Oh June….oh June!  You’re here!  I remember you!  Our business is comprised of about 70 Senior Sessions per year, 30-50 babies and kids sessions per year, and 10-20 Family Portrait Sessions, and then tons of business head shots from our favorite local bankers and realtors and other professionals!  Some of this business is year round, but sessions like Family Portraits and Seniors are very seasonal and pretty much only happen from June-December.  And alas….June is here!  We spend our quiet winters and mucky springs photographing our Baby Plan members as usual and the rest of the time we use to gear up for our Seniors!  It’s exciting and stressful.  If only I could stretch the season out a bit…but I really can’t.  June marks school being out for the summer and thus a little lightbulb goes off in the minds of those great parents…”oh…senior pictures?!?!?”  And then December rolls around and it’s “oh crap…yearbook…”  So that’s my season…and in June it’s as if I can look off the front stoop of the studio and my seniors for the year are all marching together down Cass Street like the Danish Festival Parade in one big mass…they are all coming at once and the pressure is on.  I do love to photograph these guys!  A milestone in their lives, a proud age, a great time to commemorate their achievements.  This is my job.  I do love it.  You  may notice my low numbers….70 seniors…that’s it!  That’s ALLLL we have time and energy for.  It’s important to me (even at the disapproval of THE BOSS…(insert husband’s name here) to have each and every senior represented as the individual he/she is.  No assembly line here, folks.   And we hope you’ll notice that!  We’re a small studio and have no desire to expand to bigger numbers….because that would just mean I’d lose my touch with the customers I proudly serve.  If you are interested in one of our sessions please call the studio today and I’ll PERSONALLY give you the info you need to make a decision!

Okay, she’s nearly 16 months old, but I just got around to photographing her for her 15 month session so that’s what I’m going by!  Evie is a joy, a pill, a comedian, a beauty, a maniac, a great sleeper ( i know, right!), and a garbage disposal.  We love her so unbelievably much and it’s so neat to watch her explore and learn and take the world in.  Being parents ROCKS.  She started part-time daycare a couple of weeks ago so I could nab some more help from Allan around the studio in our busy season.  She’s adjusting slowly to say the least.  She’s not sure about other humans…(she gets that from her father…) she’d rather observe the other kids and play by herself.  But we love the daycare center she’s going to so we’re hoping she’ll blossom out of her little shell soon!  It’s funny to watch people’s faces when we tell them she’s just shy and that when she’s at home she’s in total seek and destroy mode.  ”really?  this one?  riiiigggghhhttt…..” I assure you, her crazy is completely in tact. But when other’s are around she’s a shy guy which is fine with me too because that’s when I get the most hugs  

Meet Shelby!  She’s so absolutely adorable.  I could tell she was nervous when she got here so I gave her the “I’m a little nutso and talk pretty fast but don’t be scared” speech and she bought it  Shelby has wind hair….it just flows and dances perfectly in the air in awesome sync with the shutter!  Thanks Shelby’s Hair…love ya!  More to come of Shelby…this is just a tease so she can see how they turned out before she makes the trip back up to the studio to view the rest and get her model cards!

A perfect newborn session…doesn’t happen often, but this one was.  When I got to their home mom already had him naked with just a diaper and sound asleep wrapped in a blanket, so needless to say he was primed and ready for some modeling.  Newborn sessions are the most productive when photographed in the first 14 days because when they are out, they’re out… and you can do whatever you want with them.  (usually) This first image is my favorite because he was breech when he was born so his little legs didn’t want to fold down so this pose was right up his alley!  Toward the end of the session he woke up and let us do some awake shots…see, I told you it was perfect!  Thanks for the opportunity to work with boy wonder!  Love him!!!

Let’s kick off the senior season with a big one!  This is undoubtedly the biggest session sale we’ve offered for seniors EVER!  75% off all senior sessions.  This is good until this friday, May 7th.  You can schedule the session any time in the next 3 months, just have to book and pay for your session now.  The X-treme: regularly $175, The ‘Norm: regularly $125, and The Basic:  regularly $75….all 75% off!  Sure, we’ll offer other sales and specials in the coming weeks and months but nothing will TOUCH this deal…which is why it’s so short  Soooooo, if you are planning on coming to GP for your senior session this is the deal for you!  BOOK NOW AND SAVE!  Go to our senior website and click “investment” to learn more about the sessions we offer!  www.griffithphoto.com

We had a pizza party at the studio tonight to premier the images of Greenville High School’s GP Models for the class of 2011.  YAY!  So fun.  Sarah, Megan, Emily, Seth, and Julie…you guys are soooo awesome and beautiful!  Here is a slideshow of their test-shoots!

This Saturday we’re going to throw a party for our GHS GP Models since there are FIVE of them!  Whoa, that’s a lot!  Sarah, Megan, Emily, Julie, and Seth really rocked the test shoots over the last couple of weeks so we’re looking forward to showing them their images in just a couple days.  They’ll be armed with some amazing session deals so stay tuned to early May blog and facebook hits!  

What a great week at the studio….and out!  Spring is here and our “season” is officially underway.  GP is crazy mad busy about 6-8 months of the year.  The rest of the time is spent preparing for crazy mad busy season!  It’s here and for the first time since we opened 3 years ago we’re armed and ready!  We’re officially finished up photographing our GP Senior Models….wow, what a bunch.  I’m so impressed with all of these young people and can’t wait to prepare and present their images to them really really really soon.  I also just finished up photographing a project for the Carson City Hospital which was really neat because we got to photograph a bunch of maternity, newborn, and kids’ sessions as they intend to do a Women’s Health Campaign this spring.  And the week wouldn’t be complete without Isaac Jon.  His parents welcomed him into the world on Wednesday and I was fortunate enough to be his documentarian.  I showed up a few hours before he was born to unobtrusively document his arrival and then captured him in the first seconds of his life.  What an incredible honor that was!!!!  I hope to be able to post some of those images to the blog soon if it’s okay with mom and dad!  There are a couple on our facebook fan page if you’re curious….be a fan!  All in all it was just one fabulous week!

We’ve been photographing this family since their 3 year old was a newborn and now it’s time for baby #2.  Originally customers and now great friends we were so happy to get over to the house to photograph Owen when he was just 4 days old.  What a little angel.  At first I thought he looked JUST like his big brother but I’m starting to think he’s got a look all his own.  I have to admit he was much more alert than I was expecting.  Usually I can do whatever I want with a newborn, especially one who hasn’t even broke double digits….they are so sleepy and tired but he was wide awake most of the time and ready for the world!  We took our time and got him cozy eventually!  Thanks, yet again, for letting us capture your babies!

Yes, it’s that time of year again….big sale on CUSTOM Graduation Cards designed just for you by yours truly!  Everyone’s will be different and everyone’s will reflect their personality and their style!  Yeah!  That’s why I all capped “custom”….because I just love that word and all that it means!  We are also having our annual wallet sale.  1/2 off people.  a set of wallets (8 of the same pose) for $10.  That’s ridonculous.  See the sample card below for details and how to’s….Congrats Class of 2010!