Over the last few months some of my dear readers keenly noticed that I've added San Francisco and London to my ever expanding service area. The plan is to travel to San Francisco twice a year and London once a year. They are my two favorite cities (other than Chicago, of course!) so why not put some effort in making them a bigger part of my life? Look for the addition of other cities in the future!

I'll be traveling to San Francisco during the first week of July. Currently, there is room for one more appointment. If you are in the Bay Area and are looking for an enthusiastic portrait photographer, I'm your girl.

Waiting List » In the next two weeks, I'll begin booking June, July and August from the list. I'm putting together a few different types of session packages and I want to make these available before booking any more sessions. Options are good. If there's something you would like to see in a session fee + portrait products package, let me know. Things are still in the works.

Casting Call » After I get through my waiting list, I'll be doing a small casting call for unique looking kids of all ages (curly hair, red hair, dark hair + blue eyes, etc.) to take part in a few complimentary conceptual sessions. These will be to test new locations and ideas I've been cooking up.

Reminder » To those reading along via an email subscription I've set up an options page where you can select what type of email you receive. If you are interested in one of the other options, simply unsubscribe from your current subscription (you can do so at the bottom of each email). Then, sign up for a new one.

There are so many of you currently on the list I can't help but cringe each time I post a new entry. This is especially the case when I'm posting personal entries. I'm thinking who could possibly want to read this. Nonetheless I'm going to keep posting. It's a nice distraction from the everyday and it serves as good therapy.

The Usual » Since I haven't posted portrait session images in a few days... check out this adorable one year old. She is just as sweet in person as she looks here.

Over the past few weeks I've received a few emails regarding whether or not I would be doing mini sessions this year. The short - no, I'm not.

The long - I had planned on doing mini sessions last year, but I booked up faster than I thought and then my pregnancy complicated things. It simply never worked out. I apologize to anyone who was anticipating these sessions. At this time, I don't have any plans for 2008 mini-sessions.

There are still some doubts in my head about having these types of sessions in the future at all as I'm not entirely sure they fit into the way I shoot. I thoroughly enjoy developing a connection with your wonderful children through the course of an hour or two. I think that's what gives my work that extra bit of "heart".

A quick update on the waiting list situation... I'm still booking appointments exclusively from this list. All available April dates are now booked and May dates are still being filled, but there are very few left. I still expect the waiting list to fulfill all available slots.

Since I plan on updating fresh! more regularly it occurred to me that not everyone on the email list wants to see every single thing I post in their inbox. Long story short there are other options.

A week or so ago I posted on the DMP portfolio site that I will be booking new appointments off a waiting list. I've already started booking April and May. If you are on the list for an April, May or 1st available date and haven't received an email update yet, it will come within the next few days. Going by the size of the list, I don't expect to have any remaining dates for those not on the list.

Since I made a few changes to this site recently, here's a brief tour of what's new:

• Comments - You can now leave a comment on individual entries. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
• Categories - You'll see them listed in the sidebar on the left and again with descriptions in the archives.
• Search - Search is available on all entries and pages.
• Tags - Just another way to search. You'll find a tag cloud (listing of all tags weighted by how many entries under each) on the archive page and tags on each entry.
• Flash Header - A flash based slideshow of images in the header of each page. Cute, I think.

Well, it's happened. I've been "back" from maternity leave for the last month or so. Technically, I've never been on maternity leave, not full time anyway. I've continued to do my chicagouncommon.com work throughout. Speaking of which, if you are going to Northwestern's Prentice Women’s Hospital look for my Chicago images which are on permanent display.

Look at me going on tangents already!

In the past few days I've spruced up this site a bit to prepare for the new year. I have some more work to do, but I didn't want to leave the site down for more than a few days. I've added categories to the right, but only the last few entries have been categorized. Next up - an update to the portfolio site.

On to what you really care about ... I've been so happy to see that many of you have been anxiously awaiting my return to portrait work. Me too! I've missed working with all of your beautiful children! Beginning this April I will officially begin scheduling portrait sessions. I'll be posting more information including available dates in the days ahead. Please note that I currently have a waiting list about 30 families long and all available dates will go to the waiting list first.

Clearly, this little part of my site has been neglected.

This time I have a wonderful excuse ... I'm pregnant. My husband and I are expecting our first child this November. Oh-my-goodness! Between dealing with the sickies of my first trimester and at the same time trying to maintain my business I've found it difficult to find time to do anything outside of eat and sleep.

fresh! will continue to be on the stale side throughout my pregnancy and perhaps into 2008.

A note about availability:

Due to my pregnancy and the need to complete other photography endeavors before my maternity leave, future portrait sessions will not be scheduled until Spring 2008.

A bit late for a new year greeting, but at least it's not February.

If you've noticed that fresh! had gone stale more often recently you weren't alone. Thank you to everyone who checked in to see how I was.

The last few months have been a struggle for my family. Around the end of November my mom became extremely ill from severe complications of Multiple Sclerosis, a disease she has been fighting for over ten years. She's gone through so much and is now (finally!) in the comfort of our home. Her and my dad will be staying with us as we nurse her back to her new sense of normal. It will be a hard road, but I'm happy to say we will be together and hopefully stronger for it.

Understandably so I'm excited to get 2007 in full gear. I have some yummy things in store for DMP including at least two "mini session" dates that will allow several reduced time & priced sessions to be held at one location on the same day. Perfect for those who want to try out DMP for the first time or for those who just want a few pictures for holiday cards and such. The details are still in the works with a formal announcement and bookings set to be made sometime in March.

I'll continue to use this space to make such announcements as well as introduce everyone to old and new product offerings. As always, I'm interested in hearing from you if you desire products or services I currently do not have available.

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