L.E. Shaw Photography

Our friends know that our animals are our 'babies' . We've had Harvey since before we were married, and he turned 7 this year. I've always wanted him to have a little buddy to play with, but was always apprehensive about bringing in another puppy because he usually only takes to cats. Several weeks ago (the day before Allen and Anna's wedding to be exact), we rescued a little shitzu (sp?) off the side of the highway. He and Harvey hit it off and became bestest buddies. I did the right thing, put an ad in the paper and found little 'Ralph's' real daddy. I feel so in love with Ralph, because he had one crazy eye that would drift a little, and his tongue stuck out to the side.

I was on a mission to find a dog, slightly cross-eyed with it's tongue stuck out...lol. We drove almost 3 hours away to see Yorkie puppies in VA. Low and behold, the moment we walked in the door; there was this perfect little girl with non-crossed eyes but with a tongue WAY to big for her little mouth. She was mine! We'd spent the entire drive up there going through a baby name book, and had about 50 to choose from. I wanted a name to compliment 'Harvey', so we had: Mabel, Mavis, Edna, Cleta, Ophelia, Gladys, Phillis etc. The Notorious Betty Page had passed away the day before, so I wanted to somehow incorporate her name as well. 5 weeks later, she still does not have a real name... right now it's: Maybelle Merriweather Page Green Shaw. That makes us a family of 7:
1)Lyndon-daddy
2)Jo Beth-mommy
3)Ebony (Ebbie)-cat
4)Bria Sophie-cat
5)Harvey Dale Jr. Green-Shaw Lipshitz Wallbanger 'the Wookie'
6)Gracie-bunny
7)Maybelle Merriweather Page

Here's more baby pictures:

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Her ears have started standing up over the last few days, and I've taken pictures, but can't find them (argh...sorry mom!). I'll snap some more when she finishes her puppy shots and can actually go outside!

I just realized the 'comment' button seems to be invisible?!? I'll work on that tomorrow. I'm not good at this whole HTML stuff...lol.

We'll be back from break tomorrow, and will finish returning e-mails and calls by Thursday

:)
-Jo Beth

Oy vey! I have been such a bad blogger! We've had huge changes and many blessings in our business and personal lives that made it hard to find the time to update regularly! First, let me say that we hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that 2009 has gotten of to a rockin' start for you all! We had a wonderful holiday season and had so much to be thankful for in 2008.

First, we made it through our first full year as a 'business' with out throwing in the towel! :) It was a very busy year, and hopefully only the beginning of many wonderful years to come.

Next, and the biggest news of all: LYNDON IS NOW WORKING FULL-TIME ON THE BUISINESS!!! I couldn't be more excited that he has the opportunity to actually spend all of his time doing what he loves; one of the biggest joys in our lives. I have to admit, I'm slightly jealous though...lol. Plus, it's giving him more time to fix the little details on our house in preparation for sale. We were totally prepared to make life adjustments, but what we weren't prepared for was the absolutely overwhelming support we received from the people who love us. This, brings me to how grateful we are to have so many people dear to us in our lives. We are truly blessed to have so many friends and family members who cared enough about us to offer what ever help the could. I can't express how touched I was at the phone calls we received and to all of the people who promised to lend a helping hand: We love you!!! We have been so eager to begin this new phase of our lives and could not have done it with out you.

Now that Lyndon can concentrate more on photography, I have decided to do a COMPLETE over-haul in our marketing and website design. You may have noticed some of the galleries on the site are empty...I had been terrible about updating them, and they weren't a reflection on the new style of photography we want to sell, so they were yanked. More recent images will be added with in a week. Our colors have changed, we have a new logo, and will be getting new business cards and marketing materials soon to reflect the change! It may take a few weeks of work, since Lyndon has never maintained the website, but we'll get there. The blog may take a little longer, but I want to streamline it with everything else :)

I wanted to give you all a sneak peak at the new logo and color scheme! It's not finalized just yet... so we'd certainly appreciate your input and critique! Drumroll.......




TADAAAAA!!!!! I wanted something slighly more feminine (as girlie as Lyndon would let me..hehe), and he wanted something with softer colors that didn't include any variation of pink. We comprised, and I came up with this! Leave a comment to let us know what you think!




To all of the customers who entrusted your memories with us this year: Thank you!!! You have all been truly wonderful!

It was C~O~L~D! Really, really cold! To be honest, I was pretty nervous about our shoot Saturday. We had three families lined up and two had to cancel due to sickness and family reasons, so I was kinda in a negative fog to begin with. When I checked the forecast earlier in the week, the projected high was in the 50's...so, I thought no prob. We walked outside Saturday morning and it was FREEZING! When we got on location, there was still snow on the ground from earlier this week. I really thought there was no way a four year-old was going to tolerate two crazy people taking his picture for very long in that cold. I just knew we were in for it... I couldn't have been more wrong! I honestly think this was our best family shoot to date. He was SO well behaved, and great in front of the camera! too bad he's going to be in the NBA when he grows up, he'd make a great little model :) The whole family was uber-photogenic!

He's the cute little guy with his beautiful mom:


Playing football with dad, waiting to catch the ball:






Playing in what was left of the snow:




Okay, I think these next two are some of my all time favorites:




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2) I think this one will be our new main picture on the website and myspace. What'd ya think?


With Buddy and Spike ( I think?)











Such a cute lil' man!



Thanks guys for be SOOO wonderful to work with, and braving the cold for us!

Yup, we have our very first intern! Miss Kayly is SO sweet! We shot her sister's wedding this summer, and we were tickled to have her intern with us, 'cause we just love their whole family! The three of us met downtown on Halloween so that we (okay...Lyndon) could review the basics, and let her get a camera in her hands. Lyndon wanted new pics for Myspace, so he brought along his guitar and us girls followed him around like a rockstar :)

Kayly was starved, so she stopped by for a kids meal before 'class'. Her cute turtle toy:



I kept interrupting, so Lyndon banished me to the parking lot while he taught (not really):



Looks like he's explaining aperture here:



Finally, class was over and we headed to the train tracks. I liked this one because you can tell he was trying to decipher the graffiti. Too bad I cut off his arm ~sigh~



Kayly in action:


Oops, I'm sure I messed up her shot here:



I snapped this one while Kayly was grabbing a shot for our upcoming piece entitled: Track-side Dining:




She's SO cute!




Finally, we had to stop in at the bakery while we were downtown. Lyndon HAD to have a dozen Sand Dabs...they're a yummy type of cookie. I got a chocolate chess pie to eat while handing our Halloween candy at mom and dad's...then forgot I'd bought it and went off and left it in the car...lol. While we were there the bakery lady was talking about guitars with Lyndon. She was dressed up as Daisy Duck, so I couldn't resist:

Hey blogs peeps! Yes, we HAVE been MIA lately...and lazy too! We just got back from our last vacation for the year, and spent 9 looonnnggg days away from cell phones, laptops and internet! Talk about s-weet, I cooked supper last night for the first time in 13 days, I walked around the kitchen totally lost! I'm far too pooped to work on the vacation pictures just yet, but wanted to let everyone know that we were home safetly. We had a fabulous trip, met some awesome people, ate lots of yummy food, drank lots of fruity drinks, and napped every single day! Now, we have to get back to the real world (yack). I'll be all by myself most of the week while Lyndon works on his haunted house, so I'm hoping to be extra productive! I have over 100 e-mails to go through from last week, so be patient with me if you sent anything while we were gone!


Coming up this week: Anna and Allen's wedding sneak peak, our fall festival blog, vacation blog, and if I'm on a roll maybe a baby blog!

And we're off! First, we're hitting the last place Hank Williams Sr. ate while alive...maybe then to the country music museum. Then the Busch (or whatever they're calling it this week) race . And then...a day packed with people and car watching before seeing the cup race Saturday night. ~w00t~ If anyone else will be there, give us a call...we'd love to meet up. For those who prefer to watch on television, we'll see or talk to y'all next week!

Lyndon and I were absolutely honored to shoot Sky and Catie's wedding in Chapel Hill Saturday! They were fabulous!! Catie has the most infectious laugh and was SO much fun! Both families were great to work with...what more could we ask for? The ceremony took place at the community rose garden, and it was stunning! They had some of the most beautiful and unique details we'd ever seen...from pulling the flower girls down the aisle in a ribboned wagon, to having tubs of water on hand for the guest, even having a limo to keep the girls cool before the ceremony; they didn't miss a THING! The reception was spot on. Music great....lots of fun dancing...great food :)





I love this shot of the girls holding up Catie's dress while they made their way to the limo for some refreshing A/C before the ceremony:



SUPER CUTE shoes! There were little hearts on the tips too!



The guest-sign in table was stunning! They even thought to have monogrammed towels for the guest to wipe their water bottles on!



I love the smile on Catie's mother's face as she sees their first kiss as husband and wife. You could see and feel how special their relationship is!




Another kiss:



The infectious laugh (isn't she beautiful?):



Making a quiet getaway to the Hummer for a glass of champagne:


The cake, which we didn't get a chance to taste, but looked YUMMY! Catie even thought to have the top layer sugar-free for those with diabetes! So thoughtful!

Detail shots from the Weathervane. I couldn't believe the hardwork Catie's mother put into decorating..she could have a second career!


We're making steady progress through the proofs, but still have MANY more to edit! Thanks guys for such a great time!

We finally got all of Chris and Maleah's wedding images processed and posted, just in time for them to return from their honeymoon! We've almost finished the images from our last family shoot and should have previews posted soon. If you've had a session with in the last two weeks and we haven't gotten your galleries up yet, we'll be all caught up by the end of the week!

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