INK ANYONE?

Does someone have a printer that uses Epson #78 ink cartridges? If so, this is your lucky day! Our Epson printer died this month and believe it or not Clyde was not able to fix it. We had just purchased 6 brand new cartridges plus there are all the cartridges that were in the printer so if someone can use this particular ink cartridge, give us a call. They are all yours just for stopping by the studio and picking them up.

Newborn Models Needed

Babies are being born every day and we are needing some newborn models no older then 2 weeks. Most of the time, Moms don't have their newborns photographed until they are about 4 to 6 weeks, by then they are too old to pose in the dreamy, sleepy baby poses that we want to update our displays with and include in our product line. Please send any new Mom our direction - there is no cost for the session and no obligation to buy plus Mom gets a FREE 8x10 of her favorite pose. Thank you so much for your help. You'll soon see some of these delightful images posted.

Family from Germany

It has been a great week visiting with Chet, Mindy, Emma, Maycie and Morgan. We've had a lot to catch up on since it has been three years since we last saw them. Parting on Friday was still teary eyed but a whole lot easier since we knew we would be seeing them again in June. That's only 2 months away!

Here's our three adorable granddaughters who came from Germany to visit this past week. Aren't they cuties? We had so much fun visiting, playing and photographing. Since we still have our Fairy set up, the girls also got to dress up like fairies. They had a ball finding the butterflies, holding the birds and dancing like a fairy.


Just a reminder the Fairy set will be up until the 15th of May and then it'll be another year before it returns. With us being so busy with Seniors and Dance groups, I only have about 5 or 6 more time slots available for the fairy session. Call soon before they are taken.

Graduation time - Are U Ready?

Things can get pretty hectic around this time of year. Seniors are about to graduate and everything seems to be piling on all at once! Senior projects, grad night, graduation and getting ready to go to college. Just in case you are a little overwhelmed with it all - let us help you out.

Need Wallets ??? This is about the time you realize that your senior gave out all his or her wallet photos and you have little to none left! Don't worry - our lab is running a special on wallets until April 30th. 48 Wallets of a previously ordered pose for only $48 . . . that's a $51 saving! Call now and take advantage of this tremendous savings!






One of the most popular announcements this year are these 5x7 cards printed both on the front and back.


Special pricing: 24 for $99



Also have you put any thought into your senior's graduation party? We can help you showcase his or her life through a Grad Party DVD! We take 20 of your favorite images from the senior photo session, combine it with 20 images from his or her childhood, mix it to music, and you now have a great tribute you can show at their grad party to friends and family! You also get a copy for your Facebook page and iphone! We have 2 styles of DVD shows to choose from - Classic or Modern.

Normally a $299 value - save $150! Now only $149!

PS. Take advantage of any one of these senior offers and we'll also send you a $100 Gift Certificate from Hymas Image good towards the creation of a family portrait this summer or fall!

Birthday Fun!

Birthday sessions are always a lot of FUN no matter what age, but the first year birthday is such a special one. Here's Kissera all decked out in one of her very stylish birthday dresses before we let her loose on her cake. She loved the icing and quickly got into enjoying it - right down to a face plant on top of her cake . . . . not only once but about 3 or 4 times. She had the cutest little frosting face!

Olivia was our second little birthday girl this week and she, too, just turned one. Her grandmother sent her an authentic, original design Korean outfit to celebrate her first birthday. Isn't she adorable? Olivia had the cutest Tinkerbell cake. She was a little timid at first and it took some coaxing from her Mom, but she soon got the idea and enjoyed demolishing her cake.

Speaking of Birthdays! I also have an April birthday and this year I received the most awesome birthday surprise! I just thought Clyde and I were going down to Pocatello Powersports this past weekend to take pictures of our grandsons, CJ, Chase and Chance on their motorbikes, but when I opened the upstairs doors - there were all seven of my kids standing there - it was the most Fantastic surprise I have ever had. They haven't been in one place at the same time for about 10 years, but right there in front of me were: Chet from Germany, Ann from Portland, Clark from Washington, Cami from Utah and of course, Chad, Chelsey and Chris from Idaho! My family had been planning this big event for at least a month. It's so hard to believe that not one person let the cat out of the bag - I was totally clueless. What an emotional day. We had so much fun visiting and enjoying each other's company. Thank you so much to all of my family and friends who made the day so special! It was truly a wonderful birthday celebration!

Engaged

Here's a couple awesome images of a cute couple that will be getting married in June - Brooke and Jason. They wanted something a little more creative down on the tracks. They were such a cool couple to work with - we're going to have fun on their wedding day!

Fairyland Enchantment

Deep in the night forest, fairies gather by firelight and fly to the song of the wind in the trees. Imagine the faintest brush of fairy's wings as these little ones fly in the moonlight, their tiny whispers of laughter floating like dandelion seeds on the night wind. The innocence and grace of such ethereal beauty will melt your heart.

This once a year Fairy Session is only $49 and each additional child is $20. We provide all the beautifully created fairy costumes with matching hair pieces in sizes one to ten. Portrait packages begin at $89 for artistically enhanced images. These are NOT photo basic prints. Fairy Sessions will be scheduled throughout April.

Samantha was our first fairy session of the year and she danced right into our hearts as she came to play in our enchanted forest this week. She was so graceful and such a delight to photograph.

Bunnies of Fun

The Bunnies were a highlight of all of our events this past month. This year we had the cutest, biggest and most gentlest bunnies yet. The children adored them and if they didn't want to hold them, the bunnies just sat on the bench right next to them. We had a great time with the kids and bunnies!

Print Competition

I'm not sure what happened to March, it came and went so fast and I know I did a lousy job keeping our blog and facebook up to date so I have now gotten another someone to help me do just that. Between the two of us, we will keep you informed about what's happening at the studio.
One of the big things that happened in March was our Idaho Professional Photography Convention in Boise. It's always fun to spend a few days visiting with fellow photographers from around the state, listening and learning from great speakers and entering the annual print competition. This year, I had four entries that placed.
"Pucker Up Baby" was taken from little Emma's 6 month session. She was so full of expression! Her image placed 2nd in the Portrait Category.

I had just finished photographing the dancers for the "Wizard of Oz" advertising posters when I decided at the last minute to enter that image into the Commercial category. I'm glad that I did, it ended up placing 2nd. The production is the 14th and 15th of May but I know the time is not right. I just added a time so I could complete the image for competition but there will be lots of posters around town to let you know the exact time.

The following image was taken in Ohio when we were visiting our son Chet and his family. We had planned on spending the day at the "Historic Mansion" but when we arrived we found out that they were closed. Soooo disappointing . . . but as we looked around we saw a young man taking care of the gardens so we decided to ask him if we could spend some time photographing on the grounds and to our surprise, he said "of course" and even let us into a couple of the private gardens. It was our lucky day and the best thing about it - there were no people to work around and I was able to photograph until we wore out our two little granddaughters, their Dad and their Grandpa.

This image, titled "Waiting" took first in the Unclassified Category and to my delight it also received the highly coveted Kodak Gallery Award and can now be submitted into the National Gallery Award competition this summer. I was extremely excited about the Gallery Award.

Idaho has a Finished Product Category so I took this Canvas Wrap off of our wall as we went out the door to enter into that category. It ended up being the highest scoring print and placed first.

All in all, I think we did fairly good this year. We always appreciate your willingness to let us enter your images in competition and our other advertising pieces. We have the best clients around!