Amy Wenzel Photography

Well, the car is all packed up to go camping for the weekend. We leave tomorrow when David gets home from work.  The only thing left is for me to finish up MY work before we go.  I REALLY didn’t want to be working tonight, so I had to bribe myself.  I broke into the camping junkfood stash and I am now happily eating Nerds, Prinlgles and trail mix.  I think it may just satisfy me enough to get me through this final push.

On a side note, I got my hair cut today….for the first time since March!   I felt totally unkept having gone so long without getting it shaped or anything.  I think I just never noticed because I put it in a pony tail almost every day.  Anyway,  I’m really excited about how she cut it- it kind of angles down toward the front.  I’ll have to post a picture on here. I haven’t done any self-portraits in ages!  For my college photography classes I was always doing self-portraits. 

One more thing before I move on to the picture sharing. I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who reads this blog and for all the awesome comments you guys leave for me.  It’s so encouraging to hear positive feedback on my work and to know that people have fun reading.  Okay, now for some pictures-  I really had a great time working with this family.  It was one of those things where the kids were so goofy and funny that I really didn’t have to do much at all besides position them where the light was good and then snap away.  I especially got a kick out of all the interaction with the dog.  This was one of those dogs that is so sweet and compliant that I kept hallucinating a halo on its head.  Another dog I would gladly kidnap and take home with me.  It was fun seeing how much the kids love the dog too.  It is such a neat bond between child and pet.  I remember loving my dog that much. 

So full of Life

As you can see, she was vibrant and glowing for the photo shoot.  When she showed up she was a little nervous as most people are before their senior pictures, but as soon as she was in front of the camera, she said "This is fun!"   And seriously, she had nothing to worry about because you can NEVER go wrong in a red dress. 

Please!  Keep the senior sessions coming.  I’m lovin every minute of it!!

She was such a BEAUTIFUL dancer.  I’m still bitter I never got dance lessons as a child.  If not a photographer I would have tried to take over the world as a ballerina. Or maybe I just want legs that look like hers!

I have to give her props for dancing in the 90 degree heat and about sweating all her make-up off.  She was a trooper.

If you’ve seen my video you can only imagine why I like these shots….=)

And of course,  here’s the slideshow. 

YAY!

Jump for joy!  My hubby agreed to go camping again next weekend!  I’m so excited.  I made a list of everything I will need to accomplish in order to escape scott-free for the weekend.  Unfortunately I’ll be working like a dog for the next week, but I think I can pull it off.  Last night I worked late and then I just could not wind down.  I think I ended up sleeping for around 2 hours before I had to get up for a session in the morning.  Its amazing what your body can do when you are running on adrenaline.  I didn’t even feel the lack of sleep at the shoot even though it was 4 kids for 4 hours.  However, I am feeling the lack of sleep tonight.  Reading other photographer’s blogs lets me know that I’m not the only one working long hours on little sleep- =)  Luckily I love my job.  This month has a lot of travel lined up. I leave for Detroit Saturday morning, and I’ll also be heading off to Florida and DC in the next month…as well as up North for the camping trip.   One great thing about being up in the night is the wildlife show that appears from 12-2am within 10 feet of my office window.  Mr. Skunk, Mr. Raccoon, and Mr. Possum all make nightly appearances.  They  come sniffing around our trash canisters and they mosey around in our grass.  Me and Pegasus like to spy on them in the wee hours.  I’m always terrified I’m going to startle the skunk and he’ll spray and the fan will suck it right in here. 

Pics from a shoot up at this family’s cottage in Harbor Springs….(what a darling little town!)