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This is the last blog post for this little blog. it has been great but I have moved on to a prettier and custom blog. To go along with this change there is a new website AND a new logo! Read more about it on the new blog. Don’t forget to update your RSS and google reader feeds. See ya at the new blog. Let me know you were there and leave me comment. Thanks everyone for continually reading my blog and checking out my pictures.

New Blog: www.laurakayphoto.com

New Website: www.laurakayphoto.com/site

So I have been meaning to blog this for a while but I have been super busy catching up on editing. Anyhow, Two Be Wed is my favorite wedding boutique in Houston! Natalie and Danyette are good friends and I am loving their new site! If you have never been there or just not lately go check it out! They have a new site online and you can always go check out the boutique in person.

So things are super busy here. This week I am catching up from my TX trip. I have all kinds of things going on right now. I am having a new custom blog and a new site built right now. We have been working on this for a few months and I am so excited it is almost finished! I think it will be so soon that I may hold all blog posts until I can share them on the new blog. Ok so where have I been? We drove to TX from VA. We got there on a Friday and Saturday I shot Brooke and Travis’s Wedding in Houston. Sunday I flew to Midland TX, rented a car then drove 3 hours to Marfa. I went on a girls photographer vacation trip. I met some of the most amazing women! I love each and every one! 13 of us met up in the middle of nowhere Texas and explored around the coolest little town I have ever seen! If you ever have the time to go see Marfa you will love it! So I stayed there until Wednesday when I drove 3 hours back to Midland and flew to Dallas then to San Antonio then drove another hour south to the Frio River. If you look at a map that day was really dumb as far as traveling but it was my only option to get to Will on his 5th Birthday! If this is getting too long and boring feel free to stop here. I am would be amazed if anyone has actually read this far anyhow. BUT I am going to finished just incase anyone cares.) We camped on the Frio with my family and my in-laws family until Sunday. Then we drove 5 hours back to TX. I hung out in Houston for a few days then I flew back to DC to shoot Mary and Chris’s Wedding. Then flew back to Houston. We had a fun 4th of July and then Monday we drove down to Galveston for a few days. Spent a few more days in Houston then we drove back to VA. We drove 4522 miles with 2 kids and our dog Molly. Now I am home and still trying to unpack and catch up on editing and emails. Crazy huh?  We actually have a blog if you want to see all of our work. marfa [trip] . Sadly I have only blogged on there once because I have been so busy. More to come soon on the new blog. I can’t wait!!

Tomorrow I am off to TEXAS for 3 weeks! I have Brooke and Travis’s Wedding in Houston then I am off to Marfa, TX for a photographer girls vacation. I will fly back to DC for Mary and Chris’s Wedding on the 3rd of July then back to TX for Jamie and Sinclair’s engagement session and another week of vacation with my family and we are even going to take some family pictures! Crazy fun! If you need to reach me email me. I will be able to check it fairly often but I am going to try and take a real vacation as well. I am 100% caught up on editing so I am going to very much enjoy this time off! YAY for vacations! Have a great few weeks everyone!

This morning I am headed out to Las Vegas! I am going to be here for the next 4 days. I am going to miss my family very much and I am actually sad to leave them for so long. I am going to be in Vegas with somewhere around 12,000 other wedding and portrait photographers. WPPI is a yearly convention and trade show for all of us photographers. WOW! I have lots of events, parities and classes to attend. But, one of my favorite things to do is to check out the HUGE trade show. This is where I go check out what the latest and greatest products are. I look at tons of album companies, canvas companies, say hi to the canon peeps, my professional printing lab, Adobe people, my website people, the apple people. It is going to be a super fun but super busy 4 days. I am so excited to be going with my friend Brooke and we are staying with 6 other girls in a suite! SO FUN! So anyhow, I will try to return emails and phone calls while I am there but if I can’t I will get back to you when I get back. If I can blog while I am there I sure will but, if not expect some pics when I get home. Have a great week! 

I have had requests to see some details of what a modern canvas looks like. So Jen this post is for you. These speak for themselves so here you go! If you care to stop by and see one in person just let me know!  

So I recently started a facebook group with a few goals in mind. One is that I want my past, current and future brides and clients to be able to communicate and share ideas. Everyone has for sure one thing in common. ME! So that means we know you love photography and it is very important to you. That also means you are fun, modern and a great person. Seriously, I only work with great people. NO bridezillas here. I attract laid back fun clients, just do. So if you want the opinion of someone about your wedding who better to ask than people with similar taste who have done or are doing the exact same thing you are doing. Getting married! My past couples are loyal beyond belief. I truly love them. I can think of 10 that are for sure reading this blog post tonight. I love that they are good friends now and I know that having this community is going to be a good thing. I also have amazing family and friends. I have amazing photographer friends and wedding planner friends too. My group is open to anyone and feel free to start a discussion, ask a question or just say hi to let me know you where there. I love that I can share my business with each and everyone of you. So what are you waiting for? Join my facebook group! Facebook is powerful and can reach out to many people. If you like my group and want to share it copy the link into your status! 

Wishing the Ritzy Bee Blog a Happy 1st Birthday! If you have never been to this fabulous wedding blog you really must check it out! Maria is awesome! 

The new and improved EAD site is fabulous! It has always been amazing but now it has lots of cute little graphics to make it more fun. The Library has all sorts of resources ideas, vendors, everything you need for inspiration for your wedding. Be sure to stop by and check it out! I love it when brides find me from this site and when my brides go there for ideas and inspiration. LOVE IT! Happy Friday everyone!!