You’ve heard me mention over the last few months that there would be some changes around the bend for me.  I’m so very proud & excited to show you this labor of love that I’ve been working so hard on for the last 5 months.  Amanda Donaho Photography has a whole new look!  Now to update the gallery images    Check back in the coming weeks for that!

This might be a little long winded, but I feel it’s important to share it all…

My photographic style has evolved over the last few years so much.  My cute little mauve colored “AD” logo that I had wasn’t accurately representing me anymore.  I’ve known that I needed a change.  I didn’t want to do anything haphazardly, so I spent a lot of time soul-searching.  Many things needed to change about my business, from use of time, to what I was shooting, to business models, to the way I was representing or branding myself.  Enter Meg of Moglea.

I feel so incredibly blessed to have had Meg as my graphic designer.  She spent so much time getting to know me and what I wanted to “say” with this new brand.  I’m one of those people that knows what I like when I see it, but stink at actually putting it together.  I suck at dressing myself.  I can see something on someone else and say “oh my gosh, I LOVE that” but putting it all together myself?  Not my strong point.  Meg was AMAZING at putting it all together.  She heard everything I said and ran with it, creating this most perfect representation of what I do and WHY I do it.  Then Cathy of Love-Inspired was my website angel, who floated in and took all the pieces Meg had created & put them together to create this gorgeous website.  THIS is the “me” that has been evolving all of this time, and I’m SO happy with it.  A giant thank you to both of these incredible women for working so hard.  xoxo

Along with these pretty changes comes a big change to my business.   Over the last few years, I have taken increasingly less “portrait” clients (families, babies, senior sessions, etc) so that I could focus on wedding photography.  Photographing couples in love, entering into this new time of their life is what really makes me “come alive”.  I have loved and am so thankful for all of the portrait clients I have met & become friends with over the years, but weddings have always been my heart.  Now as a mom of 3, it’s even more important for me to become more focused in my work and time management and because of that as of today, I am officially strictly (!) a wedding photographer!  I am SO excited about this.  I’m excited to put all of myself into this one specific field & work my best at it.  I’m excited to be able to give 200% to each of my wedding clients (which I will only accept 25 of each year).  I’m excited to have time to take on personal photography projects that I feel will help me grow creatively.  Thankfully, we live in a city with many amazing photographers and I am happy to give anyone looking for portrait photographers suggestions on who to check out, so just email!  There is a chance that I may offer one day of mini-session portraits around the holidays again this year, but if I do, I will only be announcing that on my Facebook page, so please be sure to go “like” it!

So that’s that!  I’m super pumped about all of these changes & so glad to finally share them with the web!  Thank you from the bottom of my heart to my clients & friends who have supported & encouraged me over the years.  I am so flipping lucky to have such amazing people in my life.