Wistful

I am feeling wistful. 

The photo here is one of my sunflowers from a couple of years ago, getting ready to burst open and show off. Came across this tonight and it made me realize that I'm missing my gardening days and need to get out and take a day for myself; I feel like I've done nothing but work lately. 

Don't get me wrong, I love being busy. I love that I am in demand and that I have so much on my plate, because you can't complain about how much you have on your plate if you want to eat (or however that saying goes, I may have mangled it)...but it's hard to find balance sometimes. 

I need a day away from taking care of others to play in the sun and just be. Soon, soon. Here's to finding a few moments to play without feeling guilty. After all, my green children can't yell at me when they need some TLC, so I should be making sure to give them some of my time too, right? Of course. 

Hello Out There!

Just popping in to say howdy to everyone! I am catching up on wedding, portrait, and event stuff, and preparing for other things on the jam-packed schedule, and fall is looming large as always, eeeep. This sassy Orlando photographer is working hard but still finding times to slip into the backyard and enjoy a few brief moments of respite in the pool, because, everyone needs a break here and again, especially when the heat index goes into triple digits. I hope you're all enjoying your hot summer months; I just hadn't made an entry in a bit and wanted to say hi and post some of my faves from recent sessions. As always, for more timely updates (yeah, I know, I know, I'm terrible and I habitually neglect the blog; sorry, y'all, I'm trying), visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/rachelsullivanphotography, and you can always see some of our newest stuff on the website at www.rachelsullivanphotography.com, too.

Happy Summer, everyone! Go out and play, but wear your sunscreen, because heaven forbid I inadvertently contribute to an epidemic of skin cancer!

Summer Slammed

I'm getting ready to travel out to Colorado for the first of two weddings I'll be shooting in the rockies this year; next week, Sheena and Max will say "I Do" at Ascension Lutheran Church in Littleton and then celebrate with their family and friends at the beautiful Denver Botanic Gardens for their reception. I'm greatly looking forward to this; it's going to be a gorgeous day! Then in September, I'll return to Colorado once more for the wedding of Grant and Jyssica; this time the big day will take place at a lovely lodge in the mountains, and I simply can't wait.

Things here on the home front are chugging right along as well; along with the two Colorado weddings, we're busily planning some weddings here in the Sunshine State as well; Allison and Jon will be married in early October, and Bryan and Phalicia say their vows on the beach in Jupiter in November. Next year we're already booked for the nuptials of Nikki and Stephen in March for their wedding in Auburndale, and then we'll head down to Key West for Kristen and Thomas's awesome wedding on the Schooner Western Union and the weekend of partying to follow in the Southernmost City. All this on top of our usual portrait sessions, events, and an on-going contract fashion project for a local screen-printing and apparel company. And of course, just as always, the specter of Halloween Horror Nights looms larger every day; we have some really cool kick-off festivities for the Season this year and auditions are rapidly approaching. Suffice to say, it's an exciting and very, very busy time for us; but I'll say it again...busy is good and you won't hear any complaining from this happy photographer!

Enough from me for now. I'll leave you with this: we're celebrating summer with a portrait session giveaway to kick off the season of fun in the sun. If you want a crack at winning the session, simply visit www.rachel-sullivan-photography.com and click on the summer portrait giveaway tab. Want to earn some bonus points? You got it. After you fill out the form to enter the contest on our website, hop over to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rachelsullivanphotography and leave a comment on our WALL, and we'll gladly double your entry into the contest. Twice as much chance to win, whoopee!

Hoping you are all well, happy, healthy, and behaving yourselves!