We hope this year will be a great year for you and your family.  Perservere in your efforts and great rewards will be reaped.  Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you will land among the stars!  We look forward to looking after all your photographic needs in 2010.

The team at Louise Diesel Photography

MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Team at Louise Diesel Photography!!  We wish you and your family a happy festive season and a prosperous new year!

It is scary to pick out your life plan. Trying to plan out fifty years or so of your life is so overwhelming. Honestly, almost no one knows what they will be doing fifty years from now or stick to their plans. A career aptitude test may tell some one who grows up to be a wedding photographer style that they were meant to be a lawyer. That wedding photographer may have even pursued the field of law at some point. It just goes to show that no one can be absolutely sure of where they are going. There are a lot if changes between college and high school. That is the time where there is the most pressure to make decisions about their lives and future. Whats funny is that during such a time of uncertainty, they have to be the most certain. It is completely normal to want to change your major while in college. Some people frown upon entering college with an undecided major, but in reality it can be one of the best choices to make.
Taking a year off is never a bad idea either. Going to college for four years and then taking a year off prior to grad school or starting a career. It will give you time to discover yourself and things you like to do. Perhaps it gives you a chance to travel and decide where you want to spend the next couple years. Parents or adults may not understand at first, they may tell you that you should start right away and get a head start. They are just misinterpreting the reason for taking a year off. Taking time before moving on with your life puts you ahead of other people because you can be confident in yourself and decision.
The most important thing when it comes to a career and rest of your life is being happy. Money and success can’t be the only thing that motivate you. Even though most people chase after those things, they are empty if you are unhappy. You won’t be able to fully enjoy life if you are working a job that makes you miserable. You don’t want to have to regret any decisions you make.
You can’t rush into choosing a career or life plan. It is a big decision to make, one that most people are never totally finished making. Life changes unannounced all the time. You may never know for sure where you are going to be next. You just have to live your life to the fullest and do what’s best for you. Careers are about more than just money, it is about self fulfillment. It is your career, no one elses.

Weddings are fun and exciting. But they can also turn into a task which brings with it related tensions and schedules to be met. A wedding hassle you to plan things beforehand in quite detail as it involves too many items to furnish for. Included in this list are the wedding dresses and dresses for bridesmaid.

A bridesmaid might not be the centre of fascination as the bride but is surely someone who everyone looks at during the wedding. This makes it all the eminent that the bridesmaid is attired in a dress which is pleasant and graceful. It is observed that in most cases the brides splurge on their wedding dresses and at the end have to pick up something cheap and from the rack to cater for the brides dresses. This might not be a good idea.

The bride should think about the person who is going to be your bridesmaid and whether this bridesmaid dress would suit her and if she would be comfortable wearing the same. For lots of ideas pertaining to bridesmaid dresses you could start on to peruse bride magazines and online catalogs for beautiful as well as feasible ideas. This will introduce to you several varieties of bridesmaid dresses which are in vogue and you could select from.

You can mix and match the dresses for your bridesmaid, and by no means have to be restricted by the number of bridesmaids you will have. You can have ten bridesmaids and they can all be wearing bridesmaid dresses that are unique from one another, and at the same time have a coordinating color theme and style to go along with each other. The internet allows you to view various styles, fabrics, and color combination’s online for your bridesmaid dresses and you can then proceed and make your selections.

Once you are done with your collection of bridesmaid dresses ensure that your bridesmaids do try the dresses on and see that they suit and whether they are comfortable wearing them or not. You would want your bridesmaids to be happy and comfortable in their bridesmaid dresses and not wear it just because it is your wedding and the bridesmaid dresses are of your choice. It would also be a good idea if you could engage your friends in the procedure of selecting their bridesmaid dresses. This will not only give them with a logic of involvement in your wedding but at the same time you too would come to know of their tastes and choices concerning bridesmaid dresses.

I know it’s still kind of early to buy babies cribs with all those months still ahead of me. But then again, who can stop an excited mom to be? So, I’m using my time in looking about for the perfect one.
And since it is my first time to buy babies cribs, I kind of learnt a thing or 2 that I’m planning on sharing with you, fellows. These may just be two purchasing I do believe that it’s going to be helpful for everyone.

Safety Standards

Isn’t it nice that the government have just set safety guidelines in shopping for babies cribs? With this available, we can easily pick from the loads of designs and styles available in stores. Your local baby store could fill you in with this, though.

Style and Design

Personally, I liked an antique crib I saw in a shop a fortnight back. weeks ago. It just looked so vintage, my old soul shook in excitement. It did not meet the safety standards, though , failing by having headboard and footboard design cutouts. I failed to get it, naturally, that’s why I’m still on the search for that pretty crib. And you should, too. Our babies’ safety should always come first, right?
Rumor is that with the new safety standards on the way, manufacturers may not be making any brand new drop-side cribs. So don’t go rushing out to buy those drop-side cribs you have been eyeing before they get pulled out yet. Sticking with the drop-gate cribs or those with folding sides will be the best bet for everyone.

Where to Buy?

I know some might be really busy to seek for babies cribs. But with our modern technology, it’s not that hard to buy may you be in any part of the globe. There are a massive number of baby superstores with a wide selection of decisions. Or you may purchase online, just pay more attention to the details and specifics if they match the safety standards.

Photographs serve as our windows back to memory lane. They will allow us to look back at old and important moments through the years. Therefore, it is important to select innovative event photographer who can make a moment last a lifetime.

One of the events that require professionalism in handling cameras is your wedding. Matrimony is an important event in your life that entails great preparation. This is your first day as a wife or husband to your spous. Weddings are also an event where a reunion, which seldom happens, actually happens especially with relatives and close friends from way back. Photographs expertly taken by a San Antonio wedding photographer will be essential to capture your moments as a newly wed couple and with your dear friends and family. Only the expertise of a photographer in such a field will be able to present pictures worth looking back in time.

Choosing the perfect photographer who shall cover your wedding is one of the essential requisites in staging an ideal wedding. Turning to the Internet as your main source in finding your perfect photographer is a good idea. It comprises archives of several photographers. However, you could trim down your search into certain wedding photographers if you want to avoid trouble. Wedding photographers are famous for their extraordinary talent in handling cameras and taking the best pictures.

Once you already have a list of certain wedding photographers, you may opt to personally visit them. Before the meeting, prepare a list of the questions you would want to ask the photographers. In your meeting, you could also discuss the standards you have and the results you want.

The performance of a photographer is best seen in his breadth of ideas and viewpoints. The best photographers also have the most creative and fun photos. Know whether your prospect photographer could provide such quality pictures. Knowing the personality of the photographer is also essential because it could give you the idea on what kinds of pictures he could produce.

It is advised that you choose the photographer that has a similar personality to you. There is a greater probability that you would like the quality of the pictures he could give if both of your personalities are alike. Make sure to also take a peek to one of his portfolios. It is also vital that you see a sample of a complete wedding coverage in its correct sequence to be ensured that you are not only seeing the best of his works which you usually may see in a portfolio. Examine them closely and try to see yourself in that picture. If you can’t imagine yourself in the picture then maybe the photographer is not the one for you. You could also ask opinions from your prospect photographer’s clients and ask about the quality of the photographs. It is essential to know whether they were pleased with his performance or not, or if he was able to meet their expectations or not.

Once you made up your mind, schedule the date. Putting your wedding coverage at the hands of a photographer will put your mind at ease.

“The decision to have a baby is a momentous one, it is to decide to have your heart walk around outside your body for the rest of your life” – Unknown    There isn’t enough words to describe the love mother’s feel for their children, I found this beautiful poem about pregnancy: ”

I Am Not Alone
Running errands and talking on the phone,
I am pleasantly reminded that I am not alone.
Little tiny hands a precious rounded knee
pushing and twisting that no one can see.
Oh sweet child kicking up your heels,
it is our little secret that only I can feel.
I look forward to your birth,
when I can kiss your skin,
but for now I will just smile,
As I feel you play within. ”
Author Unknown

“Who will you look like,
How will you be?
Will you look like Daddy or me?
Ten little fingers and ten little toes,
A wrinkled up forehead and a cute button nose.
You will be crying with that first cold touch,
And so will I because I love you so much. ”
Wendy Dahlke

“Before you were conceived I wanted you
Before you were born I loved you
Before you were here an hour I would die for you
This is the miracle of Mother’s Love.”
Maureen Hawkins

“There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat can’t get it.”
Irena Chalmers

“Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws, I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby, and I can go out” – Matthew Broderick     “A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years, and in your heart ’til the day you die.” -UnknownBeing pregnant is a very special time in every woman’s life.  That is one of the reasons why we recommend a maternity photoshoot as the ideal babya shower gift.  It is unique and different and will be treasured for years to come.  Let’s face it ten years along the line you can’t remember what your tummy looked like?  We as professional maternity photographers will ensure that you look exuisitely beautiful and glamorous in these maternity photographs and that you will want to share them with the world!!

• “A baby is a blank check made payable to the human race” – Barbara Christine Seifert
• “Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last “- Charles Dickens
• “People who say they sleep like babies, usually don’t have them” – Leo J. Burke
• “Parenthood, the state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage” – Marcelene Cox
• “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance” – Franklin P. Jones
• “Human beings are the only creatures on Earth that allow their children to come back home” – Bill Cosby
• “There are only two things a child will share willingly – communicable diseases and his mother’s age” – Dr. Benjamin Spock
• “It sometimes happens, even in the best of families, that a baby is born. This is not necessarily cause for alarm. The important thing is to keep your wits about you and borrow some money” – Elinor Goulding Smith
• “A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be” – Anon
• “Diaper backwards spells repaid. Think about it” – Marshall McLuhan
• “The hardest job facing kids today is learning good manners without seeing any” – Fred Astaire
• “Small children disturb your sleep. Big children disturb your life” – Yiddish proverb

Keep smiling!!

Riani