Portrait time

Every once in a while we'll bug our kids abouot getting a newer family portrait or at least new pictures of the grandkids who are growing so fast. Lately they've been bugging us about getting a new portrait since the last one (except for the one in the park) was taken at Philip's wedding reception. Carolyn had probably been looking around for good deals but to me it came as a total surprise when I overheard her on the telephone saying, "Sure, we can be there in 30 minutes. See you then." And before I could ask, "Exactly WHERE can WE be in 30 minutes", Carolyn was saying, "We need to bring 3 changes of clothing and be at the Arden Fair Mall in 30 minutes. We're got a sitting appointment for our portraits.

We actually made the time set but it wouldn't have mattered if we had been 10 or 20 minutes late. First off, a young woman did a makeup and hair styling job on Carolyn. We liked the makeup, hated the hair - all sorts of little ringlets around the head. Carolyn took care of that.

The photographer was really fun and easy to work with. Not only did he insist on traditional poses but he also took a lot of non-traditional shots. Because the shop had to stay open until 9:00 and there was nothing else to do, the photographer just kept shooting and shooting. I think there was something in the neighborhood of 70 or 80 pictures taken with about 55 selected as proofs. From those we picked the photos shown above.


Interesting how photo studios have changed their marketing to respond to the digital camera craze. The seven photos that we selected were provided on a disk for us along with a release of the copyright which allows us to make prints through whatever outlet we've chosen like Costco or Walmart. We were also given the little booklets shown above just in case we'd like to order more poses.

I recommend Glamour Shots if you can find a photographer as good as Chad but be prepared to be disappointed that you can't afford all the excellent poses you'll have presented to you. Hey, if they can make me look good, they can do it for anybody.