I am so excited to finally announce the date of our baby ducks and lambs spring minis! These will take place in Elkmont, from 10am – 4pm, Saturday, March 24th.
We will be setting up outdoors, if the weather permits, otherwise, we will be doing these in-studio.
Sessions WILL BE LIMITED, so e-mail me today, to reserve your spot! Pricing will be announced by this weekend, this will incude multi-pricing packages, to best suit your budget!
dawnmurphphotography@gmail.com
In honor love and Valentine’s Day, I just wanted to go a little sappy and tell you how I met my sweet Valentine!
I met Jason in June of 2003, shortly after Memorial Day. The opportunity for me to meet him had presented itself several months prior, but I had a boyfriend and lets just say the timing was a tad bit off. After much encouragement from my girlfriend Emily (who is married to Jason’s cousin), I agreed, to pass my number along to him and go from there.
He called a week later and we have been inseparable since. We dated for 2 1/2 years before we got engaged and married on July 22, 2006. I knew God had someone amazing for me, I had been praying for my future husband for many many years. God delivered!
He isn’t perfect, I am not perfect, our relationship isn’t perfect, but we are so blessed, so happy and we are still very much in love! Therefore, to my sweet Valentine, Jason, I couldn’t imagine spending a day without you. Happy Valentine’s Day-I love you!
This song says everything! Bless the Broken Road – Selah
Oh my sweet little Valentines. Saturday was to be the first day of my minis, but a power outage changed the plans. Although a few were unable to reschedule, we still ended up with some pretty cute little cupids! I have to give a special thanks to Bake a Cake Caren for providing us with the delicious JUMBO cupcakes!
I have added a new blog category, and I am calling it, Matters of the Heart. Sometimes (we) photographers need to allow our emotions to show; we are human after all. Thank goodness for blogging, a client shoot is certainly not the place for venting.
Photography is a field where the need to be creative and upbeat are a must. Bad days have to be placed on the back burner and forgotten because we have to keep a smile on our faces. Imagine the outcome of our work if we showed what was really on our minds at times!
I am not going to bore you with any Debbie Downness, I am sure you have your own problems, instead I am just going to thank say thank you for being a part of my journey.
Photography isn’t just a chosen career path. It is this place of exploration and exhibition of your inner self. When you are starting out, you second guess every single shot and choice. You began to question your existence in the field and if the journey is worth the sacrifice. Photography, in itself, isn’t a job you’ve been hired to do, it is a choice. The hiring comes later. Most of us walked away from former plans to pursue something we deeply desired, knowing the veterans were likely going to laugh and that their work would always be a step ahead, and rightfully so. We didn’t care, we put our blinders on and off we went.
I cannot tell you how many times I have considered giving up (perfectly normal) and today was one of them. Luckily God has placed some pretty awesome friends in my life, that give me the encouragement I need to forge ahead. With that being said, I have to tell you, your comments and your encouragement aren’t just words. I have said this before and I mean it, you aren’t just a number on my Facebook page, you guys are what keeps me going!
Today I asked myself, “What is my motivation?” Taking photos seems like the likely answer to that question, but it is so much more. I realize, 22oo+ people are supporting me for a reason and I just want to give you all my best! So thank you for your support and for motivating me to be a better photographer. I still have a lot of growing to do, so I think it is safe to say, stay tuned, the best is yet to come!
Dawn Murph Photography
Ack, so this is it, this is the big news I have been excitedly refraining from sharing! This thing has been in the making for a long time. Let me back up a bit! I met my friend Amanda Dumas, of Reflections by Amanda in the fall of 2010. She and I talked back and forth about our goals and the future of our photography businesses. We tossed around the idea of coming together, but didn’t know how to merge two established businesses. After much prayer and consideration, the plan fell in to place, almost effortlessly.
The doors of opportunity opened when we found an adorable little building in the center of the charming town of Elkmont, Alabama. We knew immediately, this would be our studio.
Amanda and I have been working since early fall, moving into our new location and getting set up for 2012. In case you haven’t noticed, I have been sharing a few in-studio sneak peeks and I have changed my address and location on my page, giving you subtle hints.
While Amanda and I will still remain Dawn Murph Photography and Reflections by Amanda, we will be working together on many joint ventures and will consider ourselves a team. The name of the studio is The Studio at Elkmont and you will notice details from both of our logos, which unifies this partnership. Together we are going to do great things and look forward to serving all of North Alabama and Southern Tennessee.
There will be more details to come, so be sure to stay tuned!
The Rough Draft of our Sign/Logo
Cooper was so much fun. Before we dug into cake, I grabbed a few shots of Cooper on his tractor, while he donned his Liberty’s. Cooper’s dad Brian restores old pedal tractors, including the one featured here. Cooper was so excited when mommy brought it into the room! She quickly dressed him in those adorable Liberty overalls, which were gifted to his Uncle Thad, from great grandpa, almost 34 years ago. Coop’s mom Ashley was so excited to be able to pass these down to Cooper. Can you blame her? 
I love smash the cake sessions. Getting to witness a baby getting it’s first real taste of sweets and by the handfuls. Cooper was so much fun. His eyes popped when he saw that cake and he went in with both hands! The custom cake featured here was created by my talented friend Caren Sample of Bake A Cake Caren. Check out her Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/CakeNCaren
Okay, I am trying very hard to get with the program, but the older I get, the more advanced technology seems to get! I am a terrible Tweeter, but I got a new phone (an Android-YAY) and I feel it is opening me up to all kinds of fun!
I have everything synced. My Facebook to Twitter and vice vera, my Google to Facebook, Youtube, Flickr to Yahoo, etc. If only I could sync laundry to dusting and vacuuming to dishwashing and toilet scrubbing to making beds. Life would be so simple!
I now have my Twitter synced to my photography page and my photography page synced to my profile page and while I am typing this, this is synced to my photography page–woohoo! We are living in a very synchronized era!
So, if you tweet, come follow me at: http://twitter.com/#!/dawnmurphphoto I vow to becoming a better Tweeter!
