Here’s a scrapbook page I put together with some photos posted previously. I had a lot of fun with this beautiful digital kit by Cherie Mask for 2 Peas in a Bucket.
Stay tuned for our weekly givaway!!! (Next post, I promise!)
Archive for 2007
Giddy for Snow
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Look Who’s Walking!!
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007M. having recently celebrated his first birthday has taken the next step . . . literally! Here’s his video debut:
We hope you enjoyed the feature presentation. M. loves watching this clip over and over again!
~Amy
Newborn Love
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007Saturday morning we awoke to a nice, fluffy blanket of snow outside. This made for a very snuggly, cozy 8 am photo shoot inside the home of this beautiful family. It was so fun to see how the girls had grown since I photographed them a year and a half ago, and baby brother was just as gorgeous and sweet. At two weeks old and with bushels of hair, this little guy has captured the hearts of three big sisters and his mom and dad.
{This little babe is just perfect. I love how soft and cuddly he looks in this one!}
{Don’t ya just love baby feet?}
{These girls sure love each other!}
{One of my favorites from the session! I love how Dad’s arms completely encircle his son, and it shows the scale of tiny newborn and protective father.}
{Here’s a moment of “crowded happiness” for this family.}
{Beautifully . . .}
{Breathtakingly . . .}
{Gorgeous . . .}
{. . . Family. I love sessions like this.}
Holiday Swishy Brushes
Friday, November 30th, 2007Here is our weekly givaway! My brand new holiday swishy brush set for your photoshop page scrapping, card making fun. This is available for up to 100 downloads and the link will expire in seven days. Please use the brushes for your personal use only and don’t pass them around. Feel free to send your friends here to download. If you’d love them for commercial use, please drop us an email and we can send you info regarding our commercial use licenses.
{download holiday swishy brushes here}
Thanks people for continuing to check the blog. Sometimes I am so surprised that people (many of whom I don’t know in person) visit regularly and I especially appreciate the comments. I do love blogging and I hope you’ll continue to find this site worth coming to.
The past while has been serious “crunch time” for creating custom cards, wrapping up photo shoots and orders for the year, and thinking about the direction we’ll take studiocharm in 2008. I have a newborn session tomorrow at 8am with a family I photographed last summer. I’m also looking forward to another session with my famous tutu twins on Monday. As my photography business has grown, I have learned that one of the best complements I can receive is to have repeat clients. It keeps me working hard to stay creative and fresh with what I do, and the expectation is raised each time. I love it!
Someday when I figure out what I want to be when I grow up, I think I will have tried a million things just to narrow it down to the top 10. Here’s my list of some of the things I aspire to do or become:
1- I want to be the most patient mom in the world, who always has arms ready to embrace my children.
2-I want to be the type of person who is the same inside my home, at church, with friends, with clients.
3- I hope to fine-tune the balance between family, work, church & self.
4- I want to be known by the images I create. I love the idea of my photography being identifiable by some intrinsic quality, whether by my style or by the way the image moves the viewer. I don’t aspire to have a famous face, instead I hope it will be my work that people will remember me by.
5- I am working to be the type of person who lives with out regrets: taking every opportunity to act on what I know I need to do and should do. Always telling and showing my family how much I love them is a start.
6- I hope to some day have our house paid off & no other debts. 
7- I want to travel with my family someday (with camera in hand of course) to Italy, Spain and Brazil.
8- I want to design awesome stuff for photographers and digital scrapbookers and learn how to be good at marketing.
9- I could keep going . . . but I won’t since I meant to publish this post this morning and it took me all day to get back to it. I took an afternoon break to make gingerbread houses with graham crackers with my girls. 😉
~Amy
Loving the Blues & Browns
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Here’s a family you may recognize! Time for the annual photo shoot~ this time we went for a more studio look, even so, we were able to get a few shots that really spin, jump and point to fun. Meet the D Fam!
{the measure of a great dress- how does it look when twirled?}
{ready, set, JUMP!}
{Mom demonstrates one effective way of keeping a toddler on the backdrop: the upside-down maneuver}
{Hah! Joke’s on you! 😉 }
{and back to picture perfect!}
Thanks Turkey Givaway
Friday, November 23rd, 2007Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Here is the givaway for the week . . . I have added a brush set with several brushes and a .png turkey for your personal use. (That means if you need these for commercial use, please email me regarding a commercial use license).
Click here to download my free turkey brushes & colored turkey .png file. This offer is good for 7 days or up to 100 downloads, so get ’em while they last. Please don’t share the turkey, but you are welcome to send your friends/ family here to catch him.
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I will be catching up later on some picture posting. I am working on a couple of big projects today so the pictures will have to come later!
~Amy
Elf Family Fun
Friday, November 23rd, 2007A good friend just sent me a link that turns your family into elves. I got such a good laugh out of this! Click here to see my elf family.
Downtown Family
Friday, November 16th, 2007I’ve been so excited to post these shots! This session was the perfect combination of great weather, superb lighting, fun location and a beautiful family of seven.
{Can I just say I love these shots? Great job C-fam . . .thanks for a fun session!}
Thursday Givaway- overlays
Friday, November 16th, 2007Hey everyone- yesterday I missed posting the Thursday givaway. I hope you’ll forgive me. I will make sure to plan ahead for next week, as it is Thanksgiving.
So . . . this week’s givaway will be for the FIRST 3 PEOPLE who leave a comment on this post. Your prize will include two texture overlays (.png files) that can be used for personal photo fun or even commercial if you are making cards for clients. If you are one of the first three to comment, please go ahead and email us an adress to send your files to. Our adress is sales@studiocharm.com
{This sample image is made with three layers: background- color photo, layer 1- oil wash overlay at 50% opacity, layer 2-black & white copy of background layer/ soft light mode @ 100% opacity}
Celebrating One
Friday, November 16th, 2007One.
Twelve months.
Four teeth.
Twenty-nine inches.
Two climbing, cruising feet.
Twelve months.
Four teeth.
Twenty-nine inches.
Two climbing, cruising feet.
Two busy hands.
One momma’s boy.
One sweetheart.
One year.
One momma’s boy.
One sweetheart.
One year.
{Happy Birthday, Little Bud}
We enjoyed celebrating M’s birthday this week. I have been as busy as ever~ hence the lack of posts as of late. I have a goal to reach 100 posts by the end of the year. This means some serious blogging ahead, but I promise to try and make it worthwhile too!
