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Wow! This was a wild session. Their mom and I got our workout in on this one. Thanks for all of your help Trisha, we got several cute ones!

There is a new look for J. Carmon Photography. As many of you have already noticed, at the top of my blog is my new logo. I love it! If anyone is looking for a graphic designer, contact me, I have somebody great to recommend to you. Soon, all of my packaging and mailers will all be consistent throughout. Here is a look at my new business cards.

Just wanted to give you a quick sneak peak Laura. Many more to come.

On a website that I frequent, they are offering a chance for one photographer to win a spot to a well know photographers seminar.

The rules were: Curl the hair of a young girl between the ages of 5 and 8 years-old and make those lips RED. Yes, the signature Skye Hardwick red lips. The young girl MUST have a small black beauty mark by her lips so that I am assured you just shot the photograph!

It is a little weird seeing such a small girl with bright red lips!

This is the one I am going to enter.

I also liked these two.

So, I have started the program Couch to 5k again. I tried it the first time over a year ago and ran my first race within 2 and a half months of starting this running routine. For anyone who has wanted to start running but has not known where to begin, this is a great program. I am now starting week three and will run my first race in June. I am REALLY slow after just having a baby but hopefully times will improve as I continue. I challenge anyone who is not running and wanting to, start this program, it is so DO ABLE!

This morning on the Today show they ran a segment on the organization in which I volunteer for. Please click the link above to watch. Make sure you have some tissue handy!

Pregnancy and birth are miraculous journeys. This amazing time of life is full of mystery, anticipation, joy, hope, and wonder. Feeling the powerful energy of birth and new life, watching as a new family is born unto each other. These things humble and amaze. These are the things that we celebrate when a baby is born.

But there is another aspect of pregnancy and birth. There is an unexpected place in this journey where some families may find themselves. When a baby dies, a world is turned upside down. There is confusion, sadness, fear, and uncertainty that cannot be explained. There is sorrow where there should have been joy. During this time, it might be impossible for families to know what they might need in order to heal in the future.

This is the place where the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation gently provides a helping hand and a healing heart. For families overcome by grief and pain, the idea of photographing their baby may not immediately occur to them. Offering gentle and beautiful photography services in a compassionate and sensitive manner is the heart of this organization. The soft, gentle heirloom photographs of these beautiful babies are an important part of the healing process. They allow families to honor and cherish their babies, and share the spirits of their lives.

The Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation (NILMDTS) administers a network of nearly 3,000 volunteer professional photographers in the United States and eight International countries. At a family’s request, a NILMDTS Affiliated Photographer will come to your hospital or hospice location and conduct a sensitive and private portrait session. The portraits are then professionally retouched and presented to the families on an archival DVD or CD that can be used to print portraits of their cherished baby.