Adding to the Bunch!

I am very excited to announce that we are adding a new person to our crew! Cherise Kiel is coming on board to help me with my promotions, marketing, and sales! What this means for you is more CUSTOMER SERVICE!! Cherise will be available to meet with you and get your photos off the internet and onto your walls! The best part of this fantastic new addition to the "Bunch" is that Cherise is also an incredibly talented photographer! Yeah! This means that not only are you getting the personalized attention you deserve but her advice and knowledge is coming from a professional photographer that really has a fantastic eye for detail and style. And she will be an invaluable asset as we enter the Holiday Season! Hopefully we will be going from the typical 2-3 week appointment delay to a much shorter appointment turnaround.

Below are a few of her incredible photos. I like to think of Cherise as my style of photography but on the lighter side. She enjoys working on a white background. Cherise is also very comfortable with family sessions, babies, maternity and the best part is that she is also very talented with natural light which can take us out of the studio and into the sun! This is fantastic news for those of you with older children and families that struggle to keep their curious kids on the backdrop! Now they can run free - yippee!

Anyway, don't be surprised when Cherise starts contacting you to see how we can move your photos from just being viewed on cyberspace to being beautifully framed and hung in YOUR space! If you would like to contact her directly to setup your post session review her new number is (602) 647-0654 or you can always call me at (602) 527-6595!

Oh and if you want to checkout her blog goto: http://kieltalk.blogspot.com/
Check out the slide show she has posted on her July 31st post! She is such a perfect fit for A Bunch of Smiles!!

New Photo Prop

A client of mine showed me a great prop that she found at Wal-Mart. I thought it was so adorable I went out and got my own for the studio. I came home and took about 2 minutes with Ava to see how it photographed. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing so I didn't dress Ava to the "t" but these turned out pretty cute.

Celebrating Color 2008

This last weekend I had my Celebrating Color special session at Mon Bebe Decor. What a fantastic turnout. The theme used my black backdrop with a splash of color - either blue jeans, a flower, a shirt, etc. The kids were really great and seemed to work well under the pressure of strange eyes watching them during their time on the backdrop.

Here are a few pics from the session. If you want to view all of the images click here (I didn't have time to colorize all the photos taken, but the images my clients chose are colorized and are listed at the end)

I am so excited for next month's session on October 11th. The theme is Celebrating Halloween. I just love Halloween! It will be so fun seeing all my little ghosts, goblins, and princesses! I haven't finalized the setup yet, but I will definitely be using my black backdrop, with some pumpkin props. I am really thinking I want a vintage look, but I am still working out the details.

This session will also incorporate my relationship with http://www.inababycarriage.com/. We are going to be working together using one of her halloween designs and the chosen pose to create Halloween cards. Again, the details are still being worked out, but how much fun will that be to send off custom Halloween cards with your child's picture on them!