I would like everyone that I work with or will work with to know why I am always behind on CD completions. I don't edit every single day. I don't like to stay on the computer while my children (ages 10, 6 & 4) are left unattended. My husband works evenings.
 I try to balance mommy-hood and work like everyone else.  I edit after my children go to bed.
I am fortunate to stay booked almost daily with shoots but UNfortunatley, this causes me to stay behind!


Sunday- EDITING after kids are in bed. Usually from 9:00- 12:00

Monday- same as above. EDITING 9:00- 12:00

Tuesday- Husbands day off. Family night with our kids.

Wednesday- Husbands day off. Spend time with family in between EDITING off and on.

Thursday- Editing after kids are in bed. Husband works until 1:00 so I EDIT 9:00-1:00

Friday- Usually do 2 shoots on a Friday while husband works. No editing on Friday.

Saturday- EDITING for a few hours after 9:00 pm


..so you can calculate the time I get to sit and edit and shoots every day and see why I cannot guarantee my 2 week time frame. I hired edit help a few months ago. She is tremendous help to me but we still cannot keep up!


What do I consider "EDITING"?
With Weddings, I end up with roughly 700+ shots.
Sessions, anywhere from 60-150.
I go through EVERY SINGLE image to make sure each one is PRINT worthy. No bad pictures! No blurry shots or shots where my flash didn't go off, etc.
With sessions, almost every photo is edited. I enhance with particular photoshop tools that I prefer to use and I have become pretty anal about it, I HAVE to use them to be happy with my photos! If you do a studio shoot, those edits take the longest because I do skin touch up on every photo.


With shooting every day, please expect a delay. If I go back to shooting just 2-3 times a week, I will go back to delivering on time. I have just ran across some very rude clients. Only a couple luckily. I work with a lot of kind, patient people who understand and tell me I am worth the wait but their are a couple others who were just NASTY.

With all that I provide, If I am sick or have a child with the flu or a death in the family, like ANY other job, I WILL take off time which WILL make me even more behind.

If you want photography that is like no studio you can go to and you can afford to go a month for truly unique, one of a kind ART, then pick me, pick me!
If you have a deadline and want edited images by a certain date around the corner, I am NOT the photographer you should choose. ...hit the road.