Once in awhile a family comes along who has a spectacular dynamic… fun, enjoy each others company, and has really cool kids. This is just such a family!
And there’s practically no way I could truly give you an idea how much fun this family was without showing you this image. Grandpa was holding the girls, and the older one decides to give him a kiss. Goodness knows what the younger girl is thinking.
It’s just so great to see so many clients for whom we’ve done other types of work. Whitney was a dancer with one of our favorite dance studios. When she contacted us about doing headshots, we were honored. Not only that, we got to really catch up on what she’s been doing since starting college. Apparently she is very involved in theater productions, and wanted headshots to use for many different types of those performances.
This was a mutual favorite.
Some people are born to be certain “types”… you know, intelligent, good-looking, brawny… whatever.
I hope you’ll agree that William was blessed with more than one “type”. 🙂
Well, here’s egg on my face. 🙁
I had blogged all the entries into the Most Beautiful Baby contest… except Vivian, whose portraits we did a week ago today. In fact, her mother traveled with Vivian from Greensboro, NC to have portraits done. The thing is, I just didn’t get around to putting her pictures online.
BUT… rest assured that she was included in the judges selection panels. So they all saw her, in addition to all the other entries.
So, without further adieu I give you Miss Vivian. 🙂
… but first, a few kind words.
This is our seventh year with this contest. We’ve enjoyed them all. Half the fun is meeting new people, and the other half is all the great kids we see.
As many of you know, the contest awards prizes for first, second, and third places, and two honorable mentions. Here they are, in reverse order:
Brennan and Grant are 9 months and 22 months respectively. They were both a lot of fun, and just seemed to shine in front of the camera. Our Honorable Mentions:
Grant
Brennan
Our third place winner has been here a few times already, including for Easter Portraits, Halloween pictures, and holiday portraits. We’ve gotten used to seeing her around here, so when she showed up for the contest, she was a natural. Introducing Miss Morgan:
Morgan
Moving on to our second place winner, I need to first say that she was probably the most friendly baby almost instantly. Even her dad said “I can’t believe she is this cooperative.” And she was a lot of fun, because she was just so ready to play and have fun. Our second place winner, Miss Brylee:
Brylee
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Pretty much before she set up the portrait sitting, our first place winner’s mom told us “this is THE most beautiful baby.” Well, everyone says that… and they were all beautiful babies. Really. But because our judges are independent and chosen almost at the last minute to do the judging, we know that they are being fair in their assessment for the photos submitted. With that little disclaimer (sorry 🙂 ), I give you the First Prize winner of our Seventh Annual Most Beautiful Baby Contest, Mister Ethan:
Ethan
Prizes for this year’s winners were generously provided by the following. Please support them for supporting our fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital:
We also want to thank all our judges, the wonderful parents, our incredibly patient staff and especially Suzanne who got the ball rolling on vendors back in November. This has been another great year with the contest, and we look forward to it again in 2011.
Another competitor in our Most Beautiful Baby contest, Brylee was ready to go pretty much straight out of dad’s arms. She spent a few minutes looking around and then easily decided this was a fun place and was smiling and having a great time shortly after that.
Julie’s little boy is turning three years old. We’ve been photographing him for several years, of course, but we also photographed Julie’s wedding to Woody. The really cool part about photographing the same child over a period of years is that they are almost instantly comfortable with us. Coleton was much that way, quickly warming up and playing peek-a-boo pretty much the entire time he was there. He even created a couple of his own posing ideas (including the trunk you’ll see below).
We always look forward to seeing Julie, her parents, and of course Coleton.
Our Day of Beauty, discussed in this thread, has been changed. It’s now being held on March 20. Please call now for your appointment… remember it is first come, first served for appointments, and you MUST have an appointment. It’s great fun, and great images. Call now!
Miss Layla is something of a celebrity around here. After all, she won last year’s Most Beautiful Baby contest. Well, she’s ba-aack! That’s right, the defending champion still qualifies for the contest and is looking to give all the other contestants a run for their money. We’re looking forward to what the judges have to say. Contest ends on Saturday!
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Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, we are offering up another day of beauty!
Those who have taken advantage of our previous days (including the Valentine’s sessions) have been very happy with the experience and with their images. And why wouldn’t they be? The package includes a complete makeover with makeup by Ceejae (a professional make-up artist), hair styling by Brooke, and portraits by Tony. This combo has churned out some amazing images in the past few months, and now it’s your turn.
The package also includes an 8×10 or two 5x7s, and is only $99. Want to bring a friend? If you do, then the price is only $89 each!
Book now by calling 304-263-3100. But do hurry, because the time slots fill up quickly!
