Sneak Peek for the parents of baby N

Just 20 days old! It was so much fun to do this sweet baby boy's pictures! A few from our newborn session...


The rest of the proofs should be available on the website soon.

hot, sticky, humid, sweltering....

Sneak peek for the parents of M...



The day was a challenge from the start - hot, sticky, humid, sweltering - all before noon! Some days I work a little harder than others... :)

I'll be in touch with the finished proofs soon!

We're rockin and rollin Live!

The new website is live! It opened to some rave reviews too! So exciting - but exhausting too. It felt like moving to a new home, trying to unpack and reorganize, finding a place for everything, getting rid of the extra junk I've been keeping for far too long...

Check it out and let me know what you think! www.stephanieweatherly.com

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Now that the official website is live... I can get my personal work (the stuff I love to photograph!) organized on the Shutterpixie site. I'm getting there. Its so nice working with the simple templates - its all about the images not fancy bells and whistles... http://stephanieweatherly.shutterpixie.com/

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A note to the Huron High school Seniors - Your prom pics are on the new website: www.stephanieweatherly.com Contact me for your password!

E Pluribus Unum

"E Pluribus Unum" is Latin for "Out of Many, One." The theme for Pioneer Middle School's eighth grade photography exhibit. I have been working with the school on this project. The kids photographed New York City and Detroit as well as the Plymouth/Canton Community. The Art Exhibit consisted of nearly 200 images. Incredible images those kids produced. I am in awe of the talent... My oldest Daughter received an honorable mention in the show. (Yeah, I'm bragging...)

Shopping Carts By Alexis Weatherly

Best in show Award. By: Jamie Emens




Check out the show at the Plymouth Arts Council and be blown away by the amazing work of these kids!

Riding horseback and milkin cows

My daughter's kindergarten class spent a fantastic day at the Real Life Farm in Canton recently. They got to ride horses and do "chores" on the farm. They fed the animals, milked the cows, held the baby animals. Parents, teachers and children all had a great time - despite the rain! My proudest moments were when my daughter conquered some serious fears... It all started on a horseback riding trip in North Carolina a few years ago. She was too little to go on the ride up the mountain so we stayed behind to ride an old work horse named cookie. We set her on that old sway back horse and before he could move a muscle she screamed in terror. You'd think we put her on a bucking bronco, wild and unbroken! Poor old Cookie didn't know what to do so he just sat down. She hasn't wanted anything to do with horses since. Fast forward a few years to kindergarten and there we were, sitting on the line of hay bales, waiting for her turn to ride the horse. She was certain of two things - she did not want to ride that horse and everyone else in her class was not afraid to ride that horse. Ah...peer pressure is an amazing thing! When her turn came she gritted her teeth and climbed on. The second pass around the barn we even got a smile!
Then later in the day - she milked a cow! Now she was sure she'd never do that! But there was no way we could get her to touch any of those bunnies, baby goats or hold a kitten - no way!

A sneak peek for Caitlin

A sneak peek for Caitlin...

Caitlin is a creative, smart, fearless adventurer. It was a great pleasure to work with her. She introduced me to a great place to shoot - and we spotted deer, up close and personal!

viruses, spybots and worms...oh my!

Worms - We're infested with worms! My computer is anyway. This weekend of getting things done is not meant to be I guess. Who the heck does that?? Create a virus so cunning and invasive - it actually turns off my virus protection software?! My files are {mostly} backed up on an external hard drive so keep your fingers crossed that loss of images will be minimal. So both my computer and external hard drive sit at Canton Computers.... Like rushing a child to the ER I tell you. Nothing to do but wait, fingers crossed, pacing... I hope the jerk who created the spybot worm suffers ten thousand paper cuts, slivers, hangnails and stubs his toe and bangs his funny bone for good measure. Bad karma coming your way buddy...

To add to the frustration of the weekend, my senior portrait session was rained out Saturday. The upside is that though the session didn't happen, I did get to the location and snapped a few set up shots. Discovered a great park that I haven't been to before and can't wait to do a session there.

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Update - After a total system restore, there is no trace of a worm on the machine. And file loss was minimal. Now its just a matter of putting everything back where it belongs. Back on track...whew!