Traditions Photography Blog

Alrighty!  You’ve already been asking (I’ve trained you well to think “early”!) about our bunnies this year!  Bunny sessions are the first week of March.  March 1-5th, 2010.  Sessions are $50 and include 1 facebook image.  Below are a few of the favs from last year’s sessions, this year’s price sheet, and, something new, an attempt to book your session online!  Sessions are approximately 30 minutes and will be on a brand new set that Michelle is designing!  Should be super fun this year!  And yes, for those of you who noticed, my due date is smack dab in the middle of bunny week.  In the case that I will be busy otherwise, Shannon will be taking the photographer position for these and will do an awesome job!  Give us a call to book your session – or try our online booking system!  (let me know how it goes!)  HA!

Click HERE to book your bunny session today!

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I was blessed to be present at the delivery of sweet baby girl Menis.  Then a couple of days later I visited her again for some “formal” portraits at the hospital.  Congrats to proud mommy, daddy, big sisters and big brother!  Your sweet girl is so precious!

Here’s the scoop!  I want to photograph HS Seniors!  And I want to launch my senior line this year!  So, I’d like to photograph some models (of all shapes, personalities, and high schools) between now and Feb 4th.

What you’ll get:  Free $100 session, 50 free rep cards.

If you friend and fan us on Facebook: 5 free FB images plus a rockin’ slideshow of images for FB

If you bring us names, email addresses and mailing addresses of current HS Juniors: 1 wallet portrait per name

If you bring us a friend who books and pays for a session:  Your friend gets $25 off of his or her session AND YOU get $25 in credit for your session.

Interested?  Call, e-mail, FB me ASAP!!!

Personally, I deemed 2009 the “year of the purge”…and, well, it was!  We got rid of SO many things at home that we didn’t need.  All in the name of living better and smarter and with less STUFF!  2009’s theme is actually continuing into 2010 AND it’s heading over to the studio.  Little did I know that nesting would join the “year of the purge” and I’d be doing all of that purging for need as well as mental sanity.

So, I’ve deemed 2010 the “year of good changes”.  I’m expecting lots of changes this year.  Lots.  And, they will all be good.  Now, does this mean that I will LOVE all of them or that I will understand all of them?  No.  Certainly not.  But I’m going to do my best to find the good in all of the changes that happen this year!  Good things for my family.  Good things for our studio.

If you have noticed that I used the words “nesting” and “expecting” in the previous few sentences, you’d be on to something.  You see, while I don’t shout it from the rooftops, I am expecting.  And, quite soon actually.  Our #3 is due in 8 weeks!  Crazy for us!  Especially since it’s right during our bunny portraits.  Yeeps!  Those will be some crazy sessions, but it will all work out!  And, it’s also right in the middle of the school year.  For my husband, who is an 8th grade math teacher, this means a few days off in the middle of the semester.  For me, it means getting 3 kids ready in the AM by myself until summer break.  Double yeeps.  Ah, it will all work out.  I may look a little shaggy every now and then, or I’ll wear mismatched shoes, or no shoes at all (wait, I do that already)…who knows!  But, we WILL have a baby joining us at the studio for a few months until Daddy is off for summer break.  This will bring back memories for Michelle (office manager) who literally rocked Penelope (our 2nd) for the first three months of her life while I photographed sessions.  Michelle definitely got her baby fix then!  And don’t bother asking what the sex is.  We didn’t find out!  Daddy thinks it’s a boy.  Jacob (our 1st) has named it “House” for a boy and “Baby” for a girl.  And Penleope…well…knows I have a baby in my belly, whatever that means to her.

So, what I really wanted to do right now is (A) share my big news (If you didn’t already know) that I was going to be having a baby myself soon, (B) share a 3D photo from our appointment with the Niles company “Miracle in Me” (Way fun!  Definitely suggest a visit if you’re prego) and (C) let you know one of my good changes will be blogging frequently.  My goal is once a day.  I know that’s a hefty goal, and I’m not expecting to write paragraphs and paragraphs each day, but I thought it would be fun to be a little more personal with all of you and also share some fun portraits along the way!  So, here’s portrait #1 for the new year.  Baby Dimino #3 covering its face.  Of course, it’s my child, so why should I be able to get a nice head shot of it???  HA!  Notice it’s baby laying on its side with its hand covering its face.  The little stinker moved the whole time and wouldn’t give us a good face shot.  I’m telling you…typical in my family!

So, enjoy the beginning of 2010.  And enjoy the GOOD changes that 2010 will bring for you!  Meanwhile, I’ll introduce you to a little Dimino “change” in our life in about 8 weeks. 

Perhaps it will be tomorrow.  We don’t have a day specifically in mind, but we’re getting very close.  I haven’t had to enforce a deadline in the past, but this year I feel it creeping upon us.  We’re pretty much past framing and wraps being ready for Christmas at this point, but prints are still fair game.  So, get your orders in!

Also – just an FYI, our prices will be staying the same in the new year.  Yippee!!!