Catching up

OMG, Ellie is 3 months old now and I haven't blogged since January!!?? I'm so sorry, faithful blog followers - especially you, blog stalker. First of all...I know I don't give this blogging thing a high enough priority...if you faithfully check this blog, I'm sure you are disappointed over and over again. So sorry! I really am going to try and do better at this. For goodness sake...every day at lunch?? I'll do my best to give you (you know who you are) better reading material!

I suppose I'll end up writing about personal as well as professional thoughts and experiences. It's too tough not to talk about Ellie, as she takes up a large portion of my thoughts and activities any more. If you're reading this, we've most likely taken part in your life on your wedding day, so I guess you might as well get to know more about Brian and Angee "off the clock" here. :)

Well, Ellie was just three weeks old and Brian traveled with another of our crew to film a wedding in New Mexico. Wow - it was hard to have him gone, but little bit and I got along just fine. I think it really was harder for him. He had to work without me, and then he had to miss Ellie! He said she had changed so much in the three days he was gone.

As soon as the New Year hit, we geared up for weddings on Jan 5 (Carrie and Steve) and Jan 12 (Erin and Brian). Let me just say that I do NOT take for granted that I get to do the bulk of my work from home! Wow, it was hard to be away from her, even for just a few hours until another crew member relieved me! It was nice to get back into the swing of life, though, too. I was starting to get cabin fever - and I was beginning to feel that there was nothing left of "me" except whatever was necessary to cater to this tiny, hungry little poop machine. So, it was good to get back in the game. :) I had been looking forward to Carrie's wedding for over a year!

In the meantime, projects kept backing up in the post-production schedule...as you may know if you're one of our brides and you haven't received your finished movie yet. So, Brian and I made some pretty drastic decisions and restructured our company - he's doing more editing now and little to NO web work - just a couple long-standing clients. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel now!

Now, we're getting very close to making some serious headway in our project schedule. Next month, Brian will be traveling (alone this time) to Vegas for the National Association of Broadcasters' convention. It was such a great learning experience last year, and we shopped some new equipment, although we didn't make any purchases. THIS YEAR, we're in a position to make a hefty investment in one or two directions, but I can't really discuss that any further. I'll DEFINITELY be posting about the purchases once they're made, though! We have to see which direction looks better at the convention...something exciting is about to happen in Archway, though, for sure!

Oh! ARCHWAY HAD A BABY TOO! I almost neglected to mention this! We realize there is a need out there for professional videography at an affordable price. So, we decided to create another company, JuneBug Productions, in order to fill that need. Basically, we offer our experience and style of filming without all the editing, which is what drives the cost of the wedding films we produce as Archway Media. So, a bride can get a true-to-life representation of her ceremony and reception for under $1000 if she can't fit Archway's artistic product into her budget. To avoid any confusion about the difference in the two products, we created JuneBug.

In closing, if you haven't checked out Ellie's website in a while, check it again! We recently added new pics (thank you, Stephanie Zettl and Gina Kelly) and video, and MORE pics should be loaded shortly.

Thanks for reading and understanding that we're spread pretty thin these days. What a wonderful life!