Christine ™ aka Big Pink Cookie To Make a Short Story Long…

Tweets for 2009-06-11…

• New post announcing my eco-friendly album lineup! SO EXCITED!!! http://bit.ly/5ppIf #
• Toe update because I know you care: it still hurts. 8 hours later. Flexing my foot & curling the toes down=pain. Slightly bruised & swollen. #
• Did you know that @squarespace is giving away 30 iPhones? Seriously! How sweet is that? #squarespace #
• If you already have an iPhone, they will give you an Apple gift card for $199, so you can use it for anything Apple. Awesome! #squarespace #
• Toe update: Still hurts. More range of motion without pain, but if it continues I’ll be at the doctor tomorrow. 4 day wedding this weekend. #
• Fabulous meeting with Janet & Kelli! I can’t wait for their wedding on June 20th! Over a year since we first met - it is finally here! Yay! #
• I think EVERYONE in the wedding industry - or self-employed at all - should read this: We Made You - http://shar.es/f8hF #
• Yesterday on FTP Coaching w/ @danesanders we talked community. This post by @davidredding ties in to what we said. Sweet! http://is.gd/Yyok #

Tweets for 2009-06-10…

• I love it when a company truly listens to their users and makes changes based on feedback. @ShootQ is the BOMB!!! #
• New to ShootQ? They are doing Setup Webinars DAILY this week! Check their forums for times. Another one today at 4pm EST. #
• Just realized that there are under 2 hours left before I do the *LIVE* broadcast Fast Track Coaching call with @danesanders. Eeeeee!!! #
• Who wants to listen in on today’s Fast Track Coaching??? Send me a DM or an @ message and I’ll DM you the URL & code! #
• Fast Track Coaching - http://bit.ly/xFAqI
  access code is dane. Live NOW, and recorded for later too. Enjoy! #
• The link & code for the Fast Track Coaching is in my last post - still valid for whenever you want to listen! Thanks again, @danesanders! #
• And for those of you listening in on the Coaching call - THANK YOU!!! You’re the best! *mwauh!* #
• I owe my “We all rise with the tide” sentiment to @garrettnudd, @reginaholder, @genehiga, and everyone else at Elevate 2 in 2007!!! #
• Seriously stubbed my toe while on the FTP Coaching call earlier. Still throbbing over an hour later. That probably isn’t good, is it? Ugh. #
• 25 minutes to go, I need to get a blog post out for today, and I’m having overload. Can’t pick a topic! Eep! #

Tweets for 2009-06-09…

• Was freaking myself out over my to do items, but I’ve backed up, made a list and schedule, and now feel ready to tackle it! Diving on! #
• Oops. I really hate it when I forget to turn off Twitter notification for blog posts. But you know you *really* want the boudoir specials! #

Tweets for 2009-06-08…

• Trying to decide if I can knit a short sleeve sweater by June 21. I think I can do it, but need to pick a pattern! Hard choosing between 4! #
• Set up a Gmail account attached to my main work email address. Now my calendar notifications go there, and not my work email. Google FAIL. #

Tweets for 2009-06-07…

• Two Farmers Markets later, lots of produce for us! Quick lunch in downtown, now off to the studio for a bit! Want to come by & visit? #
• Whoo hoo!!! My interview with the amazing @rondawson on @fstopbeyond is LIVE! http://fstopbeyond.tv/?p=603 Check it out! #
• I missed my daily blog post yesterday because I fell asleep before 11pm. Oops. But I made up for it and posted today! Maybe two tomorrow! #
• There is exactly 1 email in my Inbox to answer. I’ve never seen it so empty. I hope I can keep up with this - I love the clean feeling! #
• At @CarolineCo to celebrate the 1 year anniversary! Congratulations to @organ_printer, @kned and everyone who made it possible! #

Tweets for 2009-06-06…

• Excellent FastTrackPhotographer Houston Workshop reunion tonight. Hopefully we can work towards our goals together! Thanks everyone! #
• Fabulous, awesome, FUN e-session with Kat & Ryan today!!! Four wheelers, nature, and time in Tomball! Can’t wait to proof the photos! #
• According to Alexa, 13.8% of my blog’s traffic is from New Zealand, while 2.9% is “Other” (the rest is US) - New Zealand? Huh? Why so high? #
• OH: It got dark outside. Oh, I guess that is what happens when the sun sets… #
• What I need to do tonight and what I want to do tonight are not one and the same. I *want* to edit two boudoir sessions and TODAY’S shoot!!! #
• I also want to edit @saroy’s wedding. But alas, I *need* to do other things. Pouting. Editing would be a lot more fun. #
• This wedding by @kristelwyman? STUNNING. Oh my goodness. I’m blown away. http://www.kristelwyman.com/blog/?p=2672 #

I’m Famous on the Internet…

I’ve joked about being famous on the Internet for years now, and I’ve known many internet celebrities over time thanks to blogging. But when I took up photography full time, I thought I was leaving my “geek life” behind. It made me sort of sad.

Then, as time went on, my internet geek life and my photographer life started to overlap again. Only logical - there are some things that are so much a part of you you just can’t give them up. I started blogging on PhotoLoveCat last fall, which was a HUGE honor for me. I love giving back to the community what I can, and it was a blast getting to have my geek life (Twitter, blogging, facebook, etc.) to be a part of my photography life.

I was still caught off guard when Ron Dawson asked me to be on his podcast, F-Stop Beyond. I’ve listened to the show for ages, but honestly never expected to be a guest. I’ve had a podcast before, but I was still super nervous when we started the show - not because of the podcast, but dude! It is Ron Dawson! zOMG! (Yeah, I know. You’re rolling your eyes at me right now. Laugh. It is ok.)

As of today, you can now hear me talk about how I feel about things like Web 2.0 and how it all relates to photography. The world? It is changing. I’m looking forward to the ride! Listen to the show here, or subscribe to it in iTunes. And try not to mock me too much for my secret about Star Wars, ok?

Tweets for 2009-06-05…

• I did write a blog post yesterday! PhotoLoveCat time! http://tinyurl.com/pricematters or http://photolovecat.com #
• RT @shutterblog http://is.gd/O59C - great rant (language warning) about pros undercut by people doing it for free. Need a moment. #
• RT @TheFuzzball Hey @southwestair! What can I do to get you to comp a one-way change of ticket for me? Blog? Twitter? Name your price! #
• http://twitpic.com/6mkv2 -Please support your local growers buy Always Get Texas Blueberries now - HEB, Kroger, and Randalls. RT @beingkatie #

Tweets for 2009-06-04…

• Fantastic meeting last night with @cybertoad and @clickwindrepeat and Farhana! So excited about our upcoming Indian wedding-4 days of COLOR! #
• Bonus? Going to Onion Creek with @cybertoad for dinner afterwards and running into (and joining) @nadnuk, @TheHZA and @Fayza! #
• Don’t you hate it when you try to get a speck off a photo while proofing and you realize when it won’t go away that it on your monitor? #
• Sweet surprise to discover @thesmartplanner talked about my site today! Great post - Is a Blog-Site Right For You? http://tinyurl.com/r8femm #
• RT a DM from @bmbosse, my studio asst: “I’m ruined. I can’t shoot on auto anymore. Have to jack with ISO,Wt Bal,& Exp. Thanks.” Bwahaha!!! #
• Yesterday I won kolaches from @KolacheFactory. Today I won a $25 iTunes gift card from http://www.nathanwalker.ca/blog/ - SWEET! #

Tweets for 2009-06-03…

• It is @ShootQ webinar time! Lunch with Mark - my favorite thing to do on a Tuesday. Do you Q? Are you on the webinar? Come learn! #
• Have a business site? Put where you are located in an easy to find place. Annoying having to hunt for TX business, finding same name in IN. #
• Photos from Sarah (@saroy) & Jose’s Engagement Session at the Pearland Airport - online! http://tinyurl.com/sarah-jose-esession #

Tweets for 2009-06-02…

• Attn Houston Photographers! @Houstonist’s 2nd Biennial Photo Show ‘600 sq mi: Hidden’ announced! http://good.ly/h2hv4b (via @cybertoad) #
• Getting a pedicure with @kellyniemann and @bmbosse - girls day out for Kelly’s first day as full time photographer! Celebrating! #
• The photo of Gwen Stefani that @mcaphoto got last night is SWEET, but is Gwen throwing a gang sign there? http://www.mcaphoto.com Heehee! #
• RT @msnbc: Galveston still hurting from hurricane’s beating http://bit.ly/c67g0 (via @marenwhy) So sad to see the city & island suffering. #
• Made a pack with @lauraburlton to blog daily for the month of June, so I had better get busy and start writing today’s post! #
• Pandora just got even more excellent - I discovered PandoraBoy, a stand-alone app! http://code.google.com/p/pandoraboy/ #
• For those of you following along at home, Charlotte is @emmiegrn’s delightful sweet baby. See her at http://christinetremoulet.com #

Sweet Baby Charlotte…

It is such a blessing to be able to capture chapters of people’s lives for them. It is even more of a blessing when one of those people is a dear, dear friend as well.

Charlotte was born to Emily & Michael at the end of April. When she was 8 days old, I went over to their house - in the midst of all the sw*ne flu hype, house sessions made even more sense, but I always like to photograph newborns at home so that it is easier on mom & dad. That way we can be comfy, take our time, and just enjoy the whole process. If they need to stop to nurse or whatever, it is easy.

I posted a lot more photos over on my other blog but I wanted to share these special ones here because they aren’t just about Charlotte. They are about Emily too, and the bond they will always share.

It was a good day, and I am very humbly blessed to have been a part of this time in their lives. Thank you, Emily & Michael, and especially Charlotte for being a fabulous model!

I think the one below is my favorite from the day. Something about how safe & secure Charlotte looks there. Blissfully at peace.

June Daily!

My friend Laura has recently challenged herself to blog daily, so I decided to join her on it - my challenge for the month of June is to blog once a day. Now that it is June 1st, I’m trying to work out if it will be once a day at the wedding & boudoir photography blog, or once a day at WhollyMatrimony! and here as well.

Hmmm…

I used to write 4-5 blog posts a day, so I think I could do it. Matter of fact, the photo blog posts are the most time consuming, because I have to choose photos to put up on the site.

Today was Kelly’s first full time day of self-employment, so we agreed while at the Fast Track Photographer workshop that we would celebrate today - we went for brunch with Brittany and Kelly’s sister Kristan, and then afterwards we dropped Kristan off at home and went to Tomball to get a pedicure. We ended up making a trip through Hobby Lobby as well, since it was right there and I needed some crafty things for my new marketing materials I’m creating.

Of course, playing part of the day away was great — but now I’m going to be editing things tonight! And writing blog posts too, it seems. What did I get myself into?

Keep me in line by inspiring me with comments! Who knows, maybe this will be the kick in the pants that BigPinkCookie needs to come back to life? That would be excellent!

Tweets for 2009-05-31…

• Off to the Houston Museum of Nat. Science for a special Flickr tour of Terra Cotta Warriors with permission to take photos! So excited! #
• Terra Cotta Warriors seriously cool. Now @coffeegroundz plotting our next adventure. Maybe @discoverygreen for the Farmer’s Market? #
• SERIOUSLY. Why did I wait until now to set up a Pandora account? It is so awesome! http://pandora.com - used on iPhone today too! #
• 5D mark II $2500 from Best Buy!!! @sarahlane you should go for it. http://bit.ly/etCpF (via @lanbui) #
• As much as I love what I do, it was nice spending a weekend with Jason & Mike. I need more time like that. #

Tweets for 2009-05-30…

• Prepping for our very first Premiere Party for our wedding clients - their first viewing of their images at the studio on the big screen! #
• Premiere Party with Elizabeth & Michael was fabulous! So much fun to see their friends & family react as they watched the slideshow! #

Tweets for 2009-05-30…

• Flight booked so I can head to ATL in June to see @andrewniesen, @rachellacour, @ShootQ, @reginaholder, @DonnaVB and many others! Whee! #
• Happy Anniversary @coffeemike! Wow, has it really been 5 years? You are THE BEST! I love you! Mwah! #

Tweets for 2009-05-29…

• Trying to convince @bmbosse that we should go to Austin to see @yarnharlot tonight. She’s not going for it, and I have to work. Bummer! #
• http://is.gd/I79h — “Show us how you made it so we can do it on our own in-house from now on.” — Brilliant video! (via @shutterblog) #
• “Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another, “What! You too? I thought I was the only one!” - C.S. Lewis #

Tweets for 2009-05-28…

• Heading to the studio for a Boudoir session, then an afternoon of meetings, proofing and albums ahead! Should I bring lunch with me? #
• Hanging out at the fabulous casa of the wonderful @paperdollsphoto playing in @ShootQ. Tweaking contracts, booking clients! Whee! #
• I love sharing the joy of @ShootQ with people. @paperdollshouston just ran through her house to get her husband to share the awesomeness. #

Tweets for 2009-05-27…

• So in love with the boudoir session I put up in the gallery last night, can’t wait to blog it! I’ve got a boudoir shoot today first though! #
• RT @kevinkubota Win a Tamrac bag! Re-Tweet this by 12a 2nite & U r entered 2 win! I’ll annce 2morrow. Ths bag: http://tinyurl.com/q9qupg #

Tweets for 2009-05-26…

• RT @jeffholt A huge thank you to the men & women who have served and lost their lives fighting for our freedom! Thank you vets! #
• I am a little addicted to shopping for furniture on Craigslist. Some days, I just find myself searching for mid-century modern stuff there. #