Satisfied Clients...

I have been out all summer looking for new clients, but the one thing I am always careful about is having a great relationship with my old clients too. I met this couple a few years ago. My youngest daughter was going into second grade & had struggled a bit in first grade. All I was hoping for was a kind, soft spoken teacher that would nature my daughter a bit. Well our prayers were answered!!! I started volunteering in her classroom & by the end of the year we had bonded enough to take some Trash-The-Dress photos for her & her husbands 1 year Anniversary. We had a great time that cool morning. I won an award with their romantic portrait & gave them 2 thumbs up for enjoying the moment & trying to forget how cold they really were. I was then asked to take some family photos for his side of the family. It had to be the warmest December day & they had some beautiful places to take nice family photos. We are lucky to keep in touch & were thrilled to hear they were expecting!!! When they called looking for a time to take maternity photos, I gave her a time I was holding open to watch a soccer game & pack for the Applefest the following day. I had booked most of my Saturdays for Fall, but this was important for me to get her in studio before she was too big or the baby was born. We had another great session, lots of laughs & some beautiful portraits for them to treasure forever. I want to thank them for trusting me with such important times in their lives. Thank you from the bottom of my heart <3

Starting November 1st, 2009 thru April 5th, 2010...

Wonder, Simplicity & Beauty In Portraits is participating in the 2nd International Charity Model Search to select North America’s Cutest Family and to raise funds for the non-profit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Foundation. (NILMDTS.org)

Are your loved ones North America’s Cutest Family? We’ll give you the opportunity to prove it! Many exciting prizes will be awarded, and the grand prize winner receives a new car!

Model Search Special:
$50.00 entrance fee includes a 30 to 60 minutes model session and one image submitted to the national gallery & you receive a 5X7 print gift for entering.

Finalists will be determined by online votes. Each vote is $1 (no limit on the amount of votes you can cast), and all proceeds from votes benefit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS.org).

Grand prize international winner will be determined from the 52 city finalists. The winners will be selected from the finalist gallery by photography and modeling industry experts. The winning family also receives a session with the renowned portrait artist Sandy Puc’ and international recognition.

Call 845-733-4563 now to enter your family in this exciting contest.

*Contest open to residents of the US and Canada. For more information, visit http://sandypucmodels.com/.

Last year, we had a second & first place winner of the Toddlers to Teens Charitable Model Search. 1 lucky family met Sandy Puc', receive images for their efforts & helped raise over $164,000.00 for the Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Foundation.

Have you ever wished your child could spend time alone with Santa???

Now you can! Santa spends plenty of time with your family, enjoys cookies & milk, goes over their lists & if you provide us with a wrapped gift, they open it with Santa. We take heirloom quality images for you to have forever. They can dress in either formal, casual or even pajamas for the event.
We are booking sessions for our 2nd Annual Santa Sundays now & we have limited spots left.

Nov. 8th, 2 spots left
Nov. 15th, 2 spots left
Nov. 22nd, 4 spots left
Nov. 29th, 8 spots left

Interested??? Call for more details!!!
845-733-4563

My favorite time of year...

For all of you that don't know me on a personal level, I love the month of October!! I love the color of the changing leaves, the cool fall weather, our wedding anniversary, watching all the little ones chase a soccer ball across the field Saturday mornings, & HALLOWEEN!!!!! I love to see the decorations, the purple & orange lights, going on spooky hay rides, dressing up & taking the kids Trick-Or-Treating!!! I think I have been a witch every year since my kids were born (unless we have a party & need to be a bit more creative). If you see me on the streets of Pine Bush on Halloween night, I will be the one under the crooked witch hat :) I can't get enough of it & this year Halloween is on a Saturday - BOOOOOOO!!!!!!! So I had to change the looks of my blog if it is only for the month. I couldn't stop finding great music to go along with my theme either. I have 30+ songs on my play list & could probably find 30 more in a heartbeat. Each season I try to find music that reminds you of some theme show you enjoyed when you were young, I pick songs that kids might enjoy, new & old music as well. Go through the list, some of them will leave a smile on your face. I want to wish you all the spookiest Halloween ever!!

Happy 70th B-Day!!!!!

A good friend that I went to high school with contacted me to take family portraits for his mothers 70th birthday. We planed on taking some fall photos outside, however the weather had another idea for us. I have taken plenty of large family photos, but never inside my tiny studio. Plan B, I decided to use my new, unfinished studio to accommodate his family. They arrived at 1 & I was all set up, to bad I didn't think about extra chairs for all the people, the bathroom was not finished & they were all starving by the time they left around 4. I am really sorry about that & assure you that once my kitchen is installed, I will have snacks on hand when we are waiting for extra family members to arrive. All & all, I did get plenty of great photos of everybody & every possible combination of them, plus head shots, siblings, grandsons & granddaughters, etc. I did have photos of the studio, but had to erase them when I was at 400+ & knew I still needed to take more photos when everyone arrived. Enjoy the few I posted & I will be uploading the rest soon. Thanks for christening my new studio!!

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Links from last years Santa Sundays...

http://wsbinportraits.blogspot.com/2008/11/santa-sunday-1116-am-crowd.html

http://wsbinportraits.blogspot.com/2008/11/santa-sunday-1116-pm-crowd.html

http://wsbinportraits.blogspot.com/2008/11/sweetest-moment.html