Based on last year’s interest and the calls already starting to come in for Valentine’s Day sessions - just wanted to let my loyal blog followers (y’all know who you are!!!) that there IS going to be a SPECIAL Valentine’s Session announced soon via the newsletter (and details will follow on the blog, “natch!”)
If you’re not currently receiving the newsletter, please email to be added - send an email to melissa@pricelessreflections and I’ll be sure to get you added.
Meantime - here are a few of the cool valentine designs for this year. And yeah, that’s my baby girl on there. She begged, and I couldn’t say no. Normally I don’t use them in my own promo stuff - but that cute face… and she was begging… so what could I do? LOL.
Gas to park: $3.00
New Outfit for photos: $100
New Shoes for Photos: $75
OP:LOVE photos of your husband before he deploys to Iraq: PRICELESS
I love doing these Op:Love sessions. Have had four in the last few days. Here are some more from the 3rd session. Fourth session will be edited and posted (hopefully) tomorrow.
Thank you to all of our military role models. Y’all are the true heroes.
LOVED this shot - I love how she’s peeking out at the camera….
Calling all people who want more of THIS type of photography for themselves — CALL ME!!
I had such a blast doing these w/ Mary and Dave - I want to do MORE MORE MORE!
If you or someone you know wants to do a shoot like this - downtown or Mt. Adams, etc.. CALL ME!
Here’s one more I just edited:
Oh what a fun session this was!! Mary & David were awesome - both of them are photographers (no pressure there, right?) and chose ME to shoot their OP:LOVE session - David is deploying in a few weeks to Afghanistan…
So — we went out on a chilly morning, to downtown Cincinnati - and spent a few hours walking around, shooting. I have a bajillion more to go thru and edit - but here are a couple that I just opened and loved and wanted to share.
Those of y’all who follow the blog and/or my site will note these aren’t really what I would call the standard “Priceless Reflections” style… and I LOVE that they are different. Every now and then it’s great to think “out of the box” and challenge yourself to do some new stuff — which is what I did with this shoot - stay tuned for more previews - cuz this couple was HOT HOT HOT and was rockin’ the camera!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas / Hanukkah / Kwaanza / Winter Solstice (ok did I get everyone in there? I’m trying to be “PC”
I came across this link and thought I’d share — it’s a “bubble calendar” and it looks so cool - I think I may buy some for my own kids.
I’ll be posting some photo previews soon - for now enjoy this link:
www.bubblecalendar.com
First I want to say THANK YOU to all 42 of you who emailed entries for the “Giving Back” contest (of sorts) that I blogged about a few weeks ago. The stories y’all sent in were really hard to read, and I appreciate everyone who took the time to nominate someone they felt deserved the photos.
I couldn’t decide on the winner - plain and simple. So I picked my top TWO choices instead - I thought both people were equally as deserving and there was no way I could pick one over the other. Both of these stories tore my heart out and I figure if I can help their family even just a LITTLE BIT–then that’ll be wonderful.
So without further adieu — the nominators are: Rhonda Peischl and Jodi Prenger. You both sent me emails which had me in tears, and I THANK YOU for thinking of your friends.
I will email both of you so that I can get phone numbers for the two families you nominated. Here are the two stories -with names eliminated to protect the families’ privacy:
“I would like to nominate _______from Russia, Ohio. ____ is a stay-at-home mother of five and has had a recent major tragedy in her life. While at her nephew’s wedding this past month, ____ had an extreme headache and literally fell to her knees in pain. After being rushed to a local hospital and further careflighted to Indianapolis, what was thought to be an anurism turned to be a very rare brain condition called MoyaMoya. I believe ____ spent over two weeks in a coma and I do not even know the extent of her condition or if there is any long term reprocuscions. ____ will not be able to be out of the hospital for Christmas and I heard that her husband has not left her sight. At this point they do not even know the “next steps”. I can’t imagine that pictures are even on any sort of list to accomplish at this point, which is why I think_____ and her husband _____ would be so worthy. At a time of tragedy, pictures would probably be the one thing that is most important to them. I knew of____ as a neighbor growing up and her story really tugs at my heart strings. _____ and ____ have five children ranging in age from two years to eighth grade. “:
And the second winner:
I would like to nominate ____ and the _____ family for the Portrait Session. _____ is an eighth grader at Mason Middle School that was diagnosed with leukemia in October. _____ (and her family – parents, sister & brother) has been going through so much since she was diagnosed and spend most of their time at Children’s Hospital. _____is very photogenic (as you can see on her Leukemia blog site) and keeps a beautiful smile on her face despite all of the medical tests/problems/exams she must endure. Their family strength is heartening and I think a family portrait would be a treasure for this family that is dealing with so much.
So - thank you to both Jodi and Rhonda for nominating the two winning families. I will be contacting them soon to let them know.
Happy, Happy Holidays from Priceless Reflections!
