10 on 10 | i'm a first timer

a few weeks ago, i got the sweetest, unexpected message from a photographer in california. we chatted and clicked immediately. i am so grateful for this common thread that continues to draw me closer to other people, other creative souls. and to have met you Amy! she invited me into her 10 on 10 group at the exact right moment. i've been feeling a little stumped lately. needing a deadline to sort of force myself to face the things i hem and haw endlessly about that i never have time for. creative things. i took this photo of my big guy last friday. i looked at his smooth beautiful skin, his golden hair and steel blue eyes. and i just felt like, i have to take your picture. you are so beautiful to me. so i set out this weekend to focus on working on technique type things i've been wanting to have time for and to focus on photographing my family, out of the house, together. so here it is. my first 10 on 10. at the end be sure to follow the link to the next photographer!! (and oh yeah, i cheated. more than ten images. i'll be better next month, i swear)

be sure to keep following the circle. click HERE to check out what jersey based Jen C had going on this month!

-isabel

a note about recent changes

well hello there. i thought i would take a minute to go over some recent changes i've made and explain them a bit. the two big changes are that my pricing has been redone and two is that mini sessions, session discounts and print sales will now only be offered to current clients and those who subscribe to the isabel furie photography mailing list. but. let me break it down.

pricing.

i had to overhaul pricing. packages, prints, digital, it was a nightmare. taking all the fun out of what i do. it breaks down like this, the reason i started this, the #1 thing i want you to walk away with, is beautiful prints. and the #1 thing most people/families want these days are digital files. so, where do we find the happy medium? and how do we make it easy, because easy is my middle name. er. wait. that's awkward...

ok, but i think i have made it easy for you. this is what i had to consider. my passion is lifestyle family sessions. whether that means i'm shooting you welcoming a new baby into your home, a sunday dinner where the whole extended family gets together, you and your kids running around your favorite field or eating ice cream sundaes at home. i love to spend time with you. to know you, to capture who you truly are, the in between, real life moments are my goal. but what this means is sometimes "sessions" (i'd really so much rather call them play dates or something...) are longer than 2 hours, sometimes i get fed coffee or pancakes, sometimes it means my pants get wet at the beach. so this is time away from my family, but it's also time doing exactly what i truly love.

ok, onto the next thing. newsletter!

this saves me time posting deals, announcements, etc all over mom message boards and the like. this way, i know who wants the info and it gets to them easily. i'll be releasing my first newsletter the first week of April. it will include details about upcoming mini sessions, referral deals and print sales. and in fact, JUST for signing up you receive a $50 print credit good towards a session that takes place this year and that's not all...

you can sign up NOW by clicking on the little envelope that says "Subscribe" it's easy and only takes a minute. and to check out the new pricing go HERE .

and because no post is worth anything without some pictures, here's Evan, who's pretty excited about his new house.

isabel

world famous miss Mary

every once in a while my sister in law and i swap kids. this morning, miss Mary was with us. i arrived at the playground and freed the children. the first thing someone asked me was "is this THE famous Mary??" she gets a lot of time on the blog i guess...sorry other nieces and nephews! i swear i love you all equally! these were shot in the span of maybe 20-25 minutes. i had just returned home from assisting on a food shoot and was fairly exhausted. but when Mary ran up to me in this outfit, i could not hold myself back. she gets it too. totally gets it. auntie whips out the camera and she knows what's up. she has energy unlike any other child i've known her age, which adds to up a lot of blurry pics. but when you love Mary, you start to find a way to love the blurry, and make it work to your advantage.

and this is what i actually look like most of the time : ridiculous and dangling a dog toy, in this case, a tennis ball.

make sure you check out new happenings up in that top post!

isabel