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..My New Canon Body | Talking Business..

Today as promised I would reveal the other piece to the new puzzle…which fits oh so perfectly amongst my camera bag. I thought I loved my camera bodies before, they were so new to me at one time, but as with all technology these days they quickly were becoming obsolete. They weren’t just doing the job for me anymore, and with that came the decision to upgrade. An investment for me and my business but more importantly FOR YOU as the client!

I had the chance to really break out the new toy this weekend with Matt and Ami on their wedding day! It is one of Canon’s top bodies right now, and I am excited and blessed to have it a part of my equipment for many sessions and weddings to come. So here I am premiering my new Canon 5Dii (Mark 2)! I’m excited to jump into this season making an investment in YOU, because you have so faithfully invested in me. For that I thank you, I wouldn’t be able to make these upgrade investments otherwise!

This new 5Dii will allow me to push the limits photographically where I can’t wait to explore the best it has to offer, which I promise is to come! Not only does this camera have amazing photo parameters, but it has been also known to shoot high def video with capabilities that are out of this world. This is something I am undecided whether I am willing to explore. So with out too much more hype, here she is…

I hope everyone is staying warm with these cold fronts and flurries coming through!

..UPGRADES..

love, echo

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..Sneak Peek to San Juan | We Said I Do..

In the midst of cold weather, who doesn’t want to get away? Somewhere warm, tropical, and historically romantic sounds amazing amongst our cool temperatures here in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Schreiber definitely had the right idea for their honeymoon getaway! Yesterday early morning they took a flight to the ever gorgeous San Juan! I can speak from experience and let them know that they are absolutely going to love it there. Brad and I were fortunate enough to spend a portion of our honeymoon at the same location, and the views are absolutely breath taking!

I hope that the warm weather is treating them well and thought I would share just a sneak peek from their wedding day…

Matt and Ami, enjoy that sunshine! Hopefully you can bring some of it home for us all to have a little piece. Be sure to stay tuned later this week for some more details of their big day!

..SAN JUAN..

love, echo

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..The Smiles of an Expectant Mom | Just Because..

I had a different post planned for today, but I couldn’t help but have this topic on my heart. I just felt so invigorated to share. This morning I got up in a very groggy state at 5:30 a.m. for the millionth time to use the ladies room. I then stumbled back to bed making sure that I missed the sharp corners of our bedroom furniture as I maneuvered in the dark blackness of it all. You see, we sleep in a cave, I bought black curtains to avoid street lamps and morning sunshine light to adorn my bed all hours of the night…and morning. I’m not one for mornings. (Insert in unison, “You will learn to be a morning person with a baby on the way!”)

Anyways, I made it back under the covers juggling my new 5 ft. long body pillow to avoid the sleep apnea that I hear comes with pregnancy. “What?!,” you say? I rolled around trying to find the position that my body sighed, “Ah comfort, there you are.” Ten minutes past, then thirty, and then Brad’s alarm at 6:30. “Was I ever going to fall asleep?,” I thought to myself as I watched Brad drag himself out of bed for work. Even after I could spread out across our queen sized bed, no comfort was found!

I heard Brad packing his lunch in the kitchen, and then I felt the little tappings of movement within me. There it was again! I had never felt the movement of our baby that early in the morning, probably because I’m so out of it! The 4-5 taps were enough to keep me awake just thinking about it. Brad came in the room to kiss me goodbye as he does every single morning, and I whispered to him that the baby was moving. He smiled, kissed me, and then pulled back the covers and planted the sweetest most gentle kiss on the top of my belly. I couldn’t help but love him even more! He kissed me one more time and then on the forehead leaving the room saying, “Try to get some more sleep.” How on earth was I suppose to do that with all that just happened?!

I lie awake for just a little while longer drifting into thought about how blessed I have been in this life. Sure, I didn’t expect to become a mom so quickly, but every part of me couldn’t imagine me not! There is a time for everything, I just call myself blessed that there is a time such as this for me. A time where Brad and I get to prepare for our FIRST child! Not everyone has that blessing, and I call myself selfish to have not wanted that in the beginning, because it wasn’t when I wanted it to happen. My sister Denise has nicknamed our child, “GG- standing for God’s Gift.” Baby Dearsman is so much of that and more! Monday marks 20 weeks for me, the halfway point of this journey of carrying a child within me. It was what my body was designed for, and I am so honored that God gave me the privilege if nothing else to experience this. Thanks for letting me smile with you today!

On a different note, last weekend we were able to head to IKEA, and purchased our first piece of furniture for the baby’s room. Here is just a glimpse, because I don’t want to ruin my whole idea for the nursery/office combo!

..GG..

love, echo

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..My Go To Girl | Talking Business..

If you happened to read my ..Apple Pie and Answered Questions.. blog post from last Friday, you would have heard me talk about some of the lenses that I use to capture the images that I provide for you. Most of it was probably technical jargon that some probably wouldn’t understand. However, I did mention that I purchased a brand spanking new lens. I am so excited to add this beautiful lens to my camera bag and can’t wait to use it for my upcoming wedding this weekend with Matt and Ami!

I mentioned before that I have a silly habit of stereotyping my lenses and giving them unique nicknames for their uses. So amongst Big Bertha (70-200mm 2.8 L), Shorty Girl (50mm 1.4), and Miss Short and Stocky (16-35mm 2.8 L), I get to replace a lens that has been good to me since the beginning! Her name was before and shall stay, My Go To Girl. She is my new Canon 24-70mm 2.8 L series lens. She is a telephoto lens that comes in handy with just about any standard situation, such as portraits and details.

This last year I reached a point where the lens I was using before just wasn’t cutting it for me anymore, I made it another one of my goals to replace it quickly before the kick start of this year’s season. I knew exactly what I wanted, it just took some juggling of priorities to be able to make this happen. I know that it will be worth it and I’m excited to see where this and one other piece of equipment is going to take me this year. So check her beautiful self out…

Tune in on next week’s blog posts to see the reveal of my second big upgrade! Who needs a house anyways?

..JUGGLING PRIORITIES..

love, echo

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..Tyler & Meagan’s Guestbook | Album Show Off..

I have been dying to show this album off! I received it last week and was waiting for Tyler and Meagan to look through the design before I revealed it on the blog. I loved the design so much that I ordered a sample album, even before the couple approved or wanted to order one of their own. This couple rocked out their session that we had in ..Columbus.. just a little over a month ago, so if you didn’t get to see their engagement photos be sure to check them out.

I’m happy to announce that we are putting a brand new spin on our guestbooks provided by Echo by Design. This year not only will the 15 page portrait bound beauty feature plenty of white space and your engagement images, but the textured art hinged pages will have single questions throughout for your guests to answer. I found that last year’s guests had trouble turning the pages to write throughout the book and I thought this would be a great solution. They will have a chance to answer as few or as many questions that space will allow. The questions could include anything to, “When did you think we were in love?” or “Where do you see us in 10 years?” If you have a question in mind, I would be more than happy to include it in your album to make it unique to you!

Brides (and groom’s) if you should so fancy this guestbook album be sure to let me know and I will be happy to put together your own personal design. So without further ado I give you Tyler and Meagan’s sweet guestbook album.

Another one of my 2011 goals underway, ‘check’ on the first sample album being purchased for client viewing! Excited to get some more out for you to see!

..NEW SPIN..

love, echo

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