BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!

I love it! Finally I'm getting what I asked for!

In my last post, I mentioned my thoughts on wedding photography, and my approach into booking weddings. I mentioned the free ad on Craigslist and it was a hit! Within the first 18 hours, I had 3 wedding inquiries, 1 senior portrait, a newborn, and a married couple shoot inquiry! As the rest of the weekend progressed, I got more and more emails. I got so many, I had to take the ad down, so it's been a little quieter since then :)

I BOOKED THREE WEDDINGS!!!

And they are all within 1 WEEK of eachother! 3 weddings in one week!

How crazy is that? I am so excited, stoked, blessed, scared, nervous, proud, anxious, pretty much any feeling you could feel, I am.

Even though I'm not charging for these weddings, I feel like it's an even bigger deal than if I were charging. I feel like I have to prove myself now, if that makes sense.

Talk about a lucky girl! I can't wait to post my first wedding pictures!!!

Long time, no blog!

Hello again! It's been a long 3 months since I've blogged. Lots has been going on, and lots of pictures have been taken! I'd say, probably, 2000. No joke. :)









Here's a little recap of some of the things I've been up to:









May:




May was a busy month for me. The first shoot I did was Siena P. At the time, she was 9 months old. Here is a little peek of her shoot.

To see more of her pictures, go here :http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nipomo-CA/Natalie-Stricklin-Photography/106044459417952?v=photos&ref=ts#!/album.php?aid=14316&id=106044459417952

The very next day, I did a long 3 hour shoot with Kyleigh, who is six (I think). She wants to be a liitle model, as you can tell!




To view more pics of Kyleigh, go here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nipomo-CA/Natalie-Stricklin-Photography/106044459417952?v=photos&ref=ts#!/album.php?aid=14383&id=106044459417952

Then came the Chavez family! SO much fun. They are a fun loving, HILARIOUS foursome. Here are a few...

To view more pics of the Chavez family, go here:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nipomo-CA/Natalie-Stricklin-Photography/106044459417952?v=photos&ref=ts#!/album.php?aid=15900&id=106044459417952

JUNE
In June, I went camping :)

JULY
In July, I did my cousin Ali's senior pictures. She was so fun and is absolutely GORGEOUS!










Well that's my recap.

As far as my photography goes, I've enrolled in The Photography Institute to further educate myself. I want to have that under my belt since I wanted some credentials as part as my portfolio.

Lots coming in the future as well. Sept 11th, I will be shooting Siena's (shown above) first birthday. I haven't seen her in so long, I bet she's even more adorable. In November, I will be taking a trip to Texas to visit the fam, but also to do my first maternity shoot of my cousin Danielle and her soon to be son, Rylan. Upon my arrival home, I hope my also pregnant friend Amanda, will let me do maternity/family pictures of her! After both babies are born, I plan and heading back to Texas and doing pictures of them again. Yay for babies!

The biggest leap that I want to take, is to step into wedding photography. I'm obsessed with weddings, I love them so. But they also intimidate me because of the MASSIVE importance and pressure. But I think I may have found a solution. Every other month, I receive a DVD seminar of 10 segments of diffferent photographers. One of them recommended I put and ad on Craigslist for FREE, and see if that can get my foot in the door and also calm my nerves. Some people don't put photography as a priority when planning a wedding. Some people can't afford it. So my plan is to find THOSE people. Make sense? I hope so.

Well that is all. That is one heck of an update! :) Goodnight!

I'm OFFICIAL!

Yes, it's true! I've created my very own, OFFICIAL website! Check it out!

http://nataliestricklinphotography.com

Girly Girls.

Lots has been going on lately! This past weekend, my nieces, Morgan (9) and Tori (6) stayed the night at my house, we had a "spa makeover", then we went on a photo shoot, per their request! We started in the stunning backyard of the Hitching Post, and ended at Waller Park, after being chased by the ducks of course. These girls are extremely girly, and VERY photogenic, so that made my job pretty easy. The only downfall, was that I didn't feel very good! I had just gotten over the stomach flu and wasn't 100%, so I wasn't exactly "in the mood", but once I started, I was good to go! :) Here they are!



























Aren't they cute??? :) My nephews are next...hopefully within the next few weeks I can get theirs done too!

I'm in the process of setting up and creating an official website! Hopefully within this next week or 2, I can get it up and running. Same with my business license, I'm aiming for next week.

That's all for now. Happy Mother's Day to all you mom's. Mine's the best! :)

Puppy love.

Literally. I love my puppies. Benny is what I refer to as "my baby angel" or
"my p &j" (pride and joy). Simon is such a good pup, and the old man of the group. I loves to have someone petting him at ALL times, no matter what. They both looked so adorable, I just had to bust out the camera. Big surprise there! Also, the brown puppy is mine and Dawn's birthday gift to our roomie Nick (Tio). She is a Boxer, her name is Palin (yes, as in Sarah), and SO adorable. Her pics are from her first night with us. Enjoy!














Also, first offical family shoot is this Sunday! I can't wait, the Chavez family is pretty wild! :)