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Angie

For photographers....Smile Card

Thank you to all of the photographers who joined me today during my web seminar (webinar as they say!) where I discussed charitable marketing and raising funds for Operation Smile. I spoke a little about our "Smile Cards" that we produce as our year-round fund raiser for the charity, and I just wanted to show an example of that.

For all my past and future clients out there, these notecards are a wonderful add-on to your order.....priced at only $15.00 for a pack of 10 cards, they feature a favorite image from your session and are blank on the inside. The perfect little thank you note for all those baby gifts!

We donate 100% of the money raised by these cards to Operation Smile. In the past 2.5 years, these little cards have raised over $10,000 for the charity! And as we have learned, it costs OpSmile $240 to repair a cleft lip during an international medical mission. So that translates to over 40 lives changed...

Photographers, if you would like specifics like where I get my stock for these cards, feel free to email me.

McKay

bug lover
bunny mother
great reader
play date leader
big sister (x2...almost!)
and our Ava's BFF

We have seen Miss McKay grow from a peanut teeny weeny baby to a beautiful big-girl 5 year old. She is gorgeous inside and out.

In and out of the studio

A very special, sweet girl and her loving little brother...

Annalise(4)+ Asher (18 months)









It was such a beautiful day that we just could not stay in the studio for the whole time!







and we also saw Sweet Baby Luke (5 weeks) with his adoring parents....

Attention all Photographers!

Did you know that a donation of only $240 can heal a child's cleft lip, giving him a chance at a normal, happy life?

Did you also know that there are thousands of children all around the world where this mere $24o stands between them and the childhood they all deserve?

Did you know that YOUR studio can help?

Perhaps the most rewarding aspect of our job is how much we can give back with our talents....and the charity that we support the most with full and happy hearts is Operation Smile. Along with Professional Photographers of America Charities, we join hundreds of other studios across the country each October for "Family Portrait Month." By combining all our efforts we have been able to collectively donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to this amazing organization.

I even got to witness and document an OpSmile medical mission in Honduras last year after our studio was named the largest contributor to Family Portrait Month in 2005 and 2006. This was a trip and experience of a lifetime, and we cannot wait to ramp up our efforts to benefit children around the world in need of a smile.

I will be hosting a web seminar through Marathon Press this coming Monday, May 19 at 12:00 noon Central time, explaining how charitable marketing can be a wonderful addition to every studio, and how to get the most out of a Family Portrait Month promotion. The cost is FREE! (yeah Marathon, thank you!) and spots are filling up fast. So come join us, and lets see how we can together help change lives, one smile at a time!

Catching up....

Yet more fabulous shoots from last week to post! Get a load of these cuties:

Josh(4)+Kate(2)+Ryan(10days)















Noah (2weeks)











Rhonda+Robb (8months and counting....)

Busted!

Monday was a very busy day around here...3 studio shoots...and I am very sorry to say that time really got away from me this week. Here are some LONG awaited sneak peeks! It seems like I start each week with a goal of doing the peeks that same day as the shoot (what a novel idea!) . Maybe next week I start that new plan.


Baby Paul (3 months)







Carter (7 months)











Madison (4 weeks)

HUGE day!

Today was such a sweet day for my good friend (and fellow photographer), Kim, as she and her husband Mike welcomed their new baby girl into the world. Being invited to witness and document such a day is an honor....and I thank you for trusting me to be there you guys!

Kim photographed the births of both of our kids, and I was there when her son Steel came into the world too. And I should say that I just barely made it this time! God-mother Jessica (who was charged with videotaping) and I rolled in exactly 25 minutes before this baby made her fast and furious entrance!

This precious girl's birth (she is so new that she is still unnamed.....Kim says they have been searching for the perfect girl's name for 2 years....and I swear I saw Mike surfing his iPhone for baby name sites today. LOL) was natural and beautiful. It was so neat to see the staff at Presby Dallas really embrace their birth plan and support Kim through a natural labor. You go girl!

A HUGE thank you to my wonderful clients that allowed us to reschedule our appointments for today...



phew! Glad we made it!





Look at this face!!! You are so beautiful...what is your name??

Daddy's iBaby







never fear...SuperBrother is here.