It seems like the holiday season sneaks up on me every year. I start designing new holiday cards and it seems like I was just doing beach photographs. I’d love to post some of the new cards, but my clients will kill me if I put their holiday cards out here for all to see…
The rain has finally slowed enough to capture some of the fall leaves before they are all gone.
Mom was stressed, but look how cute they are! We had fun and aren’t you pleasantly surprised mommy?!
They weren’t being bad, they were just goofing (like they’re supposed to do)!!
Portraits with Santa
MBP Studio
Friday, December 4th 4-7 pm
As many of you know Halfpints is gone and Barbara has retired. So I’ve gotten lots of calls “what about portraits with Santa”? So back by popular demand is our beloved Santa. He’s coming to the studio and things will be the same as in the past:
-Appointment only – call or email 804.909.2764 missy@missybanephoto.com
-Promotional portrait collections for Santa portraits only
-Portraits will be ready by Wed. 12/16
November 2nd at The Mill at Fine Creek mini sessions is almost filled so I am adding a second date – Sunday, November 8th at the U of R campus from 2:30-5:30. Give me a call at 804.909.2764 or email missy@missybanephoto.com for reserve your spot!
Check out our new holiday cards…
As many of you know my little sister got married in Italy last week. Her new in-laws sprung for a villa in Tuscany for a week for 26 of us. This was the trip we dreamed of taking when we got the girls out of college, etc., but, of course, we couldn’t miss this opportunity to be with our family. Needless to say, it was amazing (and all the other adjectives you can think of). This little sheltered girl from Virginia only had a passport to go to Cancun for a friend’s wedding a few years ago. Suffice to say I walked around with my mouth open for 11 days. I cried when I walked onto the lawn of the villa – it took my breath away (cheezy I know, but true). We visited the Vatican, Colosseum, Roman Forum, St. Peter’s Basilica with a tour guide (incredible) and then on to Tuscany where we toured a olive oil factory in Anghiari, a winery in Chianti, Cortona and drove along the coast of the Mediterranean. Ugh – breathtaking.
Looking at the pictures now just can’t do justice to the places we visited and things we saw. I wish our younger daughter was a little older (almost 9), but hopefully she’ll remember some of it. Someone asked her what her favorite thing was and she said she enjoyed the “center” (aka Colosseum) where the gladiators died (yikes) and the place where there was paintings on the ceiling and the guy, what’s his name, he got paint in his eye. Hmmm, we need to work on the history lessons. Now there are so many things I want to see and places I want to visit. Too bad I’m out of sisters to get married… my other sister said we need to set up a bribe for our girls – if they wait until they’re 28 to get married, etc. maybe they can get married in Italy (I need to figure out how much to save a month between now and then!).
Here are a few of my favorites – also visit the MBP Facebook page
More of my new favorite venue – The Mill. Gorgeous fall weather and the smell wood burning in a fire place (probably just someone burning brush). Mmmm, made me want to go home and watch a good football game!
Senior season is almost over, but we had fun!
Each month the PPA magazine has a “Good Works” article featuring a photographer and their charitable work.
I’d love to hear about some of the things you are involved in – please share with a comment here!
Each month the PPA magazine has a “Good Works” article featuring a photographer and their charitable work.
I’d love to hear about some of the things you are involved in – please share with a comment here!
I know I say it all the time, girls did not look like this when I was a teenager… they grow ‘em differently now! I was going to post my senior portrait (just for a little laugh) and couldn’t find it. Actually, I guess I don’t want to throw my out here next to Emily – she’s way too cute. When the leaves start turning we’re going to go play with her horse – fun!
Wow, how quickly you forget how busy toddlers are. We just let her wander around and be cute. My kids are in the stage of “where are we going” and “who can sleep over tonight” so it so fun to escape back to the days of finding an acorn and it being so interesting. My favorite thing is when they get upset or frustrated with something and you can start singing a song and they smile and start dancing (now, what was I irritated about?)… too bad that doesn’t work on teenagers!!
