Five years of L.O.V.E.- Huntsville Couples Photographer

I had the pleasure this past weekend of photographing these two lovebirds in honor of their fifth wedding anniversary!  With my first anniversary approaching VERY soon I loved seeing these two still so in love the way my husband and I are!   I can’t wait until I can photograph their 20th anniversary!  They are sweet together:

And despite the fact that we were all freezing in this cold February we’re having I think we all had fun.

I think they will cherish these pictures forever.  This next one is a great picture of them both! And they look so happy:

This last one is one of my favorites because it is just a fun shot.  Love the black and white, love the kiss, love the scene behind them.  Love. it. all.

I had alot of fun, and I think anniversary pictures will be something I start offering alot of!  It was an exciting morning, filled with lots of laughs and smiles and hugs, great time for reconnecting for them.  And I loved capturing it!

Love to you all

Megan

Mobile Travel Sessions Are Here!- Huntsville family photographer

Its that time of year again! Mobile Spring Travel Sessions are here!

I will be in Mobile the weekend of April 22nd-25th. I’m taking 12 sessions ( I have room for two more, but ONLY if those twelve book up completely). Here’s what ya need to know:

When: My sessions will be scheduled as follows
Thursday April 22nd- 9:00 AM at Shag Oaks Farm
4:00 PM at Shag Oaks Farm
Friday April 23rd- 9:00 AM at Cathedral Square in Downtown Mobile
4:00 PM at Cathedral Square in Downtown Mobile
Saturday April 24th- 9:00 AM at USA Womens and Childrens Park
10:15 AM at USA Womens and Childrens Park
2:30 PM at Shag Oaks Farm
5:00 PM at Dauphin Island Beach
Sunday April 25th- 9:00 AM at Shag Oaks Farm
2:00 PM at Dauphin Island
3:30 PM at Dauphin Island
5:00 PM at Dauphin Island
For Info on any of these locations OR for examples of sessions at these locations email me. Both 5:00pm sessions are “Sunset” sessions, You will have some daylight pictures and some fun pictures while the sunsets on the beach.

How Much:
Session fee for these sessions is $60 and this includes my travel, time spent shooting, editing and processing of 30-50 images, and an online gallery for you to order from for two weeks. Each session is one hour and can be a family, just the children, a couple, or even senior portraits!

This time around I have some special travel session packages. For info on those email me! If you order a travel session package your session fee will be $25*! *Travel session packages are paid for ahead of time*

What you need to do:

1. Email me to hold the session you would like.
2. Mail your session fee within two weeks to hold your spot.
3. I will email you before the sessions get here to discuss wardrobe and my style and your wants and needs and anything else you might like to discuss.

Hope to see lots of familiar and new faces this year!

ps- get a friend to sign up and you both get a 15 dollar print credit!

Very rare- Huntsville baby photographer

Its a very rare occurance that I post pictures of my family up here, but today I captured a photo I thought worth sharing on the business blog as well as my personal blog.  It is a moment I dont want to forget.  My big boy was sharing his cars with his sister and I was snapping photos.  He leaned in to kiss her so I snapped really quick so I wouldn’t miss it. I knew I did… I knew I had focused on her toy rather than them… but then when I went to look back I discovered this:

And it turns out I love it, ALOT.  I love the hazy view of their sweet little selves!  Reminds me of how quickly they will change from where they are now.  I love those kiddos so much!!

Now for some business news! The winner of the free session was chosen, and has been contacted! Thanks so much everyone for your donations!  I’m booking for spring, February is full, March is half way there!  And April is close too.  If you book your spring session now I have a special gift for you!! Contact me for details.

Talk to you all soon!

Megan

Helping Hearts for Haiti- Huntsville Family Photographer

We have all seen and heard all about the devastation in Haiti, its been at the front of my mind for several days now.  I had been running through my head wondering what “I” could do for these people who have been through so much already when I stumbled upon THIS .  Another photographer in a different state doing something in the best way possible:  By using her gift of photography to help those in need.  Well, as you see she invited other photographers to join in and so PIPhotos is going to do just that.  We are now on the mailing list for Helping Hearts and will hopefully be helping with other efforts as well.

For now though, here’s what you, my wonderful clients, friends, and family can do for those in Haiti:

I’ll be giving away one FREE portrait session for a family or couple or newborn or whatever you like!  Here’s how you enter:

1. Make a donation of at least TEN DOLLARS to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund .  (donate as much as you like, every $10 you donate earns you another entry for the free session).

2. Forward a copy of your email confirmation receipt to my email:  megan.piphotos@yahoo.com

3. All entries must be recieved no later than 12:00 pm (central time) on January 29th (gives you one week to enter and tell everyone you can to give of themselves for Haiti also).

4. Winner will be chosen by 12 noon on January 30th. Winner will be drawn at random.

Here’s a couple of things you should know:

5.  If the winner is unable to claim the prize then another winner will be chosen at random.

6. Winner must sign a model release so we can share the photos on the blog!

7. If the donations reach $500 then I will chose three more winners for the following prizes:

1. Half off a session fee.  (must pay session fee within one week to claim       prize)

2. $40 print credit you can use on any photos from your session.

3. Free 10″ x 13″ print mounted on a matboard to be used on the photo of your choice from your session.

So lets get together and raise money for those who need our help more than ever.  Open your hearts and share some love with the people of Haiti.  And get some great photos along the way!

With love

Megan

PS- I updated the portfolio section of the website so check it, you might recognize some kiddos on there!

Friends Help Friends Special 2010- Huntsville family photographer

This is my spring special and its an awesome one! Here’s how it works:

1. You schedule a session for sometime before April 20th.
2. You refer a friend, your friend signs up for a session before April 20th.
3. You guys split one sitting fee! $50 apiece!

I’m offering this to the first 5 pairs of friends who sign up so act fast! And pass the news on to anyone you know who may want spring photos! Tell them to bring a friend and they can split a sitting fee too.

(If you are signed up for a belly to baby package this offer does not apply, but you can get some good stuff too! You refer a friend they get $25 off their sitting fee and you get $15 print credit!)

Hope to hear from lots of you soon! And don’t forget to sign up fast because the sessions will book quickly.

Thanks so much to my wonderful clients. Can’t wait to meet your friends.

***NOTE*** To get the discount you must pay the session fee in advance. Within two weeks of booking you session.

Email me at megan.piphotos@yahoo.com to sign up for your session or to ask any questions!

Love to you all!

Sweet Cheeks- Huntsville Baby Photographer

In September I shot a newborn at his home with his big sister.  Yesterday I revisited that home to shoot the three and half month old, AND his big sister!  They are sooo adorable:

And little man has grown some pretty sweet cheeks:

I loved seeing big sister interact with her baby brother.  It was very sweet.  Gives me hope for my two kiddos (Lawson doesn’t care to much that he has a sister just yet!!) :

But man, that little girl loves her brother!!  The baby boy discovered his feet yesterday, and big sister was helping him out:

And then she gave him kiss… but I don’t know what he thought about that:

After the shoot yesterday I decided that a bumbo seat is on my daughters wishlist:

And we already have a bobby, which turns out to be a pretty awesome prop for a three month old!! This sweet little baby was talking away while hanging out on his bobby!

This next expression is absolutely adorable, he is such a cutie pie:

This next photograph is so full of joy… its somewhat overwhelming:

Last of all, my fav from the whole morning:

He really wanted the elmo book I had in my hand, so much it made him laugh haha!  Did I mention how beautiful both of their childrens blue eyes are?  SO beautiful!

Thanks guys for a fun morning and a great first official day back at work!

Clients- I know I never put that video up… but wordpress doesn’t like my video.  I’m trying to fix it, but for now, no video!

***Schedule update***

January full, February REALLY CLOSE, March has three sessions left.  And for my Mobile clients, I’ll be there in April, announcement to be made February 1st!

See you all again soon!

Colin turns one!- Huntsville Baby Photographer

SO, this is crazy to me! My first Belly to Baby client has finished his year in photographs!  We missed his newborn session, so it starts with three months but check out this progression:

Four Months

Seven Months

Ten Months

ONE YEAR!

He is my first finished baby AND my first shoot of 2010!  We shot it at my home so my little baby girl and Colin wouldn’t be stuck in the cold!  We went in and out a few times so no one got to cold!  Isn’t his winter wear ADORABLE though?  Here’s another outfit, that includes snow pants!

We tried the bear chair at his seven and ten month shoots but it didn’t work out until this one!  Little man even got to ride in the street:

So cute right?  Here’s a couple mommy shots because I always get sweet ones with these two:

They were playing peek a boo with mommy’s hat!

Thanks for a wonderful year Mr Colin!  I will see you in six months or so for 18 month pictures!

Clients come back tomorrow for a video that shows my fav’s of 2009 and some info on 2010.

Love to all!

Third Timer- Huntsville Baby Photographer

This little cutie is my first official third time client!! This is his ten month photoshoot… and even though I’m hugely pregnant we managed it!  ALL BECAUSE OF HARRISON!  A friend of mine who is also a photographer!  He came along and took the photos while I directed the momma and daddy and entertained baby Colin.  It was a very fun morning in downtown at a beautiful church!

This is one of my favorite shots. I always bring along some toys for extra entertainment, but Colin wanted NONE of that.  He wanted the leaves, all. of. them.  Him and daddy were playing with them and Harrison caught exactly what I had in mind!

The big man was crawling all over the place too.  Little did we know if we had waited two or three days we could have caught his first steps!

I was very excited about this shoot because this was the first time his daddy was home for us to include him in the pictures!  Colin looks alot like his daddy.

They are a beautiful family.  I loved seeing the three of them together for the first time.

Look at how much he loves his momma too!

The next one is one o my new fav family shots ever, thanks so much Harrison!

And this next one was the last shot of the day, and a complete accident!! Dad was holding Colin up and all of a sudden Harrison and I noticed the beautiful fall back drop behind him!!

Had a wonderful November morning with you guys! And I’m so glad you liked your photos!

This is my last official shoot before maternity leave, but I will have some other things to share over the next few weeks!  Including new prices and scheduling info!  Thanks so much for a wonderful year!

Baby Ava- Huntsville Newborn Photographer

Remember these beautiful and excited parents to be? WELL baby Ava has arrived!  And we had SO much fun with her newborn pictures the other day.  This next one is for her daddy who loves winnie the pooh.  We put little Ava on top of Piglet on the blanket so she would be Pooh’s friend!

For the most part the sweet girl was pretty sleepy.  We got lots of cuddly sleeping pictures:

Did I mention that I LOVE her bright stripey blanket?  Her mommy’s best friend made that for her.  It made such a great addition to our photoshoot:

As did baby Ava’s little cheeks!  Now we all decided during the shoot that we had to put her on her belly so we could see the little ruffle on her booty!  Little girls are so much fun:

Last but not least, one of my personal favs from the day.  We wore her out and she gave me a BIG yawn, very impressive for her under six pound body!

Thanks guys for sharing baby Ava with me for the morning!  I can’t wait to show you the rest later today.

 

CLIENTS AND FUTURE CLIENTS:

I am going to be officially taking Maternity leave on December 1st.  I will however still be taking emails and calls (just might take me longer to respond!) and I’ll be posting some updates and specials for 2010 over the next several weeks.  I offically go back to work Feb. 1st, but I am going to take one or two sessions in January if you would like one get to me QUICK.  I can’t wait for my baby girl so check back in a few weeks to see my new bundle of joy.  Thanks for a wonderful year to ALL of my clients.  It was a great first year in business!

The last one- Huntsville Family Photographer

That beautiful family pictured above is my last official session before my baby girl gets here.  Besides two newborns that arrived I’m done working for the rest of 2009!  I’m having a scheduled c-section on Dec 7th!  Anyways, back to this lovely family:

They were so much fun.  We rescheduled our session because of weather but it turned out to be a GORGEOUS day on Green Mountain.  One of the sweetest things about this family was the relationship between brother and sister:

There were so many tiny signs pointing to their love.  Like this next shot where she is holding his hand (SO CUTE):

Big brother is very handsome, Although I’m not ready for my big boy to look this big yet!

He had a very sweet demeanor too:

And one more of big brother for good measure!

Little sister was alot of fun herself.  Full of personality!

She has the prettiest brown eyes too.  So soulful:

Last but not least one more of the pretty girl!  I love the smile, so adorable:

S family, thank you SO much for a wonderful afternoon.  It was awesome to meet you and I can’t wait to show you the rest!

 

Check back Saturday for a sweet baby girl, my tiniest newborn so far!  And a 2010 Schedule announcement!