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!

Sports, Dances and Birthday Kids!

It's been a busy week. Sports, sweetheart dances and birthday children! What a fun combination! Nicole celebrated her first birthday and Kyson turned two. He was mighty proud of his wagon.

Two new sites to visit

Just ran across a couple of fun sites that I thought you might enjoy visiting.

www.loveandlogic.com provides simple and easy to use techniques to help parents have more fun and less stress while raising responsible kids of all ages.

www.hungry-girl.com tips and trick for hungry chicks. Subscribe for free, daily emails. Each day you'll receive tasty tidbits from the world of food and dieting. Little ideas that help with healthful eating and tips that make it easier to stay on that diet.

Almost Back

Well, we're almost back to reality. It's been a fun week tho. We enjoyed visiting with our family, the warm sunshine and no snow, but yet it will be nice to get back into a routine again. We look forward to photographing the Valentine dances this coming week plus all of the little ones who have booked in for wings n tutus or their birthday sessions. It's going to be a FUN month!

Taking a Break!

Today's post is going to be short and sweet. We are actually in Arizona visiting with family. It's suppose to be 72 degrees today. Boy, are we going to enjoy it. We're on our way to Mexico this morning for a couple of days. Looking forward to taking a lot of pictures of beautiful sunsets that I keep hearing about and then whatever else catches my eye. Will be back in the studio on Tuesday, all refreshed and ready to photograph your little ones in wings n tutus. What a fun month it's going to be!