Seriously!!??!!!

OMG- I am being featured on www.blogsofphotogs.com!!! This is huge for lil ole me. Absolutely unfreakinbelievable!

The woman who runs the site, Mary, is a photographer herself and reviews blogs of photographers (obviously). Some of the photographers she has reviewed in the past are like HUGE. HUGE, huge. One of them- the one I am featured immediately after as a matter of fact- Jessica Claire, just won the top 10 wedding photographers in the world. Ya, the whole WORLD! All my other idols whose blogs I visit on a daily basis for inspiration, ideas, and just admiration of their work- I found their blog sites from blogsofphotogs. So to imagine that not only am I even on the blog, but on the blog with people with that level of talent…I think I can just die now. Ya think I’m a little excited?!

Here’s what Mary had to say about my blog:

This is such a fun blog, with so much to like! Perfect little break from getting things ready for the 4th of July here in beautiful Minneapolis.

Ok, first thing, and I absolutely have to say this, and I do not personally know Beth of bsquared photography, so I have no stake in saying this: Beth you are RIDICULOUSLY under priced. There are so many stellar images on this blog, and the portrait work, beach work and family sessions are so much better than SO many of the blogs I look at… I really have to just yell at you for a minute about your pricing. WAY UNDER PRICED!!!

There, that is out of the way…(and if any of you readers agree with me, please leave a comment here to prove my point…)

Ok… so, what else do I love? I love the frequent updates, the huge size of the images on the blog, (especially love that b&w image of the baby on the wooden bridge…) the band photos are great, (and if you have ever done any band photography in darkly lit clubs, you know how good these are!) and the fun, affable, cool-mom-next-door tone of her writing. There are a couple less than perfect images if you delve way back, but you can really see amazing growth, talent and beauty in her work. If she was one of the photographers I have mentored though, I’d be on her about that pricing.

-enjoy!

Mary

So how awesome is THAT!! Okay,I guess I have to work on the pricing, huh?

(Brace yourselves…here comes the "oscar speech"- feel free to skip this part) Thank you to everyone who has welcomed me into your homes and hearts and let me take photos of your families. Thank you for all of your referrals to friends and family, without which I wouldn’t have been able to grow my business as much as I have. Without you, there would be no bsquared photography (and my boys would be even more miserable cause I would only take pix of them!). Thank you to my wonderful supportive husband- for being a "single father" basically every weekend so I can keep working. And to my wonderful, photogenic, mostly patient boys who I love so much- without you guys I wouldn’t have learned how to take a good picture (or a bad one), gotten a big girl camera, and become a real life photographer. And thanks, Mom, for the wonderful comment/compliment and alllllll the babysitting! Not to mention my first big girl camera for Christmas way back, which started the whole thing.

I guess now is the time where I absolutely must get over my issue with saying "I’m a photographer".

Happy 4th everyone! The weather here is crappy and I think we’re skipping the beach which is a big bummer. Maybe I’ll bribe the boys and take them out for some pictures…