life in the f.a.s.t. lane

Dear Blog...

I am so sorry that I have been missing a lot lately, I feel like I've left you hanging! I guess you could say I have. Last week was crazier than all get out! I told you about my amazing Monday that was spent with Theresa! Well that was just the beginning of that week.

There are few things about life that I just don't like and one of them is an alarm clock. Yes you heard me right an alarm clock!!! We are NOT friends! I had to actually set an alarm clock every morning last week because I had to be up at 6am to be on the road for 7am. I know I'm being whiney but I'm not used to it! So not only did I have to set an alarm clock I'm weird with the fact that I ALWAYS wake up before it actually goes off so I don't have to hear it!

Oh yeh and every night I actually picked out my clothes for the next day so all I had to do was wake up shower and go. No decisions, and in the life of a girl that is pretty serious stuff!

I had a lot of firsts last week, one being that I actually made my own coffee every morning instead of waking up to it already being made! Second I found myself at a gas station at 7:10am filling up with gas, then jumping back in the car to hit the road and listen to WWL to get traffic conditions! This was quite a change of pace of life for me.

I know I still haven't told you WHY I actually did all of that...the reason is I was teaching a music theory class at a music school in Covington.

That was a lot of fun! I'll have to grace you with

pictures sometime soon...yes I did take pictures!

Anyway then everyday I came home and taught

all of my students and pretty much lived a crazy life last week.

Another thing I can't wait to show you is I had an amazing photo session with one of my best friends on Sunday afternoon. She came down on Friday to visit and spend the weekend...we had a blast! Blog I think you're going to love her pictures:-) At least I think so anyway...

I had a great week though even though I kind of left you out of it. So sorry...I'm pretty much around from now on!

-Yours Truly

One.2.One Business day | Erin Rachel Photography

Wow...as I reflect over this day and journey with a friend I am amazed!

I absolutely, whole heartedly L.O.V.E. teaching and seeing people learn!

I want them to be successful in their life and business.

I am humbled at the fact that this gal, who has become a friend, would

let me spend the day with her teaching her all of the ins and outs

about a photography business. When I say all...I mean all that I know...I have

by NO means arrived. I am still learning DAILY and am loving it!

We started off the day at CC's Coffee House in Slidell digging deep

into Who Are You? What makes you tick? What do you like?

What do you not like? What do you love to do? Where do you love

to shop? What drives you? What is your favorite color? What are your

goals in life? When you look back over your life what do you want

to be said of you? What three words describe you? And yeh the list goes on!

Then the fun started...showing her where to pick out a color palette that

goes together, to fonts, to blogging (...my favvvv past time!!!), to setting

up domain names etc.

We took a break and headed over to Sunrise on Second for some yummy lunch

and to continue "talking business" ha!

When you both love it...it's so fun and super easy!

This is where we started talking about "the money". So we broke down her packages

and prices...only to find out she pretty much could work at Wal-Mart and make more!

This is when she drew all over her paper saying..."Wake-up Call"!!!

So now that we have some things in order I think she'll be making some money now. As well as knows how to base her pricing etc. This part made her happy!!

Before it decided to start raining on us we packed up and hit the streets on a photo session.

As a photographer you RARELY have nice pictures of yourself so as part of the day I wanted

to do a shoot of just her...she's so fun! Full of personality!!!

We wrapped the day up at Starbucks...yes had to get my fix!!!

Answering questions, talking about shooting techniques, making time for yourself

and not getting wrapped up in business all the time, staying organized, the affects of

blogging, outsourcing to save yourself time, giving back to others, the experience of a session/shoot from beginning to end, editing your pictures, software and yeh the list goes on! Fun stuff!

Thanks Theresa for an amazing day, filled with fun, getting to know you better, talking

what we love to talk about, seeing your business grow and I can't wait to see you take off even more!!!

My f.a.v.o.r.i.t.e.

Bubble Baths | Erin Rachel Photography

There's nothing like a warm bubble bath!

I love the simple things in life!

I love capturing simplicity and the daily happenings in life!

These moments are priceless...

These moments are precious...

These moments are timeless...

Miss Kailey 5 years old | Erin Rachel Photography

Miss Kailey and I got to spend the morning together having fun and an awesome time!

She is working with an agent for modeling, commercials, movies and the list goes on!

She is working with Sterling Agency 4 Models and Talent in Slidell.

She has such a cute personality and look at her amazing eyes!!!

Thanks to Ariel from the Little Mermaid we had lots of good conversations

which got us lots of awesome poses and smiles!

Thanks so much for an awesome time!!!

My New Model | Leah Kate

I would like to introduce to you my new tiny model:-)

Leah-Kate

This makes another niece for me to spoil:-)

I don't have a hard time doing that at all!

BORN on Wednesday afternoon at 4:28 pm

to Summer and Philip Duffy & Big Sister Hannah

WEIGHED 8lbs 8oz

LENGTH 20 in.

SWEET yes

AMAZING yes

All of this equals one happy Auntie Erin!!!

More pictures to come, this is just the beginning!

Photography Workshops

Classes are filling up fast so if you are interested PLEASE contact me asap! Feel free to pass the information along to family and friends!

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP DATES:

Basic Photography Workshop $50.00

Sat. March 13 9am-1pm

Sat. March 20 9am-1pm- FULL

Bring your camera (point and shoot, DSLR) and learn basic composition rules, camera settings, hands on projects and more!

Kids Photography workshop $35.00

Friday March 19th 3-5 pm

Bring point and shoot camera, learn how to take fun creative pictures, hands on projects and snack provided!

Limited Space Available

Photo Talk- $10.00

Limited Space Available

Monday March 22 7-9pm.

Come for open Discussion and Question and Answer time.

Bring your camera, ask questions, get photos critiqued etc.

A fun time to learn and meet new friends!

Dessert and Coffee provided!

Seeing Creatively Photography Workshop $50.00

Saturday March 27 9am-12pm

Lots of hands on projects group and individual, fun way to learn more about composition, photo critique and instructional time on techniques.

One-on-One Session- $140.00

4- 1 Hour Session to personally teach you about your camera, how to use it, techniques, composition etc.

Coming in the Fall of 2010 a 10 week Photography Class and Photo Expo!

More details coming soon.

Contact me at: 985.774.9815 or erwilson83@gmail.com

One-on-One Session with Michelle | Erin Rachel Photography

So I get a phone call sometime in November-ish from Michelle's husband

David asking opinions on cameras. He wanted to buy Michelle

a good camera so I gave my opinions and basically just said

"whatever you do buy Canon" :-) This was the best advice I could give!!!!

He asked about me spending

some time with Michelle showing her how to use her camera

and all of the ins and outs. Since they live in Huntsville, AL she

wouldn't be around to take a workshop, so I said absolutely YES!

He called me back a few weeks later saying he had gotten her

the Canon Rebel XSi.

Two thumbs up for David:-) He bought her a great camera, surprised

her for Christmas and even went a step further with this session!

Michelle called me two days after Christmas all excited and totally

surprised at her camera! We set up a day to get together for

a few hours.

Little did we know that the Wednesday we met a PJ's Coffee house

that it would be freezing cold and rainy and cloudy! But hey we

can't control everything right!

We grabbed a cup of coffee and hot chocolate and went to work:-)

So after spending a couple hours going through composing a picture,

to how to use her settings etc. We headed outside to a nearby church

that has a huge covering over the front and worked on a few

projects!

Michelle walked away shooting in manual mode:-)

So proud of her!!! Keep it up girl!

Thanks for such an awesome session!