I am back in full swing and am busy as ever! I have had several sessions already that look awesome and also have a few cards to show for this holiday season! Here is a quick look at what I have been up to since Oct 1st and also the cards that are available right now. A few more will be posted in the next month or so, so keep looking back for those! 
October is officially booked for the weekends and November is not far behind!!! Please remember that if you need holiday photos and would like to book, contact me asap! I am on maternity leave, but will continue answering emails until the baby is here and will continue to do so after she is born. I will try my best to get all emails answered within 24 hours, but if that is not possible I will return all emails or phone calls in the order they were are received. (Wow...I sound like the cable company when they put you on hold when you are trying to find out why your TV won't work! haha! ) Limited weekday sessions are still available for those able to book during those times. Hope everyone has a great week!!
Read more...Here is a sneak peak of my last session before my own little one arrives! 
Today is the first official day of maternity leave! I am still ordering prints and will continue until the baby is born. Delivery will be limited, but you are welcome to pick up prints at my home. If you would like to book for Fall/Christmas photos, I strongly suggest you get with me asap to secure your date. I will be posting the Fall/Christmas Special soon as well as this years holiday cards! For those of you who have already booked with me for your fall photos, if you would like to take advantage of the special, email me and let me know before your session date. I am currently booking for the following dates this fall:
Saturday, October 17th this is the last weekend date available!!
Weekdays are always available to those that can schedule for a evening appointment, but remember when time changes, we will be limited on daylight.
Saturday, November 7th
morning/afternoon
Saturday, November 14th
morning/afternoon
Saturday, November 21st
afternoon only
Saturday, November 28th is still pending...
Saturday, December 5th will be the last day to book of the year.
morning/afternoon
As I said, weekday appointments are available, and for those who are able to book those, and I would appreciate you doing so to leave the few weekend appointments to those who cannot do a weekday at all. If you are needing to book maternity or newborn photos, please email me. Although many dates are booked, newborn and maternity photos are very time sensitive and can be worked in to accommodate your due date. I will also be offering new products for the holiday season, so keep an eye out for those! I have one to show as soon as I get the product delivered to its owner! (Not fair to show it until she has seen it! :) ) And as always, a post is very boring without a photo, so here is a peek at my afternoon yesterday!! I caught my very first smile on camera!! 
Most of you know that I will be going on maternity leave soon...sooner than I had hoped, but that's ok! That just means that I will be back to work sooner! I am currently booking for October, but those dates are filling fast! I am almost completely booked for the weekends, so weekdays will be all that is left soon. If you are needing to book newborn photos, please do so before August 15th. I know you can never know the exact date your baby will arrive, but I will need to know to plan on working you in around your expected due date. If everything goes as planned...as much as it can be planned....I will be back to work as of October 1st. This holiday season will be a busy one this year, so please don't hesitate to book your appointments soon! I will be booking only up until December 5th, so be sure to get your slot while you can! Keep checking back for new pics of the last few sessions I will be working on before the baby arrives, this years Christmas special, and of course my new edition! She is sure to hate my camera by the time she is a week old! :) And because its boring without a pic, here is the little cutie I spent the morning with yesterday!!!
I don't post much as far as personal stuff on this blog, but I received this email this morning from a friend, who some of you may have met when she has helped me photograph your session or event. When I read this email, I immediately wanted to help in any way I could. I know that times are very hard for some right now, and believe me, I am well aware of how hard it can be to cloth your own children. I am scrambling to cloth my newborn before she arrives! But I also know how those kids clothes can pile up as they quickly outgrow them. (Hence my scrambling for newborn clothing, since I gave K's away, thinking I wouldn't need it again since I was so positive I would have a boy the second time around. We now know the Perkins boys can only reproduce females...) If anyone would like to help out this family in need, please let me know. You can leave a comment on the blog or email me at laura@lauraperkinsphotography.com
'Hey everyone,
I just wanted to write you all to ask for you to pray for my friend Kristi Reese. She went into the ER last Sunday and they found a tumor on her brain behind her eye. She had been having a headache for 4 days before going to the ER. The finally did a spinal tap on Wednesday and removed fluid from her spine, to alleviate some pressure. She was released on Friday only to return to the hospital to be admitted on Sunday. The pain keeps getting worse and she has lost sight and functionality in her eye as well as blurred vision in her other eye. She's a hairdresser and has had to apply for disability as well as her drivers license is no longer valid due to them now declaring her legally blind. She is only 26 years old and a single mother with 3 extremely beautiful and loving little girls. She's very down right now not knowing how she's going to get everything she needs to get done for the girls for back to school. I have bought what I can for them but I don't have an overflow of extra, as I am sure none of us do in this economy. I was wondering if you could all either look in your daughters' closets and see if there are some good condition clothes that you wouldn't mind donating to them. Or if you don't have daughters if you know of anyone with girls that would like to donate them that would be great. I seriously don't want to bother you all or feel like I'm taking advantage of my friends but I know that the friends and family that I have are the most awesome so I think you know me and I wouldn't dare try to offend any of you (on purpose no, sometimes my mouth does it for me unbeknown-est to me..haha).
Please keep her and her little girls in your prayers they need all the prayer they can get right now. Kristi, Kati, Kallie, and Kelsie Reese. I have listed sizes below if you can possibly help.
Kati - size 14-16 (girls)
shoe 4
Kallie - sizes 6-6x
shoe 12
Kelsie - sizes 4 xs
shoe 11
Thanks
