Name that song! I just realized so many of my blog titles are song lyrics...hmm.
Anyways, YAY for Friday! Thought it would never get here :) I'll be out of town for the next couple of days--I'm heading to Vegas for one of the biggest trade shows and conventions in the photography industry, WPPI. It's a pretty big deal, especially this year, because it's the 30th anniversary. WPPI holds their conference in Las Vegas every year so it's good excuse to get out of town and party, no, I mean, learn valuable business lessons and network!
If you need to get in touch, the best way will be email--I'll be back on Wednesday! :)
Here are a few pictures from different Vegas trips...I'll be sure to blog a few images when I get back!
Now this is my kind of gambling! ;)
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25? 25? Geez, I can't believe I've blogged 25 resource room posts already--time flies. Literally.
This week I decided to post a photographer's resource (or any business owners resource). Actually, you could call this a "life" resource because in some way, shape or form, no matter what your career you can use this in your everyday life!
Y'all know how much I love the Sage Wedding Pros blog. I remember finding their blog sometime early last year and just fell in love with it--accounting, organization...all the nitty, gritty back end business detail stuff--I just love it! (I know, I know...I'm such a nerd).
Earlier this week they created a post called "The Monthly Review." This is probably one of my favorite posts so far because I am so super goal oriented yet sometimes feel overwhelmed by keeping up with everything that should be completed for my business. And when I take a glance at all the personal things that I need to do, it almost knocks the wind out of me!
The Monthly Review post reminded me of a few personal resolutions/goals that I made at the beginning of this year and it prompted me to see how I'm measuring up so far. I'm a huge bookworm and I have this burgeoning list of books that I've kept on my desk for the past two years of books that I want to read. After two years of not getting to the list I realized that it's not that I don't want to read these books, it's that I get sidetracked...by yet another book! So this year I composed my gigantic list (I'm almost embarrassed to share how many books are on this list) and my goal is to read all of them this year...and I can go out of order which will hopefully fulfill my typical satisfaction of not reading what's in front of me. Sooo, I have 222 books on this list! That comes out to just over 4 books a week--ridiculous right? But not all the books are super long, some are fun books, some are serious, some are business related and many are biographies/auto biographies. After reading the monthly review, I was reminded to check my success so far--almost on track! I should have read about 38 books thus far and I'm reading number 35 currently...Yay! If anyone wants to see what's on my list, let me know :)
I liken business planning to wedding planning because if you've ever planned a wedding you know that you only have so many months to book several vendors and make hundreds of important decisions--each decision feels like it's the most important-therefore sometimes it's hard to prioritize (which is definitely my problem!). So that's why I loved this post so much---be sure to read it and you can view the post HERE.
And because I know that y'all really come here for pretty pictures :)
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Growing up I wasn't all too concerned with the environment--like most of my friends we would recycle if the option presented itself, but we would never go out of our way to reduce, reuse and recycle. As I got older, I started to care more, but it was that general feeling "oh well, I'm only one person...what can I really do to help?"
Then I met Mike.
In college, I was the queen of plastic water bottles...and I probably still would be if it weren't for him! I'll never forget the first time he came over to my dorm room and he was so shocked...no, not because it was a mess (I am such a neat-freak!) but I asked Mike if he would like some water and he, of course, replied yes. I then swing open the door to my mini fridge and there sat a pristine 35 pack of Deer Park water in individual bottles. "Holy cow woman!" Mike could not believe that I consumed that much water-in just a few days.
I drink TONS of water. I stopped drinking soft drinks, etc in high school and I don't drink coffee and I've stopped drinking milk so it's pretty much water for me. So it's no surprise that I was plowing through 70+ bottles of water per week. Mike tried several different tactics with me..."there are chemicals in the plastic...," "do you know how much money you're spending when you could have water for free?" "did you realize that this bottle was shipped all the way from Fiji? FIJI?" "Did you know that there is a huge pile of trash and water bottles floating in the middle of the Pacific the size of Cuba and you're contributing to half of it?"
But I just wouldn't have any of it. It was an addiction...I didn't care about the horrible facts...I just had to have my dasani/smart water/deer park water.
Then I married Mike.
Mike begged and pleaded for the first few months of marriage..."will you consider switching to a reusable bottle?" Eh...I decided to try out a Nalgene bottle, but get this, I didn't like the plastic taste. After trying a few different types I finally settled on Klean Kanteen and I actually like it. I like the fact that it's stainless steel (another addiction of mine) and it doesn't make the water taste weird.
It's safe to say that I care a lot more about the environment now because of Mike and if kicking my water bottle addiction to the curb is helping to reduce the pile of trash in the ocean, then it must be true...one person can make a difference.
A few months ago, I created a green wedding collection (and also a green portrait collection) for my businesses and I am so excited to show you my new eco friendly wedding albums. They are 100% hand made, no trees were cut down to create the albums and they're made locally for me! The selling point for me is there are no chemicals sprayed on the images.
The pictures below seriously do not do this album justice...it's a gorgeous 5x18 album (super unique size!). This is a sample engagement album...enjoy!
The inside of the album is a beautiful print that is a from a plastic bag that has been saved and reused.
Happy Hump Day! :)
GIna says:
you are awesome. i think your eco-friendly books are the heat. can joe and I live close by and let our dogs play together. life would definitely be cooler :)
(03.03.10 @ 07:44 PM)
dottie says:
outta sight, Whit!! that's geezer-talk for way cool !! love this idea, and your putting eco in action. love ya
(03.04.10 @ 04:21 AM)
Amy Hunsinger says:
these are amazing whitney!!!! what an incredible way for your clients to show off their artwork! i love this post too...b/c i totally relate to you. i just never had much of a clue for a long time. good stuff!
(03.04.10 @ 05:34 AM)
Carol says:
What a beautiful, beautiful album and thanks for the tip about Klean Kanteen!!
(03.04.10 @ 02:42 PM)
Julia says:
Beautiful album Whitney! And I must check out Kleen Kanteen. Robert thinks my Nalgene bottle is nasty :) And it does seem to leave that plastic aftertaste - yuck!
(03.05.10 @ 12:48 PM)
Heidi says:
That is a really cool album! I like the size a lot. Hmmm...maybe I should book a photo session...
And I LOVE my Klean Kanteen, too!
(03.05.10 @ 01:13 PM)
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This weeks edition of The Resource Room features Every Last Detail....a super cute wedding planning/detail blog that helps brides plan their weddings down to (yup, you guessed it!) every last detail!
What I really love about this blog and what makes it different is that Every Last Detail blogs from wedding vendors/event professionals perspectives on the details as well as the brides perspective...such a great way to find a culmination of so many wonderful opinions and details.
I had fun scouring this gorgeous blog so be sure to pop on over and check it out!
Happy Thursday! :)
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Lots of exciting things happening today on this random day in February! My wedding website launched this morning!!! Please visit www.whitneyelizabethphoto.com to view!
This website has been quite the project over the past year because I started out with a few different ideas and then scrapped those ideas...but eventually an idea was hatched that formed into what my website is today! I am so happy to finally have my portfolio back online!! My blog url will continue to stay www.whitneyelizabethblog.com.
Here is a fun screen shot of my websites homepage:
Also, today is my blog's one year birthday!! I can't thank everyone enough for visiting, commenting and sharing the ride with me this past year! To see my very first blog post one year ago click HERE.
It wouldn't be a birthday celebration without a cupcake and birthday candle! :)
I still make a wish when I blow the candles out :)
Yay! Happy Tuesday!
Heidi says:
The new website looks great...I enjoyed looking through your portfolios this morning! And yay for one year of blogging! Here's to many more. :)
(02.23.10 @ 12:12 PM)
Carol says:
Congratulations on all your hard work! This is a really awesome website - your images are fabulous!!! Best wishes for continuing success in 2010!!!
(02.23.10 @ 07:48 PM)
Julia says:
Whitney, the new website looks fantastic! Congratulations. You are so talented!!
(02.24.10 @ 09:46 AM)
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See you in Vegas, girl! :)
(03.05.10 @ 04:12 PM)