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Welcome to my new blog! Now that I've finally finished up all this new blog/branding/website making, I'm going to finally get down to business and start blogging! Personal to professional, I hope you'll take this journey with me and visit often.
I'm making it my 2009 New Years resolution to blog at least once a week! (And to lose 10 lbs, but who's not making THAT resolution, right?) If you use a blog reader, like the one I use, you can click on the orange icon above and add me to your roll. Then you'll never miss a thing!
On at 5:35 pm, January 20th, Patrick and I welcomed our son, Viru, into the world…he is perfection in every way. (Biased? Us? Nooo!)
More photos to come soon!
(note. Most of our photos were taken by our awesome friend and often assistant, Elan. Thanks, love. We cherish every single one.)
Patrick and I are leaving for our mini pre-baby vacation, and will be out of the office until Tuesday, September 8th. Normally, I try and check my email as often as possible even on vacation. However, since this IS our last pre-baby vacation, and Patrick has laid down the no-work laws, lol…I will not be answering my phone, nor checking my email until Tuesday morning.
When we get back we hope to have lots of pretty pictures of the dessert! If we can manage going out into the 102 degree weather!
I was waiting to share, but lately, I’ve been getting so many clients holding my feet to the fire about updating the blog! And not even for their own events!!! They just want to see what’s going on, and well, let’s admit it…this summer has not been good for blog action. But there’s a reason, and things are going to change now that wedding season is slowly coming to a close. I still have stuff going on until early Nov, but not as much as this summer and then…well. Let’s talk about that at the end. I promised Jenn and Rob a teaser of their wedding yesterday ASAP! Jenn’s aunt graciously offered to hold their wedding at her farm and oh my was it amazing!! And on a day forcasted for hurricane weather, we got light I NEVER get to shoot in!! More details when I put up their full post, but for now…
What?? See that person on the left shooting?? That’s me!! Sometime in Jan or Feb, Patrick and I will be welcoming a new addition to our family. We are SOO excited! And blogging has been slow, because morning sickness is a total misnomer!! It’s more like all day, all night sickness, and for me, I still have it this far along. Not a problem for me, but it has made me super super slow, as many of you guys can attest to!
What does this mean for you? Barring complications (which.will.not.happen.) I’m going back to shooting the first week of April. I’ll get back to editing, meetings, and filling orders (outside of wedding orders places through collages, those are automatic) later that month. Emails will get answers as fast as I can answer them even during my maternity leave, but I make no time guarantees, because I haven’t had a baby before and I’m not sure how occupied I’ll be those first few weeks! But Patrick will be helping out and we’re going to make some arrangements to make getting our available dates and our rates easier for clients who need information.
Important to note!! I’m starting maternity leave Dec 15th! So, deadlines are strict, if you have things you need in a timely fashion.
Wedding album final design approvals must be given by Dec 5th.
Holiday card orders must be placed by Nov 1st (please remember this when booking your session!).
Any other custom orders must be placed by Nov 20th.
I’ve tried to stagger things, so I don’t get overwhelmed on Dec 5th and I can make SURE everything gets done. Of course this doesn’t affect you if you’re in no hurry. If anyone has questions, please call or email me!
When I was 8, moved to a new town, and had to make new friends. Day one on my new street, I saw a tall lanky boy, wearing a beat up Chicago Bulls hat. In true Charmi form, I grabbed it off his head and we’ve been friends ever since. I always new Taral was destined for great things, and I sometimes wondered who would be there for him through it. Through the years after college I would call him every few months to catch and say “So? How it’s going with the girls?” And the response would always be a oh so boring “Oh you know, it’s going.” And then sometimes around the time I got married, I got a new response! “Oh, there’s this girl Ami…” And I KNEW that was it. I even asked “So you think you’re next?” You know me…even when I’m trying not to be like the parents I’m always trying to marry people off. He told me to slow down, but I could hear it. I knew she was it. And though it took YEARS til I finally met her, she lived up to every expectation I would have of the woman who could meet Taral in intellect and charm, and keep him line about the daily stuff like taking out the garbage, lol. Congratulations you two 
I wish you a wonderful life together!
Click HERE to see the slideshow!
Click here to buy the song!
I know I’m behind updating weddings, but trust me, the slideshow is worth it! Anjuli and Rohit’s wedding was so full of love, for each other and family and so many traditions! Being Indian myself, sometimes I think I’ve seen every possible Indian wedding tradition that exists, but Rohit’s Kashmiri family taught me a few new ones! The wedding was originally to be held inside the ballroom at the Westin in Morristown, NJ but some lucky weather gave our lovebirds the chance to move everything to the roof (having made the decision just two days before!). It was a great surprise for me, I love outdoor weddings!
Click here for their slideshow
Click here to buy the first song
Click here to buy the second
I met Marta and Vitaliy at Grounds for Sculpture for their engagement pictures last week. It was an icky day and we worried that it would start raining at any moment, but it held out just long enough for us to get a GREAT set of photos! It seems every engagement session I do, animals show up and join me and the couple! I can’t wait to see the wedding guys! It’s going to be great!
To see their slideshow: here
To buy the song: here
Charmi Pena Photography will be closed from April 27th to May 24th. We will be checking our email every few days, but all orders placed and all meetings requested will be fulfilled and schedule on May 25th when we return to the office! Look out for one wedding teaser post right before we leave!
During this time, I’ll be brushing up on new techniques, shooting film, and taking a long overdue vacation! I hope to have lots of great stuff for you when I return!
Newborn clients! We know that your birth announcements are time sensitive, so if you already have your proofs, please select your birth announcement so we can get them out to you! If you have not yet received announcement ideas in your gallery, please make sure you have emailed me all baby stats (height, weight, dob, time of birth, full name you’d like to see on the announcement), so I can have these in your gallery by end of day and we can get these out to you asap!
by Charmi
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