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Stacey & Liam’s wedding…

Monday, March 8, 2010 9:03 pm Posted in wedding

You know that feeling you get when you find something that you didn’t even know you had? I love that feeling! It’s like when you pull out last year’s spring jacket and find ten bucks in the pocket. Or when you’re going through old photos and find a picture that revokes some random memory of your childhood that you completely forgot. Or when you get hired to shoot a wedding and then you find out that the bride is actually a cousin you’ve never met. Don’t you just love that feeling? Oh wait. Maybe that last one doesn’t really happen to everyone! But it happened to me! So, this beautiful bride that you are about to see is actually my beautiful cousin (once removed if you want to get all nit-picky about it). As it turns out, Stacey’s grandma and my mom are sisters. I grew up knowing my aunt and uncle and some of the kids, but never met Stacey until she hired us! It’s crazy how the world works sometimes and how it can feel so big and so small all at once. I guess some things are just meant to be…

And do you know what else is meant to be? Stacey & Liam, of course! These two are truly meant to be. Stacey is a little bit wild, a little bit colorful and sweet as sugar. Liam is a little bit serious, a little bit playful and a lot in love with Stacey. What more could anyone want? Hmmm… maybe a surprise filled Irish wedding on a perfect, beautiful, sun-drenched day? Yep, they had that, too! What a beautiful start to a beautiful future together. Congratulations Stacey & Liam!

by Vanessa

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March 10, 2010 - 9:59 am

Stacey - The pictures are beautiful guys. Thank you guys again so much for everything. The blog intro is also very touching Vanessa thank you :)

March 10, 2010 - 9:32 am

Vanessa - Hi Tina! It was very, very nice to see you, and to see everyone, for that matter! I agree, we never know what the world has in store for us, and more often than not, it’s something wonderful! Take care, Vanessa

March 9, 2010 - 8:29 pm

Tina - Hello cousin (I am Claudette’s daughter and thus Aunt to Stacey). So we meet again, that was wonderful to see you. One never knows what the world will give you. I just wanted to say the pics took my breath away! They are really beautiful. Thank you for posting them for us to view.

Spring fling sale…

Friday, March 5, 2010 8:07 pm Posted in photo-related news and chit chat

For the entire month of May we will be offering discounts on our portrait packages! It’s true! Great photos of you + juicy savings = BIG SMILES!

Book a May portrait session with a photo CD and save 15%! Originally $195.00, on sale for $165.75! Savings: $29.25!

This offer is for sessions taking place only in May, so book now to be sure you don’t miss out! Session will include an online gallery, a 4×6 proof set and a high res. CD of the images. This offer is valid for all portrait sessions: couples, family, maternity, newborn and children! Sorry, children NOT included…

Add a gallery wrap to that and save 20%! For example, a session + CD + 16 x 24 galley wrap is usually $355.00, but during our sale the three together will be only $284.00! Savings: $71.00!

Sale is for any size of gallery wrap. The one pictured here is 20 x 30. As you can see, sales make Lola happy! Milo, on the other hand, was still lookin’ for a better deal… that’s why we were forced to up this one to 20%! Ha ha!

Fine print (cause every good sale need some): Savings is applicable only to new bookings taking place in May. CDs and wraps must be payed for with sitting fee on day of session. Wrap image will be chosen by you post proofing. Can not be combined with any other offer. Limit one discounted gallery wrap per session.

Have a great weekend all!

by Vanessa

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March 6, 2010 - 4:54 pm

Mary - I’ll take two, kids that is. Milo and Lola, you’re hired.
Love you! xoxoxo

Amanda & Jarrod’s e-session…

Thursday, March 4, 2010 12:38 pm Posted in couples, portrait

Our second shoot on Sunday was Amanda & Jarrod’s e-session! This was the easiest shoot, hands down, that we have done in a long time! Effortless is an understatement. And the verdict? Pure perfection! I am so pleased with these photos. Amanda & Jarrod are so easy to work with; beautiful from every angle and they can both ROCK the serious faces, add to that some of our fave downtown Plattsburgh locations and this whole shoot was AWESOME! Thank you so much Amanda & Jarrod for being so wonderful to work with, we can’t wait for the wedding! Enjoy!

by Vanessa

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March 4, 2010 - 1:08 pm

Brett - Great pics!! Awesome job, once again :)

The Lunan family…

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 9:49 am Posted in children, family, maternity, portrait

On Sunday we did two shoots, the first of which was the wonderful Lunan family. We photographed Kaylene and Toby’s wedding several years ago and now they are getting ready to welcome their second child into the world! Congrats again to you both and, of course, to beautiful little Maleah! You are going to make an awesome big sister!

by Vanessa

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March 4, 2010 - 9:59 am

Adrienne Supernault - These are so beautiful! I love the picture where Maleah is looking at her tummy too. Congratulations!!

March 4, 2010 - 12:10 am

Uncle Phil - I just want to know one thing: how come Toby’s feet aren’t touching the floor when he’s sitting on that chair???? Damn, I feel 7 feet tall.
We love you,
Aunt Kim and Uncle Phil

March 3, 2010 - 9:02 pm

Evelyn Warner - these are beautiful pictures you will have and cherish forever.

March 3, 2010 - 8:37 pm

Patti Supernault - Thank you for bringing out the radiance of our precious beautiful daughter Kaylene our wonderful “son” Toby and our sweet granddaughter Maleah Jean! Our new grandbaby certainly is lucky to be joining such a wonderful loving family! ♥

March 3, 2010 - 2:56 pm

Kaylene Lunan - We are so pleased with the photos. Thanks for doing an amazing job. We are always so impressed with your patience and natural ability to make us feel comfortable in front of the camera.

It was a monster mash…

Monday, March 1, 2010 4:32 pm Posted in personal

What better way to celebrate our lil’ monsters’ birthdays than with a crazy, colorful monster mash? And because their birthdays are only one month apart, Lola turned two on February 11th and Milo will be three on March 13th, we can totally get away with one big combined party! So much fun and so much easier on mommy and daddy  ;)

I like to think that Jason and I are two pretty creative people, but add to that our super creative friends and family members and nearly everything at this party was handmade by one person or another! Milo and Lola are so very lucky to have all of these talented people in their lives that love them so very much. Thank you all, and thank you to all of our guests! This was truly their best birthday yet and they are still talking about the incredible fun they had!

Jason drew the monsters on the invitations… so darn cute! Milo says that the red one is him and the orange one is Lola. Funny boy!

A few details of the decorations and the goody bag contents…

Hey Lola! How old are you now?

Hey Milo! How big are you now?

Lola and I shared a few minutes of cuddle time before our guests arrived…

and Milo was so excited that he did a crazy little happy dance! LOVE those pointer fingers!

Each goody bag contained a felt monster, a soap monster, and a couple of Milo and Lola’s favorite treats; goldfish and chocolate squares. The felt monsters were made by Jason’s talented mama and no two were alike! So darn cute! The soaps were one of the only things that were not made by someone we know, instead they were found on Etsy, and truthfully, these soaps were the inspiration for the colorful monster theme. I saw them one day while browsing and, ta-da! Monster theme was born!The prepared goody bags…

Milo’s hat and both of their tee-shirts were made for us by our lovely friend, Jessica Willette. Lola had a hat too! An unbelievably adorable princess hat with an L on it, but for some reason it had the silly girl seeing red! We figured that the party would be a much friendlier event if we kept that one under wraps. I can’t picture cuter outfits for the birthday duo to wear! These were perfect!

And I guess the kids were pretty cute, too;)The birthday cake was made for us by one of my oldest friends, Kelly Keith, and the toppers were made by Jason and I. Didn’t Kelly do an excellent job? Cute, cute, cute!

Toddler snacks! More of Milo and Lola’s faves; goldfish, puffs and fruit squeezers! We put out a little stack of colorful paper bags and let the kids serve themselves…

A few happy faces…

Milo could NOT wait for the cake!

Last year, my parents gave me an ice cream maker for Christmas, and not any ice cream maker, but a candy swirling jumbo soft serve maker! All I could think at the time was, “Why? Why? Why?!!!”, but I will admit, it has turned out to be the most useful useless gift I have ever received. And, of course, it was a HUGE hit with the kiddos!

Contact me if you’d like info for tee-shirts by Jessica or cakes by Kelly, they would both be happy to hook you up with a cute something or other!:)

Thanks again to all of our guests and those of you who made this party possible! There is nothing I enjoy more than seeing a big grin on a little face and I definitely saw plenty of those!

by Vanessa

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March 7, 2010 - 8:10 pm

Erin LaClair - What a cute, creative party theme! I love it! Your children are amazing, and I love those beautiful dark eyes. Thanks for continuing to share your wonderful photography with us!

March 4, 2010 - 1:14 pm

Brett - OM OM!! Your kids are so unbelievable cute!! Love, love the pics!!

March 2, 2010 - 9:43 am

Shelley Munson - Very cute ideas! Love ‘em! I think Kate & I will have to steal the t-shirt idea for Kayne & Alek’s party in July:)

March 1, 2010 - 6:08 pm

Melissa - Great pictures! It was a great time and we really enjoyed those 2 cute little monsters of yours!

March 1, 2010 - 5:39 pm

Jessica Willette - Love it!! So sad we had to miss it. It looked like everyone had a blast :)

March 1, 2010 - 5:09 pm

Mary - What a fun looking party. Who would have thought that monsters could be so much fun? Congratulations on another job well done.

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