I am planning on making prints and posters with the character’s name in beautiful lettering.  Postcards, stationary and other items as well.  Maybe a book of all of them together.  I have often thought of doing my own version of the classic tales and including photos for the illustrations of the story.

Anyway, I did very little to this image – the model is lovely and her dress was well suited to the character.  She and her sister designed and made the dress, which is amazing in itself!

I hope to download a number of more elaborate fonts that have a bit more flourish.  I don’t always like fancy fonts, but I think some fancy fonts for this is important.  Something castle-ee.  Something princess-ee. 

I have several other characters in mind that I would like to shoot as soon as possible.  I’d like to have some of this stuff ready for the fairy festival if I jury in. 

I wanted to share with you some of the photos from a recent “Senior Portraits” shoot I did in my little home studio.  The model is named Kyle, and she is a senior at McDonough High School.  She has long loved old movies, so some of her more personality-driven photos included that theme.

I am working on a page with price schedules for portraits, headshots and fantasy collages, like the one at the bottom, I made from Kyle’s shoot.  That page will have all of the pricing and scheduling information on it.  I will post a link to it as soon as it’s done.  Thanks so much for looking at my photos!

I also enjoy doing simple portraits that have a bit of a dreamy feel to them.  This also lends itself to boudoir photography, which I will also be offering.

I would like to try to get into Unique Boutique.  I don’t know if they have room and I’d still have to be juried in and I’d have to decide which medium I want to submit for – 3-d or paintings.

I also may do River Artsfest this year, which is non-juried.

Of course if Artomatic is around I will be doing Body Politics there.

Anyway, I was thinking of offering these both as a service and for some of my photos, offering them as prints and card, etc.

I am working on a webpage devoted to my photography and will list prices and scheduling availability there.

She has been a huge encouragement to me.  I have found over and over that I really enjoy shooting in the studio and trying to bring out the best in somebody.  To capture their essence in a way that they are proud to display.  It makes me way down happy when a client is overjoyed at the images.

Below is the OLD door.  Very 1970s in a *bad* way.  Installed poorly and a badly added doggy door.  The thing was a wreck.  I hated the sight of it.  It would unsettle my delicate visual sensibilities.  But no longer!

Below is the NEW shiney door.  I believe it will look smashing with a lovely sign, don’t you?  And a new light fixture as well.

These small improvements to my photo studio will make the place much more weatherized and pleasant to look at too.

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Will and I have been working on getting the photo studio in ship-shape.  It will yield more shooting space when we are done and better weather-proofing.  The studio is a two-car detached garage, so it can get darn hot and cold in there, depending on the time of year.  We are working hard to make the space functional and comfortable.  After all, we want you goddesses who come by to get your photos done to feel beautiful and decadent – which is difficult to do when your tootsies are freezing.

I am also venturing into the world of headshots and portraits again.  I have had a few people approach me about doing senior portraits for their kids, which I love the idea of doing.  I am also going to start offering packages for my fantasy portraits as well.  Come on, you know you always wanted to be a fairy!  And ladies, finally I will be offering boudoir photography.  It’s something I have contemplated for a long time and I think I’m ready to throw my hat into that arena.  I have had some ladies tell me that they would love to do something like that.  Well, I love the idea and I’m pushing ahead with it.

I expect the studio to be fully functioning by January.  You can look for updates and package information here.  I will let you know how my studio is changing and I will also add some video logs – which I’ve begun doing on my Weighting for You blog.

I’m very excited about all of this, if you can’t tell and I need the positive energy to push me into emotional recovery.

I’m hoping also to add some portrait galleries to this site today so you can see some of the work I’ve already done in that regard.  However, you can click on galleries on the menu and see my fairy portraits.

Have a beautiful day.