Friday Photo Journal, August 1, 2014

Happy Friday friends! It's been another crazy busy week here. I'm afraid I don't have many photos to share, which makes me sad. :(  I'll try to do better at keeping up!

What have you been up to?

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Not So WW - With Photos

Here it is Wednesday again. I've lost track of time and nearly lost my mind. This week has been beyond busy, and difficult. I had a mountain of work to begin with, and then realized I had made an idiotic mistake and had to redo half of the mountain of work I spent several late nights furiously working to finish over the weekend. So there you go - double mountains for me. 

In an effort to keep this poor neglected blog limping along, I thought I'd at least post a peek at what I've been working on.  I've had no time to shoot or edit personal pics - so this is all business related for my photography biz- Melissa Bliss Photography. 

A bright spot in my day though - today I get to go visit my sweet new niece and take photographs - yay!

Here are a few of the sessions I've been working on:

Friday Photo Journal, July 25, 2014

Happy Friday all! The big news around here this week was that my niece was born Tuesday. We've been anxiously awaiting her arrival for months! Though we've only had a chance to visit with her for a short while, my kids are absolutely smitten with their new cousin! She is pretty darn adorable. I can't wait until I can have a full photo session with her. :)

Other than that, I'm up to my eyeballs in wedding edits and cruising through client sessions.

 I'm ready for a summer vacation! Ha ha. How was your week?

What have you been up to?

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WW - Brand New

Today was such an exciting day for us. We got to meet my new niece! She was born yesterday and is absolute perfection.
I couldn't be happier for my beautiful sister and her wonderful husband. 

Love. Love. Pure love. 

Friday Photo Journal, July 18, 2014

Happy Friday my friends! Here we are in the middle of summer already, and I'm a year older too! My how time flies. I seriously wish I could turn the clock back a few years. No. Scratch that. I just wish I could turn my body back into it's former self. I'd love to be a 41 year old in a 28 year old's body. 

Ha ha. Wouldn't that be grand?! 

But here I sit - with my sore back, gray hair and wrinkles. I'm sure in 5 years I'll look back and think I looked fantastic. Ha! Funny how that is. Do you ever look back at photos from 10 or 15 years ago and wonder why you nit-picked your appearance then? That smooth skin and bouncy hair looks pretty darn good doesn't it?  Ahhh, sorry to babble on. I guess that happens with old age. 

Anyway, I hope you've had a grand week. Here's a peek at ours:

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Lately Through My Lens

Good gracious, I've been so busy lately that this poor old blog has been neglected. I'm sorry. I miss my blogging friends, really I do! There just aren't enough hours in the day... Anyway, I thought I'd share a peek at what I've been working on. These are from my last few client sessions. 

I'm loving the summer skies!

I hope you all are having a wonderful summer!

Friday Photo Journal - July 11, 2014

Guess where we went today? Since I work alllllll the time, and it was stormy today, and they were driving me bat sh*t crazy....I relented and we went to Chuck E. Cheese. Where a kid can be a kid. Turns out a rainy, weekday afternoon is a good time to go. It wasn't quite as loud and obnoxious as usual. They were really good. Didn't even whine when the tokens ran out. They had a blast. 

These things are fun and fun is good. 

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Friday Photo Journal - July 3, 2014

Happy Friday friends! I hope you are all gearing up for a fun 4th of July weekend. We're bracing for hurricane Arthur - which is likely to only give us a glancing blow but rain out the fireworks. :(  I was really looking forward to a day of swimming BBQ and family fun. I just love the 4th! Looks like we may be stuck inside though. Fortunately, the weekend looks pretty good after the rain clears out. 

My favorite photos this week are all from our trip to the beach last weekend. I had a blast snapping away with my iPhone and just love the family fun I captured. So glad I didn't lug my DSLR to the beach. I was able to just play and still capture some fun moments. We built sandcastles, surfed the waves, caught crabs - it was almost like being on vacation. And I ate it up. Every minute of it. :)

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iPhoneography - At the Beach

Last Sunday was a rare day off for me. Since the kids have been begging to go to the beach, and we never even made it at all last year, we decided to go for it. We packed up the sunscreen, towels, drinks, snacks, chairs, toys and kids and headed east. (It's not that far really, it takes longer to find a parking spot than it does to get there.) We weren't able to procure any parking near our favorite locals beach, so we settled on the State Park. $5 and your in. It was a little more crowded than I like at the beach, but that's a summer weekend for you. It was still a refreshing break from the constant hectic schedule we keep. It was really good to have a family day, all together, just for fun. 

I thought about taking a DSLR, as I knew there would be many photo opps and this is likely as close as we'll get to a vacation this year. But hubbie discouraged it. In the end, I was glad to have the freedom to just snap away with my iPhone and not worry so much about protecting my expensive gear.  I was still able to get some shots I love. Here are a few:

Thanks so much for visiting! Have a great week 4th!