Have you ever had professional portraits done and you ordered a great big 8×10 for your wall? You excitedly get home, put it on the wall and it looks like this? After investing time and money into your portrait session, it can be pretty discouraging to realize that what you thought was a big portrait […]

get the right sized portraits….every time

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Since many of our holiday sparkle mini-session prints were holiday gifts, I promised not to post our favorite images until after the holidays. Now it’s January, so all is fair game. 🙂 I giggle every time I see these images as I recall how much fun we all had that weekend. I’m already planning a […]

holiday sparkle mini-sessions – the “real” images!

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Recently I held a weekend of Holiday Sparkle Mini-sessions and had an absolute blast! Since I am a custom portrait photographer, doing an event like these mini-sessions was totally new to me. Whaaaat? I can’t take 2 hours to have a view/order session with a client? I can’t photograph their kids forever? Luckily, my young […]

holiday sparkle mini-sessions are a success!

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Think about pulling your camera out once a day – EVERY day. How hard would it be to create a meaningful photo each and every day, even when you are dead tired? Lindsay Javit does just that. Her subject? Oliver! Ollie is a Jack Russell mix that is as crazy as can be, but he […]

oliver: dog a day (and adorable wonder dog!)

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My mom recently moved into a retirement home apartment, and we wanted it to feel like home to her. So, I recently spent an afternoon with my brother hanging a collection of old family photos onto her wall. I realized that so many small photos had the potential to make her room very chaotic, so […]

five rules for arranging old family photos

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