I'm Movin On Out!

THE NEW BLOG

Yep, I'm moving to the East Side. It's called WordPress. After many and many of agonizing edits to my posts here at Blogger, I decided that it's time for me to move on to a place where I have more control over things and where I can edit and create more easily. This new blog has some pretty cool features and I like the way it looks on the page.

So if it's not too much of a pain in the booty, please update your links so that you can go to my new blog. I'll be here to check on things, but not often, so if you leave a comment, it may be forever before I can get back to you.

Thank you all for following me and my crazy thoughts!

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Come on by. Visit for a while. Have a drink of sweet tea and leave me a comment or two.

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Betty Gray
CC Photography

Fall is in the Air

Finally, the cool air is arriving. Today, it felt really good outside. I love the Fall season. Not only is it cooler, but it makes a great backdrop for outside portraits. During the Fall it seems as if the evergreen trees are greener. lolol Wearing sweaters and having the colorful leaves around you makes it seem like you're in an Old Navy commercial and I love those commercials! :-)



October is the start of the busy season for me. Most people are wanting to have their family portraits created to include them on their custom holiday cards. I'll be offering a special that includes 25 holiday cards with your session. For all of you that are already subscribed, be on the look out for a newsletter from CC Photography with this special offer. If you're not subscribed already and don't want to miss out on this discount offer be sure to SIGN UP to receive my newsletter and discount updates.

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Betty Gray
CC Photography

Pipes in Bartlett, TN

We visited a Bartlett, TN park and upon getting out of our vehicle we could hear this beautiful sound. Couldn't really tell where it was coming from, but it was very pretty and very calming yet made you want to jump up and do some sort of step dance. lol After making our way through the park we ran into this awesome gentleman. He was a band member of the Wolf River Pipes & Dreams. He was so kind to explain to my kids and me the makings of a bagpipe and how the proper flow of air produces great sounds. Something that I learned that was new was that the hum that you always hear with the bagpipes, that hum is created by the pipes. I know!!! Who would have thunk it? hahaha

It was very interesting to hear about the bagpipe and watch him play and tune it. There will be a Scottish festival here in Memphis this weekend. It's call the Clanjamfry (pronounced "clan-JAM-free") it's an annual festival celebrating Scottish heritage. The Wolf River Pipes & Dreams will be performing on Saturday. Lots of activities will be taking place here and it's all for a good cause.

Hmmm...makes me wonder...could I be Scottish? My mother's father's grandfather's name was McMickle and they later changed it to Mickle. Ya never know. LOL Anyway, maybe I'll see you there!

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Betty

CC Photography

Love in the Afternoon

Saw this drawing in a driveway and had to photograph it. I thought it was interesting. It's so true. Well I guess it is true according to whom you ask. You ask me, a person that's been married for going on 17 years and is happy with my arrangement (That sounds so weird. I swear I'm still only 25! How could a 25 y/o be married for 17 years????) would definitely say that it's true. However, turn around and ask someone who is in a crummy relationship and is looking for a way out would probably say that it isn't true. What do you think?

By the way, have I told you lately that I'm so enjoying editing photos again? :-P

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Betty

CC Photography

Imagination Library

For those of you that live in the state of Tennessee and many other areas, Dolly Parton has a really cool website that encourages reading. It's called Imagination Library You can sign your child (0-5 y/o) up to receive free books about every 6 weeks, I believe. I have signed my youngest up for this program and he gets so excited to have a package come in the mail that's just for him.

This past week he received a booked called Red Red Red by Valeri Gorbachev. This book held my attention as it really did surprise me with the ending. It took my all not to fast forward to the end to see what in the world was Turtle trying to see that was "red red red?" lolol

The illustrations are great as well. The characters were not too too cartoony. I think that could be one reason my DS took it more seriously than his other 100+ books. lolol

Both my DS and 4 y/o niece enjoyed the book. Getting them involved in the book and what everyone around town thought Turtle was going to see that was "red red red" was enjoyable.

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Betty
CC Photography

Fun at a State Park

We visited a state park up in Lebonon, TN. It was pretty cool. Kids had a blast. We also went to Franklin, TN to go to the Target there. It was an AWESOME Target! Love it. We hoped to see Miley Cyrus there since she's always being photographed there. Nope. Not this time. BUT...she was there the very next day! How cool is that??? hahahahaha

Anyway, here are few pics of the kids that I took while we were there. Ahhhhhh....It feels good to be editing again. I love it!

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Betty
CC Photography

Getting Back to Normal

I took a little time off from the whole photography biz so that I could be with my mother. She became very ill and I felt the need to dedicate my time and energies to her and my dad. She decided that she was much too tired to continue her battle with chronic rheumatoid arthritis and ended her battle on May 14, 2008 after being in so much pain for the past 20+ years. It still hurts even now knowing that she's not around anymore, but I'm okay. I know that I will see her again thanks to the wonderful promises that were given to us in the bible that I very much believe in. She's simply napping and will be awaken soon.

The photo above is one that I know that she would not have minded showing to the world. I know my brother will be really ticked that he's not on here. He'll get over it. lolol Don't you just love the rounded corners of the photo? Thanks to Katie Higginbotham for creating that photoshop action and sharing it with me.

So now, I'm trying to get back on the boat. I'm ready to get back into doing what I loved doing and what my mom was so proud of me for doing. I've made a couple of little changes. Do you like? I think it's kinda funky. Most of you know I'm not normal. lololol I got it from here.

I am once again taking on new clients. I still appreciate your referrals and will continue to accept them as they come. Be on the lookout for a brand new promotion never before given by me. It will be fun. Hopefully, you'll be able to see lots of new faces here (hint hint).

Until then...
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Betty
CC Photography

Thanks for the Referrals!

Thank you to my wonderful clients that continue to refer new clients to me.

All new appointments for 2008 will need to be either existing clients or someone that was referred by my existing client. If you have a referral card given to you by one of my clients, please use the CONTACT page at CC-photography.com to request further information.

Smack Down

Just thought I'd show you the results of an attempt at Pro Wrestling. The Dad was involved in this as well, but he went into hiding after it all happened.

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Betty Gray
CC Photography

Sometimes...

Sometimes when it's rainy and cold outside, we have to have a more relaxed homeschool session. I don't mind. Sometimes I need it as well. Hanging out and doing our work in the living room makes the time go by so much faster.

Point & Shoot

Went to the park the other day since it was such a nice day. Thought I'd try out my new Kodak P&S camera. It's a whopping 12mp camera that has video with sound recording, a internal memory of a whole 64MB!! But the really cool thing is that it has face detection on it. As soon as I figure out how to say CRAP in Mandarin Chinese, this camera will be the first thing that I apply it to! hahahaha

I knew when I went shopping for an inexpensive P&S camera, I wouldn't get the same results as my pro camera. I knew that 12mp on a P&S is not even the same as an 10mp pro camera. But good grief, coooome on! This is such a joke. Ha...ha...ha!


Oh well, I'm done with my rant.
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Betty Gray
CC Photography