Misc. & Personal

Why you shouldn’t “just buy the disc” – San Diego Photographer

 150 150 Hillary Gustaveson
By:
0

A very very good friend of mine– Karen Lisa Artistic Photography (one of my best friends actually) is an AMAZING wedding and portrait photographer in Florida and she recently wrote a WONDERFUL article on her blog about why you shouldn’t just buy the disc of images… whether it’s for portraits or weddings the bottom line…

read more

Happy birthday to my little Lillybug

 150 150 Hillary Gustaveson
By:
2

November 9, 2008 was the happiest day of my life (one of them) but I really thought I was going to freakin DIE… it really really HURT! This is the day my little lilly bug was born…the second I held her I said “you really hurt mommy!” She arrived with the lucky number 20 surrounding…

read more

A night with Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds- San Diego Photographer

 150 150 Hillary Gustaveson
By:
8

If you know me personally, you are WELL aware of what a HUGE fan of the Dave Matthews Band I am. Since I was about 15, I have absolutely LOVED them. My first concert was with a few of my friends and we went to see him. I remember waiting out front after for one…

read more

Moving to a big girl bed…

 150 150 Hillary Gustaveson
By:
0

I can’t believe it. My baby (who will be 2 in exactly 2 months from today) is now 95% potty trained (trained except for night and naps) and now in a big girl bed. What other milestones are there? Let me back up to when I “officially” decided to move her out of the crib.…

read more

Potty training and having a life…

 150 150 Hillary Gustaveson
By:
7

Ok I really really REALLY need help! I feel so lost I want to cry. Here is an update on Lilly’s potty training experience. Pretty much done except for nights and naps. She is either at home, or at my moms house and tells us whenever she has to pee. She usually is naked (so…

read more

Technology and generation differences…

 150 150 Hillary Gustaveson
By:
0

So I had to take my car in to get the oil changed and get an estimate on how much work needed to be done to it… I hadn’t taken it in since DECEMBER and had put on over 10k miles… so I was WAY overdue! Anyway, while I sit there in the little waiting…

read more

When you have to get work done…

 150 150 Hillary Gustaveson
By:
1

Doesn’t the image say it all? (Don’t judge the picture by the quality… it was taken with my iphone) Sometimes we are just so busy we don’t have time to sit and work– we take advantage of our other time and work. Lilly apparently had a lot of emails to respond to and blog postings…

read more

A day in the life of the potty training mom- San Diego Photographer

 150 150 Hillary Gustaveson
By:
2

So I rarely post non-photography related posts, however, I feel that you should know a little more about me… more then the little photo of me at the top and the “about me”… so you will be seeing some more posts about my life.. hope you don’t mind 🙂 Who doesn’t like a random tangent…

read more

Thinking of entering a picture into a contest? Read the terms – La Mesa Photographer

 Hillary Gustaveson
By:
0

cute, huh? I often get requests from people about either using MY pictures to enter their children into contests, or family members tell ME to enter MY kid into photo contests. I admit, Lilly is pretty stinkin cute… but have you ever thought about and read the TERMS of a photo contest? I ask you…

read more