Journal

7*365 {Outside the Box}

elena wilken — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:56:22 +0000

“Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.” ~ Theodore N. Vail
I find it fascinating and sad funny how we sometimes can box ourselves in...

EW Couture Collection :: A Photographer's Boutique :: March 2010 Free Download

elena wilken — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:52:37 +0000

... is being released tomorrow. Newsletter will go out in the evening. Sign up for the monthly free template downloads here, if you haven't yet. Enjoy, and pay it forward! :)

The templates match the free marketing set made available for download in January '10.

The files will also be featured and available for download on Michelle Black's website, The Photo Professional.

6*365 {Nobody but Myself}

elena wilken — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:10:02 +0000

All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naïve. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: that I am nobody but myself. ~Ralph Ellison, "Battle Royal"

5*365 {In the light}

elena wilken — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:12:40 +0000

"...Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." ~Marianne Williamson

A wet and dreary evening. The sun still shone for a few minutes, in the overcast sky, through rain drops and lonely, limp snowflakes.

4*365 {Immensity}

elena wilken — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:53:07 +0000

Excuse me while I kiss the sky.
~Jimi Hendrix

3*365 {Grace}

elena wilken — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:18:07 +0000

I am very grateful to God everyday that my eyes flutter open and I can jump out of that bed!
~Jerry Reed

While at the ZOO today, I was talking to Paul about this 365 challenge (one picture a day for the next year) I took on. One of his comments was that even though I like all the things that I work on (design related projects), I come alive when I take the camera in my hands. It does feel that way.

2*365 {The Little Things}

elena wilken — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:26:37 +0000

"Train yourself to listen to that small voice that tells us what's important and what's not."
~ Sue Grafton

1*365 {Magic Light}

elena wilken — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:31:51 +0000

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ~ Charles Dickens

Templates for photographers :: EW Couture Collection going live tonight at 9 pm PST

elena wilken — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:43:00 +0000

I've been keeping extremely busy and have tried to catch up on all the time lost while being sick this last two months. But I am no super hero :) Here is to a small but beautiful beginning, to an awesome adventure in the making! There is always next month, and the month after, and the month after for releasing beautiful goodies for talented photographers, that take your business up a notch.

The e-store will be going live late this evening. www.ewcouture.com
Share the love and e-mail a friend that might be interested, would you feel inclined to do so.

Starting later this month, we'll be getting back to the 'regular broadcasting'. I will actually leave the office a lot more often, pick up the camera and have some long waited for and well deserved, fun sessions. :) Between my full time graphic design position and this project, the sun has not kissed my face much.
We'll be up on the mountain this weekend, weather permitting. Audrey is so excited to see the snow! :)

... Here is a sneak peek to some of the stuff to come this evening.

... And all this would not be possible without you Paul, so thank you! I know it might sounds cheesy and cliche, but you have no idea how much I mean that.

Tuesday's picture of the day :: Dreams

elena wilken — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:12:23 +0000

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe