What a difference a year makes!

{3 days, Photo courtesy of Madison Christopher Photography}

Today I was reflecting on my life a year ago, and realized what a difference a year makes! Last January I was uncertain when my husband and I would have a child (we had been trying for several years) and I was still photographing on-location. Fast-forward a year and I have a beautiful baby boy who's almost 3 months old and a fabulous studio along with a full-time associate photographer who has been a huge blessing to me by running the business since Christian has been born. All of these things have been faithful answers to my prayers! I hope to encourage you when times are tough in your life, remember that blessings are waiting for you right around the corner:)

Here are a few pictures of Christian from the countless photo sessions that I've taken...Enjoy!

{3 days-by Madison Christopher}{1 week-by Meghan Sullivan}{3 weeks}

{4 weeks}
{5 weeks}

{8 weeks}

Free Family Portraits

We are so excited to participate this year in Sandy Puc's International Charity Model Search for the cutest family of 2010! Sandy Puc is a world-renowned photographer out of Colorado who started this charity model search for her fellow peers. Each year she has a different theme and this year she is searching for the cutest family.

You might be asking yourself what does this mean and how do we take advantage of this great chance to be photographed for free?! Well, for three special Saturdays in the months of January, February and March Meghan will be photographing the families that sign up with us.

To be considered, the family must consist of one parent in the photograph and we are accepting only immediate families for this contest. The images will be posted online for a week after your session. Two weeks from your session date you will come back into the studio to order and pick out your favorite photograph to post online for all to see! This is where the fun begins! Your friends and family can then go online and vote for you as the cutest family in all of North America! The family that is picked will win a brand new car; who knows, the cutest family might be yours!!

The greatest part of this whole experience is not only the fame and fortune :) but the chance to give back to a wonderful charity, Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. This charity N.I.L.M.D.T.S. was founded by Sandy Puc and consists of volunteer photographers who come into a family's life when grief has stricken them with the loss of their brand new baby. Too often babies die during or right after birth and the volunteer photographers of N.I.L.M.D.T.S. come in and photograph them with the parents so that the mother and father will always have a beautiful portrait to remember them by. All the proceeds from the votes of this contest will go to benefit N.I.L.M.D.T.S.. Each vote is only a $1.00 and the more votes you have the better your chances are of winning!

To find out more information on the family model search and the charity you can visit: http://www.sandypucmodels.com/site/c.rwLZKhN1LtH/b.5460185/k.BBEC/Family_Information.htm

We will be photographing every 1/2 hour from 9a.m. to 5p.m. on the following three Saturdays for the cutest family:

Saturday, January 30th

Saturday, February 27th

Saturday, March 13th

Please sign up soon as we anticipate spots to fill up fast! You can call the studio at 248-275-1517.

"Girl's Night Out" Studio Open House-October 8th 5-9pm

Grab your girlfriends and come out to our open house to have a fun & fabulous night on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 from 5 - 9 pm to celebrate the Grand Opening of our new studio!

See our new studio and have chances to win some items from our boutique including a 16x20 Gallery wrap, albums and more.

We will have a sign up for our holiday studio special (now-Oct 31st) and we are giving away free portrait sessions with Meghan, our associate photographer, for the first 30 people starting in November...I'll be on maternity leave:)

There will also be a fun little accessory party from ButterflyBoutique.com with more giveaways.

We hope to see you there!!!

Holiday Portrait Special

Fall has quickly arrived and so has the season for family portraits! For this reason we are announcing our annual Holiday Special. This is the perfect opportunity to capture pictures of your children for beautiful wall portraits, holiday cards and unique gifts.

Our Holiday Special is only $199-which includes a 30 minute portrait session with your family, photographed at Cranbrook House and Gardens, and 24 custom designed holiday cards (additional cards are available at a discounted rate).

We are now booking these limited sessions for ONE weekend only starting Friday, October 2nd thru Sunday the 4th. Spots go quickly, so book yours today.

With Baby Rollin arriving in November, I will only be photographing for 4 more weeks!!! Although my fall session is short, I hope to see you and your family during this time!

AVAILABLE TIMES:

Friday, October 2nd

9:15am
10

10:45

11:30

12:15pm

1

1:45

2:30

3:15

4

4:45

5:30

Saturday, October 3rd

9:15am

11

11:45

12:30pm

1:15

2

2:45

3:30

4:15

5

Sunday, October 4th

12pm

12:45

1:30

2:15

3

3:45

4:30

Thank you to all our models!

We are all booked up for our final week of our Model Search! We want to thank everyone for bringing in their adorable children, and will be posted several of our favorites on the blog after Labor Day. Have a great week!!!

Model Search: Now Scheduling for next week

What a busy week! We captured some amazing pictures this week for our model search and are now opening next weeks schedule. We are especially in need of babies! And most of all, baby boys ages 6-12mos (sitting up please). These are our times available....

Monday, August 24th
130pm
230
330
430

Wednesday, August 26th
930am
130pm
2
230
3
330
4

Friday, August 28th
930am
10
1030
11
1130
130pm
230
330
430

Session Times for Model Search

Thank you for all the inquiries for our Cutest Baby and Child Model Search.  Instead of replying to each individual email, we are posting the session times available below.  Please review and email us your first and second time choice and we will confirm with you.  We are currently booking next week only. Both Meghan and I will photograph one child per 30 minute session, and focus on one outfit and background.  Can't wait to schedule your sessions! 

TIMES OPEN:

Tuesday, Aug 18th 

9:30am

10

10:30

2pm

230

3

330

4

430

Wednesday, Aug 19th

2pm

230

3

330

4

430

 

Cutest Child Model Search

As most of you know, we have currently just moved in to our new studio space and have inquired a lot of new props and backgrounds that we need to try out and photograph like this adorable picture above...so from now until September, we are looking for the cutest kids to come in and model for us!

We are looking for children ages newborn (first two weeks of life) to 8 years old who love the camera! If your child's pictures are selected they will go to update a variety of our community displays, as well as decorating our new studio space and used for future website and marketing purposes including local print competitions!

All models will receive a free session and a $50 credit towards any prints you would like to purchase-just our way of saying thanks!

Models Needed:

Newborns (7-14 days old)

Babies (sitting up)

Toddlers (15mos-3 yrs)

Children (4-8yrs)

Times Available:

Mondays 9:30-4:30pm

Wednesdays 9:30-4:30pm

Fridays 9:30-4:30pm

So if you think you have the cutest child or if you have ever been told that your child should model, please give us a call at the studio or click on the link above and inquire about our model search!

Our Studio!!!

Although we are still in the process of finishing our studio, I thought I would post a couple before and afters pics of our space...Hopefully in the next few weeks we will finally have everything in place-signs on the outside, computers up and running and pictures on the walls:)

Our blank canvas...

Which definately needed some desperate renovations!!!Stills needs pictures on the wall...

Pregnancy pics:)

Thank you to many of my clients that have been calling to find out how my pregnancy is going, and wanting to see pictures! You would think being a photographer that I would be capturing the growth of my own tummy this entire time, but besides an occational belly shoot on my iphone here and there-I have no pictures, lol! So last weekend, when my husband and I were at a wedding I asked someone to snap a couple. Here are a few of me at 23 weeks...but I promise to post better ones soon!