What are my plans for this year? MORE newborns and MORE weddings!! I love newborn and wedding photography. With some family sessions sprinkled in of course.
It has been a long while since my last blog post, so let's get into it!
What is new? We got a new dog! As you may know, the business is named after our first two pugs, Penelope and Belle. They passed awhile ago. Now we have Bidwell. It is an adjustment because we went years with no dogs in the house. The kids love him and the feeling is mutual.
What else? My husband officially works entirely from home. Which is wonderful! We love that he is here more. It is nice that he is here to see the kids get on and off the bus with me. Extra sweet moments together as family.
And we moved!!!! Just down the street... Literally in the same neighborhood. ha! The new house has an office space for my husband, and a separate office space for me. Very helpful!
I am excited for this new year and seeing my business grow even more. I started taking photos in 2010. God has sustained my little dream of being creative and getting to meet amazing people.
Thank you to everyone who has ever let me take their photos. Here is to many more years of Penelope Belle Photography!
All my love, Tiffany.
(Penelope Belle Photography)
First I need to sing praises over 2017! I had amazing wedding clients, as always. The beauty of my job is that I have the sweetest clients... And those sweet clients send their awesome friends my way. So I have a never ending stream of good people to take photos of. It is a landslide of love and I am lucky to be on the receiving end of it!
I was also lead to start taking on newborn sessions again. I truly LOVE newborn photography. A lot of times, the babies belong to a former bride of mine. So I get to see the next amazing chapter in my client's lives. It makes my heart so happy!
Outside of photography, my husband and I ran our first 1/2 Marathon in October 2017! It was not easy. But anything worth doing is usually a challenge. I hope to do another one in 2018 and beat my 2 hr 6 min time.
Now on to 2018!
I was voted 'Best Photographer' for the Evansville Living Magazine "Best of Evansville 2018".
Thank you to everyone that voted for me. I couldn't believe my ears when Evansville Living called me with the news! Thank you GOD for leading me to a career that makes my heart sing. Thank you to my husband for pestering me to buy my first camera and for believing in me. Thank you to my kids for making me even more sentimental, which in turn, makes me a better photographer.
I also recently found out that the Posey Co. Visitors Guide is using some of my images in their first publication. Which will be distributed to thousands of readers.
Grateful is an understatement!
In 2018, I will continue to specialize in weddings. Weddings are WHY I got into photography. I LOVE all things weddings. The love, sweet moments and laughter. How is this my job?!
Also this year, I will be taking on more newborn sessions. I can't help myself, I love me some babies.
In family news, my daughter, Daphne, just turned 5 years old. My son, Nash, will be 3 in February. These two monkeys keep my husband and I laughing everyday. Kids are so weird in the most delightful way! Daphne is as girly as can be. Nash loves dinosaurs and monster trucks. They have a love hate relationship. But mostly love!
Penelope, our pug, passed away 3 years ago. Daphne still talks about missing Penny. Heartbreaking! Belle, our black pug, is still here! She isn't able to see or hear very well. But her snoring is still as loud as ever. She turned 13 in October 2017.
If I could freeze time and just live my current life forever I would be ok with that. Everything is sweet in the York house. But I know these kids will just get bigger, and bring us more joy with every stage.
Same with my career, I am excited to see what transformations happen! All I can do is keep working hard and treating people like family. It is what has worked for me so far.
Thank you God for letting us feel your presence everyday.
xo, Tiffany York
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Before you were born... When you were growing in my belly... I KNEW you would be a sweet boy. You have surpassed my expectations. You are a cuddly lil guy, you are so cheerful and you have yet to meet at stranger. You truly love people and I think you are meant to do great things.
As of today, you can say: Hi, bye, dada, mama and bubba. You have 2 bottom teeth, and a couple poking through on top. You mostly sleep through the night. You go to bed around 6:30pm and get up at 7am. You love yogurt, chili, and chocolate. You cannot walk yet. You have yet to take a step. But you are a ninja at crawling and climbing up stairs.
You love your sister and think she hung the moon. You think Daphne is the coolest person, and you are right! She is already way cooler than mommy or daddy! I hope you and Daphne are forever friends. You share a bond and watching you two together makes mommy and daddy's hearts full.
You have just crawled out of the playroom and are now holding onto my chair laughing at me, so I am done writing so I can hold you and cry... My baby is now ONE.
Steal my heart little boy.
Love, mommy.
Here are a few goodies from the Ely's wedding! What a perfect day! I sincerely enjoy these two love birds!! Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Ely!!!
A little love note from the bride to the groom. :)
All sisters!!!! How sweet!?!
This is why I love groomsmen!
Speaking of chapters, another is beginning for my family. As I type, there is a precious little boy kicking away in my tummy! Daphne will be getting a baby brother in January 2015!! How did I get so lucky??
As you can imagine, having two little ones, I am going to have my hands full. I will continue on my career path to specialize in wedding photography. Maybe in the future I will add family photos back into the mix, but for now I am following my heart. Hello, my name is Tiffany York, and I am addicted to weddings! I am also fully addicted to my babies, and am determined to spend large amounts of time with them as they grow. Thank goodness my job allows me to do so.
I leave you with a recent photo of my heart and soul. Our little monkey, Daphne.
Thank you all for your understanding. Stay tuned for surprise mini-sessions in 2014.
xoxo,
Tiffany York
Owner/photographer
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