Tuesday August 19th, 2008
I honestly can’t believe that I am finally able to announce this: Swiss Miss Design Haus is open to the public!! =) Thank you so much to all the fabulous photographers who have waited so patiently for the new products and website to come to fruition. Even though all the emails pouring in asking “when is the launch date??” were giving me an anxiety attack, it was awesome to know that so many people were excited to see what Swiss Miss has to offer this year. So many hours of hard work have gone into this project and at times we were all burning the wick at both ends, but I knew it would be worth it to create something I am so stinking excited about!!
For those of you who aren’t familiar, Swiss Miss Design Haus sells digital products for photographers. It originated by selling fresh and funky card designs. I thought it would something fun to do on the side since I am a total design nut, but the success and positive feedback I recieved from photographers all over the world absolutely stunned me and I started receiving requests for all different sorts of things! So…in response to that this year we have expanded tremendously and we now offer 15 different card sets as well as borders, collages, textures and Asuka book templates. And this is only the beginning- we are going to be adding much more in the next few months.
So thank you guys for loving the products I’ve designed and for all your enthusiastic support! I simply can’t wait for everyone to see the site. It’s so cute, and so me. And I can say that because I didn’t design the website myself. =) I have Mighty (who also designed my blog!) to thank for the fantastic design once again.
Posted by Amy on August 19, 2008 at 02:43 PM |
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Tuesday August 19th, 2008
This has been the age old question for me- am I a city girl or a country girl? Currently we live downtown and I truly love it! A hot cup of coffee is just a block or two away, everything we need is close at hand, and my husband even walks to work. Heck, I could walk to work but I’m too lazy. But then sometimes I long to open up my window at night and hear the crickets and frogs and feel a fragrant breeze ruffling my curtains. I dream of having pet goats and donkeys and having a vegetable garden. I don’t think I will ever be alowed to have pet farm animals, but maybe someday I could aspire to grow my own vegetables. I know if I ever move to the country I will long for the city and vice versa. I guess I’m just a little of both! This senior session made me think of my dilemna because we started out with some fabulous urban shots and then headed out as the sun went down to get in touch with our rural roots. Other than being afraid of snakes in the grass and getting alot of bug bites, it was such a fun adventure. She was so inspiring to work with, although I must admit that I was terribly jelous of her red, red hair that actually grows out of her head that color. No dye, folks. She’s the legit thing. She reminds me of a mermaid. I haven’t posted a senior session in so long! Here are a ton of my favorites….
Posted by Amy on August 19, 2008 at 12:55 AM |
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Wednesday July 16th, 2008
Just some baby photos to share from a recent session. This client was a friend of a friend who kind of spontaneously realized how special it would be to have newborn photos, but her daughter was already two weeks old. So she called me up hoping to squeeze into my schedule and luckily I was able to fit her in right away! (I seriously have trouble saying no to a newborn shoot anyway regardless of how busy I am). And it was fun to find out that they live so close to my house it only took a minute to get there.
I knew when I was capturing these pram shots that they were going to be my all time favorite baby photos to date and I told her mother so. I love when I get that feeling. The one when everything seamlessly comes together for the shot, almost as if by accident… or better yet by destiny. I don’t even know how to describe this feeling except that my heart settles into my chest a little deeper almost as if it’s expanding and I’m flooded with endorphins as I look through my lens, totally connected with what I’m capturing. It’s like some kind of high. Like I never want to stop shooting it, knowing I’m going to be proud of it. Those moments are the ones that create the photos I love to look at when I am having a bad day or questioning myself as all artists do sometimes. But more importantly I just love to live for that next rush, the rush of the moment when photography makes me feel so strong and alive, like a better version of myself.
Posted by Amy on July 16, 2008 at 07:04 PM |
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Monday July 14th, 2008
I’ve been excited to post these photos. You probably recognize the older girl from my blog header above and also plastered on my website from last year’s sessions. These sisters are so darn cute they really should be Disney characters. Anyways, we planned this shoot back in February to go to the farmer’s market and our adorable pastry shop (a local gem thats been around for decades!) I get happy whenever I drive by it and see all of their colorful antique cookie jars lining the windows. It inspires me to start my own collection, although I’m sure david would have a thing or two to say about me turning our kitchen into an obnoxious display complete with clowns, windmills, Dorothy, and The Muppets.
I am prone to nightmares, and due to my extreme love of said cookie jars, it must have prompted my ridiculous dreams before the shoot. First I dreamed that I showed up at the pastry shop early for the session but all of the cookie jars were gone. So I went up to the counter and asked if I was at the right place and if so where were all the cookie jars?? They informed me that I was indeed at the right place but just yesterday they had decided to take down all of the cookie jars for good. To which I started bawling hysterically and raging like a mad woman at the poor counter clerk about the cookie jars being taken away when I had planned this shoot months ago!!! I startled myself awake and was seriously amused by my totally ballistic response in my dream. I lay there thinking, yikes, I must really love those cookie jars. I finally fell back asleep and proceeded to have another dream. This time I dreamed that I went back to the pastry shop to see in “real life” if the cookie jars were really gone or if I had just dreamed it. (I know, weird!) Anyway, in my dream I went there to check and of course, all the cookie jars were gone. So I cried and raged some more. Then the dream turned into me being lost on foot in the wilderness in a blizzard with the two girls I was photographing and trying to find our way to their parents. I’m going to go ahead and just stop now before you all think I am an absolute head case.
Posted by Amy on July 14, 2008 at 10:17 PM |
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Friday July 4th, 2008
My family is all in town and they have turned my home into a miniature bed and breakfast. =) As I lay in bed this morning half awake, mentally packing the cooler for the beach today (stressing a little- is all that food seriously gonna fit?) a 4 year old munchkin knocked on my door and crept into bed with me to cuddle. We lay there for a moment and I whispered that it was time to go get our swimsuits on for the beach today. Her eyes lit up with excitment. I felt like a kid again for a second. Thats when I had the “aha” moment, so this is a taste of the joy of motherhood.
Posted by Amy on July 04, 2008 at 08:30 AM |
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wow, congratulations! i’m so excited for you!! now i have to decide which ones i want…how about ALL of them???
Great stuff! I’ve been using your card templates for quite a while and they rock. So cool to see all the new products!
Kudos Amy! Your products rock and the site is awesome.