St. Louis Photographer

A Peek for the Franks

Holly — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:46:58 +0000

When Laura opened the front door and greeted me with Max in hand, the first thing I could think was, WOW! You have grown! It didn’t seem so long ago when I was at their home photographing him as a new baby (well 4 weeks) and his new big brother, Will.

This time, it was a gorgeous, 72 degrees in St. Louis – yes on November 7th. Crazy! But, talk about lucky! While many of the colorful leaves have fallen down and signs of winter are starting to approach, no one could deny this beautiful day that we felt so blessed to get to be taking family photos in.

I thoroughly enjoyed photographing this family. My assistant, my mom, was with me yesterday and I was beyond thrilled to have her. I want so much to include her more in my business as it grows. It’s my hope that my business involves more family and that they can share in the joy it brings to capture memories for people.

Here are my favorites from the day.

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A 40th Birthday!

Holly — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:54:57 +0000

Talk about a fun time! Colleen found me on Facebook – as we have mutual friends – and wanted me to come out to take pictures at her hubby’s 40th last night. We opted to go for the whole “photobooth” look and that we did! This is such a fun setup. It’s something we’re beginning to offer complimentary to our wedding couples too. We don’t print on-site for you to take home, but it’s a way to dress up and be a little silly if you wish. This is an alternative to Lollipop Smiles. You can do the LolliSnaps option like this for $200 an hour, with two hour minimum. If you’re looking for a real photobooth with on-site printing, etc. at your wedding reception, be sure to hire CI Photobooth!

Here were some of the favorites from last night!

Bicycle

Holly — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:06:04 +0000

On a completely random thought for this Friday morning…lately, I’m obsessed with the idea of shooting with adorable, old style bikes. Like this:

I mean, how cute would that be for senior pictures and engagement sessions? Anyone in the STL area got one they want to part with? I’d love to adopt it!

Albums

Holly — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:55:26 +0000

I do love albums. I love that when I’m shooting your session, I’m trying to tell a story. Your images can compliment one another on the wall, but when you want a larger collection, why not choose an album? I have a few, more luxury style albums available, but let’s face it, in this economy we want to be able to afford a beautiful keepsake and still get something that is a great quality.

Our Basic Albums are a new product for us. Each album contains a hardcover where your image is printed directly onto the hardcover with a durable matte finish. Each book is printed on 100# silk-finish premium paper (this is not the heavy-weight mounted pages in our premium books). Sized at 7 x 7 inches, albums contain 15 spreads (approximately 50 images). Priced at $250 (each additional spread is just $30).

The design process is pretty streamlined for our studio, and we can provide a draft in just a couple of days to you. Rush Fee on final album order designs not placed by December 5th. Deadline for delivery by December 24th is 12/7. So, if you’d like to open up an old session and have us design one of our Basic Albums for, just get in touch!

Here’s a quick slideshow of the album we did for Cherie + David’s session on Tuesday – the spine has text (the first slide is the cover design).

Cherie + David

Holly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:35 +0000

I’ve been conversing with Cherie for well over a year now. She just lives over in O’Fallon. Yet, we have never had the opportunity to meet. She runs CI Photobooth, a popular, and VERY elegant photobooth company. Finally, it came to her booking a session with me for us to meet. I should have made more of an effort to get together with her for lunch. Sometimes, you just need to put those things on your to-do lists – the personal things that matter more than anything.

Cherie and her husband, David, as well as myself, drove out to Cedar Lake Farm in Wright City yesterday afternoon. When I photograph my sessions, especially in THESE amazing types of locations, I’m always, secretly, hoping that my clients want to create an album from it. After all, how can one resist to NOT shoot for two hours and get so many amazing shots, yet take home just a few poses? Books are such a great way to do this. I’m working on a few more alternative albums to what I’ve developed for my weddings. Because, my hopes are that people with all budgets will find something they love, so they can enjoy more than just a few poses from their session.

Cherie and David, thank you for an amazing afternoon…you make my job easy! I can’t wait to finally do lunch!

And, my favorites!