Easter Eggs-travaganza...

The baby bunnies were just born & will be at the studio for a limited time. Book your appointment now.
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Formal Clothing Drive

I would like to ask the Pine Bush Community & clients to assist us in a very special project. Wonder, Simplicity, and Beauty in Portraits feels that all under privileged children deserve to have a very magical experience with Santa and would like for them to have a little extra magic in their holiday season.

We are planning portrait sessions with Santa in December in which each child will have an opportunity to get dressed up, have cookies and milk, have their own special time with Santa Steve (www.deckthehalls.net), receive a wrapped toy, and a complimentary 5x7 portrait. This can give each child a wonderful experience and they will walk away dreaming about Santa.

In order to accomplish this goal we are asking for your help. Santa Steve and I have both agreed to donate our time to do this. We are asking clients to help collect gently worn formal clothing or holiday clothing for under privileged children within our district. If you could find it in the kindness of your heart to donate as you plan to clean your closets and pack away those winter outfits remember we would really appreciate your help.

We will be having a donation box set up at Pine Bush Equipment Monday through Friday 8am – 5 pm and Saturday 8am – 12pm. You can also contact me if you would like to drop off the clothing at my studio or mail them to me. We will be collecting formal wear, suits, sweaters, holiday clothing, tights, and shoes in excellent condition. If any of you would like to pass this along to groups you are involved in, please feel free. The more outfits we receive, the more children will benefit from the magical time.

Please be patient...

I am sorry I have not been blogging much lately. I am having major hangups with my uploads & downloads lately, so they are taking too long. On Feb. 9th, I will be switching over to Road Runner. I will still be using this email address wendy@wsbinportraits.com, but if you have my Frontier email, it will be changed. I will be sending out emails about it soon. I can't wait till next week!!!!!!!!!!!

Paradise Island, Bahamas...

This was a destination wedding from December. Since I was so overwhelmed, I decided to skip blogging at the time & focus on uploading images to my viewing site for the bride & groom to enjoy. This bride is so on her toes, she already ordered Thank You cards! Way To Go! We had a wonderful trip to the Bahamas & stayed for 6 days. I had taken a few extra days to relax a bit, however with all of the Christmas Cards & prints arriving from our Santa Sessions I was a bit on edge hoping my mother could handle the boxes & boxes of orders arriving daily. I worried before I left that I would forget some of my gear, that didn't happen, was worried our plane would go down, since we had the worst 2 flights EVER, that didn't happen... the only thing that did happen, I forgot to pack an important few pieces of clothing... I'll leave it at that. Lucky for me, half of each day was spent in a bathing suit, giving the one pair I had a chance to dry form being hand washed. Phew! Congratulations to the newly wedded couple, you have wonderful memories of a perfect wedding! Good luck to you! The next time I sit with you, I am hoping to get image numbers for your prints & book!

Limited Edition Monthly Sets...

I want to give you all a heads up on the sets that will be available monthly...

January... Just for the Love Bugs -White backdrop, rose petals, petti shirts & more.
January 24th Short Stories!

February... Black & Whites -Black backdrop, bring in dark clothes or plan on showing some skin February 20th Short Stories

March... Hippity, Hoppity -Spring Backdrop with real bunnies March 14th Short Stories

April... Angels Amongst Us -Just in time for Mother's Day -Painted Backdrop, wings, some white dress on hand (Little White Doggies Not Included :) April 17th Short Stories

May... Gone Fishin' -In time for Father's Day -Painted Backdrop, Fishing props, etc. May 22nd Short Stories

June... Once Upon A Fairy -Painted Backdrop, greenery, etc. June 12th Short Stories

July... Time to start using our little streams... Outdoor Sessions, Fairy, Fishing, Etc. July 10th Short Stories

August... Indoor Beach Scene... All Month, Sailor Suits not included. August 7th Short Stories - August 29th Santa's Beach Party - get a jump on your Christmas Cards Bring your bathing suit, summer dress, sailor suit & catch some rays with Santa!(Not a Short Storie Day)

September... Indoor Barn Scene, Hay & all. September 4th Short Stories
NEW SET
October... Outdoor Fall Sessions & Indoor Halloween Photos available! No Short Stories Available.

November... Santa Sessions, 30 minutes with the best Santa you will ever meet. Santa set & clothes TBA over the summer. No Short Stories available

December... Family Time No Short Stories


Short Stories do have happy endings...

One day MOST months will have 15 minute Short Stories.

What are Short Stories??

15 minutes to show me your best smile
you will only view 3 of the best photos from the mini session
Comes with 1 8X10, 1 5X7 & 7 Wallets of your favorite
ONLY $59.00 due
the day of the Short Story
1 child only
More kids, call me & we can book more time.

Of course every day you can have a cake smash, newborn photos, birthday photos, head shots & more.

Check out Santa's Website...

Since we were looking for a new photo to promote our Santa Sunday's for 2010, our winner is on Santa's website as well. www.deckerthehalls.net Check it out!!!

Happy 2010!!!!

Happy New Year's to all of you!!! Congrats to the friends & family of Image #2. That is our winner for 2010 advertising!!! Thank you to all of you that took time to vote on your favorite!!!!! This image now has a name as well... Santa's Secret!