No longer here....

Hello...

I just wanted to leave a quick note. I'm no longer using this blog space. You can visit my new blog at www.bmofoto.net.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Beth

My new baby

Hi friends!

It is with great pleasure that I present to you the newest addition to my family...my new baby...my BLOG!!! It's shiny, lovely, and wonderful.

We've been working on this since April and it's not 100% perfect yet, but I wanted to share it with you all. I just can't keep it a secret any longer.

Please go to www.bmofoto.net and visit as much as you like. The more hits I get the more visible I become on Google. Thank you all for your support through all of this. I can't tell you how loved I feel!

Big things around the corner

Thanks to all of you begging for more posts. I've been holding out because I'm launching my new, improved, super snappy blog very soon! I will keep you updated. Until then, here's a little teaser...my new logo that will set the stage for all the goodness that is yet to come.

Thanks for reading. Thanks for believing in me and encouraging me!

Be Free!

My daily checklist

Got dressed...check. Put on makeup...check. Went to work...check. Ate lunch...check. Get marriage proposal...check, check.

Yep, I've gotten my marriage proposal for the year. A man asked me at work on Thursday if I wanted to run away with him and get married. It was unexpected. All I did was unlock the door to the back and let him go the restroom. I blushed and told him I'd pass but thanks for the offer. It seems that things in GA are looking up. For better or worse I have an admirer:).

The God-given ache

I've been thinking a lot about friendship lately as you can see from my previous entry. I've been to see the Sex and the City movie and I watched as women of all ages came in together to share a moment of life with each other.

The more I observe the world around me, the more I am convinced that God truly did create us with hearts that ache for deep, authentic community. I'm beginning to realize just how much I crave it since I am in the absence of it myself. I had such a wonderful group of people in Dallas that loved me, understood me, and were willing to give me feedback even if it was hard. I was also blessed to be surrounded by amazing people growing up and all through college. I guess I've been showered with true, heartfelt friendships.

Today, I sit here in Georgia in a lonely coffee shop (not Starbucks...this town is too small) with my lonely cup of peppermint tea and wonder if I'll find any connections like I had in Dallas. I've turned into somewhat of a homebody. For those of you that know me know that this is grossly out of character for me. I can't decide if I'm changing in my old age or just adapting.

I tell you one thing I know...I begged God to give me some fabulous, Godly women here to love me where I am. Isn't that the heart of community and isn't that at the heart of what we all long for? Carrie Bradshaw might put it this way, "No matter where in the world you go, your heart is always with those you love and theirs with you. And when you return, they'll be there with all the love in the world."

Ann Margaret

This is Ann Margaret. I shot her parents wedding and Harvey Miles below is her cousin. She was such a trooper. She has a horrible ear infection the day we did this (but we didn't know it). She hung with me and we ended up getting some great shots.

I'm looking forward to taking pictures of her again in October after her new baby brother joins us.

Harvey Miles

Meet Harvey Miles. Let me just tell you that this was a super fun shoot. This guy is so full of energy and ideas. He was willing to do anything and I bribed him throughout the shoot telling him I would take pictures of him playing in a stack of tires.

He was jumping, climbing, and standing still for momentary lapses in between. He was such a joy. I think he could be a model.