It's alive! My new web site....

Please go take a peak and tell me what you think! I worked really hard on this, and although I didn't think I'd have a web site until the end of the year, I took advantage of a great deal and jumped into it now!

Please check out www.pattyschuchmanphotograhy.com and leave me a comment here after you do! Or leave me a comment on my photo blog at www.pattyschuchmanphotography.blogspot.com and check out the new image that Trisha Robertson of www.orangegeckodesigns.com did for me - she took the logo she designed for me and created a blog template to compliment it!

Wow...so many new things this month! My head is spinning from it all!

Thanks for looking and please let me know if you've stopped by -leave me a comment!

Phaunt U is GIVING away one slot for their next class!

Tell ALL your friends! I am so excited for someone to win this slot - the Phaunt classes are so full of great stuff and I would LOVE to be able to do it myself! It just isn't in my plan to spend the money on it now, and I was hoping to take it in October...seems this will now be the last Phaunt U class this year, so my plans have a kink in them (so very sad!!!)...but Kylie is doing a great thing with this give away. Here's the deal...you have to nominate someone you know who is generous with themselves in their photography...someone who shares information, or their talent, or their business it seems. Once nominated, Kylie puts their name into consideration and the person chosen will be notified in order to start the next class on August 5th! That's really soon, so the nominee has be able to want to take the class now too....it's a $375 value, and someone is going to LOVE that class! So think about who to nominate, and then email Kylie the nominee like this: info@phaunt.com with the following info:- title the thread PHAUNT PIF CONTEST- Person you are nominating and their email address- Reason for nomination.. Don’t just say “They’re a cool person”.. sorry that probably won’t win it!3. Nominations must be recieved by Monday evening, I will announce the winner on Tuesday. Wow...I can't wait to see who gets this! For those that don't know, Phaunt U is an online course on CS3...and there is a complete description of the course outline and goodies you get with it at www.phauntactions.com - follow the link to Phaunt U....

Playing with lighting again...

Just a few from last weekend when I was playing with my flash and new backdrop set up....

My Baby is 21....

Josh turned 21 years old today...I had the pleasure of taking my grown son to a japanese steakhouse and drinking sake with him....well, he had the sake...I had a Pina Colada...either way, it was a pleasure...but it sure is bittersweet to see him as a man now. Hard to resist looking back, but I've forced myself not to look at his baby pictures at all.

So here he is with his cake...

James Madison University - Here comes child #2!!!

So we are officially a James Madison University family now! After being on the waitlist since December, Matt was called yesterday and offered admission!!! He is beyond excited - as we all are quite frankly. He has already removed the George Mason sticker from his back windshield, and went to school today with a JMU notebook in his backpack. Now we have to plan a trip to JMU to get him a t-shirt and sweatpants and a new car sticker.....

So, the grad announcements are all printed wrong...and already mailed....but oh well! We'll update extended family on the Christmas cards this year I guess.

This is a big deal for us, for those that don't know...since Josh already attends JMU, this will an opportunity for both my boys to be together at JMU for the next two years...and as a mother, I couldn't be happier to have my chicks in the same place.

Thanks for listening....

So Disney in May means Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot...these are just a few of the many, many, flower shots I took while there. Also, the topiaries were amazing and I could have walked around Epcot for days just taking pics of those!

Maybe a macro lens before the next F&G trip will be in order!

Prom 08

Here are a few shots from Matt's senior prom...I had to take these before we left for Disney as we weren't here for the actual day of prom. I'm pretty excited about these and think they are showing a good bit of improvement even a few short months of studying.

On a family update note - Connor did NOT need the knee surgery after all. He went in for the operation, and the vet took some more X-rays while Connor was sedated. They determined that the joint was good, and didn't need repair. There is some muscle atrophy, and it is unexplained at this time. But for now, we watch Connor for limping/lameness and he's settled here at home - healthy, and without the metal plates and screws! We dodged a big one this time, and the timing was good for nice game of dodge....

Thanks for looking!