Can You See Me Now?

Posted on February 6, 2010

Ugh. What a week. I had website issues in the middle of the week, which were quickly resolved, but now I am having email issues. I can send mail but am unable to receive any. If you have sent an email to me this week and I have yet to respond, it is because I’ve been completely unaware of the problem. Until I get this figured out, please use my old email- raininglightphotography at yahoo.com

Thanks!

Kassie+Doug say I Do | Northwest Arkansas Wedding Photographer

Posted on January 8, 2010

Here is a little peek into the wedding of two of the sweetest people.  I was the photographer only for the getting ready and the First Look, but I loved every minute.  Kassie had a great sense of style with her details.  And her shoes just had to be the best ever.  Blue shoes with robots?  Yes, please!  And she had records as plates. Yes, they are that cool.  But the best part?  The groom’s cake.  Be sure and check it out at the bottom!

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Hahahah, isn’t that great! I loved it. I still grin every time I think of it.

Kassie and Doug, I wish you all the best. And remember, you picked a pretty wonderful day to get married! (They were married on my anniversary. :) )

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Valentine’s Day Special | Northwest Arkansas Boudoir Photographer

Posted on January 7, 2010

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Everyone loves a sale! | Northwest Arkansas Lifestyle Photographer

Posted on November 30, 2009

It’s cyber Monday. Yay sales, right? I hoped that I would have this post up earlier than now but there is a certain little peanut that keeps changing my plans, so to make up for it, I decided that I’ll keep the sale open all week long! Yep, an entire week to be able to take advantage of these great specials.

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If you want to book a special or have any questions, email me at cherron @ raininglightphotos.com   :)

August Availability

Posted on August 6, 2009

I just wanted to let everyone know that the only remaining available dates I have in August are the 10th, 11th, 19th, 22nd, and 29th. If you’d like to book a session, let me know right away! :)

I must be Crazy! | Northwest Arkansas Family Photographer

Posted on August 5, 2009

I came up with this really exciting and fun idea a month ago to have our family photos taken soon.  I wanted to see if I could do it by myself using a remote and a tripod.  I think it was sort of spawned by the fact that I used to do a daily self-portrait project and often convinced my family to help out.  Surely I could get at least one decent family portrait, right?  I was able to get these fun shots with the kiddos last year:

So, I got everyone dressed and picked a location. I was super excited and really hopeful. I mean, really, how hard could it be to get ONE photo good enough to put on the wall?

Ha. Apparently if you throw in a husband with a headache, a goofy four year, and a curious toddler into the mix, it can be very hard!

Observe:

As you can see, I’ve just realized John is chewing on candy.
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This shot has perfectly captured the moment when I was thinking of who I was going to hire to do this for us once the baby was born.
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I did manage to get two photos that I liked.

This one is pretty cute. Tates had taken over the remote by this point.
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And this one just very well may be the one that goes up on the wall.
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I just adore it. The baby pointing off at something really cracks me up. I think it will do. At least until next time when I hire someone. I’m already dreaming of what I will wear!

There are a few others that I haven’t looked through yet, as well as a few of just the girls and also some of John in the field with his amp and guitar. (Yes, amp and guitar. They were in the back of the car and you should have seen the attitude change once he realized that and thought it would be cool to set up in the field ;) ) I’ll post those in the next day or so, I’m sure.

I guess it is a good thing that this was a little trial run because you do realize that we’ll have to do this one more time, right? Before the BIG session in the future? Why? Well, we were missing a family member in these as it wasn’t our time to have Blaze so we have to do more with him in it! Can’t you see it now? Not so thrilled hubby, goofy four year old, squirmy toddler AND angst ridden pre-teen all around oh so anxious me? Ah, yes, it will be grand. :)

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Flakey Internet

Posted on July 6, 2009

I’ve been having tons of trouble with  my internet over the past couple of weeks.  I’ve had several techs out to try and fix the problem.  Parts have been replaced, wires checked, hardware exchanged.  It’s been a nightmare.  They think that something down my line was struck by lightening.  Because of all of this, I’m lucky if I have internet a couple of hours a day.  :(   This means that emails and such may not be answered as quickly as normally.  I have been going into town for hotspots to at least check my email once a day.  I just hope this problem is resolved soon!!

Thanks for your patience!

Last Minute Wedding Special

Posted on June 28, 2009

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I have a few remaining dates available in July and August for weddings.  I adore weddings and would love to be able to photograph all my available dates before September, so I decided to throw together a little Last Minute Wedding package, one for both eight hour and under four hour weddings.   If you are interested, you can use the contact page or can email me at cherron@raininglightphotos.com for more information!

I’ve yet to find a spare hour to upload my wedding and boudoir galleries (which I’m hoping to do tonight before Staycation 2009 begins this week), but you can easily click on Weddings in the Categories drop down menu  to see all the wedding blog posts.

Holy Confusion, Batman! | Northwest Arkansas Portrait Photographer

Posted on February 25, 2009

Wow. Who knew that one little contest could cause such a commotion! Imagine my surprise this afternoon when I checked my email to see many, many emails saying that one contestant was involved in Spamming. What was going on, you ask? Well, someone decided to post to multiple boards, boards they were not members of, to ask for votes. This violated the Terms of Service of this particular parenting community. I got an email from the Senior Community Manager of this community telling me about the emails and reports that they had been getting involving the posting.

I feel that it was my fault for not clarifying in rules that this sort of behavior not only is unfair, but that it would get back to me in some way. While I think that asking friends and family and internet friends for help is perfectly fine, asking internet strangers and violating the TOS of social networking boards is never a good idea.

So, because of all of this madness, I feel it was best to pull the poll and start again. I know that some are going to find this a bit of a hassle since they have already asked their loved ones to vote, but I promise, it will be worth it. How? Sorry, can’t tell. That’s a surprise!!

I will be putting out a new post shortly with the new rules and starting the contest again. I apologize for all the confusion!!

Growing Pains

Posted on February 8, 2009

I’m adjusting some things on the site to get it ready for some announcements.

And thank you everyone for the wonderful offers to help me out with the camera testing. I got a great response. I’m no longer offering a free session, but will be running some contests shortly. Stay tuned!

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