pesky penguin stole bob’s hat and other happenings….

Bob has been a busy guy hanging out on our non-toxic, non-offgasing, makeshift “garland”. He also had to go on a rescue mission, darned pesky penguin stole his hat, of all the nerve! And the other night the kids asked if Bob could go with us when we were heading out in our PJ’s to look at Christmas lights. They were thrilled that he got a frontrow “seat”! HA!

If you are local, we followed this map for Christmas lights and it was totally worth it. Teagan picked the #3 on the list as his top choice before we even left the house and it was by far the best one […]

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-12-19T22:30:27-06:00December 19th, 2010|Elf on a Shelf, My Family|

2011 Scheduling Note

The first quarter of 2011 is almost booked. I have only 3 session openings between January and March! I have really cut back how much I will be shooting in the new year so that I can spend more time at home with my family. In doing so, my goal is to do one full session per week. Mini sessions will no longer be done during the week, instead I will have 2 mini session events, one in the spring and one in the fall with multiple openings each weekend day. I may take on an extra mini here or there depending on how things are going at home, it just really depends. This year I am making every effort […]

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-12-17T21:53:17-06:00December 17th, 2010|Announcements, Austin Photographer, Client Work|

just before forever…

Aimee emailed me Wednesday and said “I know this is a long shot, but I’m getting married on Friday….” and something in me jumped at it. Even though I don’t take weddings on. And even though I’m closed for the month. And even though it was a weekday and even though……

I love simple weddings, the kind that are about the two people and that moment and all the real stuff. Truth be told, I’ve been itching to photograph a wedding for well over a year. And while I normally refer all weddings out without a second thought or pang of regret, in the last couple of months I’ve had a few […]

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-12-17T12:31:52-06:00December 17th, 2010|Austin Photographer, Client Work|

One Frame A Day

Erin Cobb made me do it. She drew me in with her shiny press printed book and talk of real moments and real memories and day to day photos with meaning and simplicity. I can’t resist any of those things. Especially since on the day she posted, I had been looking through my strikingly empty personal photo folders. It hit me. Hard. Yes, I have a good reason for not photographing my family all that much this year. Yes, we were busy, we were struggling, we had dark days. But you know what, there were shimmers of hope, even on the darkest day and I cannot convince myself that I couldn’t have found one single beautiful moment to […]

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-12-12T23:15:17-06:00December 12th, 2010|My Family, Our House, Uncategorized|

self entertained

My eyes are crossing as I sit here and finish up editing a session tonight…but I have to come share this before I forget….

Teagan and I took off to Office Depot for a few office supplies this morning. I decided to skip the cart and let him walk because he was acting fatigued, I wanted to get him moving. We made our way through Office Depot and then stopped next door at Michaels. Normally I would never face Michaels and a toddler on the loose sans cart, but he was being really good and while he stopped to look at and touch every.single.thing at his level, I couldn’t face the fit that would come with putting him in the cart. […]

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-12-08T23:17:54-06:00December 8th, 2010|My Family|

eeeeeveryone’s a photographer….

Oh Bob. Bob, Bob, Bob. Your camera is fresh out of the box….a newborn? Already? Really? A website? So soon? What do you charge Bob? And that logo, that looks a little familiar Bob. And hey, where did you get all the wording on your website???

Sigh…..I swear you can’t throw a rock in Austin without hitting a photographer.

😉

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-12-08T07:30:32-06:00December 8th, 2010|Elf on a Shelf, My Family|