Vanessa Diel Photography

The start of a new improved blog!

vanessadielphotography — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:28:55 +0000

Please check out my new blog that is in progress. Please be patient with me because it will take a while to get it finished. Hope you enjoy!

www.vanessadielphoto.com

God Bless!

Little Miss Mattie!

vanessadielphotography — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:49:02 +0000

Little Miss Mattie was a beautiful and sweet girl to photograph. She is very photogentic. I enjoyed spending an afternoon with her and her mom. What a blessing it is to capture these beautiful gifts from God. Here are a few of my favorites. Hope ya’ll enjoy and have a blessed weekend. I am leaving for women’s conference and will be away from my computer until Saturday evening, so if you email me I will not respond until late Sat. evening or maybe Monday.

I still have a few avaliable appointments for July and August and Sept. I can take one more for Oct. and two more for Nov.

Words of Wisdom: Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

Be joyful always.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:16

Lord Jesus, I praise You and love you so much. I pray laughter on everyone today and pray that each one will find joy and happiness today. Thank you Lord for everything. You are such a joy and I am so thankful that I have chosen You to be in my life. Just use us Lord to reach others. Amen.

Thanks & God Bless!

Mr. Reggie

vanessadielphotography — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:16:40 +0000

What a blessing it was to capture Reggie and two of his best buds which I also photographed for their senior pics. I had such a great time photographing Reggie. He is such a great guy and was up for anything. He acutally probably thinks I am crazy. I hope not anyway. I do have flight-of-ideas. I just jump from one idea to the next. Anyway, here are some of my favorites from the session. Hope ya’ll enjoy. Hope everyone has a blessed week.

Words of Wisdom: “Do not follow where the path may lead. Follow God, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.”—Author Unknown

God desires a unique destiny for your life, not a run-of-the-mill destination. There’s no way to know where He intends to lead you, but there’s only one way to get there: Follow where He leads, and leave the rest to Him.(Your Bridge to a Better Future by John C. Maxwell).

Commit your actions tothe LORD, and your plans will succeed.

PROVERBS 16:3

Lord Jesus, I praise you and give You all the glory. Lord direct our paths and lead us where You want us to go. I pray Lord Jesus that we just all learn to trust You and allow You to guide us. I know Lord that Your destination is best. Amen.

Thanks & God Bless!

One cold afternoon!

vanessadielphotography — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:13:17 +0000

So here is the family and kidos. We had a great afternoon with the exception of freezing to death. The wind was so cold this day. I enjoyed spending time and getting to know this family. Family is so important and we should always take time to just have family time. I hope you make time for your family too. Here are a few from the session. Hope ya’ll ejnoy.

Words of Wisdom: A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel. (God’s little devotional book for parents).

We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers.

1 THESSALONIANS 1:2

Lord Jesus, we thank you for our children and I pray for all the little children of the world. May I lift up prayers of praise and lift up their souls to you Lord. May you bless them and keep them safe and help us to guide our children to know their Lord Jesus. Amen.

Thanks & God Bless!

Have a blessed Easter and please celebrate Christ this Easter. I do believe we are living in the last days and I am just awaiting His return. If you are not ready, I suggest you get ready.

Remember I am having a Matilda Jane Trunk show Sat. evening between 5 & 7:30pm. Hope you can come.

My church was going to have a team for relay for life but was no able to get everything together so I have something I want to do. For everyone of my clients that makes a donation between now and May 14th, I will give you a print credit in the amount of the donation. So you get a tax write off for the donation (you will make checks payable to the American Cancer Society) and I in turn will give you a print credit in the amount of the donation. You can contact me through here or just give me a call at 318-878-7399. Our relay for life here in Delhi is scheduled for May 15th.!!!

Thanks & God Bless!!!

Always in love!

vanessadielphotography — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:45:02 +0000

I had to do a seperate post of the parents together. I know they will understand why “certain circumstances” so I just wanted them to have their own little post. The post above is the whole family. It was such a blessing to spend the afternoon with this family. I am not going to say much here because I am moving straight on to the family post. Just wanted to share the LOVE!

Live, Love, and Laugh!!!

vanessadielphotography — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:12:01 +0000

I am finally getting around to posting some from this session I was blessed to do. This is a long time friend of mine and I was so happy when she called and asked if I could photograph her and her fiance. It was a blessing for me. Gigi was there for me during my chemotherapy. She went with me to almost every treatment. She was off on those days and she would spend most of her day with me. I have always been grateful for that and never knew how to show my appreciation besides just buying her lunch every time. Well, now I was able to give back a little and I feel so blessed to have been able to do this for her. I could just feel the love and you can just see the joy and happiness all over their faces. Here are a few I captured and Gigi, this is all you get to see. Sorry, the rest is for a wedding gift so you have to be patient and wait. Hope ya’ll enjoy.

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am having another spring Matilda Jane Trunk show on Saturday evening April 11th between 5 and 7:30pm. Hope if you didn’t get to make the last one that you can make this one. Check them out at www.matildajaneclothing.com

The clothing is just precious. Love the way these clothes show up in photographs.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Go to the contact area of this blog.

Words of Wisdom: Being united in serving the Lord is one key to a strong marriage. As you walk through life with your wife, you must decide together which direction you want to go–toward the eternal destination of heaven or away from it. This is the key to experiencing daily divine moments together.

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

EPHESIANS 5:21

Lord Jesus, I praise you Lord and glorify you and I just pray that we always keep you first in our marriage. Help us Lord to always put you first in everything and I pray that you bless our marriages. Amen.

Thaks so much for stopping by. Have a blessed weekend!

God Bless!

Little Miss, Little Miss

vanessadielphotography — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:13:07 +0000

I just want to eat her up she is soooo cute. No, she is beautiful. I was so worried that we were not going to be able to do this session, the minute it was over it started sprinkling. We made it through and had a great time. She was a trooper during the session and I just enjoyed her so much. I loved her Matilda Jane outfits too. Clothing can really help make or break a session. This type of clothing “ROCKS”. www.matildajaneclothing.com These were some of my favorites from the session. I hope ya’ll enjoy.

I wanted to announce that for July and August I am going to try this and see how it will go. I am going to try and only book sessions for those that have one to two children. The session fee will remain and the minimum order, but you will receive a complimentary 11×14. The catch is I get to style the session. You bring your clothing (several items) and I will peace things together or use something I have. I will style it for either an urban session or a country session. If you are interested in this please email me at seth2001@bellsouth.net

This will be for ages 2-12 only!!! No children under the age of two or over the age of twelve. This is my target ages besides seniors/bridals/and engagments so I am going to do those two months a little different if it works out ok.

Look forward to hearing from those who are interested. At the end I may have a contest to let others vote and some of the children may be used on advertising materials. Just have to think this part out a little more so will have to give details later. I had planned to have a contest anyway, so I think I will use the one’s from these sessions for the contest and tie it all together.

Words of Wisdom: Will not the Lord’s time be better than your time? C.H. Spurgeon

God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which He must work. To know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves. A.W. Tozer

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by His own authority.”

ACTS 1:7 Holaman CSB

Lord Jesus, I would like to thank You for everything and just praise You and draw closer to You. Lord, help us to realize that your timetable is always better than ours. Amen.

Thanks & God Bless!

Another Beautiful Senior MS. Alyssa!

vanessadielphotography — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:46:07 +0000

Like I said another beautiful senior. My 2009 seniors have been awesome and I enjoyed them so much. I look forward to all my 2010 seniors. Me and Alyssa had so much fun. I photographed Alyssa’s sister about two years ago and she is just beautiful too. These senior girls know how to have fun and it makes my job easier. I feel so blessed to be able to capture these memories for all my seniors. They will all look back one day and wonder where the last twenty years went. It just amazes me how time flies. These are a few of my favorites from the session. Hope ya’ll enjoy. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Words of Wisdom: “The future is that time when you’ll wish you’d done what you aren’t doing now.” author unknown

What must you do today to make your dreams become a reality in the future? Break it down. What do you need to learn? What do you need to change? What small steps must you take today? Figure that out, then just do it. Truly live in the present, and you’ll lay a positive foundation for the future. (Your Bridge to a Better Future by John C. Maxwell).

I can do everything through him that gives me strength.

PHILIPPIANS 4:13 NIV

Lord Jesus, I thank you for all the trials in my life as they have brought me closer to You. I pray that this younger generation will draw near to You and will draw closer to you through their trials. Amen.

Thanks & God Bless!

Senior “Bo”

vanessadielphotography — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:27:45 +0000

Ok I have been trying to do this post for two days but was without internet service until now. I didn’t realize how much of my work depends on the internet until I tried to do a post, order, and send a proof to someone via email and wasn’t able to do any of these things until I got a new moedem. I spent an hour and a half on the phone yesterday with a guy trying to troubleshoot and finally narrowed it to the modem needing replacing. He felt so bad that he didn’t charge for the modem and shipped it overnight. Thank God for that and he was such a pleasant person to deal with on the phone. There are still pleasant people to deal with on the phone. He was so patient with me because I am not that great when it comes to computers. It has just been one of those crazy weeks this week. I have been running all week, functioning on little sleep, and just feel run down. I will be glad when this week is over. Praying that next week is better.

Well, here is some from another senior session. I was able to capture “Bo” and had a great time with him and his family. Boys are a little more difficult to photograph sometimes but Bo was a pleasure to photograph. He was very laid back and easy going. Here are a few from the session and I hope ya’ll enjoy.

Wanted to remind everyone of my Matilda Jane trunk show tomorrow evening March 13th between 5:30& 8:30pm. I look forward to the show. Hope you can come.

Words of Wisdom: “Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.”—–Willis R. Whitney

Give yourself a reason to follow and fulfill your dream. All it takes is one. (Your Bridge to a Better Future by John C. Maxwell).

But as it is written: What no eye has seen and no ear has heard, and what has never come into a man’s heart, is what God has prepared for those who love Him.

1CORINTHIANS 2:9 HOLMAN CSB

Lord Jesus, I praise You and love You and glorify Your Name. Lord, lead our paths daily and help us to focus on our dreams and glorify You always. I pray that you will lead us to follow whatever it is You have planned in our lives. Amen.

Thanks & God Bless!

Beautiful Senior Leah

vanessadielphotography — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:58:48 +0000

I know I keep saying it but these seniors have been great and I am just loving them. They could be models for sure. I had a great afternoon with Leah and her mom. We just really had a great time and I enjoyed my time spent with them. I will soon wrap it up with my 2009 seniors and have several 2010 seniors that I will be photographing this year. I look forward to them and it is always a blessing to me to meet them and get to know them all a little better. I wish they could know now what I do without having to go through the things I had to go through. That’s just part of life though and we live and learn. Just keep God in your heart and obey Him and life will be so much better. Here are a few from our session. Hope you enjoy and until next time I hope you all have blessed day’s.

Words of Wisdom: If you’re willing to admit your’re all wrong when you are, your’re all right. (God’s little devotional book)

Our love for God means that we obey his commands. And his commands are not too hard for us.

1 John 5:3 TEV

Lord Jesus, help us to keep You in our hearts and to obey Your commands. Lead us Lord in the direction we should go. I glorify You Lord, and praise You in everything I do. Lord use me to witness to others and to lead others to You. Amen.

Thanks & God Bless!