Leslie Vega Design

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I spoke last week of redoing my website and look.  I'm still not completely done with all the little tweaks, but my logo is complete!  I just want to say thank you to Leslie Vega.  I heard about Leslie through another photographer in my Flickr networking group, and her website really caught my eye. I was hesitant about hiring a designer.  I have heard so many people that are either unhappy … [Read more...]

Bluehost

Customer service is key for me.  I carefully choose businesses and service providers that make me happy.  I value it deeply and aim to pass along the same to my clients. I've had a website for about 6 or 7 years now.  By default I initially picked GoDaddy as my host.  As the years went by I heard many people complain about them, but I was satisfied and rarely ever needed interaction.  Last … [Read more...]

A new year

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My friend, photographer Emily Hall, wrote a blog post that inspired me.  All of us do our best of the year posts, which I'm guilty of as well.  Emily did something different, she wrote about all her goals of 2011 and how she accomplished them, or failed.  I was reading it on New Years Eve, mesmerized, and all I could think was "wow what guts this takes", to publicly announce all this. So … [Read more...]

Addicted to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr?

I'm giving up the addiction.  Ok, I might not really be hooked but I am realizing that I spend a lot of time on social networking sites, analyzing stats on Google Analytics, and sinking into the forums of Flickr.  As a mom and business owner, I constantly am looking for ways to have more time.  So I'm doing an experiment of sorts.  August is looking to be my busiest month ever since I started … [Read more...]

Green Photography Business

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My hubby teases me and calls me crunchy. I am a breastfeeding, babywearing, attachment parenting mom that believes in saving our environment and animal rights. I love the outdoors, hiking, camping, and especially the beach. I just know so many people who are so much more involved in living healthy, organic eating, and just overall in doing everything green they can, and I feel like I am only … [Read more...]