the top 10 reasons

The top 10 reasons I've been a sporadic blogger (don't you just love the word sporadic?).

I must admit it seems a little problematic to be calling myself a bad blogger. Against the voices in my head I'll admit I've been a sporadic blogger for the better part of 2010. Why? Read ahead for the top 10 reasons I've been MIA.

10. I've been working! I know you would love to see everything that I do, but you don't :( sad but true. Blogging takes time. A LOT of time. If you are a blogger then you know. You have to shoot, edit, prep for web, backup, write, upload, publish, promote... and the list continues. I love hearing your feedback and I love sharing my work. I've got some super exiting projects this summer. I will share. Promise.

9. I branched my company. I've separated my portrait work from my wedding work. As you know Melissa Tomeoni is now a .com and it has a gorgeous logo and spanking new brand. It's going really well and I know it was the correct business choice for me. I just got my new cards in last week. I've committed to letterpress and it's beautiful! Studio M made sure of it. I love how it does double duty on both sides. Gorgeous!



8. I've been photographing more Boudoir, I love it! Sometimes I wish my clients were a little less conservative so I could show you, but hey, I respect that :)



7. This feels a little strange writing this on my business page as I don't even share all this with my own mother but personally things have been a little... how should we say... stressful. Josh and I are closer than we have been before but for reasons outside of our control (I love being in control!) we have been going through what someone has labeled as a "crisis season" of our lives. I laughed when I heard this partly because it was so refreshing to know we aren't the crazy ones. Again, for reasons outside of our control we starting going to counseling and I'll tell anyone-- it's AMAZING and worth it's weight in gold. I always viewed counseling as a negative experience. The thing is... it's so healthy. It's allowed Josh and I to not only grow closer together, but it's opened up this entire world of dreaming we didn't realize we had.... and we're doing it together! It's amazing and I can't speak highly enough of the process, the councilor and personal growth. I'm sharing this partly for encouragement for those of you who read the blog who may have been thinking of seeing one. I say, do it. I think that if you are considering going, go. It's so wonderful. I think that if we go and in the end are more capable of communicating with one another that it can only lead to good things, healthy things. If you want to chat more about this, write me! For the sake of brevity (which this post is most certainly not) I'll move on. But before I do; Josh, I love you and I'm so proud of you.



6. Speaking of personal growth I've been trying to do things that make me happy because the weather the Northwest has been driving me bonkers! I've been trying to get outside more and take little Persay on more walks. Sometimes the only cure to a cloudy day is a dog running free. It always make me smile.


5. New products! Since I attended WPPI back in March my brain has been going nonstop about different ideas, products and so forth. I've slowly been adding more products to the list... Here are the new accordion mini's! They are so perfect for babies, mini gifts for grandparents, boudoir... engagement, seniors. Actually, I just got a idea. What if you did it as a grandparent gift of your wedding. Cute, right? They are small enough to carry in your purse and show off at anytime. Here are my studio samples; senior, baby and boudoir.



4. I've been spending a lot of time with peers in the industry. I along with other local photographers get together and talk business  a few times every month and I have to give a shout out to them. I love our meetings and I love having other people to bounce business ideas with. It's great to know these ladies and I think they deserve my time so they totally make the list.

3. Brainstorming more ideas on how to give back to the community.... of photographers! Would you guys like to see more behind the scenes? What about video. Would anyone watch video if I had a channel on youtube? Is it crazy that I just learned you can have your own channel... Feedback please! Here is one behind the scene shot of a newborn session from yesterday. We're trying to make baby happy by comforting him while he is set up ready to go in his basket.



2. Reading and... possibly writing! I've been reading a ton of business books, and a few personal books and the occasional gossip magazine. I'll admit I'm totally obsessed with the Kardashian sisters.... Anyway, my point is that you might be reading more from me in the future. More on that later.

drum roll please.....

1. Quality, not quantity. This isn't Costco, people. This is a custom photography studio. :)



And there you have it! 10 reason for my sporadic nature this season. Like I said earlier, I love hearing your feedback and I love sharing my work. I've got some super exiting projects this summer. I will share. Promise. Thoughts?