Tidbit Tuesday #5

I know.. I lied. About having another shoot posted this past week. But guess what?! It’s ready and waiting to grace your eyes either tomorrow or Thursday. :)

So! Dylan just couldn’t wait to give me my Christmas present this year. (My little bits of enticing here and there may have helped…) I’m now a proud new owner of an iPod Touch with a splendid purple case. I bet you’re all like “Um, Alyse, it’s just an iPod, helloooo!!” Well guess who’s survived without an iPod her entire life long? This girl. Some of my apps so far: TheKnot’s Wedding911 (Hoping I don’t need it too much!); WhiteNoise (I fell asleep to the sound of fake waves crashing along the fake shore last night.); De-stress (Shows you a pretty, relaxing slideshow of images while instructing you in different breathing exercises – pretty sure it was made with me in mind!); and Sudoku babyyy!!

I’ve decided that if I had to live solely on Clif Bars alone, I could do it. Crunchy Peanut Butter kind. Mmhmm. Oh, milk too, or it’s a deal-breaker.

I’m just realizing my tendency to break out into gangsta’ speak. It’s kinda embarrassing, yo.

Christmas. is. SOON. And it’s a problem. I have yet to find gifts for Dylan, my dad, and my best friend. What to do!!

The countdown to my birthday (January 30) usually starts on January 31. So imagine how long I’ve been waiting to say this: My birthday is now 46 days away! :) I will be 22 (which seems like sort of a lame age). BUT, it will be the year I graduate from SU, get me a husband, and move out and to some yet-to-be-determined location. 22 is a BIG year.

Speaking of my birfday, this sweet new book is on my wishlist! Dane Sanders’ Fast Track Photographer: The Definitive New Approach to Successful Wedding Photography. Ya’ll should check it out if you’re interested. Pumped to read it! Anybody wanna help me read it?? ;)

Finals are this week. I’ve got one for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. But then, I’m home-free! I’m counting down the hours until I have this semester behind me, with just one more left to go! Seriously, when did this happen? When did life start moving so fast?!

Ya know what I love more than life? Discovering new photographers. Not “new” per say, but “new” to me. I keep Google Reader tabs on over 50 photogs daily. But you know what I’m realizing? The majority of them are from the west coast. So listen: If you’re an east coast wedding/portrait photog, hollaa!! I’d LOVE to connect with you! :)

This one is for all you photog and business guru’s out there – define: Brand. As I’ve been developing my business over the past 6 months especially, I’ve been bombarded with lists and lists of super effective business techniques, SEO tips, and so on and so forth in order to establish my brand. But Seth Godin’s blog hits the nail right on the head. A brand is not a logo. It’s not a name. It’s not even your photography. It’s what your customers feel and think about you. And it’s what sets you apart. Very interesting read!

Okay, so do you ever have those times when, say, someone sneezes? And the obvious polite thing to do is to say “God bless you.” So you try to say it and nothing comes out. And then you just feel like a big, rude dummy who whispers to herself? Yeah, I’m pretty sure that kind of thing just happens to me, come to think of it.

Well, I do believe it’s time to get down to some nitty-gritty ceremony planning now, as well as some studying for finals, and some editing of our most recent shoot this past weekend. I’ll see ya’ll later on this week for Christina’s debut on the bloggity! Until then…

Happy Tuesday!!