Even though Angela is known for photographing people she really photographs relationships. Many people have said that their pets are their family. It only makes sense that a beautiful portrait of your cherished pet will become a family heirloom.
Mickey is the kind of doggie that brings joy to all that know him. He is a very sweet doggie that is just happy to be around people. He was fun for Angela to photograph and he was a very good sport and let her pose him in several ways. This portrait of his face was a favorite. You can see the kindness in his eyes and he really does have a beautiful expression. (Yes, dogs do have expressions!)
We have always included pets in family portraits and it has been very popular this year to include pets in High School Senior portraits. It is very fun for us to get to know the four legged members of your family too.
This is the perfect time of the year to create gift portraits for the holidays. We would love to design a gorgeous family portrait for you. We also love to create unique custom designed Holiday cards for our clients. They are such a fun way to share Holiday wishes and love with the important people in your lives. We would love to see you, meet your furry family members and photograph them. A portrait of your pet also makes a great surprise Holiday gift for the hard to shop for person on your gift list. Portraits do make amazing gifts.
It is hard to believe that it is November. Where did 2011 go? In a few weeks it will be Thanksgiving and then we enter the race to Christmas and then to the New Year. We wish you many blessings with your family. We will see you next month to share another one of Angela’s Portraits of the Month.
This month we had another monumental event happen, WE FINALLY GOT THIS FAMILY PORTRAIT TAKEN! Angela called this session 24 crazy Greeks and a photographer (A Greek one no less!). We have been honored over many years to capture this family’s history in portraits. We have watched this family grow and change. We have created pre-natal, newborn, baptism, children’s, family and beach portraits.
The last time we photographed their extended family 12 years ago there were 8 less grandchildren. For several years we have been trying to update their family portrait and it seemed at times it would take an act of congress or God for that to happen. Everybody is busy and all of us have our own schedules. We finally had a date selected, the weather had other plans for us. Once we found another weekend to create the portraits, summer turned to fall and then we had to change the clothing. If it's not one thing, it's another.
We know that it takes a bit of compromise on everybody’s part to gather 24 people. A compromise that is so well worth it. For years to come this portrait is going to bring enjoyment to all who are in it. It will also bring joy to the family members yet to come. No one will ever remember that they missed a game or dinner date the day this was taken. All that will remain is the portrait and the memory of the family all together having fun.
Family portraits are much more than a record in time of what you look like. When you have a Family portrait displayed in your home it tells the world “Our family is most important to us”. They reinforce to children and grandchildren the values of your family. We feel that your portrait is a “priceless family heirloom”. We promise you that your Family portraits will keep you company in your old age and warm your heart every time you look at them. GUARNTEED!
How many things can you invest in that are guaranteed to go up in value every year? No one ever ran out of their burning house with their cool new TV or designer outfit. If you need any more reasons to make your family portrait a priority just give us a call. Your family is an extension of our family and we would love to help you capture that forever. Thank you so much to the 24 crazy Greeks for making us at home, the laughs and kind words. But most of all, thanks for sharing your family with us. We will be back again next month to share another one of Angela’s Portrait of the Month.
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Photographing three rambunctious little boys can be a challenge. A very energy filled and fun challenge! Last week when Angela photographed these 3 brothers was no different. Of course, she was up to the challenge. Actually, Angela often says that she thinks like a 7 year old boy, so she fit right in.
The boy’s parents were looking for a relaxed portrait of them together in a unique location. After a little searching they found the perfect place to photograph the boys. Angela created a beautiful series of portraits of them together having fun and being “boys”. As the sun was starting to set she was determined to settle the boys down and create a portrait of their relationship together. After a little wrangling Angela was finally able to create the image she had been dreaming up in her mind.
Angela often refers to “storytelling” portraits as “the portrait that will keep you company in your old age”. All parents know their children love each other. Often in the daily grind of life you don’t get to see much of that. Angela feels it is very important to create natural and playful images of children and families together. However, she feels it also just as important to tell the stories of the relationships in your family in her portraits too. We are sure that you would agree that Angela’s mission accomplished with these 3 little men!
Creating portraits on location is a favorite of Angela’s. Even though the summer is coming to a close, we can still create amazing outdoor portraits for several more weeks. September is a great time of the year to be photographed outdoors. The weather is just perfect. If you like the colors of Fall, October is the time of year to be photographed. Now is the time to start planning your outdoor location portrait session. Angela’s schedule this fall is very busy and we suggest that you contact us very soon to start planning a unique and memorable portrait session for you.
We hope that you have enjoyed a glimpse of what Angela has been photographing this past month. We appreciate your interest and as always we love to share it with you. We will be back next month to share another one of Angela’s Portrait of the Month.
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This month’s Portrait of the Month is another 2012 high school senior. We just had to share this image with you. It’s not just that we are photographing a lot of seniors right now it is simply that Olivia was pure joy to photograph and she is a really great kid that is going to go places!
We sat down with Olivia and her Mom a few weeks before her session to plan out her senior portrait session. We chatted about where and when we would photograph and how important clothing is in a professionally planned portrait. They requested that Angela take some more traditional studio images and of course some on our beautiful Victorian front porch. What Olivia and her Mom were really looking forward to was walking around town and creating something “different , original and creative”. Of course, that is exactly how Angela likes to photograph. She is always on a mission to make every one of her clients feel special and unique because they are. What a pure pleasure it was for Angela to work with Olivia. Obviously, she is beautiful young woman. The good news is just as beautiful on the inside as the outside.
The clothing that they choose for Olivia’s session was really, really terrific! The Buckle Store at Twelve Oaks Mall had a bunch of great outfits they helped her put together. Nickki, the manager and her staff at the store treated Olivia to her own personal shopping experience (available at no-charge) to help and they were extremely helpful selecting outfits and combinations that would compliment Olivia’s body shape as well as her personality. They put together a reasonably priced group of outfits that were all different and worked well for Olivia’s portraits.
Angela had a blast photographing Olivia. With all the right clothing, a beautiful girl with a terrific personality, a supportive and fun Mom and the permission to be as creative and crazy as she wanted how could Angela not have fun and get
amazing images!
We love sharing our “Portraits of the Month” with you and having you our good friends see what we are up to every few weeks. As busy as we have been this summer please call us if you would like to have Angela create some incredible and creative portraits for your children or family while we are enjoying the beautiful weather. We will work you in to our schedule for sure and of course you will have a series of portraits you will treasure a lifetime. We hope that you enjoy the last few weeks of summer and we will be back next month with another one of Angela's Portrait's of the Month.
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The magic of Disney means so many different things for each of us, but for this little guy’s family it means so much more. Last year on a Spring break family trip to Florida while in The Magic Kingdom, his parents Tiffany and Dave received a surprise phone call. It had only been a few months since they had completed all the paperwork (and other stuff) needed to be approved as adoptive parents. As you can guess, it was the phone call all adoptive parents wait for. There was a birth mother who had just given birth that had selected them and they had a baby!
What wonderful news! To get that fantastic news while together as a family made it even better. They were all truly were the happiest people in the happiest place on earth. But then reality set in, they were in Florida and they needed to get home to Indiana ASAP to meet their new baby boy they would name Liam. It was time for the soon-to-be Grandmother to spring into action, only to find that there were no flights available soon enough. Grandma made a plan to rent a car and drive through the night with her Daughter and Son in law to get them home to meet their son. Off they went on a power road trip to meet Liam and for him to officially join his new loving family.
Over the years we have met many adoptive parents and their children. We have seen firsthand that amazing bond between parent and child that is truly a gift from God. Liam’s Mother told us that “he was meant to be with us all along.” This darling little boy is considered an “extra blessing” to the entire family say’s his grandmother. Angela often says “how amazing it is that one baby can bring so much joy to so many people.”
They day we photographed Liam (we photographed many different poses with the entire extended family) it was very obvious how this little miracle has affected so many lives. There were so many hugs, kisses and laughter and it was contagious. Grandma, grandpa, uncles and aunt have all been changed forever by this little slugger. He is our little “miracle” they all said. It is totally amazing how his personality fits in with everyone. There is no doubt when you spend time with them that Liam was born to be in their family!
We have said it before that we have the best job in the world! We really do. It is a pleasure and an honor to be in the presence of wonderful people celebrating life. We are very lucky and blessed to have been chosen to capture this memory of Liam for his first birthday and with the family he was meant to be with. They have given him a life-long gift of their love and the portraits that we created for him to relive those memories.
This panel of images of him as the “Little Slugger” is going to be displayed in his bedroom. Don’t forget that 2011 is the “Year of the Family”. Allow us the pleasure of telling your families story in portraits. We hope that you have enjoyed Angela’s Portrait of the Month of sweet Liam as the “Little Slugger.” The very happy tail of a very sweet little boy, his great family and their story of them becoming the family they are today. We will be back next month to share another one of Angela’s Portrait of the Month.
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This year at Angela Carson Photography we have decided that 2011 is the official “Year of the Family”. So many times in the rush of life we forget that our family whatever shape, size and no matter how crazy (you know ALL of our families are nuts!) our family is truly the most important thing we have in our lives.
This portrait is of a simply wonderful family that we have known for over 20 years. Angela first photographed the oldest son when he was just 18 months old. It is so rewarding for us to have built relationships with our clients that span 2 decades and see babies grow into young adults in college. We have had so many fun sessions together. Angela has a wild way of remembering the silliest details of their past portrait sessions. She loves to tell the kids these stories about them as babies and young children.
This has been a family portrait in the making for a couple of years. In the past Mom had to worry about nap schedules, play dates, homework, then tennis and volleyball schedules. This time the logistics of getting her husband and 3 kids together has changed quite a bit. Now she had to worry about work schedules, class schedules, exams and who is in town when. It is never easy getting a busy family of 5 together and as Angela always says “somebody is going to have to miss something”. For this session to happen everyone did what they had to do and made a few sacrifices to make it happen. I am sure you will agree it was well worth it.
Stories isn’t that what life is all about? Portraits are stories, visual stories of your life. There is the story of your relationship with your children, your children’s relationship with you, and their sibling relationships. Relationships are fluid, they are always changing and moving. No matter how much you want your children to stay little, you want them to grow to live happy, independent and productive lives. You want them to know no matter what happens there is always family. Your family, the ones who love you, support you, cheer you on, wipe your tears and kick you in the butt when you need that too. Angela saw the parents of this family as the bookends of the family. The Mom and Dad regardless of how much their children have grown-up their lives revolve around the most important job they will ever have, being parents. The parents are the glue that holds the family together. That’s what we saw. One happy, fun and balanced family “keeping it together”.
We hope that you have enjoyed Angela’s Portrait of the Month as much as we have enjoyed sharing it with you. Please join us in celebrating 2011 as the “Year of the Family”. Allow us the pleasure of telling your families story in portraits. We promise you will be happy that you did it now and forever.
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I saw this last week on a greeting card and I thought I would post it. I really like what it says. Enjoy!
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great quote
