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Local Photographer Participates in National Model Search

Lebanon, TN—January 1, 2009 – Local photographer, Amy Rich Photography, is participating in the National Charity Model Search to select “America’s Cutest Kid” and to raise funds for charity.
Participating photographers will submit portraits of local children, ages 18 months to 14 years, for online voting to determine the city finalist. The child voted city finalist may elect to serve as a model during the 2009 Sandy Puc Tots 2 Teens Seminar Tour at a city near their home.

City finalists are determined by online votes. Anyone may vote. Each vote is $1, and all proceeds from each vote benefit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS.org). Photography and modeling industry experts will determine the contest’s national winner. The national model winner receives many prizes, including a $5,000 US Savings Bond and a Canon PowerShot G10 digital camera.

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTD), is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization committed to assisting parents and families going through the difficult time when they experience an early infant loss. NILMDTS connects families with photographers and provides them with a DVD and a reproducible CD of the images of their baby at no cost to the family. For further information on NILMDTS, visit their website at www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org.

Sandy Puc, Model Search organizer, has long believed charitable work is the backbone of the community. She created this contest to highlight excellence in the portrait photography industry as well as raise funds for NILMDTS, and organization she co-founded in 2005.

Parents who want to enter their children in the contest may do so by calling Amy Rich Photography at 615-335-5529.

Amy Rich has been a professional photographer practicing in the Lebanon area since 2007. She has quickly become Wilson County’s Premiere Photographic Artist Specializing in Children's Portraiture.

Introducing a National Charity Model Search!

New Year's Resolutions and Goals

Well, it is finally all over! Christmas was an absolute whirlwind this year. My many thanks to all my customers for their business this past year. My business has grown beyond my wildest expectations and I have all of you to thank!

So on to the New Year...My mother says that New Years Day is her favorite day of the year because everything is bright, sparkly, new and full of promise. That is certainly the way that I am feeling this year! As some of you know I went through what I call "the dark days" with one of my sons this past year and I have to confess at some points I did not think our family would survive intact. We did, all seems well and I believe we are all stronger for the experience. I just had to keep reminding myself how incredibly lucky we were in many ways and I think this attitude kept me from drowning. This year bodes well with him and the other children and I am greatly blessed. Just a sidenote to other teen moms - Keep the faith. This too shall pass...

The New Year looks bright for my business as well! I have many new goals. I plan to get organized (not an easy task for me as my friends can attest), CLEAN THE STUDIO, promote my business, update my website, write on my blog at least once a week, get started on getting my certification with Professional Photographers of America, continue educating myself in photography and photoshop and basically bring this studio up to be bigger and better. I bought several new props for the new year and have alot of ideas so I cannot wait to get started.
Here are a few detailed goals:
1) Double my sessions from last year
2) Two Year Plan - Certification from PPA
3) Devote 3-4 hours every week to education
4) Continue my charity work with NILMDTS
5) Implement several systems into my studio for a better workflow and organization
6) Market and Promote my Business

I hope all of you had a great Holiday and New Year. May the upcoming year shower you with blessings and may you appreciate each and every one of them.

I am posting a few of photos from the past year. I hope you love them as much as I do!

WHEW!

It is almost Christmas! Can you believe it? The older I get the faster it seems to come. When I am sixty I probably will be made dizzy by the time zipping around so quickly!
Many of you have asked about my Christmas Card session. Believe it or not, for the first year EVER in the history of the Rich Family Christmas Card Festival of Tears, NOT A SINGLE PERSON CRIED! Believe me, I am as shocked as you are. They even suffered through having photos made with my mom! I cannot show you the photos yet as they will be on my Christmas Cards so they have to remain a secret until all of those go out. That is what I HAVE to work on tomorrow. I am including one of the photos from that day.
For those of you wondering, it is NOT too late to have photos made for Christmas. We are rapidly running out of time though. I can even still do Christmas Card photos for you! I no longer have time for my custom designed Christmas Cards but I can still do the flat ones from a template.
Hope all of you are doing well and have completed your shopping. That way maybe it will not be so crowded when I finally get out to start mine! LOL
amy

Tis the Season!

Can you believe it?? The holidays are upon us and I am not ready! Of course there is NOTHING unusual about that..lol! I could have sworn that we just did all this about a month ago. But the air is getting colder, the nights are getting longer and my kids are starting to prepare their lists. The older they get the more expensive they are. I remember when they were little and I could get them a whole room of junk for $50. Now the items that cost $50 will fit in their pockets and often cost much more.

Don't forget when preparing your very own lists that photos are a great gift and my new "Wear Your Love" jewelry line is the BOMB!! You can view the catalog in the photo jewelry section of my website: www.AmyRichPhotography.com. What do you get that always hard to please mother-in-law? How about a necklace or bracelet of your little darling(s) or a nice photo to put up in her house? She may even forget that you are not good enough for her son...lol..

Speaking of photos, I have had some darlings in the studio lately! I am including a few photos.

By the way, I will be having a contest the first week of December. Be sure and be watching out for that!

Oh yes, if you hear any sirens today, don't panic! This is the day I will be taking our annual Christmas Card photos. They will probably have to call out the swat team. Every year I torture my children and make them suffer through the session. I am keeping my fingers crossed that this will be the first year we can get them done without all of us crying!

Hope your Sunday is relaxing! Keep your fingers crossed for me!
amy

Where did my photos go?

Hmmmm....here goes again....

October

October is my probably my favorite month. I love how the leaves start changing and it gets a little cooler. Everything seems so crisp and poised on the edge of change. It brings back memories of leaf piles and hotdog roasts, hayrides and football time in Tennessee. I love it!
Thanks to all of you who came to visit me at my booth at Oktoberfest at the Wilson Bank in Lebanon. I think that thing gets bigger every year. It was great seeing all of you. I cannot believe how much your children are growing! I will be at Rutland Elementary School on November 1st for the Rocketfest. I would love to see all of you so come on by if you are out that way.
October has been a very busy month! I have been photographing like crazy and loving every minute of it. I am sorry that I have not posted in a while but it has been difficult to find the time.
My son started their hockey season this past weekend. We got to play our first game at the Sommet Center. I think I will brag just a little and say that my son scored three of our four goals! And guess what? I got a photo of all three! WHOO HOO! I am posting one here.
I am including a couple of photos from past shoots. The first little baby just looked like a little angel on a cloud and the second photo is of a 12 month old by an old carriage. The carriage is my most recent addition to the props at the studio.
BY THE WAY! Call now to start setting up your Christmas photo shoots! I have the sleigh in and I am ordering the background this week so I will send out a sample! I am very excited!
Talk to you soon!
amy