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Published by Candace on March 17, 2011   28 Comments so far

Where do I even begin? Oh, I know!

I’ll begin by say­ing thank you. That’s always a good place to start. Your sup­port has truly been incred­i­ble. Vitaliy and I started this busi­ness over two years ago and it has been quite the adven­ture. To say the least. There have been days that I thought to myself, “We can’t do this. We just can’t do it.” And as soon as I felt at my low­est point, I’d get a sweet email from a client or read a com­ment from one of you. And it was just enough to keep us going. Run­ning your own busi­ness is hard. Writ­ing a blog is hard. You put so much of your­self into it. But that’s pre­cisely why it’s so rewarding.

So thank you for tak­ing this jour­ney with us. Many of you have shared our work and this blog with oth­ers. And I just want to thank you. Small busi­nesses do not sur­vive with­out peo­ple shar­ing. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

But I’m also writ­ing today to invite you to go fur­ther along this jour­ney with us. After two years in busi­ness, Vitaliy and I have spent the past few months really eval­u­at­ing our­selves and this busi­ness. And we have learned a lot. And now I want to share it with you. They’ll be lots of changes com­ing to Prokopets Stu­dio in the com­ing months. One cos­metic change will be a new blog and a new web­site, but that’s down the road a bit. We’ll work up to that. We’re not focus­ing on the des­ti­na­tion, we want to enjoy the jour­ney. With you.

Here’s the thing. I’ve heard from many peo­ple who tell me they read my blog and I’m shocked. I had no idea they read it or that they’d be inter­ested. You’ve all con­vinced me that it’s not just my mom read­ing this thing, but I still have no idea who’s out there. And I’d love to know! So, if you have never left a com­ment — today is your day! Tell me who you are and why you read this blog. If it’s just because you’re bored at work, that’s fine. I appre­ci­ate the hon­esty. If it’s because you like hear­ing about my issues in the kitchen because you have the same issues — sweet! I’m happy I’m not alone.

Until we have our new web­site and blog, I thought we’d work on the cur­rent one. Hope­fully you enjoy the new header! I was sav­ing these pic­tures for our new web­site, but it won’t be ready for a bit so I thought we’d go ahead and launch them here. Below are a few other favorites from this ses­sion with the amaz­ing Teresa Hal­ton.

The blog also needs some orga­ni­za­tion. More cohe­sive­ness and more pur­pose, I feel. And def­i­nitely more con­sis­tency. So I’m think­ing to clean things up and have the fol­low­ing categories.

  • Per­sonal (posts about foods I like, being ghetto fab­u­lous, my mon­ster issues, and…oh, you know!)
  • Busi­ness (I’ll be shar­ing about changes in our busi­ness and things I’m learn­ing about busi­ness and mar­ket­ing that might be helpful.)
  • Pho­tog­ra­phy (Vitaliy will start writ­ing more and shar­ing lessons on pho­tog­ra­phy that could be helpful.)
  • Wed­dings
  • Engage­ments
  • Por­traits
  • A new cat­e­gory (I’ll be shar­ing fur­ther down the road. Anticipation!)

So, if you could leave me a com­ment and let me know which cat­e­gories you’re most inter­ested in already or would like to hear more of, that would be so helpful!

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I posted a sneak peek of this shoot awhile back and I got a few emails about the dress. So ladies, the dress is from Anthro­polo­gie, along with the headband.

We wanted to have a real fun aspect to our shoot with things we love. We love old things so we incor­po­rated the old the­atre seats that sit in our liv­ing room. And we love movies so we played pre­tend with our favorite things we eat at the movie. And this is us pre­tend­ing that we’re in the mid­dle of a really scary scene. But you can see, I’m halfway laughing.

This is how I look all the time being mar­ried to Vitaliy. I rec­om­mend laugh­ing with your spouse on a reg­u­lar basis, as much as pos­si­ble, all the time.

I love how love can make you feel like you are the only two peo­ple in the world. Some­times it’s the per­fect med­i­cine to get you through a tough week.

And as much as you laugh with your spouse, you should kiss them just as much.

I’ve got to end with the V-man. I love him.

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27 Comments so far

  1. Mom

    Mom here. I read the blog because I love the two of you and I want you to know I sup­port every­thing you do.
    First of all I love your writ­ing style. My favorite cat­e­gory is always about your per­sonal stuff; the cook­ing issues, exer­cise, life in gen­eral. You crack me up with it all.
    Then I’d have to go with the pics. ALL the shoots, wed­dings, engage­ments, por­traits you name it I love them! Your cap­tions for the pics are pretty good too!
    The new header is fab­u­lous! The pic­tures are per­fect but I must say, Vitaliy is a much bet­ter actor than you!

  2. Mom

    OMG!! It changes???? I love it! It did change right??

  3. Yuka photo art

    OMG.…..I am in love with your pho­tographs guys.….….….….you are sooo beautiful!!!!!!

  4. Yuka photo art

    I read your blog because of you, your tal­ent and per­son­al­ity :-)

  5. Claire R

    These pho­tos are AMAZING. I mean, really. So beau­ti­ful, fun, inter­est­ing, and aes­thet­i­cally stimulating.

    Can’t wait to see the upcom­ing changes. I like all the categories!

  6. Liz

    Candace…I LOVE the new header and new pic­tures! You are beau­ti­ful (LOVE your Anthro dress!!) and Vitaliy is not too bad look­ing either :) I love read­ing your blog…you write so well, and I can relate to the pho­tog­ra­phy busi­ness side…and of course I love the work you both do! I know we keep talk­ing about get­ting together…maybe April?! I can’t wait to see all your new changes!

  7. kim

    Can­dace! You are gor­geous! Love these pho­tos — sooo beau­ti­ful! Thanks for shar­ing! You and Vitaliy make quite the hot lit­tle number!

    I’m over here read­ing your blog! But I think you already knew that — since I ask you about it every now and then!

  8. Jamie Skaates

    you guys are such a beau­ti­ful cou­ple! love your dress!

  9. Cameron

    Don’t take this the wrong way, but I’m pretty sure Vitaly mar­ried up. These look great!

  10. Candace P

    Oh, Cameron, you are too funny! Thank you so much every­one! You made my day!

  11. Cary

    My friend/co-worker Kim made me a fan after you pho­tographed her sister’s wed­ding (Laura and Matt.) You are very tal­ented and you have great style! On my behalf Kim asked you about the dress…I wasn’t sure if it was a skirt and shirt combo or a dress. Good news, I found it on eBay and plan to wear it as my 30th birth­day party dress! Now I just need to plan a party!

  12. Laura

    Hey Can­dace and V — I read your blog because i love see­ing your pho­tos — they’re so beau­ti­ful — and because, Can­dace, your per­sonal blogs are enter­tain­ing and insight­ful :) Keep it up!

  13. Sandy H

    I love read­ing your blog and of course the pics are always out­stand­ing! Plus I get to keep up with the both of you through it! Keep up the great work you two!!

  14. Sarah

    The pho­tographs look great, it’s about time the cam­era was turned around on you!

    Can’t wait to see the new blog/ web­site changes. I love all the cat­e­gories!!! The new ones will be very help­ful. Oh and I read the blog because Dan told me about it when you first started and I’ve been watch­ing the busi­ness grow ever since.

  15. Dana

    I’m here!! I’m here!!
    Love these pic­tures — even my mom did — we said “awww” to every one, esp. the one of you two sit­ting in the chairs from behind.
    I per­son­ally would like to see more por­traits of fam­i­lies, those with young kids (for obvi­ous rea­sons).
    But I’m impressed with every.single.picture you take!
    Can’t wait to see your re-designed blog!!

  16. Dana

    just noticed the new header — LOVE IT!!!

  17. Lydia

    I read your blog because I love you guys! I smile to myself every time you men­tion the first time you met V in the SDR…because I remem­ber the story with umm…a lit­tle dif­fer­ent twist com­ing from him the first time…before i even met you actu­ally :) . AND…I love your pic­tures. Adam must be so tired of hear­ing me say that I wished you lived closer to us so that we could have you pho­to­graph our girls. I love hear­ing about your “per­sonal” stuff most, but I also enjoy wed­dings (what girl doesn’t?). Although my favorite will be “a new cat­e­gory” because i just *know* it’s gonna be about Prokopet­sito ;)

  18. Laura C

    Yay! I LOVE it. I love your busi­ness! I love your tal­ents, I love your blog, and I love you guys! Such BEAUTIFUL pics!! WOW.
    Like mod­els from a B.R. ad! Amaz­ing. Can’t wait to see whats to come! So happy for your success;-)

  19. Teresa Halton

    I loved our photo shoot, you guys rock. What a great time we had and so much fun and con­tin­u­ous laugh­ing. :) And all those darn mos­quito bites we got after the sun went down! It was a plea­sure to pho­to­graph the both of you and to cap­ture all these beau­ti­ful images. So good to see these on your blog now too!

  20. danielle honea

    i’m in the mid­dle of upgrad­ing my web­site and blog too, so i’d love to hear what you guys are doing or who you are using. i’m back and forth with flash, or HTML. any­way I read the blog because I meet your hubby at a pho­tog­ra­phy work­shop, and its so encour­ag­ing to see other pho­togs bud­ding and or strug­gling with the same things and same pas­sions. last, your pic­tures are ah-mazing!! I NEED YOUR DRESS!! ha ha. sup­per cute cou­ple, inside and out! <3

  21. Jennifer Marshall

    I don’t know what else to say. I feel like I say the same thing all the time, but it’s encour­ag­ing for you to keep hear­ing it. I smile the whole time I’m read­ing each of your blog posts. Your writ­ing and V’s pix keep me smil­ing the same! You both have so much class and cre­ativ­ity and are so beau­ti­ful! I don’t even read blogs, yours is the only one! And I read every sin­gle one! Sorry I can’t give my input on what I’d like to hear more of. Every idea that gets put into writ­ing is genius…it’s dif­fer­ent and chang­ing and I’m always excited to see what it’s going to be about! That dress and head­band and seats in the meadow and popcorn/candy/coke look fabulous!

  22. Jennifer Marshall

    Oh, and I love love love the new pic­tures you keep shar­ing in the header of your web­site! And how they keep changing!

  23. Amanda

    no, thank YOU. it’s too late now to list off all the things you guys do for your clients (and friends) so i’ll be lazy and…not. so thank you for “everything”.

    i sat here refresh­ing the site over and over to make sure i saw all the dif­fer­ent shots in your header. that popcorn-in-the-air one’s my favorite!! you guys look beeyooootiful.

  24. Candace P

    Amanda, you are so sweet! The throw­ing the pop­corn one is my favorite too!

  25. Lindsey

    I first read your blog because you posted wed­ding pic­tures of a col­lege friend of mine. This was almost a year ago and I’ve kept read­ing because I absolutely love your pho­tos, your words, and mostly, I love read­ing about your love for your hus­band and the love you get to wit­ness from the cou­ples you pho­to­graph!
    Although I’ll prob­a­bly never meet you because I live on the other side of the coun­try, when I read this post I wanted you to know that your posts always brighten my day… and I wish I was engaged (and lived in Cal­i­for­nia) just so you could take gor­geous pic­tures of my wed­ding! :)

  26. Callie

    i can’t believe i almost missed this post!!

    first off, can i TELL you how much i am in LOVE with your dress!!? it’s amaz­ing, and can­dace, girl, you are GORGEOUS. i mean, i knew it fresh­man year in sweats, but now you just SHINE!
    (Vi, lov­ing the argyle! stylin!)

    You two are just a joy. Keep shin­ing that light and shar­ing that joy.… it’s so contagious.

    Wish i was closer to you guys.
    Love you guys a lot!

  27. Kris

    Oh man, how on earth did it take me this long to get caught up on your blog?? I only just read this post. Ok, so why do I read http://www.prokopetsstudio.com/blog? Num­ber one, to cri­tique my husband’s design of course! Just kid­ding. Because its one of my favorite ways to stay con­nected with your lives as we are trag­i­cally seper­ated. Some­times I feel like I’m spy­ing on you guys as I don’t rec­i­p­ro­cate the favor and give you reg­u­lar glimpses at Dal­las life, but I’m not quite the woman you are, Can­dooce, and I don’t think I could do it jus­tice! When I see you have a new post up, its an excit­ing sur­prise in an ordi­nary day!

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