Archive for November, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 22, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!  The studio will be closed next week for the holiday and so that we can get packed and moved.  If your order is due in on Tuesday or Wednesday I will give you a call as soon as it’s here to arrange for pick up.  Please keep in mind that the mail and shipping services will not be delivering on Thursday, so things that should be here on Thursday or Friday will likely be delayed by a day or two.  I know that many of you will be out of town visiting relatives and enjoying the holiday, and our family will be too, so I wish you all a safe trip!

I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who came out this weekend for our annual Holiday Charity Sessions.  We had a great turnout and all the kids looked fabulous — even our non-human kid.  Here is Bella from this afternoon.  We’ll be redesigning the site and blog over the Thanksgiving holiday but I will come back and add more from our charity sessions so you can see how cute everyone looked!

Holiday Update!

November 19, 2008

Just a quick post to catch everyone up on our upcoming events and deadlines!  Don’t forget that our Holiday Charity Sessions are this weekend!  If you’re signed up, please don’t forget that the session fee is an unwrapped $25 gift (one for each child photographed) and that we schedule these VERY tightly, so please be on time!  I’ve never blogged our Pumpkin Patch charity sessions from last month so here are a few for you.  :-)

The deadline for print-only orders for Christmas delivery is next WEDNESDAY.  I will be closed from Wednesday afternoon till the next Tuesday to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family and to pack and move, so I will not be taking phone calls and emails during that time.  If you have a “family share” gallery on our site, it will expire on Wednesday as well because we’re trying to launch the site redesign and the site will be down for a few days during vacation.  As of Dec 1, all sessions will take place “on location” and our pricing structure will change, so this is your last chance to book sessions or order prints at 2008 prices.

I’m really excited about the changes we have coming… I think that it’s going to make sessions a little more fun and creative and I have needed that.  Check back after Thanksgiving to see if we really DID manage to get everything redesigned and back up.  ;-)   Somehow, web tech projects never follow the timeline that they should… .

Preston and Family

November 11, 2008

So since I blogged about one of my favorite nephews, I figure it’s only fair to make it up to you all by blogging an older session as well.  Tessa’s probably been wondering why these never made it to the blog!  Preston is one of our Little Blessings members, and he celebrated his first birthday a few months ago.  Here are some of our favorites from his graduation session.  I try to get every baby’s family to come in for a few shots at one of the first-year sessions, because I feel that portraits are such an important part of your family’s history.  So here are Preston and his parents.  Aren’t they a gorgeous family?

Grant-astic!

November 11, 2008

I know I’ve been a terrible, terrible blogger.  We’ve had so much going on that once I shoot, process, do the ordering sessions, send things off to the lab, package, and make phone calls I just don’t have the energy for much else.  Our Christmas deadlines (for sessions) are still next weekend, and then we’ll be packing and moving, so things will probably slow down a bit in December and I’ll be able to catch up on blogging.  I’m also about to start that long-promised site and blog redesign… since the way we meet with and photograph clients and our pricing structure for new portrait sessions will be changing, it’s really time for a fresh look.

I feel just a little guilty for blogging these first, because it’s one of our more recent sessions and I am so far behind, but I am admittedly playing favorites. This is one of the cutest and sweetest babies I know.  And yes, he is my nephew.  :)   Here is Baby Grant at 6 months old.  I haven’t had him in for portraits at the studio (or anywhere, for that matter) for a few months, and he is just so much fun to photograph.  Thanks for being such a good, sweet boy, Grant!