Mom's 60th Birthday

Today was my mother's birthday.  She would've turned 60 years old today.  Wow...  That's crazy.  :)

My mom passed away on August 25th, 2005, almost 6 years ago, from Ovarian Cancer.  She was a wonderful wife, a perfect mother, and a beautiful woman.  She raised me and my two brothers to be strong, caring and loving gentlemen.

There isn't a day go by that I do not think of my mom.  Little Zoe Marcia is a constant reminder of how my mother raised me, and I strive to be just as good a parent as she was to my brothers and I.  I often think, as I'm changing yet another diaper, or down on my hands and knees cleaning up another lunch, or when I'm doing other mundane parental tasks, that my mother did this for 3 children!  If she could do it - so can I.

Death is a part of life.  And it's funny to be reminded of someone's death ... on their birthday.  I've said it before and I'll say it again (with tears in my eyes), "With time, it doesn't get any easier, but you do cry a little less".

A crazy connection, Stacey's mother, who is also a beautiful, strong and caring woman, turns 55 today!  Our mom's had the same birthday!!  Weird, huh?

Enjoy those around you.  Especially your parents.  Tell them you love them today, because you never know when they'll just randomly be gone.

Peace,
-marc

New Referral Program!

At Blackwell Photography we are always looking for new and creative ways to give back and photograph new people! That’s why we’re starting the new Referral Program, aimed at helping YOU by putting money in your pocket and helping us by getting new clients.

Times are still tough, and the economy blah, blah, blah, we know. So who couldn’t use an extra FIFTY BUCKS? We need people to photograph, and you need some cash, so let’s work together!

Starting immediately, Blackwell Photography is offering $50.00 USD for every successful client you send our way! Here’s how it works; E-mail us the name and contact information of a friend or family member interested in a professional photography session. When he or she fills out our Portrait Agreement, if they put your name in the “Referred By” column, we will mail you a check after the completion of the shoot!

Click here for more details: New Referral Program!

Peace,

-marc

Discussing Business and the New Year

Hiiiii....Byyyyyee....Hiiiiiii.....Byyyyeeee

Zoe's favorite words right are ... "Hi" & "Bye".  It's a fun process going out in public, because she will say Hi and Bye to EVERY SINGLE PERSON we see!  Homeless ppes, Armenians, whites, males, transvestites, young and old ... no one is safe from the greetings and salutations of our little girl.  

A Zoe Vid for the Blog This Rainy Sunday

Where I Am - On The Web

The internet is one big bad tangeled web.  I've been contributing to that digital mess of mass information confusion highway since the late 90's.  Today, with my over zealous creative brain coming up with so many ideas and having so many different platforms to chose from, I've found myself on every other corner of the internet.  So, consider this a little map of my art on the world wide web.


www.blackwellphoto.com 
First, and foremost - the reason I always say I'm always on the internet.  Being a stay at home dad, I do most of our work via the web.  E-mails, video conferences, and social networking all make up my day as well as taking care of a 1 year old woman.  So Blackwell Photography's website is the #1 place to find me online.  It is the core of internet presence ... the reason I'm even here, blogging!

Blackwell Photography's webpage is an idea Stacey and I conceptualized one day in the park.  It's a combination of our work.  The Trinity of websites, as I like to call it.  Her portfolio can be found at stacey.blackwellphoto.com, where as mine can be found at marc.blackwellphoto.com.  Our wedding page is it's own seperate site located at weddings.blackwellphoto.com.  That leads to the other subpages, blog.blackwellphoto.com & photos.blackwellphoto.com, where you can view galleries and purchase downloads and/or prints.

Leading into the "social networking sites" in a minute, but still sticking to business.  You can find Blackwell Photography on Facebook by clicking that link.  Twitter, Yelp, Myspace, Tumblr, too.

My personal Facebook site is dedicated to blogs I post here, random status updates, and also a place to share news/blogs/photos/& stuff.B.  It's an overall gathering place for your MB fill.  If you're a Lucas Grabeel fan, or a Drew Seeley fan - you aint gettin' through to this one unless you're super cool.  Haha!

My Twitter page is more laxed and I like to have more followers.  The more the merrier - for some reason...  It's a little more raunchy and fun.  I still promote Blackwell Photography through it, but now with the new BP Twitter, it'll more be a home for letting you know I posted a picture of Zoe somewhere.

My Twitpic is a photo site dedicated to my every day blog kinda pictures. Photos of my hot wife and I going out on dates, to shots of me on a movie set.  Whateva.

My tumblr is a place to post iPhone pics.  Anyone with an iPhone needs 1 dedicated place to upload those pictures to for years.  It's the only way to create a good archive.  And after many attempts and many different photo sharing sites, I've grown to like tumblr for my iPhone viewing needs.

Of course, this blog at Blogger is an old journal of written madness.  It dates back to 2006, so I'll keep it around for a while even if I don't post to it on any regular schedule whatsoever.

Grandpa Santa!

Every once in a while your father in law makes you proud.  This is one of those times, so I'm reposting some pictures he took!

This guy has got it figured out too.  Not only has he been doing Santa for years, it's been a way for him and his family to not use credit cards at all for Christmas!  The money he makes goes directly to presents.  (And now I'm a benefactor of that too!) ;)

Great photos too, from Selah Studios too!  (I can say that, because she's in Texas and not California!) :)

Proud of ya Grandpa G!  Love you too, man.

Peace,

-marc