Kim Schmidt Photography LLC Princeton, NJ Photographer

1. Have you entered the nursery contest yet? The deadline is Sunday at midnight. Get to submitting those photos! Voting opens very soon!!

2. It’s been snowing again here in Jersey, like the rest of the country. The other night I hit the biggest pot hole of my life, ended up bending the rim of my tire. That cost me a pretty penny to fix. I think I’m ready for spring now. This past week it got warm and melted most of the snow from two weeks ago and I was enjoying that. Back to snow boots and snow gear for the time being.

3. Have you been watching the Olympics? We’ve had it on nightly, I’m obsessed! I will be sad when its finally over. I know a lot of people don’t dig their shows not being on, but it’s fun to see incredible athletes compete. I mean, aerial jumping? That is some intense stuff!

4. A fellow photographer Amy posted this great article on choosing your photographer. It points out the difference between a decent photo and a great photo plus the errors. It’s definitely worth venturing over to read.

5. To end it off is one more photo of baby elena!

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I’m back this week to finish off what I made note of last week in #5.

1. I spilled some guilty musical pleasures last week, but I still have more to share! It’s been years now since I last watched American Idol (I think Carrie Underwood was the last season we watched). I had a roommate in college who was obsessed and she got us addicted to it. The top two this past year have really captured my heart from performing on Ellen. So my other two guilty pleasures include Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. Such catchy songs, even if the lyrics are awful!

2. Have you heard Ugly Betty has been canceled? It breaks my heart to see it go off the air. It’s one of only a handful of shows Anthony and I enjoy watching together because all the others have been canceled (Eli Stone and Pushing Daisies). Why does ABC do this to us?

3. I’m participating in a Biggest Loser challenge with 30+ photographers across the country and it really is pushing me. I’m participating because I need that push to get to the gym and it’s working. A link to this blog was posted and I have to say I love so many of these recipes. I think we’ve had at least one each night this week. So yummy and healthy (although I’m not sure how many weight watcher points are allowed each day).

4. I’m thinking of all my Oklahoma friends and family who are enduring a brutal ice storm right now that will potentially have snow coming today. Hoping everyone has electricity.

5. Here is a little teaser of one sample product that I think all my clients will love. I have another blog post coming of all the samples I’ve received over the past few weeks.

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Five on Friday is BACK!

1. Did you check this post about helping Haiti rise? If not, please do and feel free to purchase a tshirt. 100% of the proceeds goes to the charity.

2. Wednesday night we happened to catch the Nightly News w/Brian Williams. The last story of the broadcast was about the hundreds of thousands of orphan children in Haiti. It pulled at my heart strings, more so than any other coverage I’ve seen. I’ve been thinking non-stop about the children down there. If we could feasible do it (aka not live in a 900 sq. ft. apartment while Anthony is finishing his PhD) then I’d do everything in my power to adopt one of those children. I know the process is lengthy and costly but man I can’t stop thinking about them.

3. I found this blog about a family who is in the process of adopting their 4th child from Haiti. Mom and baby daughter were there when the earthquake hit. Everyone is alright, but please go read her blog and offer support. Hopefully they will get their sweet son soon.

4. I’ve been ordering tons of samples to bring to my sessions. I’m excited to share them with all my clients soon. If you want to see photos, I’m more than happy to send them along in the meantime.

5. Have you heard of Matt Morris? If not, you really should hear his music. Its soft and powerful! Bloodline is one of a handful that really move me. I am also obsessed with Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johannson’s latest album “Break Up”. My latest guilty pleasure in music is Lady Gaga. That girl is brilliant and every time I hear an interview with her, it makes me respect her even more. The next installment of five on friday will include two other musically guilty pleasures (if you follow me on twitter you probably already know this tidbit about me).

A little something fun from our last night in Nashville. Around 9pm, Anthony & I walked over to Opry Mills to grab a drink & some nachos at Dave & Busters since I hadn’t had anything for dinner. On our way back, I saw this big Snoopy house from the ICE! presentation so we busted out the trusty iphone. Enjoy!

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1. I rented two lenses for a wedding I’m shooting next Saturday and I’m in total LOVE with both of them! They are two lenses that I’m vacillating on purchasing which is going to make it that much harder to send back when I’m finished with them! I’m excited to have them in my arsenal for the wedding too!

2. I’m an avid book reader and am in need of some great book recommendations. If you have any, please let me know (you can check out what I’ve already read at goodreads).

3. Thanksgiving is this week – oh.my.goodness! I am totally in denial that winter is coming and Christmas is right around the corner. Where on earth did the time go? I think after we put up the tree I will get more into the spirit. Right?

4. Are you a fan of Kim Schmidt Photography on Facebook? If not, what are you waiting for? When I reach 400 fans I will be offering a FREE session to someone local* to be used by April 2010. Join now and get your friends to become fans as well! Only 68 more people. I will also be doing little contests throughout 2010 to all fans.
*Central New Jersey residents only

5. I have a special announcement coming Tuesday December 1. Please make sure to come back here to see the details. It will be a great holiday season for at least one special family!

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I had every intent of posting this yesterday but time slipped away and I wasn’t able to finish it. A day late, but here we go!

1. I want to learn to knit & crochet. Anyone in the Mercer County area know how and want to teach me? We can trade services if interested. Email me please!

2. I received half the prints going up at Lawrence OB/GYN yesterday. It was like Christmas morning when I saw that package waiting for me (all 28 pounds!). I am very happy with the images I selected and once they go up, I will take photos, I promise!

3. The weather is telling me that winter is here and I do.not.like.it. Just last weekend I got out my winter clothes but I refuse to wear them. The winter coats are still in the closet. I’m in denial. I am not looking forward to the winter months. It means less time spent outside and interacting with people. Its gonna be a long few months!

4. There is a family here at CRW that has an infant in the hospital. They aren’t getting answers for what is the problem and I think if you could keep them in your thoughts and prayers I know they appreciate it. You can read about their journey at here.

5. Rob Thomas will be doing three shows in NYC this coming week and I’m bummed I didn’t get tickets to see any of them. I will be on the lookout all week to see if I can find any available. If you know of someone who has tickets and are willing to sell, please let me know!

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Another round of Five on Friday.

1. This past week I’ve been ultra busy with PTS’ alumni/ae reunion week. I’ve been photographing most of the events which have been taking up most of my evenings. I am ready to reclaim them! I think tonight is going to be date night!

2. As you may have seen in this blog post, I am partnering up with Lawrence OB/GYN. Very soon you will be seeing, oh, between 25-30 of my images HUGE on their walls. We are talking 20×30 or larger. It will be very surreal to see my stuff that large. I will definitely be taking photos once we get them up.

3. If you haven’t noticed, I recently added a “Support Local Businesses” page under Information. If you know of a local company that I should include, please send me an email and I will add them.

4. Do you need organizational help? Are you constantly making lists and not sure where they are? There is this awesome program Evernote that will help you out. I’ve been using it for a month now and I can’t get over how awesome it is. There are many different forms, online, applications for the desktop, iphone, etc. I use all three and it rocks my socks off. I have different “notebooks” (photography business, PTS photography, Anthony, personal, recipes, etc.) set up to keep myself just a little more organized. You can browse, search, link to URLs, etc. Here is a screen shot of the desktop application w/one of the many recipes I’ve added. This will help me when we travel or when I’m at the grocery store and I can’t recall every ingredient. Definitely check it out and let me know how you like it.

5. Last Sunday I photographed a fun family that won a session from the St. Paul Catholic School Shamrock Auction back in March. There are three beautiful young ladies and I am so excited to share their photos with you. Be on the lookout within the next day or so for their own blog post. I would have gotten it up sooner but being away all week has been a challenge!

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