Never be caught empty handed at the playground again!

Have you ever met someone that you really got along with at your local park or playgroup and you start to fumble around in your diaper bag to find something to give them contact info with? You might find wipes, dirty tissues and Cheerio crumbs, but nothing else.

[Sound familiar?]

With Leslie’s new Mommy and Me Cards, having no pen and no paper is no problem!

These stylish 2 x 3.5 inch cards will help you secure the best play dates for your little tike. With 8 card styles and 20 fonts to chose from, your Mommy and Me cards can either be as traditional or funky as you are! Ask how you can use your custom photos from your Leslie du Mont Photography session to be the hippest Mom around the sandbox!

Way cool, right? Well, I told you that this year was going to be incredible! ;-)

Tah tah for now,

Leslie

I’m all about supporting local artists! Especially when they are some of the Tidewater’s finest young musicians as well. Check out WAVA! [Pronounced wave-ah] On any given weekend you can find these guys playing around town or even selling out the Norva in downtown Norfolk. Yes, in fact, I’ll probably line up for tickets next time, too, despite my way un-cool advanced age!

My daughter has them playing in heavy rotation on her Ipod and will even be lucky enough to have them playing at her school’s Formal this year. [School choice has its privileges as the some of the talented Wava hipsters go there, too.] Go, dawgs!

Hmmm…maybe I should offer to shoot the band’s next promotional photos. Boys, call me!

Well, it certainly was a joy to photograph Miss J at a park in Virginia Beach last weekend.  This girl has a great all-American look, tons of charm and what I would call “old soul” wit.  Love, love, LOVE her.  J also has the voice of a songbird.  Just ask her about her singing competitions! 

I think we both agreed that she is now an honorary member of the du Mont family.  We even have our own homie handshake…which FYI makes me a pretty cool pretend-Mom.

Here is your sneak peak, Miss Thang!

I’ve got a busy work week ahead of me including proofing two sessions and a local photographers’ get-together this am.  At least I can check blogging off my list today!

Bye for now.

Leslie

Well, that was quick. We only have one more April Spring Fling available!  I had two sessions booked already. Congratulations on your free 11×14’s, H and V families! Who will be the next and final lucky family to pick a park? 

How does the Spring Fling special work?  Simply call and book a session between now and May 20th at a local Virginia Beach, Norfolk, or Chesapeake area park.  This special was limited to the first three people that booked a session with Leslie du Mont Photography. Two have already booked. If you call soon, you can win a free 11×14 portrait from your session, too! Simple, eh? 

FYI, yesterday afternoon I discovered that my business cell number has been switching straight to voicemail and not notifying me of new calls since mid-March!  Ugh, I was hoping that was an April Fools joke, but it wasn’t. All it took was a quick trip to the local store to buy a new phone to remedy the situation, but I quickly realized just how many calls I missed in that amount of time.  :-(   Luckily, I think all of my clients have been in contact via email anyway, but if not, I certainly apologize for the inconvenience and I’ll be returning your calls asap…with the new phone.

Take care.

Leslie

I usually don’t shoot at events.  Well, at least I have never accepted a request to do one before.  But, this one I could not refuse! 

A certain beautiful blonde sprite that has been a client of mine friend of mine for two years was turning 10 years old and was having a Rock Star theme party.  Of course, how can you be a real Rock Star without paparazzi snapping pictures of you on the red carpet or an action shot of you rocking out with full on headbanger’s hair?

Here is a sneak peak of what will be featured in her slideshow.

We rocked out to some music that I’d never even heard of before, but somehow every little girl there knew a dance to the tune!  [Dare I say that I am classically un-hip?]

Regardless of my square-ness, thanks for inviting me to the big night, MV! You are indeed a Rock Star in my book.

Leslie

I’m not the shopper I once was. For years now, I’d much prefer to have new camera equipment. …But every once in a while fate steps in and shows me something that I get excited over! 

 Over the past three months my business has changed a lot.  I hung up my sign to do business in a new state after the move and got everything official with state, federal and local governments.  I restructured my prices, my collections, my forms.  I’ve redesigned my logo and all of my promotional materials.  I’ve joined local professional organizations and attended seminars.  I’ve donated different things to various local charities.  You know… the kinds of things that business owners do!  All business.

 Then, I see this at Seejanework.com and my heart goes a-twitter!  Something still kind of business’ey, but something girlie, too!  I found these leather business card holders online and I fell in love.  Looooook!  They come in what my family calls “Leslie Blue.”  Call it colonial blue.  Call it wedgewood blue or robin egg blue even. Whatever it is, it has been my signature color since high school days and it has been part of my business since I started back three years ago!

 Yes, one is coming my way even as I type this!  Don’t you just know I’ll be whipping out my business cards all the time now.  My poor un-suspecting yard guy!  “Nice to see you again.  Thanks for the new mulch.  Do you have my card?” 

 You all have been warned!

Ahhh, the joys of small business ownership and still being girlie!

Leslie

PS: Next week look for photos of a rock star or two on the blog!  How exciting!

At the prompting of my friend Jessica Riehl (another great local photographer in the Tidewater area,) I recently joined the charitable organization Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS) which provides bereavement images of children for families across the United States.  I’m so proud to be a part of this wonderful organization that helps grieving families through the agonizing pain of losing a child. 

NILMDTS was featured on the NBC Today show this morning in the 8:30 am portion of the show.  If you missed the broadcast, are interested in seeing what NILMDTS photographers do or would like to see just one of the hundreds of true stories like this that happen every day, here is the streaming video link to the story that helps illustrate how valuable these photos are.  NILMDTS- Today Show  Or if you would like to forward the website to a family in need or to make contributions, please visit the organization’s website at www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org  .

Leslie