New Products!

Right off the printer straight to the walls.  Awesome new art work samples went up today. Portrait samples from our model search for Whiskertales Pet Portraits.

 11"x14" Canvas Gallery Wrap

                                        16"x20" Canvas Gallery Wrap
 Thin Wraps on canvas: 3-16"x24" rectangular tryptic panels 


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Toddlers are such fun!

This is my favorite age for portraits to be sure!  Playing games, dressing up and just being silly.

The results are always worth the effort to get that smile that just lights up your world.

No matter what mood I am in, after a session with kids this age I have a smile thats lasts the whole day! 

First Pet Model

Thanks so much to all my loyal customers who responded to the Model Search for my new venture Whiskertales Pet Portraits. This is Amy Tucker's Mr Whiskers.

Cats have such beautiful eyes and are so graceful.

I am looking forward to this weekend. Whiskertales has filled all of our spots for Saturday, 11 in total, all dogs. I need 1 or 2 more Feline models to round out our portfolio. We will do these at your home.

We will soon be updating our studio walls with beautiful "Pet Portrait Art".
Also, fantastic albums, Boxed Collections and Totes and accessories with your "furry family members" portrait on them.

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Newborn Baby

Newborns are the Greatest!  I really enjoy being able to capture baby's first photosession in this world.

Do you need patience? Oh yes, but the rewards are far above any extra work. 

Thanks to Kathy and Nick cant' wait to show you the rest.



Timeless Classics

I do enjoy shooting portraits outdoors in Gods creation, however, winter forces us inside. That does not mean creativity is gone. I fall back on time tested classical lighting and posing techniques inspired from the great portrait artist such as Rembrandt and John Singer Sargent.  To create, what I feel, will be priceless to the parents of our subjects.

With these techniques as a starting point we can complete that "Painted Portrait" experience with our Virtrual Oil Portraits.

I will be sending out in our e-newsletter info about our Painted Portrait Event.  Save $320 on a 16x20 Virtual Oil.

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New old fashioned b&w

The darkroom was a wonderous place many years ago.  Now, its a "desktop darkroom".  Even better.  no smelly chemicals, bumping your head on things you can't see and of course waiting to see the results are gone.
I use labs for some of my customers prints, however our Fine Art B&W prints are still custom printed in house by me.  That is the only way to get the results that have the look and feel of fiber based b&w and sepia tone prints from  masters such as Ansel Adams.  We use cotton based papers with dyes that give more depth, tonality and richness.
Check out our samples and see for yourself.