Merry Christmas

New Kitty

This is Maddies new kitty, she got her as an early Christmas present today. Our friend from church found her one night out in the cold and took her in and has now found the perfect home for this little peanut...Maddie was SOOOO excited! The first picture is before the kitty, she was jumping on her bed....love her purple walls!

Winners Annouced!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the email contest! I am so sad that I can't give a free sitting to everyone who entered but stay tuned, we may just do these periodically to spread some love so check back with us from time to time!

The following have won a free Portrait sitting:

Nicole McNeill-one of my brides for 2007

Mandy Sroka- a friend (and an aspiring photographer)

Emily Faukner- Friend

Thank you again for playing! Merry Christmas!

Stacy

Christmas cheer...

Since it is Christmas and I feel as though I have been blessed tremendously in my business this year, I would like to have a little give away to the first 3 people that email me today.

I would like to give away 3 FREE PORTRAIT SITTINGS...that means ANYONE can email me...brides and grooms you can use it as your engagement sitting, or a bridal portrait sitting, families as a family photos sitting, maternity photos, baby photos....dogs...you can email on behalf of a friend and give it away as a Christmas gift...

The only terms is that it must be used in the Annapolis area (sorry Erika cant go to Colorado to do a sitting) and it must be redeemed after Jan 1, 2007 at a time that is convienient for both photographer and the winner.

Emails can be sent to stacyrichardson@msn.com and I will take the first three emails and I will annouce the winners here tommorrow! Please write: Contest Entry in Subject line!

Merry Christmas!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..

I saw another blogsite that was called"Parade of Homes" where people showed their houses decorated for Christmas. Heres mine ! Disclaimer: We have a 2 year old, and she likes to "redecorate the tree" every morning...so it looks a little catti-wonkus...

Growing...

I title this post growing for 2 reasons. One is because I am realizing my baby girl is growing and it is such a joy to watch her grow, my other reason for titling this growing is... I am taking this time during the slow season, and going back to old school and for the next 2 months I will shoot nothing but strickly manual. I am going to play with my camera till I am blue in the face so that manual settings become natural for me. For the photo buffs, I usually shoot Aperture priority and let the camera figure out the compensation, but now I will be doing all the figuring, So call it my own little self challenge...this was my first all manual shot...it was fun...I realized while shooting that the light changes all the time and you have to keep on top of your exposure setting....very fun...I feel like I am in school again :) I see the light :)

The Harmons

These are our friends the Harmons.

They are not only our dear friends,

but our neighbors too...bonus...thanks for the many items

I have already borrowed from you,

the burnt pumkin pie, sugar, the pitcher, the tape! Thanks friend...

Merry Christmas!

Thanks Oma!

Thank you to Garrison's Oma for making Grace this fun stocking (the red and white one) Garrison has the sweetest Oma! Now if I could just get my girl to stop doing the cheesy grin (a photojournalists nightmare) we'd be all set.

Credit Cards

Stacy Richardson Photography now accepts Credit Cards directly.

Christmas Dancin

Grace dancin while decorating the tree

Christmas Tree

Seth and I rode out to a tree farm with some of our friends and cut down our Christmas tree. It was fun.

Notice the candy canes all in a row, that is Grace's handy work. She likes it that way, when we asked her if she wanted to put them all over the tree she said "no right there is fine". So there they are :) I think she likes then there cause of the easy access :)

2007 Weddings (updated Dec)

The following dates are already booked for 2007. Please email or call with your date SOON :)

april.21.2007
april.27.2007
april.28.2007

may.12.2007
may.19.2007
may.26.2007
may.27.2007

june.9.2007

july.7.2007

sept 8.2007 (open for rebooking)
sept.29.2007

oct.6.2007
oct.13.2007
oct.20.2007

Family Photos

I had fun with this family from our church.

Their family was all together for Thanksgiving.

They were such troopers cause it was COLD!

We took LOTS of pictures...this is just one of the group shots :)

I had fun with them...Roll Tide (wink wink)

Congratulations

Congratulations to all my Brides and Grooms who made the wall of fame this year...Congrats to Jessica, Reid and Nancy, Shannons Neice, Joe and Electa (best jump this year :) and Sara! This is where all the post processing happens, we like to call it the MOTHER SHIP...

Orioles

Another point and shoot picture :) We went to the Orioles Yankees game...we won...I am diggin his point and shoot...I got it for him for Christmas last year...and it is great for when we dont want to lug my big honkin camera's around...seems to me that I end up taking most of the pictures...seth cant pull it away from me...sorry hun...i really did buy it for you...

Catching up...

Catching up...on Seths point and shoot pictures...we have just figured out how to download he point and shoot...well actually the wedding season has been so busy that we havent had time to really figure it out until now...this is one of his first catches here in Maryland!

The White House

Nana came to visit and we went to D.C. to see the sights...it was fun but cold.

We took the Metro in..look at this motley crew :)

New Logo Launch

Thanks to my dear friend Andrea Nelson, of Boven Design Studio I now have a logo! You saw my feeble attempts at trying to make one myself...well dear Andrea offered to help me out! She is the best! Not only is she a great graphic designer (you should check out her website) but she is a dear friend. I miss our Thursday Morning breakfasts in Colorado!

Again if you are in need of a designer, check out her site at www.bovendesign.com she is located in Washington State but can obviously work anywhere around the world via the net. She does marketing tools, books, identities and packaging. Thank you Andrea for you awesome work! You rock!

The coolest thing ever is that I can change the color of the camera and lettering to match the colors in the print....check it out....

Kids Photo Shoot

We had a photo shoot for our little playgroup! It was fun! Thank God for little people!

5th Quarter

Our church (BEP) does 5th Quarter after home football games for the local high school. We usually do it at the park across the street from the stadium, but this past week it was at our church. We get over 600 kids after the games for pizza, games, music and the gospel. Good times! I love the shot of the guys doing jump shots for the camera!

Hiking in Maryland

Yes their is hiking in Maryland! Yahoo...and even fun rivers for Seth to fish in.

Carving Fun?!?!

Well here is the end result of the carving...we are not big into scarey stuff thus the goofy face, but Grace doesnt even like the goofy face. When we lit it she said "turn it off" "all done with the pumkin" "scarey yucky mama yucky" So there you have it...We dont mind that she doesnt really like scarey stuff, Halloween doesnt really top our chart for favorite Holidays anyway :)

We tried :)

Pickin out Pumpkins

I think we found one...stay turned for tommorrows Carving adventures...

Blowing Bubbles

This was our neighbor's grandbaby Jack blowing bubbles for the first time...he is pretty intense as he concentrates on blowing, now if he can just remember to put the wand up to his mouth he will have it made!

Childrens Museum in Baltimore

This was a blast! We went up to Baltimore a few weeks ago and Grace got to play with all the fun things at the chilrdens museum. It is a "hands on" place for all ages of kids. They had a Clifford the big red dog exhibit, where grace pretended to be a mail man. Preparred dog bones for Clifford and played music on the bongos... They had a play diner where they had real booths that we sat in while Grace fixed us food. They also had a little circle time for the kids that were Grace's age...there is a picture of her doing head shoulders knees and toes...have I mentioned before how much I love being a MOM!

Heres the link http://www.portdiscovery.org/

Daniel and Julie

Daniel and Julie got married at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis this past weekend. The weather was georgeous for their outdoor ceremony. This was a neat part of the ceremony where they were wrapped in this blanket and had communion. Congratulations!

Here is a sneak peek at a few photos

Garri and Debbie

Garri and Debbie were the most laid back fun couple! They got married at the Engineers Club in Baltimore. Right outside of the Engineers club was the Columbus Day Parade! So they had fun jumping in with the drummers in one of the marching bands. I loved that they had things planned for all the children and that it was such a fun family affair. Thanks for being so fun, I wish you all the best!

Click here for their mini slide show

Simon and Alex

Simon and Alex had a beautiful wedding Saturday the 7th. They were married at Alex's home where she has lived her whole life. It was very special to share in their special day.

Click here to see the mini slide show

Fall Fun

Monday the kids in the neighborhood all had the day off from school, so Lisa our way cool freind and neighbor (she gets the Mom of the year award seriously) went out and bought little pumpkins for all the kids in the neighborhood and they had a paint party.

Shenandoah Valley

Seth, Grace and I went camping in Virginia this past weekend. We had fun, except for the Thunderstorm that sent us home a night early! We got to hike part of the appalachian trial on Thursday which was fun. It was neat to think the trail goes all the way from Maine to Georgia! Grace loved it...she did say "Sleep in a tent mama? I want my bed" She did fine, but I now know there is a reason she has her own bed...she is ALL over the map... as far as sleeping goes! I woke up with her hand in my face...