My other passion: announcing Red Thread Sessions

January 24th, 2012

I love photography but even before photography was a passion of mine, I was an adoption advocate. My youngest child came to our family through adoption and I learned so much through the process. I saw the pain and struggle that families went through to bring a child home and I have seen children suffer in orphanages or wait in limbo in the foster care system under a system that tries its best but is often fraught with problems and is ineffectual, at best. I have been an active advocate for adoption reform over the years, trying to do my small part to make sure that all children without families to care for them find their way into loving arms

Along the way, I always felt pulled to connect my love for photography and the gift of adoption. About a year ago I connected with another photographer/adoptive Mom – Nicole Renee – and we started the wheels in motion to make something awesome. Fast forward a year and add two more photographers touched by adoption to our team (Jenna from Songbird Photography and Amy Leigh from Captured Simplicity) and I am super excited to finally announce:

Red Thread Sessions

Adoption Photography the Woodlands TX

Red Thread Sessions is a non-profit association joining together members of the adoption triad with volunteer photographers. Photographers offer their time and talent to take photos of the very brief and special transition time in the life of an adopted child. We offer three types of sessions: a family portrait session during the first three months after adoption, a family homecoming session for international adoptions and a birth session for open domestic adoptions. Some of our volunteers also offer open adoption sessions featuring birth and adoptive parents with their child – a true treasure for the child to carry into the future!

Please help me spread the word and share this new resource. We have hundreds of volunteer photographers located throughout the United States already donating their time. Let your agency know, tell your church family and share with your friends. Every family touched by adoption deserves a Red Thread Session!

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First Day of Kindergarten

August 22nd, 2011

 

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Today was Addy’s first day of Kindergarten. Such a special day, even if it’s just homeschool! She wanted her hair curled and picked out this awesome outfit all by herself.  She’s VERY excited!

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Shifting Gears

July 22nd, 2011

If you follow this blog or my Facebook page then you may have noticed that things have been pretty quiet in Photography-land. The reason for that is two-fold. First, in the spring I launched a new off-shoot of my photography business, PhotoBlogHelp.com offering website support to photographers. It took off pretty quickly and it’s work I really enjoy so that’s taken some time away from picking up the camera.

More than that, though, I’ve been struggling for the last few years to find the balance that all of us Mothers struggle to find. My children must come first but often times they don’t, I’m ashamed to admit. I have a son who is turning 17 this fall and I see the remnants of his childhood fleeting and I know I need to shift the balance back toward my children for awhile. Their childhoods will speed by and I’ll have the rest of my life to pursue my own career interests.

So I took a drastic step back this summer and stopped shooting sessions while I evaluated the direction of my business and life. And I’ve come to the conclusion that I really must focus on my birth photography business and my family. I’m not “retiring” from sessions forever but I am taking a real step back and putting some severe limits on the number, type and location of sessions I’ll accept going forward. I’ve also restructured my session and product pricing completely to reflect these changes.

Finally I would like to have time and energy to pick up the camera and photograph my children, my husband, my pets. I haven’t really taken any true photos of my family since pursuing professional photography and I’m sad about that. So although I won’t be posting as many sessions here going forward, I still plan to post photos – the photos I’ll begin taking right away – from my life. And don’t forget to keep an eye out for birth sneak peeks. I’m booked for births through 2011 so there should be a nice steady stream of new family love to share!

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