Four month old baby portrait session at Serendipity Photography

How cute is this little man? I just love babies that have rolls all over them! They last for just a short while and then poof!! The rolls melt away once that baby grows up and starts walking and running all over the place. It's going to be so much fun seeing how he changes throughout the rest of his first year. Right now he is 4 months old and this was his second session with me. He's so quick to photograph because he's so smiley and happy, what a joy!! I can't wait to see him for his next session!

2010-The Year of Challenges!

Well, it's January 20th and I can already tell this year is going to be a roller coaster! New year, new challenges, and it didn't even wait until January 1st for the first one! How fair is that??

I received an email from the company that hosts my website that said they were going to be moving files over to a new server, I might experience downtime on my site for a few hours. No big deal, I thought, it's between Christmas and New Years, it's pretty quiet. HA!! I FINALLY have my website back!! Can you believe that? It was offline for at least 2 weeks! And when I did have a website back, it was the old one I replaced last year! Amazing. And not in a good way. lol, can you tell I'm still fried about it? So, I've been website shopping lately. I think I found a solution I'm liking, hopefully I'll get some chances to get it working so you may be seeing some online changes in the next couple of months.

On a fun note, I got back from Imaging last week. Imaging is the national photography convention show put on by PPA (Professional Photographer's of America). I go every year, it's my chance to unwind after the crazy holiday season, play with new products, maybe pick up a new idea tidbit and hang out with all my friends I only get to see once a year. This year it was in Nashville (the show moves every year to a different city, one of the AWESOME perks!) and oh man, it was COLD!! It never got above 25! Thankfully we were in what we ended up calling "The Bubble": A convention center with thousands of hotel rooms, restaurants, shops, etc. Unfortunately they didn't seem too well prepared to deal with the influx of 10,000 photographers. The wait times for food were incredible and the coffee line? Not pretty.

I'll be spinning off a new division of my business shortly. If you go to the Northwest Women's Show this year you'll be able to find out what it is. Currently it's not something that I'll be advertising, it's more word of mouth, but I guarantee it'll be FUN! (this is one of those challenges as mentioned above...new branding, website, samples, eek!)

And in the roller coaster category for the start of the year is the amazing, energetic, excited addition to the Serendipity team...Jeanene Court! Hold on to your hats everyone! She's an amazing whirlwind of ideas and action. You'll start to see her effect in a month or so. I'm excited to see what we accomplish this year with her onboard.

So, to wrap up, this is going to be a crazy year full of possibly painful but worthwhile changes. It'll be aggravating, exhilarating, laughable and a whirlwind.

BRING IT ON, I'M READY!! :)

A Christmas Carol

Wow. I am mostly speechless by what I saw this evening. My mom, my daughter and I went to see Cascade Community Theatre's production of A Christmas Carol this evening. This was by far, the most impressive production they've done! Singing, dancing, wonderful acting, this had it all. The actor for Scrooge was amazing. Heck, everyone was amazing but Scrooge handled the spotlight wonderfully. Brazenly in love with money and churlishly sarcastic about life and happiness, Scrooge delivered quick-witted sharp zingers at everyone. And the humor ran the gamut from Mac/Window jokes; politics, Cheney hunting jokes and my daughter LOVED the Twilight references.

Now the sad part...It's over tomorrow...that's Sunday the 13th at 2pm at Cedarcrest High School. GO SEE IT!!!!

It's tomorrow!!

Are you coming? Santa will be here at the studio tomorrow (Saturday, December 5th) from 10am-2pm for portraits with the little kids and the big kids and the grown-up kids! We put up the scene last night and it looks FABULOUS!! All in whites, silvers and pretty sparkly light blue/turquoise tones. I think this will end up being one of my most favorite holiday sets...of course, I think I say that every year... :)

Don't forget!! Tomorrow, 10-2, all sorts of fun will be had! :)

New Moon at Serendipity Photography!

With all the crazy New Moon this, and New Moon that that my darling daughter regales me with every day, it's time for a REAL new moon event! :)

From now until December 18th, I'll photograph your new moon for free! That's right, bring your adorable sleepy new baby in for free to be photographed!

Oh, and I am seeing New Moon tonight. Team Jacob for sure.

Santa's on his way!!

Okay, about this time of year I start to get very giddy with the idea of Santa portraits. I love seeing kids meeting Santa, be it for the first time, or the 65th time, it's unique each and every time! I even love the screamers! Especially since I have 4 (or 5, I can't remember!) years worth of screaming/crying pictures of my daughter. They make me laugh everytime I see them...her first one at 6 months, looking up at Santa, mouth open, screaming, tears running down her face. It's amazing the kind of looks you can get in the split second you're away from your child! We were much braver at about year 3, but that was because I had to be in the picture as well (there were still tears from her)! Now at 10 and a half, she's much more older and experienced in the way of the world and she's around to help out the scared little ones. :) So much fun to watch her grow up!

This year Santa will be visiting us on Saturday December 5th from 10am-2pm. No appointments needed, so if your young ones need a few minutes to get used to the idea of seeing Santa, no problem, they can have it. Packages will run from $35 to $95, we also have Holiday cards available, and yes, they WILL be back asap so you can get them out in the mail! I'm expecting to have orders ready for pick-up by Saturday December 12th, and cards will probably be ready by Tuesday December 15th. We do have envelopes you can take home and address in your spare time.

I have a new product or two that will be making their debut at Santa portraits...they're perfect for holiday giving! :) You'll just have to come in to see what they are!

Hey, did I mention the best part of having your Santa portraits done at Serendipity Photography? Very Short Lines!! Plus we'll have cookies and cider to tide you over. See you then!!

Halloween Pictures were a HIT!

We were graced with the presence of around 800 ghoulish, adorable, amazing & jaw-dropping costumed people on Halloween! It was a non-stop crazy event and all the pictures we took for the treat portion of trick-or-treating are terrific!

If you came by to visit us and had your picture taken, your free 4x6 is done and ready to be picked up. If you didn't come to visit us and have your picture taken, you are still welcome to come into our building and admire all those amazing costumes we got to see! There's well over 300 images on the wall right now, most of them with multiple kids in them so there's plenty to check out!