What a blessed week I've had!

Where do I start??  I have been so amazed at God’s faithfulness, it blows me away!  I will try to put this down succinctly so as to show how God is just putting things together.

 

May 7^th, I received a call for a wedding photoshoot for July 11^th.  I met with Michael Richardson of Hustle Inc. to give him an outlet for his ideas and help him with clarity in his thoughts.  I believe we’ve made a good connection and some future business collaboration will come from it!

 

May 9^th, Shot the CFA prom along with my son’s help. It went very well!  My son took 300 photos and I was very impressed with how he flowed with the night and captured precious moments.

 

May 10^th, Gave tithes and offerings off the earnings of the on-site orders at the prom the night before. 

 

May 11^th, received a NICE order from the Prom shots on my website from a mother of one of the attendees. 

 

May 13^th, I had a dollar figure in mind of what I wanted to give in the Tithes and Offerings at Bible Study.  After calculating what I was supposed to give, I was saddened that it was less that I had in my heart to give.  I gave what was in my heart and by the end of service, I received a call for a Senior Photoshoot!!  Can’t beat God giving.

 

May 15^th, I shot the Bailey photoshoot I had schedule for their baby boy, the senior photoshoot which was to be a very low earner and got triple what I expected in orders!

 

May 16^th, Scheduled a wedding photoshoot for July 25^th and I got my wife some real estate business from the same couple.

 

May 17^th, I gave my tithes and offerings.  I shot the monthly Gospel Music Hour at House of Prayer and made several business contact.

 

May 18^th, I received a call from someone looking for a local photographer for a Maternity Shoot.  I scheduled it for the 25^th of May!

 

May 20^th, I scheduled two new clients for the 25^th of May as well, a young baby photoshoot and 3 children (brothers and sister).

 

All glory and honor to God for His goodness and faithfulness.

Update of 9 May events!

Although the photoshoot for Dabar Ministries fell through, the photoshoot that evening for the CFA prom went very well.  For our background, we used the Tiki Hut the planners had created as a “theme” centerpiece.  They had set up a nice Hawaiian theme and I did not want to change it or add “another” centerpiece as a background for  the photos.

 

The overall event and the photography went very well and I am sure the participants were please and will be happy with their photographs.  A very special thanks to my son Aaron for all his hard work and dedication to Carlisle Photography.  He really makes things run smoothly for me on location.  As I was taking the formals and posed shots, Aaron was roaming around taking candids and impromptu photos.  I’m very glad he was there to capture what I would not have been able to get.

 

AJ

 

 

Ups and downs

Well, I don’t really have too many downs, but, some things come along that we don’t care for.  On the positive side, I received an order for photos the other day out of the blue!  It was a great surprise and it was from someone in another state that knew the client.  Thank you Lord.

 

On the negative side, the photoshoot I had scheduled for the 9^th of May at 11am was cancelled because of a scheduling conflict with the hotel the event was to be held at and the client.  But, even that was ok, because after speaking with the client, she assured me that they have been discussing Carlisle Photography and that they will be utilizing my services more in the months to come!  God is so good!

 

I met again with Michael Williams of michaelwilliamsphotography and we had a very, very prosperous meeting.  We both left with excitement for what is to come for both our businesses.  While there, we met Mr. Michael Richardson of Hustle Ink. And found out that he and a couple other local designers will be having a fashion show in a few months.  It was a surprise that our conversation was overheard and birthed another business contact for the two of us!  Praise God.

 

Well, thank you all for visiting and reading.  Catch me on Twitter, Facebook, and this blog regularly.  I have also signed up with linkedIn and soon to be with Flickr if I think I can keep up with the posting.

 

Till next time…