Shutter-Happy Photography

Prove it!  And let us enter your family in the National Charity Model Search.

Step One: Call the studio to set up your professional family portrait session and pay the usual $75 session fee.  Alice will then e-mail you an invoice for a FREE sitting, leaving you a $75 credit for a print order!!!!

Step Two: Enjoy your time in front of the camera- outdoor around town, at your home, or in the studio.

Step Three: Come into the office to view your proofs; choose your favorite to be entered into the model search contest and to receive as a free 8×10 print; place your print order.

Step Four:  Listen for a call from the studio to set up a print pick-up appointment.  And watch for instructions on when/how you can begin voting for your image.

Important Notes:
* Families only- portraits must contain children and at least one parent or guardian.
* Sessions must be scheduled for and take place between November 1 and March 20.
* Parent or guardian must be willing to sign a copyright release to allow Shutter-Happy to use images for display as well as enter one image into the contest.
* Voting begins on January 4.  Each vote is $1, benefitting Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.  Instructions on how to vote will be announced as date approaches.
* Grand prize winner will receive a new car.  Other prizes will be announced soon.

If this becomes as popular as the children’s model search last year, we recommend you call the studio NOW to take advantage of this wonderful special and to guaranteee your session date and time…  888-311-5207

What a wonderful Halloween!  How fun it was to spend the day visiting with everyone who stopped by and seeing all the kids in their costumes!  Thanks to all who came by the studio for portraits.  Your FREE digital files will be e-mailed to you by the weekend if you’ve already let us know your favorite pose.  And if you’d like to order additional digital files or paper prints, we’d be happy to offer them to you at half off. 

We just committed to donations to three different organizations…

Silicon Drive Family Center- we’ve donated a portrait session and medium art piece print (worth over $380) for their Fall Family Festival.  Stop by on October 10th for the fun and to bid in their silent auction.

Cibolo Nature Center- we’ve donated a portrait session and any size art piece (worth $317-$773) for their Gala and fundraiser.  Buy tickets now for the event on October 10th for dinner, dancing, and their auction.

Boerne Education Foundation- we’ve donated a portrait session and any size art piece (worth $317-$773) for their Gala and fundraiser.  Tickets will go on sale next year for the date soon to be announced.  Be sure to get your tickets so that you can enjoy the dinner, dancing, and auction.

Yes, we already took our Christmas portraits.  I’m a photographer; I have to be ahead of the game.

And next is sending out our Christmas cards.  Make sure we have your most up to date mailing address.  You won’t want to miss the great deal we’re offering in the card!

Just wanted to highlight a new background we created this month.  Nathan and I purchased a bunch of decorative ceiling tiles and created a wall out of it.  It’s going to be a great spot for beautiful children’s and even family portraits.  It will especially look great with more formal clothing, and I can’t wait to use it for Easter!

The wall is constructed in the studio, so it can be used during any studio session, with a rug or on our stained concrete floor.  So consider it when planning your next indoor portrait appointment.

We just invested in the future…

We purchased ad spaces in all the local schools’ PTO directories, doing our part to support your child’s schools- Fabra, Curington, Kendall, and Cibolo Creek.

Let us know if we can help with any fund-raising events!  We’d be happy to make donations.

Just wanted to highlight a new background we created last month.  Nathan and I purchased a few sheets of corrugated metal roof material and created a wall out of it.  It’s going to be a great spot for really cool children’s and teen portraits.  It will especially look great with bright clothing!

The wall is constructed on the side of our home, so it can be used during any studio session.  So consider it when planning your next indoor portrait appointment.

Samples of my work put into a new slideshow…

Just wanted to highlight a new set we finished up last month.  A client constructed a barn wall for us; I got it stained; then we added hay bales.  It’s going to be a great spot for cowboy/cowgirl portraits.  And it will be a great background for autumn portraits with pumpkins and fall leaves.

The wall and scene are constructed on the side of our home, so it can be used during any studio session.  So consider it when planning your next indoor portrait appointment.

Still wanted for the set- an old wagon wheel.

You’ve seen the quality of our work; you may have heard how enjoyable it is to work with Alice and I; you may be a client who is currently enjoying our images in your home.

Whatever your situation, if you would like your day care, school, organization, or team to use us for individual or group photos this school year, contact us today or talk to your director about giving us a call.

Not only do we offer our photography time for free and deliver beautiful images at greatly reduced studio pricing, but we also give back to your organization!

THANKS to everyone for voting for us as your favorite photographer in The Boerne Star’s Best of the Best contest!  We won silver again this year!  It’s an honor to be recognized the last five years in a row.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I just HAD to come up with another use for all of our beautiful card templates…

Float wraps, personalized with your children’s names, to be used in their rooms or on their bedroom doors.

Your design with your child’s name will be printed on photographic paper and then wrapped and mounted as shown at right.

Examples of just a few of the designs, colors, and fonts we can use are shown below.

In case you’ve never been to the studio or haven’t been by in a while- just wanted to let you know/remind you of all the possibilities for portraits…

Backdrops- cream, white, blue, green, American flag, brown, and black

Special spots- a beautiful bay window in the studio and our brand NEW barn wall around the side of the studio

Props- moon, chairs, couches, flowers, benches, cakes (fake or real!), wash tub, petal mats

We also have all kinds of clothing for you and your little ones to wear.  And we have so many more options during our Limited Edition sessions!

Last month, I attended the annual Texas Professional Photographers Association’s summer conference in Kerrville.  Topics included digital workflow, posing and lighting, implementing good business practices, marketing, working with schools, and how to survive in these tough economic times.

And I entered four prints and a folio, with all receiving above average ratings, with “Happy Cowboy” and “Baby-Face” receiving the Honor of Exhibition.

*Attached are my entries- Prints are ”Goof,” “Baby-Face,” “Happy Cowboy,” and “Morgan.”  Folio was titled “Evan’s First Year.”

You asked for it.  So we made it happen!

You will now have the opportunity in the future to purchase your slideshow created for your print consultation!

And all sessions in the past, you can still have a slideshow created from the images you had printed!

Regular price will be $100.  Special price will be $75.  Place a $1000 order and get it for FREE!