i know, i know, shayne, i’m sorry that i only have one to share so far. just hold tight!

in the meantime, enjoy this face. seriously, i love it.

Copyright 2009 Laurel Lakey Photography

this weekend we took a little walk around our neighborhood and i snapped some of my boys. my three-year-old has ZERO patience for the camera, so all i get of him lately are silly faces or blurry ones because he is running away. oh, and i’m also privileged to get to photograph the back of his head. i’m so lucky.

since i live in southern california and it’s a million degrees all year round, i was so glad to have it actually cool down a little while we were out. and by cool down a little, i mean it was about 75 degrees instead of 90. yee-haw!

luckily it’s been nice since last night, but we’ve been informed it’s not sticking around. i swear, i’m about to pack up the kids and move to colorado! then at least i’d get some semblance of fall and some crispness in the air.

but i digress….

here are some fun ones to share:

copyright 2009 laurel lakey

copyright 2009 laurel lakey

hope you all enjoy your wednesday! i’ll be off on a road trip with my boys this weekend to visit the great state of utah and hopefully soak up as much FALL weather as i can handle. wish me luck with 2 little ones and a 10-hour drive!

i know, not blogging for almost 3 weeks is basically a major sin. i apologize. it’s just that lately i haven’t had much by way of client proofing or interesting photography to share. i’m sure it has a lot to do with the fact that i seriously hosed my nikon 18-70mm lens, as it was my main workhorse. just another reason to ‘invest’ in a newer, better version of it, right dear? ::hint hint::

so yes, things have been crazy and non-photographic and basically all-around boring here. sorry to disappoint. but i will be doing better this week, as i have some fun things to share and i’m going to try and take some fun, artistic shots to share just because i can. promise.

on that note, is there anything that you’d particularly like to see here on ye ole blog? i know that most people enjoy seeing the sneak peeks of sessions and such, and those i will always add. but what about other stuff? do you want to see pictures of my kids? is that too ‘mommy blogger’ for you? (i have to confess that sometimes it is for me. i don’t want to be that [not that there's anything wrong with that], i just want this to be more along the artistic, professional side of things.)  so let me know if there’s anything you want to see more of or things that you can do without. i just want to make this blog a place that you like to come to for cool photos, maybe a little inspiration, and a big dollop of happy.

until we meet again!

i just want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who commented, posted on the blog, and responded to this first of many fun giveaways here at the blog at laurel lakey dot com. we had a great response and i am excited to announce the two winners of ‘understanding exposure’ by bryan peterson.

drum roll please…..

first winner is ali who said, “i would LOVE to read anything that makes me a better photographer. i love it, but i stink at it LOL pick me! pick me!”

second winner is sandra who said, “We just bought our first SLR and so this would be so helpful. Congrats on your new site.”

congratulations to the winners! in order to claim your prize, you must email me at laurel@laurellakey.com with your mailing address so that i can get these out to you.

and don’t worry if you didn’t win [shari and angela, lol]  – there will be many more contests and giveaways where this came from!

ttfn!