Second big thing is I've officially left behind my corporate nine-to-five to take on the photography business full time. Once we get our 2009 production finished up (hopefully before 2010!) I'll be taking on office manager duties, answering emails and phone calls and book keeping, on top of taking on some of my own weddings and of course assisting at all the other weddings. I'm also going to start promoting more of Eric's art photography by starting up an Etsy site and visiting local galleries. He already has some work on display at The Tom Ridge Center and it's been selling very well, so we're both really excited about that. It's been a pretty big adjustment for me, from going on a completely set schedule to working from home (or Borders, or Panera...!) but I'm definitely enjoying it. Before I was juggling my full time job (which was very demanding) AND trying to help out Eric as much as I could. My mental health suffered (not to mention the health of our house) so I'm excited to be a little more relaxed and to be able to actually enjoy life. That also means better photos and production for our clients which is definitely the most important.

I'm hopefully going to be able to update my own personal blog a lot more, I'm even thinking of doing a complete overhaul on it and starting from scratch so please check that out at: http://katieayers.blogspot.com/ . I haven't updated since MAY but I really didn't have 2 seconds to spare during the wedding season this year. But bookmark it and check back and I plan on updating and writing about my wedding planning and adjusting to being self-employed.
And of course, we'll leave you with some of our favorite shots from the last bunch of weddings we've been working on! Enjoy!