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Let the The Fancy Pants Parade begin!!

Sunday, June 19, 2011
{Cayce Col; photo taken by Amy Quarrier}

One of my major goals to complete each year as a small business is to give back - I thoroughly enjoy what I do as a profession and am always looking for ways to challenge myself and help myself grow, as a photographer, AND all around as a living, breathing human being.  I love taking on new projects as well as blessing others so why not kill two birds with one stone (...and isn't there a nicer, better, sweeter way to say that expression?!? it's so mean!).  As you probably already know, there have been areas in our country very close to us greatly affected by the devastating weather this past spring - terrible storms and massive tornadoes.  Pastor Frank Griffith of Victory Life Church in Foley, Alabama, has spoken into my life and, many others, on several occasions; members from my church just recently went on a week-long missions trip to help him as his church aided in tornado relief work in their surrounding area.  I would love to bless his ministry with proceeds from product sales from The Fancy Pants Parade contest!  Winnings include a spot in a stylized photo session designed and photographed by yours truly as well as a custom designed outfit from the talented Cayce Collins, savings valueing in over $250! Click image below to read on for more details...

{click on images to see them in all their splendorific glory...}

'you make me happy, when skies are gray'....Fort Walton Beach newborn photographer

Friday, June 3, 2011
Just thought I'd share this picture I ran across when editing some of Lydia's birth pictures - I can't believe she's already 6 weeks old - that's two weeks away from being 2 months!!!  To be downright cliche: time has truly flown by.  It's so different having a newborn when you have a 2 year old and a 7 year old as well - the whole experience is different than just having a newborn or even just having a newborn + a 4 year old....finding the time to enjoy the little tiny moments, the little tiny sighs and flickers of recognition in her eyes, is really hard to do!  But do it I will - even if it has to be at 3am in the morning when no-one else is awake to bother us - we'll catch our little escapes just to enjoy one another.  That's what I love about this picture - it's so reminiscent of what a newborn is - those tiny lips, the fuzzy cheeks, the dotted button-nose - if you don't capture it when you can, you'll miss it because in a wink - everything's changed....