Santa is Coming Once Again!

Last year Santa came to the studio on a Saturday. He flew in and like a little girl I was in awe. He was so magnificent with his large presence and quiet voice. The whole day was like magic for me and all the children who came to sit on his lap and talk with him. Once again our day with him approaches and I am so excited to see him. When he left my business last year I felt so honored and blessed that he took the time to come and see my clients children and us and now I am even more excited that he decided to return. This is the time to give your children the magic of Christmas by not sitting in some line at the mall but letting them talk with him and read a book with him, share in that special magic he brings. Call today to reserve a spot, I promise you won't be disappointed!

Doors and New Outdoor Sessions

We've taken it outdoors lately...well not really outdoors but to our new natural light studio. When we rented our space one big selling point for us was the warehouse space in the back, not only for the storage but also for the overhead door and possibility of using natural light. We started out there with a red door last year, this year we've added a bunch of different old doors and hard wood floors and now we are shooting seniors, children and new babies on it and loving the results. Contained natural light is the most beautiful light, better than being completely outdoors. Its amazing how eyes pop when you put them in this environments Having this new studio though HOT here in SC has completely renewed our creativity and we have been loving the results. Enjoy a couple of the images we made using it.

Baby Town!

Recently we had the privledge of attending and being a vendor at Baby Town which was sponsored by Parkside Pediatrics and Park Place Childrens Center. It was a wonderful time for all expectant and new Mom's to talk with vendors who can help them solve problems or give them solutions to things like nutrition, clothing, day care, health care, photography and more. Here are a few of the images from the event.

Last night we watched "Social Network" which is the story behind Facebook. Many things surprised me about the story and it caused me to think about life before Facebook and life after. I had no idea going in what actually transpired with the birth of Facebook, but I gained a real appreciation for people with an anatyical and their creativity. Being creative is different for everyone who is creative. I had no idea that someone so left brained could be creative but Mark Zuckerberg was just that, according to the movie he had some inspiration and didn't solely dream up the idea of Facebook but he did have the ability to see a blank space and create something using coding. He was depicted in the movie as someone without alot of social skills, which if true probably helped him find a way to be social from behind the computer. I did not know there were so many people involved and that one of them was Sean Parker founder of Napster. I remember when Napster came into being, I was one of the users of his site, being a photographer I hate to admit that, but I was new to the computer, home with babies, and just killing time. I tried to remember when I first knew about Facebook, I know I had a MySpace at the time which I didn't love using. I know that Facebook had an ease of use I really liked. Its taken time to learn all the uses and misuses of Facebook, as it is an ever changing anomaly, once you get used to using it, it get changed. In our business we spend alot of time learning how it can help our business and I am always amazed at the amount of people in my life, past and present I've reconnected with through Facebook. How could I ever know what my best friend in Boston's dog ate this morning for breakfast if not for Facebook....lol?

Here's a little trivia for you to think about and ask yourself it applies to you, the average person logs on Facebook 4 times a day and is on for an average of 55 minutes a day. Are you one of them?

Valentine's Day and Winter Be Gone!

Finally we are through January, thank you! How I wanted to see January come in December when we were in the middle of the stress and the parties and the present shopping, cooking, eating, drinking, excess, excess...January looked so lovely sitting on the horizon with its quiet nothingness. We all rest, hungover by December, breathe and then wait. Wait for life to start up again, for us all to recover and then February arises out of the smoke and arrives and we see red and love and roses and see that Spring will come again.

I have come to love Valentine's Day...not for the gifts of chocolate and flowers as much as for the promise of the newness that is coming after VDay. January is gone, February the short month is here and life is back to what we know it to be with its routines and schedules and sameness. I will be happy for that sameness for now.

Valentine's Day!

We are really excited to let you guys know about our Valentine's Day special for kids and pets! These portraits make great gifts for Dad's, grandparents and kids will love handing out Valentine's Day cards featuring their faces at school! These special edition sessions are limited and fill up very quickly. Reserve your space now for a time and date that works for you!

Sessions start at $39.95 and includes 2 5x7's and 8 mini Valentine cards! Call 248-6146 to book!

A new year committment again.........

I am pretty sure that I've committed to better blogging in past years but this time I mean it!!!

I will blog more. I promise. If anyone cares.

Its been a wonderful 1/2 year in the new studio and lots of "gonna do this, changed to that" we have had alot of adjusting to do. This was our first year here in the South with a high school contract for seniors that had a required number of portraits that needed to be done by the end of summer. Lots of fun was had here with the teenagers, we loved making the girls feel like models and the boys who came in expecting to hate every minute of the process ended up having fun too.

We also found some really cool outdoor locations along the way.

From there we went into a fundraiser for JL Mann's track team something we fell on completely by accident, which led us to get to know our neighbors here on Feaster, Carolina Zoom, at the helm is Mario de Carvalho and Jane Robelot. As it turns out Mario is famous as a camera man for network news and Jane was the anchor for many years on Channel 6 news. Both Emmy award winners with much insight. We heard many stories and learned alot about video from them. They created a video for the kids at JL Mann to help raise awareness for their need of a track. This program led us into a Fall of family portraits. Here we discovered the beauty of families in Rock Quarry Garden. We created a whole host of images that carried our families into the Christmas season and

then there was Santa..........

Santa, came to us again by fate he arrived at the studio on one Saturday in November to delight our children and he not only did that but touched our hearts too. He was everything Santa should be and more and we can't wait to have him back here again next year and hope we can create a much larger event for children. It was a wonderful start to our holiday season.

So now Winter is officially here and 2011 has begun, we will soon be working on Valentine's Day images, hope to master the art of the silhouette, bring in Easter and before long be celebrating our one year anniversary. Look for more posts this year, I promise....follow me here it might help motivate me! :) Happy New Year to all !

Happy 2011!