It is that time of year for our Halloween special. Last year we had our haunted graveyard. This year we decided to change it up and do a pumpkin patch.
Bring in all your children and have their picture taken in their costume for free. You also get a free 5×7. Make sure you tell all of your families and friends as well.
It is a busy time of year so make sure you call and set up an appointment before you come in.
We will be happy to see all of you.
Here are the dates and locations for the fall photo safaris. The locations may change as we get closer due to the colors of the leaves. We are checking the locations regularly to make sure you have great leaves for your portrait.
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Every year I have people tell me they want to get family portraits when the fall colors are on. This year we are looking at the season starting in October and finishing up the first to middle part of November. Fall colors are beautiful and are a great time to have family portraits taken. Since the season is so short and there are so many people that want them, you want to act fast to get your time set.
This year we are doing a special off our regular portrait fee. We are offering 75% off our session fee until November 19th. That means you will only pay $25 for the session fee. Our prints are still the same low prices our clients are used to. We have options available for digital images as well.
The best thing to do is:
Every year I hear several people complain about how bad the school pictures are. This year Masterpiece Images has decided to do something about it. We have created a special session just for students from pre-school to 11th grade in high school.
This session is not your typical school portrait session. It is held at our studio but we are not limited to our studio backdrops. We can use the flower gardens and the city park as our backdrop. You also will have 20-30 images to choose between instead of just one. The best part is each session is only $10 per student.
For the first time Masterpiece Images is offering $15 portrait sheets to go along with the session. You can choose either 1, 8×10 or 2-5×7′s or 1-5×7 and 4 wallets as a sheet.
This offer is only good until October 28th. We will be doing these sessions Tues – Friday.
Normally when I photograph a wedding I am photographing happy events. I love seeing the excitement on the bride and groom’s faces right after they are married. At that moment life is full of happiness and possibilities. But, tonight I photographed another emotion – longing. Tonight’s wedding was a little different because the groom’s mom is dying from cancer. This isn’t the first time we have photographed a situation like this but every time is full of emotion.
I had been told we needed to take the portraits with the groom’s mom first because she wasn’t going to be feeling well. She was in a lot of pain but didn’t want to take her medication until after the ceremony was over.
Later that evening the bride and groom had their first dance. The DJ then announced they would be having the mother/son dance. As the groom escorted his mom to the dance floor tears began to come to her eyes. The groom tenderly put his arm around his mom as the music began. At this point the whole room was in tears as they watched the groom and his mom dance probably for the last time . They held each other tight and my mind thought of the not to distant future when she will have to leave him for good from this life. It seemed to me that they were both letting each other know how much they loved each other and how much they were going to miss each other.
Days like today make me think about what I am really doing as a photographer. I have a huge responsibility to everyday create the most meaningful things in people’s lives. The best advice my mentor photographer could have ever given me 15 years ago is that you must always do your best because you never know how much the portrait I take today will mean to someone in the future.
I try my best to do just that.
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