blog redesign

Ta da! I have a new, fancier blog! This blogspot.com blog will no longer be updated. Please update your bookmarks/feeds with the new blog here. Take a look!

fit for a princess

As I mentioned, I had the great honor of photographing a princess party last weekend and here are just a couple of my favorite images (without posting too many faces - I didn't seek specific permission from all of the parents to post their kiddos' pictures on the blog):

Awaiting the arrival of other guests:



The surprise arrival of Cinderella herself:



The birthday girl, in awe of Cinderella:



The birthday girl's little sister, equally in awe:



All of the girls looked absolutely fantastic in their princess outfits. And I totally loved seeing the girls' faces as Cinderella, the ultimate princess, sang songs, told stories and painted the girls' faces. I had so much fun covering this event!

hello?

I'm so sorry for the serious lag in posts over the past few days! I've been meaning to write about the "princess party" that I photographed over the weekend, and I've also been redesigning the look of my blog. The days just got away from me - I'll have some updates here soon! And apologies if anything looks funky (e.g., the weird purple outline around my banner). As I mentioned, I'm redesigning everything!

something green

My second Project 10/List 2 image, and I happen to love these. I eat them at least once a week:

congratulations jenn and stephen!

My very dear friends, Jenn and Stephen, in the Loudoun Times today:



Here's the original image, taken last year at Meadowlark Gardens:

new cards

I've ordered new business cards and they are on the way! The design is a Solo kids effort - my graphic designer brother designed the front, and I designed the back:

Nice and simple. Let me know what you think!

i feel so violated

I wasn't sure whether or not I should blog about this, but in the end I'm deciding to do so because I feel like it's an important lesson to learn, and I'm a good example of what can happen. My email and eBay passwords were hacked last week, and someone sold fake items using my ID and routed the money to his own account. The reason he was able to do this is because I had the same password for email as I did for eBay. Luckily I was able to get everything sorted out, but it was frightening to know that someone had some of my information. I don't want to go into more details here, but I do want to mention these tips:

• Use SECURE passwords: mixed case, numbers, special characters, etc.
• Don't use a word as your password! Use an acronym that's easy for you to remember, but difficult for someone else to guess or to hack with a dictionary search.
• Change your passwords frequently.
• DON'T use the same password for everything! Especially do not use the same password for a combination of accounts (email + eBay) that would allow someone to pretend to be you.

That last point is so important - I was using a fairly secure password, but he was able to obtain one password and then use it to get into the other account since they were the same. Also, if you have a feeling that something isn't right with your accounts or your information, persue it! Don't give up until you feel better about it. Constant vigilance!