If there’s one thing I look forward to more than sleep every night- it’s the beach. I LOVE the beach and every time we go Lonnie and I decide we want to move there (but never do). It’s a nice thought. Work isn’t quite “work” for me when it’s barefoot in the sand.
This year for spring break we are headed to Panama City Beach, FL. We try to make it every year, as it is our “calm retreat before the storm” of weddings, seniors, and LOTS of busy stuff. However, even though it’s vacation, we just can’t stand seeing a beautiful beach sunset and not have a family to photograph. It just seems like such a waste of opportunity!
Sunsets on the beach are usually pretty amazing.
This year we are offering 3 spots for sessions. If you’re already planning to be there, this is a no brainer!
Whether it’s family portraits, just kids, or a 2018 Senior who wants to add variety to their portrait session, the beach never lets us down for beautiful images. Spots are available April 4th, 5th, 6th. Session fee is $199 and includes 5 fully retouched images with a print release. Also, you can get a discount on wall art, additional images, and prints!
If you’d like more info, just contact us here through our website! We will have LOTS of fun!
Come on, April…..I’m ready, so. very. ready.
We really wanted to do something unique and beautiful this year for our Easter scene. Often times, Easter sessions are so “seasonal” looking that you might not want to have the photos hanging in your home year round- so this year we worked really really hard to make a scene that will make a beautiful photo year round to display in your home!
This year we have made a gorgeous pond scene! The pond will have real water, ducklings, and of course our baby lamb! I can’t wait to photograph these, as I feel that they will make beautiful timeless portraits for your children.
Here is a sample photo of the scene:
Easter is quite a huge event for us every year, and we look forward to it! We will have our trusty animal handler, Mrs. May…(who we couldn’t live without!)
It truly is a fun event for all of us, and we look forward to each session!
Here’s some info:
Sessions are $75 each.
Dates are Sunday March 19th and Sunday March 26th and will run from 11am-7pm. Sessions are 10 minutes, and you will receive a digital download link via email with 3-5 fully edited digital images and a print release.
If you do not want a digital download, you may also BRING YOUR OWN USB at no extra charge, however, it must be picked up at our studio in a timely manner. So many things get lost in the mail, we do not want to lose your USB, so we will not offer a mail option. Digital download is the safest, quickest, more reliable means of getting your images.
If you have more than one child, there is no additional charge, and we will do portraits of the children together and individually. However, children must be siblings, step siblings, half siblings. If you would like a session for children together who are cousins, friends, etc, please book an additional session. We have tried to add these into personal sessions in the past, and it just doesn’t work well- it compromises the quality when we try to cram too much into one sitting. Thank you for understanding!
A deposit of $25 is due to book your spot. Your deposit is NON REFUNDABLE, but you may change your appointment spot one time if you need to and transfer the deposit.
We are SUPER excited to see you all this Easter! Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns!
Click on the link below and you will find the booking info at the bottom! Thank you so much!
So, we decided to try this new idea. It seemed pretty simple. Get a Senior that can dance and dump 25 pounds of flour all over her. What could go wrong with that? So we headed out to the Bremen Wal-Mart and picked up some flour, LOTS of black plastic sheeting, and I think some duct tape. I don’t remember what the duct tape was for, but we were prepared for anything!
Supplies, √
Amelia was in the midst of completing her Senior portraits with us this year, and she just so happened to be a ballet dancer. (yeah we talked her into it!)
Talented Senior girl,( who’s also gorgeous) √
It took us a while to get everything set up and after this first show below, we had to make some lighting adjustments. Amelia still looked pretty normal. Nice clean leotard, perfect hair….
Lonnie said, “that’ll never do….we need…..
And suddenly the magic began. We had SO much fun with this session. It took a little while to figure out exactly how to capture everything like we wanted….but it finally came full circle. It’s not as simple as just slinging baking products around and giggling. There’s specific camera settings, specific lighting placement, and lots of precautions (like make sure your light head is covered so you don’t start a fire). I have to say, I think these images came out even better than I thought they would (since it was our first time experimenting with it). Check this out⇓⇓⇓
I know, I know ….SO COOOOOOL!!! Next, we decided to just totally fill her hair with flour.
This one below is one of my favorites. She looks like a wild sorceress or mad scientist haha
Now that we have done this with a ballet dancer, we have thought of SO many cool things that we could do. Imagine this with a martial arts enthusiast, or hip hop dancer, or color guard with their flag, gymnasts, cheerleaders, the options are crazy!
Once we got the images we were after, it became an all out war between Lonnie and Amelia. Thank God Amelia’s mom and I were safe behind the camera!! Check out the action:
If you think you might be interested in this type of session for something YOU like to do, let us know! We are totally ready to do it again. SO. MUCH. FUN. There’s only one really big question I have to ask at the end of this…
Did Amelia’s hair turn into a big dough-ball when she washed it that night? I’ll have to find out!
