Hi people!

I hope you're not missing out on the new stuff going on over at my NEW BLOG! 

See you over there! :)

Oh hai! Please read this :)

I'm breaking a few rules here and posting on my old blog (because I have a feeling most of you are still coming to this one rather than my new one.  It's okay, I just miss you is all!).  I am trying to get some plans and ideas laid out for my business and I realllllly need some input!  So I'm putting together a little survey (just a couple questions) regarding photography-related services,  and I'm wondering if any of my readers would be willing to participate?  You can be married, not married, have children, be single/no children, female, male, a family member, stranger, WHATEVS.  Also, I'd be up for offering a little discount on photo shoots to those who participate :)  Just sayin.  Would you be interested in doing that?  Would you like me post the survey here so you can answer the questions directly in the comments section in my blog? Would you rather me email you the survey?  Would you rather remain anonymous?  I guess I need input on this too haha.  Anyway, I will probably post the survey here, but if you'd like to leave your email address instead, in the comments section, I can send it directly to you instead.  "Thank yous" and "I love yous" in advance!

I'm still alive! :)

Hi lovely people!! I'm still alive!
I'm blogging over here now :) http://www.maddiethomasphotography.com/blog/

I've been super busy lately, and setting up my new blog and website has been part of it. I still have lots to do/add to the site, but for now, enjoy the beautiful Monica and Ben's engagements as my first blog post on my new blog! Their wedding is today, and I'm actually writing this on my iPad while I wait to head to their reception. Did I mention I love technology?? Hehe

Much love!


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Trying.

Hi there, lovely people.
For those of you who've been sticking around, THANK YOU.
I've been pondering the look, branding, and direction I've wanted my photography and website/blog design to go for over a year now. And every time I get a mock-up done, I love it for about a night, revisit it the next day, and don't love it anymore. I'm torn. I feel with the main focus here being wedding photography that my blog should convey some sort of soft, pretty, and elegant feeling to it. I do a mock-up. I love it. But then, I wonder, "Okay, yes, this is pretty, fits the theme of weddings and whimsy . . . but is it me? Then I do something more simple, clean, to the point. And I love it. But then the next day, I look at it and think "Okay, I don't think this is me either". So, until I get that figured out (hopefully in the next week), we'll leave things as is.  I've been taking lots and lots of pictures lately, and I will be sure to get a bunch posted soon!

I love you all.  Goodnight!

Forgive the slight absence . . .

Hi everyone!  Forgive the absence of posts for this week.  I'm going to be working on some things, one of which is a complete blog/brand makeover which I've been meaning to do for over a year now!

I want to thank you all of your encouraging words and support since I started this blog.  It has meant so SO much to me.  I'm excited for this year, and the new things we've got in the works.  We will be back up and running later this week, and a fresh new "face" will be presented! :)

some newness :)

A long time ago, I mentioned on my blog how I wanted a camera I could take with me on the go.  Something I could keep in my purse and use when inspiration would strike.  Well.  I bought me a Canon Powershot Digital Elph thing-a-ma-bob, and don't get me wrong, it's a GREAT point-and-shoot.. But, it didn't quite give me the artistic types of shots I was looking for.
I knew when I bought it, it wasn't going to be that kind of camera, and I thought "Meh, I'm just going to have it so I can take pictures of me and friends and family, out 'n about".  Well, it turned out, I didn't like to use it enough.  Being a photographer, it felt weird and wrong to post pictures on my blog that weren't "artistic".  Dumb, right?? I know.
Well, the thing is, I DO want to blog more about my personal life, and I just want to blog more period.  And during the day, I work a full-time job that is NOT photography, and I also unfortunately don't carry my large Canon 5D Mark II around with me everywhere I go.  If it was smaller, believe me, I would!  But it's unpractical.
So I went out and got me an awesome "tweener" camera (read: in between large DSLR and small point-and-shoot), which I've only owned for a few hours now, but I'm already so in love with!
It's a Sony Alpha NEX-3, and their whole spiel on this little guy is that it's "DSLR-quality photos from a compact camera". And how very true that is.  If anyone out there is looking for a "tweener" camera like I was, I highly recommend this one!


The two lenses I bought :)




And with the few moments of daylight I had after the battery was charged, I ran outside to test it out!



I'm super excited to get this little guy all figured out!

Well dear blog friends, we've got a busy week ahead of us! I hope you are all well!
XOXO
Maddie

Daniel & Jenessa | Sneak Peek

How adorable are my cousin, Jenessa, and her fiance, Daniel?? They are getting married next Saturday and I'm so excited for them! I will post more soon :)

Brian & Kenna | Married

Sometimes . . . Okay, ALL OF THE TIME, we shoot people that should be models :)  Seriously, look at these two!

This was a mini-session of sorts (meaning we did it all in less than an hour of daylight!) that a friend of mine arranged as a gift to his newly-married friends!
I met Brian a few times at my work, but didn't know him too well, and obviously had no idea he had a knock-out woman!  I consider myself lucky to have the opportunity to shoot such amazing lookin' people!















I hope you are all having a fantastic weekend!  Mine has been pretty wonderful.  Well, other than having a cold. AGAIN.  Um, I think it's about the 5th one I've had in 6 months.  Not. Even. Exaggerating.
Last night, I went to bed quite early, got way too much sleep, then lazed around on the sofa drinking coffee and catching up on my daily reads, while trying to convince myself I didn't feel that sick.  In the midst of all that, I may have eaten way too little.  Later,  Lee and I had to drive up north to go to a client meeting .  When we got to Barnes and Noble before we met with the couple, I think my blood-sugar level took a dive and I was shaking and nauseated and could hardly hold a cup of water to save my life.  After a warm pretzel and some ice water, I was feeling much better, and the meeting went amazingly well!  We met with a seriously magnificent couple who was SO friendly and so prepared to meet and discuss their wedding with us (gotta love it!).
I'm glad I have an amazing business partner like Lee who keeps me calm and comfortable in crazy situations where I'm worried I will throw up on a client.  I'm a lucky gal!

Well, I'm going to go watch a movie and crash out on the couch :)  Have a great night!

new hairdo!

well hello!  guess who has a new 'do'!

my wonderful cousin tara did my hair on saturday, and i must say, i absolutely love it!

i've been wanting a bit of an edgier 'do' for a while now, but i've been trying to grow my hair out for about 2 years, so i was scared to do anything risky! remember when it was all chopped off?  see below.

(tara and i, a little over 2 years ago)

well, edgier we went and i'm ecstatic with the way it turned out! (despite my make-up-less, un-enthused face in the picture, i had just woken up from a nap) 
it's like i'm channeling my inner joan jett.  

first, we did a whole bunch of bleaching (for highlights and such), then we dyed the entire thing red (which i know is kind of hard to see in the pictures because they came out a little bit on the warm side).
after that, we layered it.  at first, it started out as a trim, cleaning up the layers, trimming the bangs, etc., but then i was like "let's keep layering!".  so keep layering she did!  and then i told her i wanted more.  and more.
and after it was over, i ended up with what i've been calling the "rockstar-70's-shag" :)

(taken with my new itouch!)

that's all i've got for tonight!

xoxo

maddie