Announcing...

Yes.... finally we are announcing our new location! Many of you already know about this great place due to my inability to keep a secret longer than 5 minutes! Our new place is located at 1990 C St. Right on the corner of 20th & "C" streets. Next year it will be 100 years old and it has such incredible details and character on all three floors - (yes, we will be cleaning ...a lot!) Any volunteers? The studio will be on the first floor - so you will enter directly to the studio. - We have many plans for decor and extras we were unable to have before. The grand staircase is going to be great for photos and the natural lighting will likely be one of my favorite things to photograph with. Our move date is on Dec 26th - we will be closed (technically) until Jan 10th - feel free to call or e-mail anytime in between as we will be checking messages often. We can't wait to see everyone over at the new studio - Call today to schedule your session for anytime after Jan 10th!

Just have to share...

This morning while getting ready, my youngest, Mason, and I were having a conversation about the fact that we had a new tube of toothpaste finally ( for a week we had been attempting to get every last drop out of the last tube!). Towards the end we were having to use two of us ... one to squeeze the other to hold the brush!
The funny thing is, while I thought nothing of the new tube - Mason grabbed the toothpaste and looked at me wide eyed and smiling "There's a lot in this one Mommy! Wow, we got a whole new one?" and with the biggest, most innocent and sweet smile he looked at me and I realized that in life... Mason still looks at the little things and gets excited. What a great way to live!
Of course I scooped him into my arms, snuggled and kissed his sweet face, thinking, "What a great way to start the day - happy as can be - all because of a new tube of toothpaste.

I wish you all full tubes of toothpaste and all the other little things that make you smile!
Happiness,
Paula

SANTA CLAUSE IS COMING TO TOWN!

It's that time of year again - we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Santa Clause at the studio! This is always so fun for us and the kids to get a chance to visit and have a portrait taken with Santa himself! I love seeing the looks on the faces of your children - so many expressions! Come eat a couple cookies and choose your keepsake 4x6 portrait. Schedule quickly - this year he will be here for one day only - Friday December 7th! We are already starting to book up for this date! Session fee for this session is $25 per child.
HO HO HO!

Harper Grace...

I don't like to have favorites of any of our children, because of course they are all wonderful joys that we are blessed with...however...if I were to HAVE to choose, Harper would definitely be somewhere near the top of my list! Harper's parents have been clients of ours when their only "children" were their dogs, Macaw and peacocks - yes that's right. The first time I met little Harper she was of course a very tiny little darling and we loved every image of her. She is certainly one of the most enjoyable children to photograph and my heart jumps every time she arrives at the studio for a session or a visit. She always greets us with a huge smile and is continually happy about life! I thought I'd share a couple of the images that we recently took in her Halloween costume - she just makes me SMILE!

Our jewelry designer...

At a conference back in March we were able to meet back up with our new friends
Karen and Barry. Karen, who just happens to also design all of our amazing jewelry! It is always so much fun getting together with them - we all love food and photography and so it always makes for great dinners and tons of ideas. The guys have been dubbed the "maintenance men" of the studios. :) Thank god for them though - you gotta love those handy types!

Camera room updates

We were hard at work creating new walls for the studio back in March. Well... Cesar was hard at work, and the kids made a mess, but it all turned out in the end. I envisioned a paneled wall and Cesar made it happen. The kids thought "helping paint" meant drawing their names in paint on the walls. The red wall turned out great and it works so well in portraits - it has been great to get creative with the new inspirations.

Senior Model Shoot

Class of 2008 is here and this year we held our first "Model Shoot". The seniors that we photographed were so fun. We spent all weekend in the old Salvation army building that is being renovated - The owner was so generous to allow us to take over for a few days. It was so fun to be somewhere new and test out new lighting and poses. We wandered around and found old leaky rooms, cinder block walls and a vintage freight elevator. The images turned out great and made for a perfect senior campaign. To check out the images - go to our senior website and enter the password "models" on the clients page. Thanks to all our models for an awesome senior season!

SANDRA!!!

I am so excited to introduce Sandra to everyone! Sandra started with us in July. She was thrown into the world of High School Senior portrait season immediately!
Sandra has been so great to have here at the studio - many of you may have already gotten to know her and spoke with her on the phone while booking your sessions. We are so glad to have her, as she does wonders in keeping things moving along and running smoothly. It has been incredible to have a few extra minutes for planning and design work. Thanks for all your hard work Sandra!
(pictured with her son Paúl)

It's been a while...

Yes... it has been a while since I have updated the blog - this year has been crazy - we tripled the number of seniors we shot last year and have photographed MANY more families and children this year than ever - I have been honestly trying to catch my breath! Thank you so much to all of our amazing clients who are so great to work with - you are of course the lifeline of our business and allow me to live out my dream everyday!
Many changes have happened and I can't wait to tell you all about them - Keep posted - I am vowing to post something every week or more to give you something new to read about!

Happiness,
Paula

2007 Home and Garden Show

Immediatly following our return from Iowa we set up for the annual Home and Garden show at the lancaster event center. We had a great turnout! Many stopped to see our new products and book a session. It is always so much fun to see everybody out and about. Esspecially on such a freezing cold weekend!

Our booth changed this year thanks to Cesar's handiwork! We recieved many comments and heard many nice stories from so many of you . The big hit this year were the addition of our jewelry and handbags as well as our Designer Portraits.
We can't wait for next year!

Pictured from the left: Stephanie, Cesar, Paula & Hillary.

Iowa Conference

In Feb. we traveled to Iowa to attend the Iowa state convention for professional photographers. It was such a great experience - not only were we able to meet back up with Karn and Barry from Daytona, we also had the opportunity to meet so many wonderful and talented photographers!

It was a great time - we learned so many great things. It is always refreashing to take a step back and look at what we are doing and how we can change to better the studio.

This was Hillary's first conference and it was really exciting to see her eyes light up when listening to the speakers. It is great for our studio to have someone who's mind never stops turning with ideas, although she doesn't always see it as a gift! :)

New Jewelry!

We are so excited about our new jewelry line! The products we have selected for the studio are so great - we can't wait for you all to see them. We have ordered several pieces for studio samples. Here are just a few of the pieces for you to drool over!

Daytona SPI conference

We started out this year traveling to Daytona Beach to attend the annual Senior photographers international conference. We learned tons and met even more great people! While walking through the trade show we met Karen and Barry - (owners of our new jewelry line) and Judy, who works with them. We had a great time hanging out and taking pictures - also a quick run through the ocean at midnight makes for a funny story. (We since found out that this is apparently a bad idea with Daytona being the shark bite capital of the world - yikes!)




We were also blessed to be able to meet up with Sandy Puc' and Dave Junion - founders of N.I.L.M.D.T.S. One of the most amazing organizations I've ever known and I am so proud to be a part of it. Amzingly wonderful people with huge hearts - thanks for all your kind words!






Cesar and I took some great shots while we were there - he's becoming quite the photographer now, wheather he likes it or not! All in all, it was a wonderful learning experience and we were able to walk away with so many great ideas for the studio, can't wait to try them all out!