This was a real treat for us! A couple of years ago Savannah was a category winner in our Star Kids Modeling Contest. We hadn’t seen her since then, but she just recently came back in! She’s 8 now and has grown into a wonderful girl! AND…Savannah brought a friend with her to be photographed: her new kitten Megan!
Isn’t she adorable?!? We were so thrilled to be able to photograph a cute girl and her new best friend. Check out a few of these great images of them together!
Thanks, Savannah, for coming in again and for bringing Megan with you! You two are precious together!
We look forward to seeing you again soon!
As you can see, Ashley and Shelly couldn’t keep their hands off this cute little furball. They are true cat ladies: between them they’ve had more than 50 cats in their lifetimes!
All January we’ve been advertising that we are looking for Models to be part of Sample Month, and we’ve had lots of amazing people ask about it so far…but this little girl tops them all!
So it’s Monday morning, and we walk in to find this on our answering machine…
Oh, oh, OOOOoooOOoooh!!!
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So we look up the song (from the lyrics, as best we could determine them from the answering machine), and once we found out what the song was…
I hope she calls back, because we’d LOVE to have her perform for us live!
Here’s something fun – remember the snow we had two weeks ago? Well, Ashley (our newest photographer) was outside trying to sweep off some of the snow from the stoop of the Portrait Shoppe and…well, she can get a little crazy sometimes. So while she was sweeping–you know what, you’d better just watch the video.
You know what the funniest part is? She didn’t know that we were recording video! She just thought it was a couple of still shots! So, that’s just Ashley being herself. We love our staff!
Our friend Diane sent us this snapshot of her most recent family wall portrait taken at the Portrait Shoppe. With her permission, we wanted you all to see just how good it looks “at home.”
It looks awesome Diane! What a great choice of background and frame to fit your sitting room. Thank you SO much for sharing with us!
We had a BLAST on Halloween! We had a few great sessions, and all in costume, baby! Check out these awesome images from one session with 3 little angels, courtesy of their mom.
The 3rd little angel isn’t in these shots because she’s only 2, and she wasn’t quite up for playing with us. The portraits turned out great, and (as you can plainly see) we had an awesome time! Thanks to Jill for providing us with the pictures from her own camera!
Now you can come by and sign your name up on our wall…no, not our Facebook wall, our REAL wall…you know, hard? Made of Sheetrock? Usually covered in paint and/or wall paper? Yeah, that kind of wall! The next time you come by our studio, definitely stop by and have your kids put their John Hancock on our front wall (don’t worry…if your child doesn’t know how to write yet, scribbling is just fine with us!). Seriously – try it! Check it out:
Michael christening our new wall
We bought this awesome paint that turned our wall into a chalkboard! We got it at Lowes for $12, and it works great! I may try this in my house – just think: now you can be glad that you’re children are writing on the wall! If you like the idea for your kids’ rooms, you can find the same paint HERE.
So, really, come by and have your kids write on our wall – anything they want! BTW – you can post on our Facebook wall too…just follow this link!
Hey everybody! I’d like you to meet the newest member of our family: Micah Paige!
He was born at 5:51 am Tuesday morning, Oct. 6. Mom (Aura) is doing great, and his 3 older siblings are all very excited that he has finally arrived. We’re all a little exhausted, but we couldn’t be happier!
So now I’m a daddy of 4…wow! That’s almost hard to believe! As the t-shirt says, “Life is Good!”
I’ll keep you updated as I have opportunity – but keep checking back for more family updates from us at the Portrait Shoppe!
Boy this has been a crazy month! We danced and dressed up in all kinds of funky costumes. We gave away a Wall Portrait and even made some honorary Portrait Shoppe staff out of your children. Why? Well…sometimes it’s nice to celebrate just to celebrate. And that’s what September was about for all of us – fun for its own sake!
I wanted to share with you the last of our crazy outfits from this month – it was Superhero Week! Those of you who watched the results of the Wall Portrait giveaway will have already had a preview of Shelly’s and my outfit. But, for your viewing pleasure, here are the Superheroes of the Portrait Shoppe, immortalized forever on this blog!
All in all, we had a BLAST!!! Thanks so much for coming by and “playing” along with us.
BTW, if you want to get your children photographed in their Halloween outfits, we’ll be offering a $29.99 special! It also comes with a free family portrait session, so make sure you book enough time for that as well.
We’re sorry to see September go, but we had so much fun…maybe we’ll just have to do that again sometime soon! Thanks again for making it worthwhile!
P.S. And for those of you who think that all we did all month was play and did no work, here’s proof otherwise:
Michael...er, um...BATman doing some work at the Portrait Shoppe
Today is a very special day! We are giving away a free wall portrait to one of our lucky UKC (that’s Unique Kids Club) members who had a photo session during the month of September. Once in a while we get to do something really cool for our UKC’s, and this is definitely one of the coolest! So, without further ado: the winner is……….
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Thanks so much to everybody who did come and “play” with us during this craziness! We have had a BLAST! Don’t forget to check back here at the end of the week for some updated hero photos (yes, you will most certainly want to see Batman – Adam West style!).
September is still goin’ strong, and we’ve been rockin’ to the music of the 1950′s all this week! Check out our own version of the Greasers from that era:
Come on down and rock and roll with us. We’d love to know: What’s your favorite song from the 1950′s? Tell us, and we’ll have Shelly dance to it… seriously- check this out.
Now, come on – who WOULDN’T want these two tearing up the dance floor to your favorite hit from the 50′s!
This was a real treat for us! A couple of years ago Savannah was a category winner in our Star Kids Modeling Contest. We hadn’t seen her since then, but she just recently came back in! She’s 8 now and has grown into a wonderful girl! AND…Savannah brought a friend with her to be photographed: her new kitten Megan!
Isn’t she adorable?!? We were so thrilled to be able to photograph a cute girl and her new best friend. Check out a few of these great images of them together!
Thanks, Savannah, for coming in again and for bringing Megan with you! You two are precious together!
As you can see, Ashley and Shelly couldn’t keep their hands off this cute little furball. They are true cat ladies: between them they’ve had more than 50 cats in their lifetimes!
He was born at 5:51 am Tuesday morning, Oct. 6. Mom (Aura) is doing great, and his 3 older siblings are all very excited that he has finally arrived. We’re all a little exhausted, but we couldn’t be happier!
So now I’m a daddy of 4…wow! That’s almost hard to believe! As the t-shirt says, “Life is Good!”
