Katie Jane Parker Photography's New Logo! || Manhattan Photographer

I am so very excited to announce that I have a new logo! The very talented Courtney of Seamless Creative designed a beautiful logo for me, and I couldn't be happier. Courtney was very thorough and really made me think about my identity as a business. She presented several amazing designs, and I decided to go with something very simple and modern. I love it. Now begins the process of ordering new packaging and adding my logo to my blog and website.

Ta-da:

An Announcement & Reminder || Upper West Side Photographer

First of all, I hope you are all having a wonderful week! I have been busy busy busy since I returned from my vacation, trying to catch up on everything I missed while I was away.

One of the projects I've been working on since my return is my long neglected Etsy shop. I have added several prints at new affordable prices, and I am so excited to debut them on here. Please take a moment, if you can, to take a look at some of the fine art prints I am now offering: Katie Jane Parker Photography on Etsy.

I also wanted to remind everyone about my Spring Mini-Session Event. The response has been so wonderful, so thank you to everyone who has already signed up! If you haven't yet, there are still a few spots left. Please email me for details at Katie[at]KatieJaneParker.com

Have a wonderful weekend, and I'll be back next week with a few exciting changes to announce!

Help Haiti Rise

I was catching up on all the blog posts I missed while I was on vacation, and found this via Design Crush. If you're still looking for a way to help earthquake victims in Haiti, here's a fabulous one. Fretto Prints will be donating 100% of the profits from their Help Haiti Rise t-shirt to Partners in Health, an organization that seems to be doing a lot of good on the ground in Haiti. It's a wonderful way to give back.

Sleepwalking || NYC Portrait Photographer

Today I was walking through the city. It was warm for January (55 or so) and gray and spring-like. Once the rain stopped, it was basically perfect, and I found myself wanting to skip down the street and savor every moment of this perfect day, because of course it will be frigid and snowing again before you can blink an eye. I was so high off the weather that I didn't even get annoyed by the pushy crowds in Whole Foods or the piles of work I am trying to catch up on after my very long vacation.

I think I have been sleepwalking through the past six months or so. These things happen from time to time, I suppose. You get busy with life and work and everything else that you just let life pass you by; you go through the motions without thinking... without stopping to smell the flowers. It happens easier than you'd think; you forget to be present in your own life. Today I felt like I was waking up from a long nap.

There isn't a whole lot I can do about the past few months, except learn from them. They haven't been bad - and infact, work-wise they've been wonderful - but I haven't been present in them. I was going, going, going and not really thinking, and suddenly it's the end of January and oh my gosh... wasn't it just September a minute ago?

While I don't really make too many resolutions - and yes, I know, I'm three and a half weeks late - I would like to try and be more present in 2010. To not let myself get so caught up in everything else that I suddenly wake up and holy cow... it's 2012. I slipped into that sleepwalking state so easily, I'm certain it could happen again if I let it. I have to remind myself to stop and listen and think and savor. Savor spring-like days in January; the extra few minutes of daylight each day; dinnertime chats with John. All of it. It moves so fast.

I'm Baaaack! || Manhattan Engagement Photography

I had a post all written and ready to go letting you know I'd be away for two weeks, but in the chaos of preparing to leave for that amount of time, it just somehow didn't work out. I didn't abandon the blog, I was just in the Caribbean... on a much needed vacation. I have returned sunburned and ready to handle the next three months of cold weather. I probably would have gone a little stir-crazy had I not been able to escape for a little bit, but I'm back and regularly scheduled blogging shall now resume.

Here are my two favorite photographs from my trip. The first image was taken in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the second in Antigua.