Portraits Today Studios Olathe - Kansas City

Pet Portrait Event Here At Portraits Today Studios

Olathe Photographer — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:45 +0000

Portraits Today Studios of Olathe is offering a Pet Portrait Event on July 31st. See the details below and don’t hesitate to book your appointment soon. We are only offering this event on July 31st. Thank you. Click HERE to print this flier for the valuable coupons.

We hope you will enjoy this pet photography event as much as we will.

Pet photography. Meow.
Portraits Today Studios
2081 E Santa Fe
Olathe, KS 66062
913.782.7427

How To Photograph Children

Olathe Photographer — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:21:43 +0000

Children are full of energy and wonder. Children bring a never ending stream of smiles to our face as we watch them discover, explore and grow. Photographing children, however, can be a bit of a challenge. From about 18 months thru to 4-6 years old asking a child to sit still and pose is a battle lost more than won. So it is our belief here at Portraits Today Studios that you should work with children, not against them.

When you are trying to photograph your children may we recommend zoomed lenses and a since of “spy” from you? After all, children this age change when they see the camera. They get the “forced smile” or the “shyness” from nowhere. They want to take and use the camera rather than be it’s subject.

But try something different. The next time your kids are at play around the house or school or the neighborhood park quietly take out your camera (point and shoot or DSLR, doesn’t matter) and zoom in as close as you can to them and shoot. Get up, walk around and maybe put your camera on the “head” setting. But don’t let them know you are there! Enlist the help of your spouse to keep their attention. You’ll love the difference you’ll get in your pictures of him or her.

Did you get a great snap shot? Tell us about it! Post it to our facebook page and do a little parental bragging. Go ahead. You know you want to.

Photo Tips from PTS
Portraits Today Studios
2081 E Santa Fe
Olathe, KS 66062
913.782.7427

Olathe Youth Baseball City Championship

Olathe Photographer — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:20:13 +0000

Find your Olathe City Championship baseball photos here.

I have emailed your coach the password.

Last night I had the privilege to photograph the Olathe City Championship baseball game between the Westside Sluggers and the Midwest Tornados. After a hard fought game by both teams the Tornados came away with the championship. But the info I got is that both teams had an outstanding season.

Portraits Today Studios sponsors the Westside Sluggers baseball team and so we were there to provide professional sports photography to them for the Olathe championships. We all grow up loving baseball. I wish I had had a photographer take action photos of me that would spark memories all these years later. (One did when I was a soccer goalie. I was making a great stop and every time I see the photo it brings a smile to my face!)

If you are ever in need of professional sports photography anywhere in the Kansas City area we would love to help you. We do sports action with an emphasis on football, baseball, la cross and soccer. We do team photography for all sorts of teams. (And our martial arts and dance photography is pretty cool, too, if I do have to say so myself.)

Kansas City Sports & Dance Photography
Portraits Today Studios
2081 E Santa Fe
Olathe, KS 66062
913.782.7427

By the way, we are finally setting up a separate facebook page for our Kansas City Sports & Dance Photography division and we’d love to have you “Like Us.”

Senior Picture Variables

Olathe Photographer — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:49:40 +0000

Senior Pictures are fun to produce. Why? Because of the variables involved. (Major digression coming.) When Garth Brooks was at the height of his fame he said he loved music because with a change here and there the song could take on a whole new meaning. Then he proceeded to play one of his hits with a completely new guitar riff and in a tempo I hadn’t heard before. Boom! The song had a different interpretation.

The same can be said about photography. With the proliferation of good, low cost digital cameras literally anyone can snap a good picture. And with a little training with lights you can become a fairly decent photographer. But still, to come up with lasting, memorable images you have to be able to see things in your mind and then take those images from the mind to the paper.

Look at these two senior pictures taken last week. This young lady is a very vibrant girl. But look how the story changes when we make two very different portraits from the same image.

Pretty cool, eh? Which do you like better? Same image. Two different stories. At least as far as I’m concerned.

Senior Pictures.
Portraits Today Studios
2081 E Santa Fe
Olathe, KS 66062
913.782.7427

Make a Memory Today

Olathe Photographer — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:27:13 +0000

Your memories, today.
Portraits Today Studios
2081 E Santa Fe
Olathe, KS 66062
913.782.7427

Portraits Today Studios of Olathe, Kansas

Olathe Photographer — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:04:02 +0000

Welcome to the home page of Portraits Today Studios of Olathe, Kansas. As you can see from the graphic above, getting your family portrait made is as simple as 1-2-3. We photograph children and families of all ages and sizes and we believe in having a good time doing it. Look to the top left of our tool bar for the “Galleries” button to get a look at our work.

If you are checking us out for the first time we’d love for you to take some time on our website here to see our work. Or hop on over to our Portraits Today Studios facebook page and see what people have to say about us. Be sure to check 0ut our pricing page and you can even take a moment or two to check our our Senior Pictures page and/or our Baby’s First Year Photo Club page.

Thanks for stopping by. We hope you have had a great and safe Fourth of July.

Your neighborhood portrait studio.
Portraits Today Studios
2081 E Santa Fe
Olathe, KS 66062
913.782.7427

4th of July Portraits

Olathe Photographer — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:48:29 +0000

We’ve been having some fun with 4th of July portraits lately. And that just makes sense. Here is a portrait of a veteran of the United States Navy. Though he retired a couple years back it’s still a very big part of who he is.

And here are a couple of fun portraits of children celebrating the 4th of July.

Remember, this Saturday between 11:30 and 2:00 pm we are serving free hot dogs and chips to anyone that wants to stop by the studio to say “hello” and to look around. Past and future clients and friends are always welcome. Also, we’ll have a special sale on gift certificates you’ll want to know about good on that day only! (And Angel Babies will be joining us and they’ll be having a big sale, too!)

Celebrate your freedom.
Portraits Today Studios
2081 E Santa Fe
Olathe, KS 66062
913.782.7427

Short Video of Portraits Today Studios Work

Olathe Photographer — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:28:11 +0000

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Here we have a very short video of some of our work from the past week. We are just beginning to play around with slide shows but believe you are gonna like the end products once we get our systems down.

Portraits Today Studios
2081 E Santa Fe
Olathe, KS 66062
913.782.7427

News You Can Use

Olathe Photographer — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:06:57 +0000

We have a few announcements we’d love you to be aware of here at Portraits Today Studios;

SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENTS ONLINE – On the right hand side of the screen you should see a Schedule Now button so that you can schedule your appointments online. We’ve also added a Schedule Now tab to our Facebook page. Of course, you can still call in. But we thought some of you might really dig this when you are up late at night.
On July 3rd from 11:30 till 2:00 we are going to be giving away FREE hot dogs, chips and drinks to anyone who stops by Portraits Today Studios here in Olathe. A kind of sale-a-bration will also be going on as we’ll offer our Gift Certificates at a steep discount. Angel Babies next door will be joining us and will be having a sale of some significance, as well.
Our business continues to grow! And for that we are thankful. Your support and positive word-of-mouth helps us so much. Please continue to tell people about us. We appreciate it!
We’re thinking of offering a camera class to our clients. Stay tuned.

Your neighborhood portrait studio.
Portraits Today Studios
2081 E Santa Fe
Olathe, KS 66062
913.782.7427

Children’s Photography for Olathe & Kansas City

Olathe Photographer — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:24:07 +0000

Portraits Today Studios of Olathe, Kansas loves to photograph children. Children’s photography is a lot of fun and can lead to so many special moments. Here are some some children’s portraits we’ve had the pleasure to be a part of this week.

Portraits Today Studios is located in Olathe, Kansas and is conveniently located just one mile due east of I-35 on Santa Fe. We serve many, many families from Kansas City, Overland Park, Lenexa, Shawnee, Gardner, Olathe and beyond. We have a Baby Club for our newborn photography and a special page set up for Senior Pictures for our kids that are grown but not quite out of the house yet.

We take great pride in serving our customers to their complete satisfaction. We like to run the place like the old “Cheers” bar…”where everybody knows your name.” We’re fast, fun and affordable. And most of all, we’ll help you to capture memories that will last a lifetime.

“Thank you for everything yesterday! My sister and I love the pictures!!!!”
- Kathi A.

The Kansas City photography studio for children.
Portraits Today Studios
2081 E Santa Fe
Olathe, KS 66062
913.782.7427