I met Melissa and Andrew when we photographed their beautiful daughter back in July and I’ve been looking forward to this session with Andrew’s family ever since. It was so much fun it was to work with a family who was so involved in the whole portrait processes. They were excited about everything we did, laughed and joked with us throughout the session, and even brought a change of clothing, coordinating colors with each other perfectly. The whole family was so incredibly nice and thoughtful and it was an absolute pleasure to spend time with them. Here are a couple of my favorites from the session…
In-between shots of the family as a group, we took some pictures of little Emery and all the ladies worked to get a smile out of her:
I don’t think she knew WHAT to think!
Speaking of smiles, this handsome fellow was one of THE BEST 7 (almost 8!) year old’s we’ve ever worked with. Not only did Christian have a great personality, he smiled beautifully for us in every single picture. He did so well, I told him I was going to post his picture on the internet as an example to 7 (almost 8!) year old’s everywhere. Check it out, boys and girls, this is how you smile for the camera!!!
After much prayer and discussion with my husband, we have decided to make some changes to our blog. We will no longer be posting here, but have a new site in progress. The reason for these changes are written there, so I invite each of you to visit the following link and take a look around!
rinamarie.wordpress.com
From now until December 31, we are offering a huge sale to all of our clients. The sale includes:
- 50% off all gift print packages (set of 25 4×6′s or 5×7′s)
- $50 off Leather bound Heirloom Albums
- $100 off Gallery Wraps sized 16×20 and over
We are also offering our usual end of the year gift certificate special… Purchase one gift certificate for any amount over $25.00, and receive a second for the same amount, free!
Here is a list of all our for sale products, and pricing:
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GIFT CERTIFICATES:
Gift certificates make a beautiful gift for friends and family members. Great as stocking stuffers, or a special gifts for co-workers, gift cards are beautifully designed and packaged. From now until December 31st, purchase one gift certificate for any amount over $25.00, and receive a second for the same amount, free!*
Gift Certificate Pricing:
Buy one for $25 or more, Get one Free (up to $200)
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GIFT PRINTS
Gift prints are a great way to show off your family! Available in sets of 25 4×6’s or 5×7’s, pictures can be mixed and matched according to your preference. Place your pictures in Christmas cards or in albums to create special gifts for friends and family members.
Gift Print Packages:
4×6 Gift Prints (25): $100.00 (Normally $200.00)
5×7 Gift Prints (25): $200.00 (Normally $400.00)
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GALLERY WRAPS:
Gallery Wrap Canvases are simply stunning. Whereas traditional canvases must be framed and mounted, gallery wraps are printed larger than the final print size and wrapped around a solid wood frame complete with wire hangers. Printed directly to canvas and protected with a semi-gloss laminate to protect from scuffs, scratches and cracking and to provide UV light protection, Gallery Wraps are an absolutely gorgeous way to display your special images.
Gallery Wrap Details:
Wrap around edges:
Ready to hang with sturdy wire hangers:
Made from high quality materials and finished with a protective laminate:
Gallery Wrap Pricing:
20×30: $250 (Normally $500)
20×24: $275.00 (Normally $375)
16×20: $200 (Normally $300)
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HEIRLOOM ALBUMS
Heirloom Albums are a beautiful way to display images from your session. Available with twenty pages printed on beautiful watercolor paper and adhered to heavy black cardstock, these albums allow each spread to lay flat without parts of your pictures being lost in the center of the book. Heirloom Albums are available in several cover materials including fabric, leather and custom photo covers and wrapped in masonite and padded to give them a classy, elegant feel.
Heirloom Album Details:
Custom page layots:
Pages mounted on durable, heavy cardstock:
Pages lay flat, with no middle gutter:
Beautiful, high quality binding:
Heirloom Album Pricing:
10×10 Album: $295 (normally $345)
8×8 Album: $250 (normally $300)
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PLEASE NOTE: In order to receive your purchase by Christmas, heirloom album orders must be in by December 10, Gallery Wrap and gift print orders by December 14 and gift card orders by December 20.
As many of you have expressed a desire to purchase a digital file for Christmas cards, from now until Dec 6th, we are offering one digital image on CD, sized for printing up to 8×10, for $15 (regular: $25.) And because this was a recent decision, & some of you have already purchased a digital file for cards, we’re offering a second special… Purchase an 8×10 of your choice from now until Dec 6th and receive EITHER $10 off, OR one set of 8 wallets, free.
Other end-of-the year specials are coming soon, including discounted gallery wraps, heirloom albums and gift cards.
More info on these coming soon!
I love working with musicians… when else do I get to spend hours dragging someone all over town trying new things? Today I had a great session with an AMAZING singer, Kinsey Rose. I tried out a few new places I’d been scouting for a while and while she was here she sang us one of her songs, Streets of Maytown. It’s an incredibly beautiful song and she’s got an amazing voice. You can hear it here: http://www.myspace.com/music/5209502/songs/34451605 and visit her myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/kinseyrose. In the meantime, here are a few from our session:
Check out these baby blues… or are they greens?
And just to brag on this guy a little bit, he’s not only incredibly handsome, he is SO INCREDIBLY SWEET! I always expect to have a somewhat difficult time with boy’s his age (what boy this age WANTS to have his picture taken?), but he was absolutely wonderful. He helped me get his brother to smile, was up for anything I asked him to do, and was just incredibly nice and polite. I sincerely mean it when I say that I hope I have a chance to take this young man’s picture many, many times in the future.
And THIS little guy earned every ounce of the lolipop his Mom promised him at the end of the session! Check out that smile:
A few more…
Oh how I love working with babies!!! This little beauty slept for most of her session, timed her lunch perfectly (my baby was getting hungry then, too!) and fell right back to sleep for a few follow up shots. Here are a few of my favorites…
The sweetest parts….
One of my first photography ventures, besides photographing my own children, was in the area of pet photography. Having run a rescue out of our home for several years, we soon learned that the better the picture we had of our adoptable pets, the more quickly we could find homes for them. I loved, and still love, taking pictures of animals and am hoping to expand my work to include pets in the very near future. While we are no longer involved in rescue, in order to assist in the rescue efforts of other organizations, we will be offering digital paintings of pets, with a percentage of all proceeds from paintings being donated to rescue organizations. Here are a few samples of some recent paintings we have done…
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How do you take a portrait under bad lighting conditions? Make your own!
We did this session in the middle of the afternoon under less-than-perfect lighting conditions. For most shots, I was able to get the family in the shade, but I really wanted a picture on this bridge. It was too bright for a good shot, so my husband stood next to them with a reflector to keep off the sun, and I shot on a tripod. I took one shot of all three of them, and another shot of just the bridge and combined them in photoshop (gotta love photoshop!)
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