one of those moments...

Something little happened to me last week that really made me smile, and I want to share it with you all...

I was having some last-minute images printed at a local camera shop. I was meeting potential clients the next day and wanted to update my portfolio before I met them. [By the way, they booked their 2010 wedding! Allie and Allan I am really looking forward to working with you!]

So, I submitted my images online and left to pick up my lunch, and after I got my food I had a message from the manager of the store...

"Hi Carrie," he said "I'm the manager at Such-and-Such Camera, and I'm calling in regards to the order you placed online. We are not going to be able to print those images you submitted online--they are professional photographs and we cannot print them without a copyright release..."

It just made me smile that even the well-trained eye of the professional printer recognized the quality of my work in a split second. :)

If you're thinking "well, duh!" then think of it this way--it was the photography equivalent of a stranger telling my how cute my haircut is, or how they really love my outfit. Except even better, because it's like I cut my hair or sewed the clothes myself!

and, because all posts on a photography blog should have pictures...here's a picture of a Durham Farmer's Market zinnia that I took in August. I LOVE fresh flowers, and I love taking pictures of them too!

leanne + jarrod= married, a follow up

and this is one of my very favorites from the wedding--that's the couple, in the limo, as seen through a champagne glass. pretty rockstar, huh?


I emailed Leanne the 40-some-odd teasers from her big day, and here's what she said back to me:

"I'm crying. We had to go through it 4 times to really take it all in. We LOVE them. They are absolutely incredible. They are better than I ever dreamed or imagined. We both think you are so creative and love love love them all.

I have never been happier. I never underestimated your talent, but I had no idea what it would feel like to look at wedding pictures of me and my friends. They are absolutely incredible. Even if these were all of them, we'd be completely thrilled and satisfied!"

a note from the bride

on a personal note, it is enthusiastic, humbling responses like these that make being a photographer worthwhile! All the time spent editing, all the frustrating moments, all the standing in the hot hot heat and worrying the bridal party because I'm turning so red when it's 102 degrees outside in Texas in July. :) Seriously, this is the kind of compliment that keeps me going. THANK YOU, Leanne and Jarrod.