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Happy New Year!

January 25, 2016 Allison Marshall
                                                       Giggly niece :: Solemn niece

                                                       Giggly niece :: Solemn niece

Better late than never??

Happily, I’m still here, ready to gear up and write away! The holidays gave us a chance to relax, party with friends, and eat yummy food.

Throwback to Wednesday evening dinners outside at church & matching maxi skirts

Throwback to Wednesday evening dinners outside at church & matching maxi skirts

Looking forward to:
- second shooting more weddings with Monica
- spending 5 years in Romans with my church

Biggest change of the summer: haircut & a smidge of color!

Biggest change of the summer: haircut & a smidge of color!

Currently enjoying:
- the Tuesdays Together groups in Austin & San Antonio
- my students’ eyes lighting up over their favorite music

Laura Elizabeth's artwork is on display at the Sisterdale Dancehall wedding venue!

Laura Elizabeth's artwork is on display at the Sisterdale Dancehall wedding venue!

Going out for coffee and errands with Esther & Kathryn in Tennessee

Going out for coffee and errands with Esther & Kathryn in Tennessee

Working towards:
- keeping to a blogging schedule
- making a family photo directory for church
- better health: seeing a chiropractor regularly (my theme song is “fix my ‘head-shoulders-knees-and-toes-knees-and-toes’ ”), and getting several other issues (adrenals, gut, etc) healed up. It’s been a challenge, but being ill & tired, needing to slow down by weighing projects and opportunities has made me grateful for good health and is giving me a better knowledge and appreciation for how the Lord designed our bodies to work!

Double-header wedding weekends require coffee :: Nanny jobs require pig & party hats ::  New lenses require a photo

Double-header wedding weekends require coffee :: Nanny jobs require pig & party hats ::  New lenses require a photo

So what's ahead for the blog? There are some irons in the fire, and you can look for a post every week on Mondays for the next little while. I'd love some feedback about anything you want to read about or see!

Cheers!

- Allie

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“Some things cannot be done in a day. God does not make a sunset glory in a moment, but for days may be massing the mist out of which He builds His palaces beautiful in the west.” -Streams in the Desert ▫️ If there’s one thing the Lord has been teaching me lately, it’s how He works everything according to His timetable. Not a new thought, I know, but you could say it’s been “newly impressed” in my life over the past couple of years. ▫️ The best parts about this lesson? 1. He gets all the glory because His ways are always better than mine. 2. I get more opportunities to watch, obey, and choose trust & rest over being anxious. ▫️ “The LORD God is a sun and shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.” Psalm 84:11
Today he has a lot to say about the coin he held for the whole photoshoot 👦🏻 And in the blink of an eye, he’ll be bringing her up to date with school, jobs, and his family 👱🏼‍♂️ In between though, they have lots of loving and living to do, and I hope they’ll always have that special bond 🧔🏻 It’s moments like these that are some of my favorites to photograph. Posed photos are splendid, “in between” photos however, are the ones you truly cherish
POSING TIP 💕 Ever wonder how-on-earth all those photos you see on Pinterest look so natural, but when you try to re-create them, your models look stiff?? 🙋🏾‍♀️ The key to natural-looking poses is to have your model move into a pose instead of placing every limb ‘by hand’ so to speak. 💕 When I wanted Ralph and Kim to kiss, I set them apart a few feet and had them walk into each other’s arms on my cue. I ask my couples to use soft, gentle, gestures and to simply enjoy being together, and let me tell ya, lots of lovely pictures are the result!
One of the best pieces of advice my dad has given the family is “people over projects” ✨ Sure, sometimes people & projects intertwine, overlap, go hand-in-hand, but often, when I’m faced with an opportunity to serve, I’m also presented with a decision to be ‘busy’ (doing good stuff, btw) or to set the busy aside and be present with the person/people in front of me ✨ The good-kind-of-busy work will still be there later, and sometimes there is an option to reschedule what the person needs, but overall, people are more precious than projects. Wouldn’t you say? ✨ What is some of the best advice you’ve received?

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