Jason has been in Christmas card designing mode for the last few days. We are starting to get them back and are very happy with what we’re seeing!

If you would like 24 or more 4×6 reprints of one photo from your session, we will give you a great deal if you order it in the next week. They are perfect to pop into your holiday cards or to hand out to people you meet over Christmas and New Years.

24 copies – $77
48 copies – $117
72 copies – $152
96 copies – $182
120 copies – $207

Please call us at 604-864-6339 or email by Friday, December 5th to receive this offer. No rush fees will be added.

REMINDER: All holiday orders must be emailed to us by November 30th at midnight to avoid our December rush charges. Feel free to continue to submit orders to be completed after Christmas and they will have no rush charges added. The only exception is orders from our Chick Pea Children’s Boutique sessions that we are photographing on Sunday.

ANOTHER REMINDER: We will be doing our comments draw for a $150 gift certificate to Revival Arts Studio on Monday. Every comment you make is entered into our monthly draw.

Kobie and Jeff had us to their place for some family portraits, as well as photography of their girls being themselves and having fun. This session was perfect because Kobie had planned activities for her Annika and Sophie that they enjoyed: dressing up in their pretty dresses, dancing to music, riding a rocking horse, jumping on the bed in jammies and having a bubble bath. Not only are the girls absolutely adorable, they were engaged throughout the session and having a blast. Here are a few of our favorites …

Tammy and Neil met Jason at Campbell Valley Park in Langley, BC for a relaxed outdoor couples session. Their dog, Waylon, came along too and added some fun. He’s even faster than the 2 year olds we photograph! Here are a few of our favorites …

We had 20 high school students from D.W. Poppy in Langley, BC come visit us at our studio to hear about careers in the arts. They are at a great point in their lives. There are so many different paths they could take. I do remember the possibilities being overwhelming though. If you were able to give your 17 year old self some guidance, what would you say?

After talking about our journey through music and architecture to reach photography, we took a few pictures of them with The Blue Wall. Here are our favorites …

Thanks for coming to our studio! Feel free to contact us if you have more questions about careers in the arts that you think we might be able to answer. Don’t forget to join our Facebook Group where we’ve posted these pictures for you to tag and use as your profile pic.

We have some portrait session posts up our sleeves … or rather on our hard drives. We are wrapping up our super duper design fest to meet our holiday card deadlines so we’ll post more later this week. Stay tuned for information on courses and workshops we’ll be offering in early 2009. They will make great gifts for the photography enthusiast in your life!

Our studio space has come together this fall and has simplified our life. Instead having to clean up like a maniac before meeting clients in our living room, we now have a separate space to meet and shoot in. The best part is no one knows if our kitchen is a disaster. Tonight, we finally got a huge piece of Lexi with her piggy tails displayed so we were motivated to take some pictures for those of you who haven’t been in yet …

Jason took these pictures of Lexi the first time she wore piggy tails. She was somberly enthralled with them. These are printed on glossy, metallic paper the middle one is 3 feet by 4 feet. You must come by just to see it!

Looking from the shooting area into the meeting area.

Looking from the meeting area into the shooting area. Note our beautiful large canvas gallery wraps. You have to come check these out too. They’re masterfully made and are a wonderful option for people who want something large and modern on their walls.

Our meeting area. This is where we project our images onto the wall and guide our clients through the process of choosing what they’d like to order. Everyone loves the slideshow with music that we put together for our portrait clients. Pass the tissues?

Another view from the meeting room into the shooting space.

Fun wallet cards. Check out Picture Simple if you’re a pro photog and want some for yourself.

A detail of our funky Christmas wreath.

It’s a big job being a big brother and these two boys are up to the challenge. Every time they came to the studio they were full of energy and enthusiasm. Here are a few of our favorites …

If you’ve met our 5 year old son, Xander, or have followed our blog, you will realize that it is an understatement to simply say that he is passionate about Lego. Today Jason and Xander made their first stop motion Lego movie. Xander came up with the concept and did the voice over. Jason was the technical genius. I’m sure this is the first of many shorts.

We enjoy doing workshops and educational talks about photography. We’re looking forward to hosting a class from the DW Poppy high school arts program on Tuesday to chat about our career path. When we were in high school Jason aspired to be an architect and I aspired to be a psychologist. 10 years ago we had just bought our first SLR camera out of the buy and sell and were trying to figure out how to load the film correctly. It took 3 tries to get the film roll loaded properly so we could expose it. It took several more tries to figure out that we were supposed to turn the dials until the needle thingy was in the middle.

Anyways … I’ve been thinking it might be of interest for us to post some of the practical tips and ideas we mention in our presentations on our blog. Here goes tip #1.

Print your pictures every month.

With the age of digital photography most of us take tons of pictures and print very few. This creates a couple potential problems.

When your hard drive with all your photos on it bites the dust you will moan and gnash your teeth as you think of all the memories that it has taken with it. Please note it is not *IF* your hard drive fails, it is *WHEN.* If you have your photos backed up on disks and you have physical prints there will be less moaning and gnashing of teeth.

Another potential problem is the rate at which technology is changing. Can you imagine trying to pull all your photos off of a floppy disk? That was 15 years ago. 15 years from now having files on CD or DVD may present a similar problem. If you have a box of printed photos you will still be able to look through them and warmly chuckle at your 2008 hairstyle and clothing.

If you have questions that have to do with photography feel free to post them in the comments and we’ll answer them for you in a future post. If you are looking for someone to speak to a group about photography feel free to contact us. We bring pictures and have never had anyone fall asleep (other than newborns) in one of our talks which we take as a good sign.

11/27/2008 – UPDATE – THE SESSION IS ALL BOOKED UP. PLEASE CONTACT CHICK PEA TO BE ADDED TO THEIR WAITLIST.

We are excited to be partnering with Kim of Chick Pea Children’s Boutique in New Westminster to be offering holiday mini sessions on Sunday, November 30th. This is a great opportunity to have us photograph your child with Santa and get some fun, relaxed portraits in Kim’s stylish set up.

If you’re still trying to figure out what to give grandparents for Christmas this is it!

The session is a $20 donation to Free the Children, a charity that supports primary education for children around the world. You will receive a retouched 5×7 print and an online gallery where you can order more portraits in time for the holidays.

Please contact Chick Pea Children’s Boutique for more information or to reserve your time. There are a limited number of times available and many of their clients have already expressed an interest so please contact them today.

Jason was called in to photograph the show suite for Quadra Homes at Paddington Station in Langley, BC before it was dismantled. Here are a few favorites …