Archive for the ‘Families’ Category

It’s the Stark County Fair week – and we have a booth set up to display our portraits and to answer any questions that you may have about any type of photography.

Stop by our booth and purchase a gift certificate, and we will double the amount right on the spot. It’s like magic, except we tell the computer what to do.

Take a look at another special that we have going on. If you are a senior, need a family session or have some kiddos that need their school portraits done, we can help.

Both of these specials are good for the week of the Fair. August 30-September 6, 2010.

If you cannot make it to the Fair, then give us a call at our studio. Don’t worry if we do not answer our phones. Leave us a message and we will get back to you after the Fair is over, and we will honor this special – but you must call and leave us your information for us to call you back. OR you can send us an email and we will get back to you ASAP. Click Here for our contact form.

Today we met Reagan. Well kind of – she didn’t have much to say, but that is OK because she is only about 7 days old. Not much to do when you are this old – except be cute as a button.

Sarah (mom) was looking for some really nice and simple portraits of her daughter. She did not want to be rushed, as you can never predict how a baby will react with portraits. With Reagan, we did not have to worry about much. She posed for us with a little bit of help, and the camera adored her. Then again, most sleeping babies are cute.

Reagan & Sarah – we look forward to future sessions with you. Thank you for coming to visit us at our studio.

Brittney came to our studio to capture some maternity portraits. This is her first pregnancy and she was a little nervous upfront, but once we started photographing her and she knew that it was not going to be painful – bruises from most photo sessions only last about 2 weeks.

We ask our “moms to be” to bring something special with them that they would like to include in their portrait session. Brittney is having a boy, and from the looks of her item that she brought to her maternity session – she is expecting him to start running and playing hoops soon. All we could say when we saw the little Air Jordan shoes was “aaaahhhhhh – cute! We have the perfect portrait idea for these shoes”.

Brittney – thank you for coming to our studio and allowing us to capture some portraits of such a unique momeny in your life. We cannot wait to meet Dalton.

We always enjoy hearing from our past wedding photography clients, especially when their family has grown by 2 feet. About 4 years ago, we photographed Cari and Shawn’s wedding day and we recently heard from Cari regarding her son’s 9 month old pictures.

Here is one image that we captured.

Cari & Shawn – thank you for allowing us to capture an image of your growing family. We look forward to capturing other important “steps” in your lives.

When is the best time to have your little bundle of joy photographed? Immediately – because we can capture the new baby smell. Just kidding. The reason we like to photograph newborns between 0-2 weeks of age is because we can capture them sleeping and we can have them in position that are comfortable to them which makes great portraits.

Here is a little guy that we photographed recently. He was the perfect little gentleman, and we loved the images that we captured of him.

Are you expecting a bundle of joy soon? Call (330-821-7714) or email us to schedule your maternity or newborn appointment.

is what we strive for. Nicole and I are always looking to improve our skill and artistic talent as photographers so that we can give our customers something extra when it comes to capturing their memories for them. We have done this by attending photography seminars, on a regular basis, to study and learn from professional photographers that excel in their field of photography.Whether it be wedding photographers, senior photographers or school photographers – we want to learn as much as possible to give our clients/friends the best portrait possible.

Recently I had the chance to visit and follow an International Photography, in Sudbury, Ontario.  I followed him and his wife while they photographed a Rockstar Family Portrait Session, as well as a Persian Wedding, which was something unique for them as well as myself. James Hodgins is an incredible wedding photographer, an incredible photographer period, and is someone that Nicole and I look to for inspiration to keep our Wedding Photography skills up to date and to create amazing images that our wedding couples will love for years to come.

Now traveling to visit James Hodgins and Robert Provencher, another photographer that we look for inspiration, was a little different. Both James and Rob were driving home from a seminar which they were attending, to learn from other photographers, and we somehow caught up to each other. Actually Rob called me on my cell phone and they hide behind a big rock and waited till I passed and then they had some fun with me. I have to admit that it was SO MUCH fun that I cannot wait until I have time to go and visit them again.

Take a look at what James and Rob caught on video. We were crazy enough to get out of our cars next to a busy highway. Just a side note – no Pooh Bears were harmed in the taping of these short clips. I couldn’t, since I was laughing so hard.

This is our second chance to photograph Michelle and her family. We attempted to photograph her immediate family at her in-laws house 2 years ago, but the weather did not cooperate several times so we changed the outdoor session to a studio session.

This year was different – not the weather, but its timing. Saturday had rain, but it was quick and not having rain for about 2 weeks prior to this allowed the ground to soak up the water quickly so that we could get some images of the extended family.

Everyone showed up on time, and their clothing was a coordinated effort. This was great, and the images show what coordinating clothes means for a family picture. The initial look at the image makes your eye go towards the faces of everyone in the picture, and not to what they were wearing during their family session.

What a great keepsake for all that were in the portrait. Grandparents always love hanging images of their grandchildren, and sometimes of their children too.

These put themselves in harm way to save our houses, come to our help during car wrecks and most other emergencies in their small community.

They wanted to get a group picture – why have them line up like it was a class picture? Most of these guys have been out of school for a few years. Having their equipment that they depend on to do their work, placed behind them would show them as they are – guys who are guys.

Thank you for being there and protecting us. My hat goes off to all of the volunteer firefighters around the USA and around the world.

Last night we attended Hero’s Night at the 356th Fighter Group Restaurant in Canton to celebrate the men and women who have joined the Marines and will soon be going off to boot camp to start their training.

There was music, prizes to be won and some

wonderful food from the restaurant. Also, we were there to offer pictures and we brought our print on site equipment (Pro Lab quality images). All in attendance were amazed by the quality and the speed in which we were able to capture and print memories for the parents and new recruits to share for years to come.

Here are some of the images that we captured last night.

We are opening a second location in the Carnation City Mall. This location has been called “Catchlight” so that we can easily distinguish between our main studio (on Main St. in Alliance) and the new location.

As of now our hours are Thursday & Friday night 4PM – 8 PM, Saturday 10 AM to 7 PM and Sundays from 12 PM to 5 PM.

The new location will be used for quick portraits, event photography for the mall as well as pass out literature for our main studio.

Please check us out at the Carnation City Mall (located in Alliance, Ohio – east of Canton)* – we are just off of center court, opposite the cinemas.

* location of Carnation City Mall added per comment received – thank you for pointing this out.