Sick Days

As a Stay At Home Dad (SAHD) and a self employed photographer, there is no such thing as a sick day. Last Wednesday(?) I came down with a little bug. No biggie, there is laundry to do, people to photograph, kids to feed - can't let it get me down.

Thursday it kicked my ass. The morning was slower, the shower was longer, the chills were stronger and I really felt like hell. But - again - there were butts to wipe, photos to edit, e-mails to respond to.

There is no such thing as a sick day.

I'm not complaining, however - I can still put on an old Disney movie, curl up on the couch, and get cute hugs and kisses from my little nurses. It could be a lot worse ... I could have to actually go to work in a little cubicle and suffer through a 9-5.

Which, unfortunately, is what Stacey is having to do. I finally feel a little better and guess who catches what I had? Even the girls got a little sicky last week. Bummer.

Raise your tea to a healthy, productive week!

My Brain Is In A Million Places

Where do you go when you want to talk about everything?  In my case, everything I'm doing.

I'm a dad.   Where to begin there?

I'm a new husband ... well, fairly new.  That's a lot to talk about in itself!

I'm a photographer.  I run and maintain a business, with hundreds of clients, just as many websites, blogs, Facebook Pages, and Twitter accounts.

I make websites.  Really cool sites for really cool people.  I could create a new blog to write about what I do with that.  (I probably will).

I mean, there's taxes to worry about, insurance, laundry, feeding my family, bath time, friendships, advertising, diapers, target runs, playing and so much more!

There's so much to do, so many things to create, so many people to talk to, so much to teach my daughter, so little time to tell my wife how much I love her.  Sometimes I don't know where to start.  But I create that list, the list that never ends, and I jump somewhere in the middle of it and come out the other end with a new list, but feeling more accomplished.

I say that I'm glad there's a lot to do.  If all these goals and accomplishments were achieved already, what would there be to live for?  I don't think I'll ever retire.

Why would I?  I love what I do.  Allllllllllllllllllllllll of it.

Peace,
-marc

What I Do ... Now.

My number one priority right now is Zoe, (who is really 15 weeks old this week).  I am a dad, then a husband, photographer, web designer.  So let me explain really quickly what it is I do.

I run a small sole proprietorship called Marc Blackwell Photography.  It's been a legal business since 2007 and it's been a lot of fun.  I shoot everybody, but I work with actors more than anyone else.  I shoot headshots, musician portraits, bands, families, you name it I've shot it.  I also shoot weddings with my amazingly talented wife.  She has a day job but we work on the weekends when we're together and someone can be with Zoe Toes.  Together we make a good team.

I also work with Stacey, my wife, and our good friends Brandon and Laura in a little company we call Red Letterbox Productions.  Brandon is an amazing music producer, crankin' out jams left and right for established and aspiring musicians.  Really, his sound is amazing.  And Laura is a bright and creative graphic designer mixin' up images, cd covers, social media graphics and more colorful stuff.  Stacey and I do photography together and I also create the websites for the group.  We're a one-stop shop for actors and musicians.  And it's been fun so far, we're really hittin' it hard this year. 

So I work on a lot of websites as well as taking pictures.  I've devoted myself into the world of CSS, HTML, PHP and Wordpress.  I can create a mean website that does more than look pretty.  And it's perfect work being at home I can do it whenever I'm not feeding, changing or playing with ZB.  :)

Here's to the economy picking up, and to doing our part by providing high quality services and products for fair prices.  It's how the world goes round. 

Much love,
-marc