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hiiii :wave:
It's been a long while again. Yesterday I decided to get on and check how dA's been doing and I was pretty surprised at the amount in my inbox. Kinda feel loved dA :giggle:
Things have been going really great, I'm in a summer creep with my business right now but that's okay. It's giving me time to work on the design aspect of my business which has been going super well. I designed a logo for a Jewelry store last night and it was well met. Nice moolah in mah pocket if I say so myself.
Anyways, new things with meeee

-People are asking for customized cards outside of my photography business; i.e. open to the public. I'm like sweeeeet. That's more money in my pocket.

-I'm cooking a lot more, and with the inclusion of organic products recently. Schweet. My body is going to feel so much better.

-Seth isn't going underway anymore as of yesterday. I get him to myself for the next month and a half until deployment starts.

-I'm going to rock this deployment. We've been doing pretty well the past three months with him barely home. We can do this.

-I've been running generally every night. I do it with two other friends in an effort to tone up our bodies and it's so much fun! We do 2 miles around 35 minutes with a stretch in between the miles. By the time we come home we feel relaxed and not muscle tired. We've all been noticing a difference as well :D I'm going to start the inclusion of 2-3 lb weights here soon.

-Owen has been saying Mama, and he loves to interject when mom & dad are talking and just go "bababababababababababa" We just laugh and ask him if that's really how he feels about it. He's puzzled about "dada", kinda like "wtf. Let me get a couple things down first!" He's also standing up now, not on his own just yet (zero balance; this kid is definitely mine :giggle:) but he'll bear weight and stand for a good five + minutes. He's growing up so fast.

-He also can communicate with us! It was an amazing feeling to realize he finally got down a sign, and he did it rather early too. Most babies sign around 10-11 months and he pulled it off at 7 months :heart: He can sign "milk" and he's starting to get down "hungry" and "daddy" but "mommy" is a bit far behind :lol:

-we're having a huge barbeque today for Seth's first Father's Day. Lots of pictures to come

:blowkiss:

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EEEEEEEEEEE!!!
I GOT IT!!
I got the new D7000 and it's name now is The Beast. My D40, Tucker, is to a good home now. I'm still not sure if it's just "The Beast" but every time I show it to people I say "Look at this beast!" and one of my friends this morning laughed and was like "Well that suits you. Gotta get some Disney in there somewhere. The Beauty and The Beast!"
So I think Ima keep it.

It's pretty amazing, not gonna lie. I'm getting the sb900 flash after this, and a battery grip. One at a time though. I'm also going to start working on my in home studio. And hopefully get back to posting on here! It's hard to manage my time with a family, running around after a 4 month old, and keeping a house up. Not to mention doing photo shoots and keeping up with the business side and advertising.
So.
Much.
TO DO.
oh and I have a blog now. I love it, I have a lot of followers. It's a Mommy rant blog.
So my little smiley bug is 4 months old now, and I literally have no idea where the time went. Everything is great. Still breastfeeding which I'm happy about. He learned last week how to laugh. It was the most amazing thing to hear, literal music to my ears. Yesterday I was taking photos of him and Owen pulled himself up on his arms and looked me straight in the face. I was as shocked as he was but so so proud! :D The next minute he got so excited and forgot he needed to concentrate and he flipped onto his back and started laughing. It was amazing to realize a minute later we were both laughing together at what he did.
Today he was so excited the minute I set him down he popped up on his elbows and immediately started trying to crawl.
I am sooooooooooooo not ready for this, lemme tell ya. I got so many cute photos :)
I just got back from Texas, it was such a pleasure seeing my family together I'm definitely going to be trying to go back home more often. Time just flies by too quick. My dad and step mom are going to be coming down in May and we're going to Disneyland for a week which I'm supremely excited about. I'm getting an annual pass out of it much to my excitement. It's really so I can go back more often and take a bunch of photos and explore more :D Something to do when Seth is on deployment anyways.

Anyways, that's it for now.
I hope everyone is well
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A letter I wrote to my husband. Update coming soon!

Seth Reid, You've no idea how much I love you.  There is no other way to explain how remotely impossible it is that we crossed paths besides it was meant to be. It's crazy to think of how all these different decisions we made before we ever knew each other in a minute way tangled our lives up. Chance made us love each other, a complete stranger we'd never met but were undeniably close to.

I'm so happy I met you. I married you two years ago and I never thought I could love you more than the moment I became your wife and picked up the Reid name...but everyday I find that more and more of a lie. We fight like we're siblings but we can act like best friends the next minute and all is forgotten. You have no idea how much I treasure that. Every year that goes by I can swear I know you, and everything about you and us but then when I look back it amazes me how much we've grown in our relationship and for ourselves and each other. Still wish I can get you excited about photography like me so I can have a buddy for my passion, but that will never happen. I realized today, for me to be excited about photography is as foreign to you as it is for me to see you adore Eminem so I agree to stop trying to convert you. But that means letting me pick a different cd in the car every now and then and I won't run to you everytime I take an amazing photo hahahahahah.

I think the biggest thing I treasure from you is Owen. Last year today we knew I was pregnant but we had only a hazy idea of a cute baby in diapers asleep and I don't even think you had fully processed it yet since I'd told you two days prior on Pier two while you took out trash from the ship. hahahah How ROMANTIC. It's amazing to see what Owen looks like, and how everyday I'm reminded of you, and the most perfectly blended version of us. I feel like he has all of our strengths and none of our faults. And I did figure out, he's got your nose yesterday so that mystery is gone. I'm sorry Owen. ;) Today I'm going to hug him as tight as I can, kiss him as many times as I can because he's my Valentine since you're not here. Doesn't mean I won't think of you all day today and I hope I'm in your sleep deprived mind as well.

The biggest things I remember about our wedding day:

-Getting that stupid speeding ticket and you making fun of me for crying to the officer because I only had a permit and I knew my parents would be furious.

-You trying to get me to chill by following me and engulfing me in bubbles all morning before we were married.

-You getting dressed in my room in your blues; I'm getting them wet and you can't figure out why I'm crying because I forgot to get the I <3 my Sailor pins for my garters. You're hugging me telling me to calm down because it will never matter what I'm wearing, you'll still love me.

-Everyone making me give you a dance to Me So Horny and then you reciprocating because I was mortified. I don't think I giggled so much during a song.

-The only video we have of the reception since the main cd was lost, is everyone inhaling Helium from the balloons in a circle and singing The Dirty Song by Cars Can Be Blue

-How I consider our "Real" wedding dance was when you waltzed with me to our wedding song in the living room. We both got a bit nervous at the reception.

-Right after we were toasted, you kissed me and said WOO! Were young and we're going to make it to 50 years!!

and doesn't count since it's the next morning, but you made a secret fantasy of mine come true I always dreamed about when I was very little. You waited for me to wake up for god knows how long and said Good Morning Mrs. Reid with a kiss <3

The Navy separated us today, but that's okay. Happy Valentine's Day and two years to us! 48 more to go!!! <3

"kiss kiss"

:love:


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FORGET you!

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Life's doing pretty great right now :party:
Owen is a month and some change and he's so amazing. The sweetest babe that wants to cuddle with me 24/7. He started grinning last week, and he's making baby noises now. Makes my heart melt to have a conversation with him. If I hear him start cooing I'll do whatever noise he does back to him and he looks at me with the sweetest smile.
He passed his auditory test on Thursday, we were a little worried because he failed it four times before we left the hospital so I wasn't sure exactly what it would have meant. Guess we'd have brought on the sign language!
Anyways, things are going pretty great like I said. I can't wait for Thanksgiving this week, first time with Seth here and first time as a family :meow: We're having friends over and my friend Amanda is going halfies with me on cooking.
I'm getting a new phone, the EVO in two weeks WHOOP! I could get it now, but I'd rather wait until the next paycheck in case anything retarded comes up and we need the money.
I have two, possibly three photo sessions this Monday.
YES. I'm getting back into the swing of things :D
I'm currently offering all photo sessions for free (sans prints) until January 1st to make sure I'm up to par. I didn't expect to have so many bites again so soon! I've got two couples that want to get photos done, they know each other and also want to get some group ones done. I thought that was pretty cool. And then I guess one of the ladies wants to talk with me about setting up a newborn shoot? Her friend is the one that told me about it, because she wanted them done after their photos but newborns are a lot easier when you have about a 4 hour time slot so there isn't any hurrying and you can work with the baby without frustrating them. Which is why I hate those stupid Sears and JCPenny's people.

Still looking at getting a new camera this January/February. I changed which one, because Nikon came out with a new camera the D7000. Here is the review from my favorite camera guy on the internet www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d700…
This. Camera. IS FANTASTIC!!! it's around 1300$ for the body and so completely amazing. The thing I'm most looking forward to is the autofocus motor inside the camera, which means I can use any AF lens by Nikon from 1985 and up *giddy clapping* I've got three lenses in my arsenal that I use as manual focus right now, because they aren't compatible with my camera. It's going to feel like christmas all over again!

Speaking of Christmas, it's that time of year! This coming weekend we're getting our Christmas tree and I'm so excited! I love decorating and have been putting small touches on the house today as well as cleaning for Thanksgiving. I can't wait until the tree is up so I can take pictures :santa:

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:heart:
I gave birth on the 13th to our wonderful son Owen Michael Reid.
After 34 and a half hours of labor, and 4 hours of pushing he came into this world at 12:32 am weighing 7 lb 7 oz and is 20 inches long.

It's pretty freaking amazing so far. It kind of feels like... I've found someone that's missing this entire time from my life and it's completely overwhelming. I can stare at him for hours and not feel like I've wasted my time and he's just way too adorable. It's pretty crazy the effect it's had on Seth and I. I feel like my heart might burst when I see them together and doing little things like kisses and raspberries. :meow: Seth actually managed to surprise me and get the 20 days off of work like we'd talked about, so he'll be here until Nov. 2nd which is pretty awesome!

As far as how I'm doing, I'm pretty worn out. Muscles hurt, especially my back. but they give you awesome pain killers for that. I was discharged on my birthday the next day :party: I could have stayed longer but I just wanted to go home and relax.

Anyways, that's  that :love:



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