melanie pittman photography

I am sorry for my lack of blog posts lately! I took some time off and was in the process of getting a custom blog and was waiting on that until I started updating things.  It ended up falling through but I think that I have a good plan B so we will see how that goes.

Things have been good for me. My sister from Ohio is here until the 10th with her two (homeschooled) kids so that has produced some excitment around here. Kirk has started BBQ Competion cooking, and last weekend got 15th in brisket and 13th in ribs out of 75 teams so we are pretty proud of him.  I am renting a Nikon D700 Camera and 24-70 lens. It is one awesome camera and I am trying to decide if I want to switch… 85% sure that I will but don’t want to be hasty in this decision.

I am getting ready to have another Photography Class in April and have a few spots left if you are interested, please email me! melanie@melaniepittman.com

Now that the weather is getting warmer, I am ready to start booking sessions. I don’t know about you, but I am pretty done with winter. Daylight Savings time is March 14th, can you say “thank goodness?”

Ok so there is a funny story to these little cupcake bites.

I love cupcakes. It’s a known fact! I have cupcake pj’s, cupcake candles, and all I even got “If you give a Cat a Cupcake” for Christmas. So my friend Evan (http://alittleartandlotsoflove.blogspot.com/) posted on her blog that she was making these from Bakerella:

My birthday was Monday so I quickly decided that these would be my birthday cake… that I would make for myself :)  So I called Evan and told her what my plans were and that I might stop over and check them out. She didn’t call back but I felt like it was ok to come by. So we start visitng and little did I know, she was freaking out trying to keep it a secret that she made them for my SUPRISE PARTY THAT WOULD HAPPEN THE NEXT DAY.   She had called her husband when she got my message and was like… “what should I do, she is coming over here and she want to make them?” He gave wise instruction not to call me back and ignore the topic of cupcake bites if at all possible. Then he walks in while I was there… I can only imagine what he was thinking :)I kindly ate one and said that I was leaving to go buy all the stuff to make them. So I get to Hobby Lobby and there were out of the cup molds so I texted her and asked if I could borrow her’s. Crisis averted! Wheww. They funny thing is that I was going to make them for all my neighbors and take them to their houses so they could share in on the festivites. The best part, is that I got to celebrate with all my friends and neighbors and they got to enjoy the wonderfulness of these tasty treats all together without me having to do anything!

So I had all the stuff and decided that it would be fun to make them as Valentine’s for the sweet ladies in my bible study on Wednesday mornings. I think they turned out pretty cute!

I promise that I will have some pictures coming soon!

My new logo should be revisied by the end of this week  or early next week, and I am waiting for it to put on my newest images. I also have the other half of a photo session to finish but can’t b/c the wind has been so bad the last few days.  I feel bad that I haven’t posted any pics lately but now I am too excited about my new logo!

Also, I have decided to sell a few lenses if anyone gets on here who is a photographer, or someone from my photo class that is interested. I have an 85 1.8, and Sigma 24-70 2.8, and a Sigma 15mm Fisheye. You can e-mail me for details.

I don’t really have any pictures to post at the moment.  I might could fish through some from all the Christmas Cards that I did, but I am kind of done with Christmas. I know that is bad, but I think it was somewhere on day 18 of solid Starz 93.7 that did it to me. Going to have to find some new music for next year!

I have happy news. I talked with the Graphic Designer Renee from Ribbons of Red today about my new logo and it’s in the works. Soon after that, my new blog is in the works!! Can I even tell you how excited I am?

Some of you may wonder why do I need a new logo and blog…. what I have is fine? That’s just it.. it’s fine.  I am going to take the time to talk about this b/c it’s very much a topic of interest for me and I can get it out of my system So here is my soap box…

A logo is more than just a font and a picture. It represents a message. In it you see what kind of person you precieve me to be, what kind of service I provide, and what product I produce. That a pretty important thing for such a little picture. When I got my first logo produced, I dreamed of having a brand that was pulled together and professional. It looked like a possibility but no matter what I tried there was no click. Hopefully Renee can help me accomplish this. What I would love, is to be able to look at what I see and love it. To feel like it represents the person I am and the kind of quality I desire to produce in my photography, as well as customer service.  

I have a feeling this is going to be a great year for Melanie Pittman Photography! Lots of growth is on the way, and we will start it off fresh!

Well I have had a wonderful break this Christmas and time to think about what I want to accomplish in this new year. It’s the year I will be 30, and a new decade to look forward to. What will the Thirties bring?

One of the things that I am most excited about it that I have a logo revision and custom blog that will be in the works starting on Jan 4th!! I am fully confident that Renee with Ribbons of Red Graphic Design will pull my brand together in a way that relects the type of quality that I desire to give my clients. You can check her out @  http://www.ribbonsofred.com  It will feel good to start out this year “Fresh!”  One of my goals is to have a blog that lives up to it’s name and post “daily.” (Or as least every 2-3 days!)

The other exciting news in our lives it that we are out of debt! This is something that Kirk has worked really hard for. It took a lot of discipline on his part and it brings me joy to see that pressure lifted off of him. I also have to say that it has been a joy to see God bless us in many ways to make this possible. It is very evident that without His help, we would not be where we are today!

For other personal goals, I tried to set ones that are attainable and write an action plan that I can realisticly stick to. For instance, I would like to loose 15-20lbs. Well instead of thinking that I need to reach that goal in a month, I have made it a yearly goal. I think my gift of patience goes into play here b.c that does not bother me one bit that it might be that long until I get there.  Two pounds a month is attainable for me. The other mindset that I am changing in this area is that in the past I have only exercised if I was dieting too. This year I am going to focus on exercising even if the calorie content is more than I need, to loose a pound in a day.

So how about you? What do you think 2010 will bring for you?