Recent Happenings At The Studio

Dear Followers, Clients, and Friends,

The Snow Fairy weekend that I talked about in my last post went very well! All the little ones were wonderful, and both the children and I had a real blast with all the props and little adventures! The book in our front window has been changed, finally, since our grand opening of our new location 18 months ago! We have our little Tattle Tales 'Starry Night' scenes as our new "chapter" for the next little while. We're hoping to change it more often, and continue to add pages until we have a beautiful story of all our wonderful clients.

This is an image of a beautiful dancer, lacing her ballet slippers.

Our best dancer! This pose is absolutely perfect! A personal favourite! 

One of our Tattle Tales themed portraits for Children. This one is called Little Snow Elf. Isn't he just angelic in this picture? His expression is really great, and he was amazing to work with!

Just recently, we have a new co-op student here to help out with shoots and do receptionist work- as well as learning the tips and tricks of studio photography. Welcome, Sarah! We hope you enjoy your time here with us!

So, the new year is coming, and so is Christmas Break. Lucky us, we're taking a little more time off to spend with our cherished family and friends, and wish for you all to do the same. We will begin a fresh start to a promising new year, and maybe fulfil some resolutions along the way! Christmas is so important, not just as a religious base, but to really make time to celebrate and give thanks with your family. It gives us a chance to congregate and share laughs. Another way you can see this approaching, is through the beauty of the snow falling. Although that leads to cold, it is always a shared delight by sitting beside the fire with a blanket and a warm beverage to wind down in the evenings. Having a Tassimo Brewer at the studio is really convenient for that! Also having a fantastic fireplace to stand beside on the chillier days is always a favourite.

With everything rolling along, from all of us at Your Eye On Photo, we would like to wish you all a very happy holidays, and a happy and prosperous new year for many years to come!


Chers clients et amis,

La saison de Noël est venue très rapidement, et la neige aussi! Je suis désolée, parce que mon français n`est pas au point. Je m'appelle Sarah, et j'assiste Désirée avec le blog, et j'aimerai écrire pour mes amis français. Sur une autre note, l'hiver est très beau! Je regarde la neige tomber, a côté de la cheminée avec mon chocolat chaud. Cette saison est ma préférée. Je l'aime! Retour sur le sujet, le studio est fantastique, avec le vacances d'hiver à proximité, nous preparons les commandes de notre dernière session, qui seront prêtent pour le ramassage. Les photos sont belles; merci à tous nos clients.

Sarah

New Year, New Goals

In the past, Like many people, I felt compelled to re-start my life at the beginning of every year. I made resolutions aimed at cleaning up every area of my life. But this system does not quite work,  does it? It's a get-results-quick scheme...  Two years ago, I realized what does work. "Slow and Consistant" as much as one can handle on a regular basis is more solid than "Quick and Crammed". It's less of a shock for the system, the body, the mind and the emotional balance.  Therefore, there are more chances to keep it up.

So, instead of drastic resolutions, Gentle moving Goals is what has panned out for me. I write down Goals and break them down into little steps that I can take to make it happen. Breaking down one big project into small little projects seems to make goals more attainable and maybe less abstract. The efforts are more consistant and become part of my life. If the goal invloves a habit change, I change only one at the time. It's easier to keep it up.

So far, I have accomplished so much including moving the photo studio out of the house and into a comercial space.  When I look back at my notes, I see how I have progressed. I re-visit my "Goals book" every few months.  This allows me to fine tune some goals and is often a pleasant reminder of my accomplishments.

There is another fun thing to do that I learned at a workshop last year. Write yourself a letter describing where you see yourself in a year form now. Put your letter in a self addressed and stamped envelope and give it to a friend you trust and ask them to mail it to you in one year. I can not wait to receive my letter. it's due in a few months.

Despite all this reasoning, the new year still prompts me to take on new goals. My goals this year include

• Get all my new web sites up and running (already started, one day a week)
• Add  8 to 10 new Tattle Tales   
• Have new and exciting products for my Tattle Tales  and Wedding clients.  Hint: Great images illustrate great tales, great tales make great books

This does not mean everything will be done in the first month of the year, though. Remember, my slow and consistant philosophy... 

Keep an eye on this ost and see the progress.

I wish everyone, a happy, successful and profitable year in 2011 !

Desiree

Little vacation better than none!

I Had a great time with my hubby at the Shaw festival this past week. We really enjoyed Niagara on the lake and the Oscar Wilde play we saw: " An Ideal Husband". The play was clever and amusing. very entertaining. The costumes were true to the victorian high society and a pleasure to see. The set, on many levels was elaborate and evocative. Judy Bowden's designs made the whole experience inspiring for me. I truly enjoyed this play. But don't take my word for it check out some reviews.

http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/Reviews/I/Ideal_Husband/2010/05/27/14143416.html

http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/theater-review-ontario-canada-an-ideal/

An Ideal Husband will go on until the end of October. http://www.shawfest.com/Home/Playbill/An-Ideal-Husband/Story


If you can only have two get-away days this is an excellent way to spend them.

Tomorrow, Back to work :)