Change is Good.

There's an exciting change on the horizon for Lindsay Docherty Photography. I'm practically squeaking with excitement but I won't tell just yet. Stay tuned...

O, swear not by the moon, the fickle moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. William Shakespeare

Imaging USA in Tampa

I hope everyone had a great holiday and New Years!

I'm off to Imaging USA in Tampa, FL today. I'll be hanging out with a good friend for a few days and then I'll be seeped in nothing but photography goodness from dawn til dusk for days. I can't wait and hopefully I'll have some fun shots for you when I return.

Last year my resolution was to take at least one picture a day for 100 consecutive days and I think I got to around 120 and only missed 3 days. Things started to get busy and hectic in April and it fell by the wayside. I'm going to go for it again this year. It's fun to challenge myself in seeing the art in daily life and some of my best pictures came from experimenting for my resolution.

Since I'm not at my home computer I don't have a picture for today but I'll have a ton to post when I get back. I'm so excited to get them up! There were so many shoots during "vacation" on the East Coast.

I'll be flying back January 11th so my email responding will probably be spotty until then. See you soon and stay warm!

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~Benjamin Franklin

Lindsay Docherty Photography Holidays

I love designing greeting cards and I've got quite the collection. It seems only fair that I should show you my holiday card from this year… (Mom, don't look – wait til you get yours!)







The poem reads:

A Canuck, a Scot, and a beast
moved far from home in the east.
With holidays near
we wish you great cheer
And we don't miss the cold in the least.

A big thank you to the fabulous Julie of Julie Cheshire Photography who took the pictures. (And a thank you to Ms. Gabor in fourth grade for teaching me about limericks.)

Rich, Emma, and I will be traveling back east to celebrate Christmas with the family. I'll be in Berlin, MD and Raleigh, NC for Christmas. We'll be taking the 5 hour drive on Christmas day so we can see both families. We'll be ringing in the New Year in Charleston, SC. And then I'll be in Tampa, FL for Imaging USA.

I went to Imaging USA last year for the first time and had a blast. It was pretty cold and dreary in San Antonio but I met a great group of photographers from Alpharetta, GA – Tanner Photography. Here's a shot of the Tanner clan from last year.


And here's a little holiday cheer from my little beast, Emma:



Just for fun...

Bah-Humbug


And a little elfing too...

And the Grinch , with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.
- Dr. Seuss

WooHooo! Site Update!

I updated my site today. It had been way too long! What's new:

• I now have a contact form so people don't have to copy and paste my email or call me.
  
• I have a new Promotions page. You can find my notice for Senior Ambassadors as well as a special through the month of July. Go look to find out.
  
• I have a new Partners page. 'Partners' isn't quite the right word and I'm open to suggestions. Right now it has Little Fish Boutique, which boasts some of my portraits and Moment by Moment, an organization I'm involved in. I don't like simply putting 'Links' but I need something that can hold all of the other businesses and organizations that I support one way or another.
  
• I expanded my FAQ (frequently asked questions). I generally email people a list before their session but there's no reason not to put it on the site instead. It goes over what to wear, stuff about shoots with kids and shoots with pets.
  
• I added two new Sessions: Welcoming Baby and Mommy and Me. Welcoming Baby is a package of 5 sessions over the course of baby's first year and special gifts after each session. I'm really excited about this. Mommy and Me is a smaller baby package of a maternity session and a newborn session plus prints.
• And, most importantly, a link to this blog!

Stay tuned for updated images in my portfolio...

Oh, and because I feel like I should have at least one image with every post, here's an image I played around with the other day. It's a Triumph Motorcycle that I shot so the owner could sell it. I shot it on Treasure Island so San Francisco's awesome skyline could be in the background. I really do need to explore that island some more.
Don't worry, the images I gave him show what the bike really looks like.