Whew... I'm beat...

As most of you know 2007 was my first official year in business. It was full of lots of unexpected surprises, challenges and new experiences!
And I learned a TON of fun new stuff!
And one of those new things is that the Photography busniess is absolute CRAZINESS through the Holidays! WHEW... I'm beat! And I had an absolute Blast!
Now that all of the Christmas Cards are designed and out and the Orders have all been proofed and picked up... I wanted to take a moment to breathe and say thank you to all of my Clients who have made the last minute photoshoots and wacky weather so much fun these last few months!
You guys are the Best! And I had so much fun working with each and every one of you!

As a way to celebrate and to say Thank you I'm going to offer 10% off all Print Orders from now through the end of January. Just enter the discount code 2007 at check out and it will be deducted from your total automatically.

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

Jani & Colby {Colorado Springs Children's Photographer}

Last weekend I ended up doing a last minute shoot and I'm so glad that thing worked out the way they did!

This little boy is the cutest little guy ever!

I'm so used to girls (all... and I do mean all of my family and friends have girls) that it was so much fun to kinda change things up a bit.

Here are a few of my favorites... and since I had a little bit of extra time tonight I actually got the Gallery up early. BONUS!

I hope you love them Jani! I had so much fun... thanks for changing your mind and coming out even though you weren't feeling so great.

I hope you're feeling better now!

WOW... just WOW! {Colorado Springs Newborn Photographer}

A few months ago I entered one of my photographs in the New York Institute of Photography's International Photo Contest.

The idea behind the contest was "Focus on your Hometown". And the catagory that I entered was "Faces in the Crowd".

I chose a photograph that has a very special meaning to me that I have very stong emotional ties to because this is the photograph that made me want to be a photographer.

As some of you know, my husband was in the Navy during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. During that time he was deployed to the Gulf several times. I was pregnant with our daughter during one of those Deployments and we weren't sure that he was going to make it home before she was born. Somehow he managed to get leave (thanks to a Master Cheif that I will forever be grateful to) and made it home a few days before she was born.

This picture was taken the night before he left to go back over seas and finish out his delopyment. Ciara was 4 days old.

From then on... everytime that Kris went to sea he took a copy of this picture with him because it reminded him of what he had to come home to.

About a week and a half ago I got an e-mail from the Contest Director saying that my photograph had been chosen as an Exhibition Winner in my Catagory! WOW!

So, my photograph along with the other Contest Winners (and there are some fantastic photographs from all over the world that were chosen) will be on display at 11 Madison Ave. in New York from October 22nd thru November 2nd!!!!

You can check out NYIP's Official Announcement at http://www.nyip.com/ezine/contests/photo-contest-summary.html.

How exciting is that????

And what a huge honor! I'm still pretty new to the photography business and breaking into the professional market has been a challenge to say the least... but things like this make all of the hard work worth it!

Thanks a million to all of you.... family and friends for all of your support! And to all of my clients for trusting a new photographer with your most precious memories!

The Rasmussen Family

So... I've been MIA for a while.

Things have been crazy busy for the last few weeks.

Here's the short and sweet version... just to catch ya'll up. I shot a Baptism for the sweetest little girl. I was absolutely in love with her teeny-tiny little pony tail and I can't wait to get my hands on her to do some Christmas pictures in a few weeks!

I did a shoot for John and Jontelle's Family out in the Bosque and, let me just tell ya, that whole family is a kick! They were so much fun! And I got some FANTASTIC shots of their two girls! I should have those up to display on the website soon.

Then I skipped town and spent a few glorious days fishing and taking pictures in Colorado. A million thanks to Kyle and Cherrie for the use of their cabin. I'm still working on finishing up the last few of the 10,000 or so pictures that I took... so they should be ready very very soon.

And these two lovely ladies are Shawn and Delaney. I dragged them all the way up the mountain in search of a waterfall which had, unfortunately dried up. Some waterfall huh? But the pictures came out pretty good anyways!

We don't need no stinkin' waterfall, right ladies!

Here are a few from their session on the mountain...

I hope you love them! The rest will be posted in the Gallery in a few days.

Stay tuned... I've got two more photoshoots to proof and a Wedding coming up next Saturday. Crazy busy.... I LOVE IT!!!!

Janea's Senior Pictures

First things first... Thank you so much for being so patient!

There were so many good ones that it took me forever to get through all of them!

I had so much fun walking around with you guys and exploring the parts of the Gardens that I hadn't been to yet. There's some pretty cool stuff back there!

But I'm still not too sure about that piggy....

Here are my favorites. I hope you love them and I hope you had as much fun as I did.

The rest will be up on the website soon. Promise!

(So... was you're mom right or what! That barn wall looks awesome!!!! YAY... I've got a new favorite spot to take pictures!)

Thanks for tromping around the Barn Yard with me!

Shelby's Senior Pictures

Here's a little preview from the Senior Shoot that I did at the Botanical Gardens today. She was so cute!

The first thing she said was, " I am not photogenic and I have no idea what I'm doing."

I don't know, Miss Shelby....I think I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that one....

Change your mind yet? Or do you need a few more? She brough her big sister Shaylee and her friend along for a few.

Thanks for hanging out with me this morning! I had a blast...even if it was Africa Hot out!
I hope you love them! I have a TON more to proof so the rest will be up on the website soon.

Notice something different?

YEP!
The whole blog has been updated! YAY!
If you haven't heard the good news yet... I finally have a web-site up and running. Check it out at www.photographybymeghanwildgoose.com.
I decided I wanted to do something a little bit different (I know... can you believe it? Me? Different? No Way!)
I have so much fun on all of my photoshoots that I want to use the blog as a photographer's journal. After each photoshoot I'll post an entry about how things went along with a preview of my favorite shots from the day.
Two weeks is an eternity to wait when your excited and want to see your proofs... I know... I've done it. So here's a little preview for you that will be posted within a few days of the shoot.
I hope you guys enjoy!
I have Senior Pictures scheduled for tomorrow... so check back soon.