Alice contacted me the other day to arrange for a family photo session out in the wilds in Murrieta. The day we met for the shoot, it was windy and you could definitely tell that fall was in the air as it was quite chilly. They also brought along their black Lab named Bailey. All in all, it was a fun photo session with four generations.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

And let’s end with just shot of just Bailey!

So Matt over at NiltoMil posted this interesting article about Google’s new image search. Since I’ve used the TinEye image search in the past, I was intrigued. I know Google usually operates under the guidelines of “Go Big or Go Home” and that their stuff is usually very amazing.

I was not prepared for what I encountered by searching for my stock images. It absolutely blew me away, and I’m not even anywhere close to a major player in the world of stock photos.

I spent waaaay too much time doing searches, and I found some of my pictures on some blogs. There were some that were used on the home page of different companies. Some were on menus for restaurants. Some were used by major corporations.

Of all the images I found, I think this one in particular was the most exciting one to me.

Yes, that’s right. Dave Ramsey bought one of my images.

Thank you, Google. And thank you, Matt, for your article!

Yesterday I said:

I’ll be updating the help pages for creating an account and for creating a registry over the weekend.

Well, not only are those tutorials updated, I added one about how to order an image package.

I love getting new things, especially when those new things work really well, and they help others. The latest update to my shopping cart is such a thing.

I’ve been using a product called PhotoCart for a while now, and it’s been great. I’m very happy with it. A few weeks ago, I noticed that the developer was having an open beta test. I thought, why not?

So I installed one of the beta versions, and everything just worked flawlessly. I didn’t lose any galleries, accounts, settings, favorites or shopping carts. There were places where additional customizations could be done, so I tweaked a few things here and there.

The final version was released this week, and it’s been running fine on this site for a day or so now. If you haven’t checked out the cart in a while, I encourage you to do so. It’s got a whole different look and feel to it.

I’ll be updating the help pages for creating an account and for creating a registry over the weekend.

Amber came by the other day to have some studio senior portraits taken. We had such a fun time! Amber has a great sense of humor as you can see in the photos. It’s always fun when you don’t mind goofing off a little bit. Amber is a wonderful Christian young lady, and has a busy schedule between school, sports and her volunteer work.

I finally hit the level of Silver contributor on Istockphoto.com today with my 2,500th download:

Thank you!

For my clients who are interested in ordering a fine-art gallery wrapped canvas product, December 8th is the last day to order them for delivery before Christmas without incurring a rush charge. This is something that my awesome canvas vendor charges because they get super busy this time of year. If you can hold off until after Christmas, this rush charge does not apply.

Alyssa had the opportunity to take some outdoor family photos of sisters Renee and Kaitlin, and their dog, at Harveston Park the other day. As you can tell, these girls have some personality to them, and the photo shoot was a lot of fun. Some of the shots were taken right after the sun went down and Alyssa was able to catch the glow of the lights from the gazebo.