excited about it all and can’t wait to get started with everything. Meeting new clients, booking more weddings, traveling more and working more with fine art photography!
Magnolia Lakes in Huntsville, TX is continuing to use my photography for their advertisement and new website. It’s so exciting and I know it will bring in new clients and I look forward to working with that establishment more! It’s such a lovely location!
And if you get through reading all my goals, you will see the 'Best of 2012' Wedding/Fine-Art addition! And some other photos that mean so much to me from this year. (Keep reading down the blog for Best of 2012 Engagement and Couple Sessions!)

#1 – SPP will start a Boudoir Series. I am so excited about this and really looking forward to finding young women who would be willing to join! I am looking to have 2-3 separate sessions to create this series.
Anyone who is interested in being apart of this, please email me for more details! Depending on how many responses I get will be how I go about further planning this. The price will be between $75-$150 per individual and will include the location costs (the plan is…a get away ladies night during the weekend at a hotel!) and the disc with all your edited images for your personal use! There will be a contract to sign, and these photos will not be posted online without your permission. But, they will be apart of my portfolio.

#2 – SPP will be starting a Fog Series! This is my new obsession. And I cannot wait to do it! I have two models already in the works, and bless their hearts it involves early morning sessions! Anyone who is interested, please feel free to contact me! It’s always great to have folks on standby for ‘Dense Fog Advisories’! :P It may even include more levitation! Who’s excited?!! This girl is!!

#3 – Book more weddings than 2012! This is always a goal of mine, to book more weddings! I want to do more traveling with weddings, find Brides who trust my work and love attention to detail as much as I do! I just love getting to know Brides, Grooms and their families! To this day I still call my previous clients good friends, because that is what they have become! Some of my very good friends!

#4 – Meet one (or more) of my photography people I look up to. This may sound silly to some folks, but just like you may have folks you look up to, so do I. Especially with photography. I would really love to meet Brooke Shaden, Jasmine Star and Julie Harris. These are people I really admire and I would love to meet them. Possibly even attend one of Brooke or Jasmine’s workshops.

#5 – I’d like to help create a photographer community or something similar for this area. I have a few friends that are into photography and some that have their businesses well established. I’d like us all to meet up, maybe a once every three months and discuss photography and ask each other questions! I feel it would be a great support system! Message me if anyone is interested!

#6 – This is more of something that I would like to try and work with doing over the next few years. But I figured I needed to focus on it and mention to hold myself accountable. I’d like to have a gallery or have a few of my fine art photographs up at a location and possibly sold.  
a.        Get my photographs published. Whether it’s in a wedding magazine or an art magazine, something. This is something I really want to focus on.
b.        Work with other photographers/artists and possibly have a week gallery opening to show off other artists work in the area!

#7 – I have got to know a few musical artists in the Huntsville area, and its been a pleasure going to the Prison City Sound’s open house the 2^nd Friday of every month. I even got a chance to take some pictures at one opening and I really enjoyed it. I would really like to work with some artists here in town for some sessions and include them in my portfolio!

#8 – Blog more. I love posting about my new sessions and showing the world my photography, but I would also like to share different aspects in my life and were I am growing. I love getting to know other folks through their blogs and I feel I need to share more of myself!

#9 – A documentary of a road trip through photography. I really want to do this with my husband, Cody. I feel it would be a nice get away for us and let me take pictures, which is my main love. (Besides Cody! Ha!)

#10 – A personal goal: work on finishing my book. It’s not exactly a photography related goal, but it’s a big goal of mine and something I have wanted to do since I was a little girl. Thankfully I have an editor in the family, because my grammar is a bit Texan. ;] Finding time is the struggle. And that’s my last goal of 2013…

#11 - Find time to breathe. Time to be myself, spend time with family and work through all my goals and aspirations. I have such great friends, family and clients I know this year is going to be a great one! Thank you for reading this far! Hold me accountable! :] I hope this year brings great things for all of you!





Now here are some of my favorites from 2012!