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I’m excited about how Wellspring Photography is growing and through that I am able to learn more as well as venture into new areas of photography. We now offer packages for any events in life, from as big as weddings and births to as small as your child’s first time making chocolate chip cookies. We are now even doing school photographs from preschool through high school, as well as family, pregnancy, and baby sessions. Any photography need you have, we would be honored and excited to fulfill it.

Here at Wellspring Photography we love photography and love capturing the important moments in life. Any moment worth remembering is worth photographing.

Archive: ‘Personal’



Rufus

Friday, February 26th, 2010

 If you’ve been reading our blog you all know that Bethany and her husband have a new puppy named Rufus

(Dr. Rufus if you must know:)

I had the privilege of watching Rufus over Valentine’s Day weekend while Bethany and Ryan went on a romantic getaway. She was a wonderful house guest and LOTS of fun- my two big pups were exhausted when she left.

Tango (my big 9 year old Weimaraner) was happy to stay out of her way, but she definitely cut into his nap time.

Charlie (my 1 year old Weim/Vizsla mix) wanted to do nothing but play with her the entire time, so I had to make sure he wasn’t too rough with her since he towers over her.

She’s a feisty little thing, but SO cute, I (of course) had to get some pics of her, so here they are…

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What a profile:)

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I just love that curly tail!

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She loved stealing Charlie’s toys to tease him.

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Bethany and Ryan-thanks for trusting me with your "baby," I hope you two LOVE the pics of her:) You’ve done a fantastic job with her training so far-keep it up!

If you are thinking of getting pet portraits done of your pets, or of a loved one’s pets-give me a call, I do indoor or outdoor or both!

Book a winter or spring date now:)

Call Tabitha @ 419-266-0318 or email me @ tabitha.wellspring@gmail.com

-Tabitha

 

 

My Baby!

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

 

There’s been a lot of pug talk ( and there will actually be more Monday since I was booked for another pug shoot) but today my husband and I got to go look at the fuzzball we will be bringing home :) Here’s a pic of our first dog!

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She’s four weeks old and I am in love with her squishy wrinkly little face! Stay tuned for updates on our new addition!

Pug Mama!

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

 

Many of you know that Tabitha got a brand new puppy a few months back, maybe even a year ago by now! Well now it’s my turn! Those of you who know me know I’ve been getting very excited (under statement?) about getting a pug! Well we got word from our breeder tonight that our pup was born early this morning! Keep checking back to follow this story!!

~Bethany

A Red,White and Blue Summer!

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

 

I haven’t posted anything personal in awhile so I thought I’d share a few images of my summer with my wonderful hubby! There are some seriously cute kiddos in our life that we love dearly and we’ve spent a ton of time with them; watching them change and grow. Not only has our summer been full of cuties we went to D.C. for our one year anniversary! It seems like just yesterday we were taking our vows and now we are practically an old married couple! ;) . Here are a few snapshots of my summer!

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The little firecracker :)

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Nothing says summer like a couple of kids on the trampoline!

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He really enjoys his space rockets with the attached guns :)

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The next few are of our anniversary trip :)

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Flags at the bottom of the Washington Monument.

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This is from the National Air and Space museum. They had a scrapbook of many things they found leftover from WWII from the airforce! LOVE the pin up girl photos that gals sent to their men overseas. :)

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We also visited Arlington National Cemetery, it was truly something.

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President Obama’s face was on my subway ticket! It’s like we practically met!

I hope you all enjoyed the photos, just thought I’d share a little bit of my joy with all of you! Hope you all are enjoying the summer as well! We have a lot more work to come and don’t forget our Girls Day in the Garden promotion going on now! To get details scroll down a couple of posts!

4th of July weekend in Beulah

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

 

As promised, here are some of my photos from vacation in Michigan where my husband and I visited the beautiful Benzie County area, on the North Western side of the "Mitten." We had a really great time, it was very relaxing -with many photo ops for me:)

(You may have already seen some of those photo ops in the "Summertime Fun" blog post)

Our first full day there was July 4th, and just outside our accommodations in Beulah was a parade! We also got to see fireworks right from our patio and we were super close to Crystal Lake and Lake Michigan.

Here are some images that I shot while we were there…

 

We stayed in this old Court house that has been turned into condos- what a great idea!

 

 This next flag  was on top of Fire Engine 5, parked along Crystal Lake the night of the fireworks.

 Anyone who has been to Elberta Beach or the Trick Dog Cafe may recognize this sign:)

 And my favorite of the bunch…this was from the Special Olympics float for the parade, it was all decked out for the 4th & along the side of the float was their motto, “Let me win but if I can not win, let me be brave in the attempt.”

What a great trip it was, hope to make it back up again next year. if you ever get to go, make sure to check out East Shore Market (for my FAVORITE pizza ever), and Crystal Crate & Cargo in Beulah, Trick Dog Cafe and the Cabbage Shed in Elberta, and Celia’s (for the BEST cinnamon rolls in the WORLD) and The Betsie Bay Inn in Frankfort. There are tons more places  to check out in the area- and many that we have never been, all the more reason to go back, I guess!

-Tabitha

 

 

 

 

Summertime Fun

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

 

Anyone who knows me, knows how crazy I am about my pups, Tango and Charlie, (you may have seen them in previous posts:) Well recently my husband and I took a vacation "Up North," to the Benzie County area of Michigan.

We stayed in Beulah on Crystal Lake, but everyday we took our pooches to Elberta Beach on Lake Michigan.  We all had a blast and I thought I’d share some pics of the dogs from our trip.

weimaraner on beach

Viz/Weimaraner mix with tennis ball

Weimaraner at Elbertas Beach

Dog Charlie at beach

It took us a while to wear these two out, but we FINALLY did it!

Dog tired

Sleepy pup

sleepy dog feet

 My 80 lb. lap dog-haha:)

Tabitha and Tango

 And my favorite picture from our trip…

Charlie Weim mix

Hope you enjoyed the photos-can you believe how big Charlie got?? He’s almost 7 months, so he’s still got some more growing to do too.

Contact me or Bethany if you’d like great pics of your pets too, we’d be thrilled!

I’ll be sharing a few more pics from our trip, Beulah is such a cute town, and I just love that region of Michigan, can’t wait to show you some of the great shots I got up there….so stay tuned!

Tabitha

 

A Little Sister

Friday, July 10th, 2009

 

I haven’t blogged anything personal in awhile so I thought I’d share something important with all of you! I joined the Big Sisters of America program and I got matched with a little a few weeks ago! It has truly been a blast and I reccommend it for everyone who has the time and passion for kids! Here are a few images from our visit to the Butterfly House in Whitehouse, OH.

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My cute little!

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There are really cool butterfly sculptures all over the place!

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If you are interested in becoming a Big Brother or a Big Sister check it out here. Hope you all enjoyed the images, I now realize how much I love butterflies! I’ve never seen so many varieties, not to mention I got to see them with my new Little!

Florida

Friday, June 5th, 2009

 

As you know my husband and I had a wedding to photograph in Florida. We stayed a couple of extra days to relax and unwind. We have been married almost a year, it is coming up fast! Anyway, we went out to the ocean early one morning and I decided to get a cool shot of our rings. Granted we didn’t get married on the beach but wedding bands in the sand just say romance and who doesn’t want a little of that?!? This will be hanging up in my house soon enough!

our rings in the sand

He did a good job picking out my rings didn’t he? I love you hub!

Happy Easter

Monday, April 13th, 2009

 

Today was a great day with family and friends! Easter is a wonderful time for remembering how life begins again and I love celebrating that and to celebrate with all my favorite people in my life is even better! I thought I’d share some of the candid shots of my day! Hope you enjoy!

me n ek

One of my favorite little girls and me. She looks so sweet in her little Easter dress!

three kids

My three favorite kiddos in the entire world! Look how sweet!

grandparents and kids

Grandparents and the cutie kids!

mimi and boy

Mimi and her grandbaby boy!

girls

Two sweet angels, best girls in the world!

 

Hope you all enjoyed your Easter!

Christmas Day!

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

 

For Christmas my hubby got me a Nikon D80!!! It is my dream camera and I couldn’t be happier! Needless to say I took tons ad tons of photos (beyond the usual) of Christmas with my family. I chose just a few to share with you. I wanted to share my family life! I hope you enjoy and I hope your Christmas was wonderful as well! I am down in North Carolina visiting my husband’s family now so if you email me I might not respond right away but please do leave comments!

jacob in a bucket

This is our big yellow bucket that we use to transport the gifts. Apparently my nephew thought this WAS his gift!

jacob ella and karen

My three favorite kids in the whole world! Now they sit nicely for me, even if they do make such silly faces!

make up karen

My lovely make up artist! Never too busy for a little girl time!

Celtic rings

All of us girls got Celtic rings for our Scottish heritage! I love my scottish heritage, beautiful!

dinner table

The lovely Christmas dinner table my momma set for our huge group!

vinnie and momma

mike and the girls

I love Christmas because it is the one day a year my whole family gets together just to play all day! It really is the best!

 

I have more blogging to do but this is all for now!

 

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