“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” -Mark Twain About 8 years ago I heard a lecture on this quote, and it’s been one of the most helpful things for everyday life, and especially when it comes to running a business.  […]

I’m so excited to finally share Leah’s bridal portraits!  She chose to have them done in Smithfield where they got married this past weekend.  Why Smithfield?  Because her new last name is Gwaltney!  Yes– the Gwaltney family.  If you’re not familiar with their delicious ham & bacon then I’m not sure we can be friends.  […]

We have a flower girl!  Our little girl is going to be donning an adorable dress & tossing petals on the ground for Danielle & Jared.  I’m so excited!  She’ll be adorable. Hazel may not have really understood the situation, but it was a pretty awesome moment for the rest of us.  The day we […]

On the photography side of our business, we often have all the photos ready for a bride within 10 days of her wedding– sometimes as early as four days!  It’s not 100% but it is something we put a high priority on because we know it thrills our brides! Having a precise wedding night workflow […]

This post may be a little too personal.  So if you’re here to look at happy wedding pictures, please skip right over this. It won’t hurt my feelings one bit. Last week I lost a good friend.  His name was John, although I never called him that.  Why?  Because I usually said, “Hey man!” instead.  […]

Four years into this business and I still haven’t figured out the ‘best’ method for what to save & what to delete.  I started out saving every RAW file, but then over time I started deleting things in order to save space on my back-up hard drive.  Last week I went through and deleted thousands […]

I have a million feelings, but none of them make any sense.  This morning when I woke up, Josh met me in the hallway and told me the news.  John was gone.  He’d taken his own life. I stared at him.  Clearly I had names confused.  Or maybe Josh did.  I mean, not John. He’s […]

Back in the fall I started going to the chiropractor because I had massive headaches every single day. After going there multiple times a week for several months (my back was really bad & has drastically improved), I happened to find out that two of the people I saw every visit were married to each […]

I grew up in North Carolina, but last year was the first time I had ever visited the Outer Banks.  Our vacation plans had fallen through and some good friends invited us down to spend the week with them.  We had the best time, and decided to go back as often as possible.  Of course, […]

We get asked a lot about how we started Fowler Studios, how longs it’s been, how we built up to this point & where we’re headed, so we thought we’d share!  It’s been fun delving into those memories, but I (Susan) realized that it can’t possibly be shared all in one post!  So here’s the […]