This is my portrait wall display that I bought for *ME*. It showcases my most precious pieces....my children. Well, they are not pieces but they are truely precious. I love these images of them...the pictures truely show their curiosity, whimsy and zest for a fun and happy life. My plan in life is to give this to them!!! Capturing images like these, the ones that are close and you can truely look deep into their mind and souls through the pictures, are so important!! Everytime I walk into the room, past the room, by the room....those pictures are looking at me...... AND I SMILE!!! It really is amazing how I look at pictures of my children from years ago and how they can elicite the same joy as when the moment happened. Forever preserved and printed for my complete pleasure. That is why photography is soooo important to me. That is why I strive to bring that capture to each and every client. Please stay tune for my updated pricing structure as well as a new referral plan AND some new special dates that will include, well lets just say, a CHAIR and some great imagination!!!

My new Holga camera. It is a plastic 'toy'camera that has been around for a couple decades and continues to inspire photos that have a intense feeling to them. Naturally vignetted, a bit grainy and alot of MOOD! It uses medium format film. The camera uses NO batteries, you need to advance the film via hand turning, There is ONE fixed lens and is kinda plasicky (is that a word????). It really is fun to use and I have scanned in some examples of pictures that my kids and I took! If you want an eclectic feeling, moody, and very, VERY affordable, this is the camera for you!!!

Or I think she has it. You know how they put those contendants through the most impossible situations saying..."Well, just when you are on a photo shoot doesn't mean you will do it comfortably!!" Like when they had those poor girls in the pool that was 58 degrees (I am not sure exactly on the temperature but lets just say PRETTY D%^& COLD!!!) And then they are to look all exotic and ethernal, plus one girl goes into a hypothermic shock??? Like, turn up the heat for a day....you know your shooting there...GIVE ME A BREAK!!! {Off my soapbox} ON THE OTHER HAND..... My cousin and I went out in about 28 degree weather to do a shoot for her upcoming road trip to L.A. and dancing in Carnival Week....a place where all the biggies get thier dance entourage!!! We wanted something fresh and new and well, not on the beach in a bathing suit cuz..like...that has been done....ALOT! So feast your eyes what we came up with. Granted we tried to keep her covered as best as possible we it was just the two of us and ...well....I think it was WELL worth putting up with a bit of cold for these. What do you think?????

What if you are able to purchase ALL your fully edited, wonderfully re-touched, proofs in a CD??? Would you........ Could you........ LIKE IT????? LOVE IT????? Let me know...... I am NOT going to give up offering prints!!! OR, custom cards. The prints I have done via my professional lab is customized to my monitor and their printing process is the best around the U.S.A.----- There is no one around here who can print better quality, hence why professional photographers use them!!! Granted, my images will still look better than 'Uncle Bob's snapshots at Christmas', even if printed at Walmart, CVS, or those places. Heck, that again is why "I" am the professional. (professional camera body, professional lens, professional editing software, professional education on how to use the software, hours and hours and years put into crafting my skill and my eye on the artistic approach .....and so on and so on! But to have these images, in your house, to view at any time, to have printed at any time, to e-mail to your brother or sister overseas at any time. TO OWN these proofs, these moments that I capture of your loved ones, the moments or events, that happen only for a split second in your life......this is what I am talking about offering. Is this what you are looking for????? e-mail me at creativestudios@tcwireless.us or go to my website at www.creativestudiosfoto.com and go to the contact menu to make your voice heard and count! Thank You. ALSO.........Coming soon to a BLOG near you....actually to this BLOG..... I will be conducting a MODEL SEARCH!!! Check back often for more information about this event....it would benefit you or someone you know immensely!!!

I hope everyone has had a great Christmas and holiday and now that the New Year is really upon us it is back to the old grind and to making new beginnings and new memories to try to hold onto and cherish. As I am sure all of you have reflected on your past year and I have heard MANY exclaim that "WOW, how fast this past year has went", it really reminds me how fortunate I am in doing what I do!!! I help preserve those fleeting moments, those times and interactions that happen between you and your loved ones, in beautiful and purely natural photos that can be looked on for a lifetime and remembered just a bit more vividly! As this is a new year some price changes will be happening. With that said I will honor last years print price structure on sessions that are paid for and booked within the next 2 weeks. The deadline to do this is January 19th (okay I am giving 2 in a half weeks). After that time the 2007 Prices on my Collections and Prints will be in effect. I will within this week be posting the new prices on my website......don't panick when you view this just know that the above deadline is firm! I have been honored by my brother and future sister in law to photograph their destination wedding in May......this could be a new photographic avenue for me and I will keep options open to possibly shooting weddings on how well and how comfortable this wedding comes around. I may even choose a couple this summer to give a BIG discount on capturing their wedding on film (digital film that is). Just some talk right now, however alot of e-mails from you all may spur me on to follow through with this!!! Having said ALL the above here is some images of my brothers engagement shoot.....by the way my brother gets all his good looks from me :)