Santa Shoot

We had a little 2 year girl and a 7 year old boy come to the studio for our Santa shoot. They were dressed in their holiday outfits, ready to see Santa. I had them by themselves and got a great shot of them without Santa. Then I had Santa come around the corner without them knowing and got a great shot. Once they turned around and saw Santa, we lost the little girl. She covered her face and was not going to be in the picture with Santa. That was it!! I was glad we were able to get one shot with Santa in the picture! You just never know with little children! :)

The Nutcracker

The cast from The Nutcracker came into the studio for a cover shoot for Kids Celebrate Magazine. We had a great time with the photo session. These are a very talented group of kids and I definitely and taking my son to see one of the performances. The performances are on Friday, December 18 and 19th. For available tickets contact the Kimberly Lewis School of Dance at 480-706-6040. Prices range from $14- $30. www.afnutcracker.com

Portraits by Christina blog: Santa Charity Event Extended!

Portraits by Christina blog: Santa Charity Event Extended!

Santa Charity Event Extended!

We had a great time photographing children with Santa. This was the first year having Santa visit the studio. Remember your little furry friends can visit with Santa too! Santa will be coming back to the Studio on Sunday, November 22nd from 9-1:30. So, if you missed this past weekends visit, be sure to call and reserve your spot! A portion of the proceeds will help the children at Cardon Children's Medical Center. Packages are only $100-.

Our Halloween Charity Event 2009

We had a great turn out for our first Halloween Charity event. Since it was such a success will do this again next year. The little trick or treaters were so cute! Children love to dress up and play "pretend", its fun to go into their world and play with them! We had little devils, princesses, ghosts and ghouls come to visit. Here are a few images from our event!

Dennis and Ellen S. Photo Session

My nieces' in-laws flew in from California to visit her and her husband, their son Jon. Jon and Jessica moved here to Arizona in August of this year due to a job change. This was their first time visiting them since they moved into their new home. We had a great visit and a great photo session with them. Here are a couple of my favorite images from their session.

Sister Session

We had a great time photographing these 2 young girls. They were very polite and a pleasure to be around. We took them to one our favorite spots for our High School Senior sessions. Here are a few of our favorite images.

Annual Halloween Charity Event

When : Saturday, October 31
Where: Our Gilbert Studio
Time: 9:00am- 1:00 pm

Our Halloween event benefits our local food bank. Canned goods (or $5- donation) are collected in exchange for a 4x6 portrait of your little trick or treater. Dress up the kids and bring them over. Call and schedule your appointment 480-857-8349. Limit one 4x6 per family.

Link to 3TV video clip- http://www.azfamily.com/video/newsat9-index.html?nvid=400456&shu=1

Women's Facebook Party

Are you on Facebook? We are. We are very excited to be able to connect with old friends and make new friends online. We've got a great fan page that will keep you up to date on what's happening at our Gilbert studio. More and more, like everyone else, we're connecting through social media, so we decided to create a fun, inexpensive way for you to look your best to all your old and new online friends.
Every first Thursday of the month, Portraits by Christina hosts a Facebook Party. Connect to friends with eye-catching images. Be bold. Be sassy. Be playful. Be yourself.
Come and enjoy a little break from your week. Get some friends together and join us. For only $25, you'll get an image you'd be proud to share on the World Wide Web. Bring a friend or two! The portrait session will last about 10 minutes.
A few days after your portrait's taken, the image will be uploaded to the Portraits by Christina album, and we'll email you a link so you can tag yourself and drag the image to your desktop to use on your social networking or e-dating sites.
Call Portraits by Christina at 480-857-8349 to make an appointment for our next Facebook party.

Santa Charity Portrait Event

This year we are offering our clients something new, and raising funds for a charity at the same time. We hope you will join us for our Santa Charity Portrait Event! Our event will take place on Friday, November 13,14,& 15, 2009 in our Gilbert studio. A portion of the proceeds will benefit a local charity. No mall lines, 15 minute one-on-one time with Santa! Call and reserve your spot!

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Check out our Holiday card special!! www.mcmaster7.blogspot.com

The holidays are coming. And this year we want you to avoid some holiday stress by ordering your holiday cards early. As an added bonus, you'll save $$$!

Get a jump on the holiday chaos this year and order your holiday cards early. Beginning now, schedule a portrait session and receive 25 free portrait holiday cards. Regular price for this session and card offer is $225-, but until October 31st, pay only $125-.

If you have already had your 2009 portrait session, order your cards by October 15, 2009 and receive 15% off your holiday card order.

Call 480-857-8349 to schedule your appointment. Consider scheduling soon to have your portrait taken outside, location sessions are the first to book up..

6 month session with Mady

We had another awesome studio session with this little angel! We met and photographed Mady when she was a newborn and now she is already 6 months old! I can't believe how the time flies! She is such a little cutey and was a delight to photograph. We were able to get some great images of Mady that her family will have forever!

Portraits of Love Project

This is my first session for the Portraits of Love Project. We had 3TV and Arizona Republic here at the studio taping and photographing our session with Marie and her kids. This will be aired in the near future. Marie was kind enough to agree to the taping of her session. She got to talk about her husband who is deployed in the Army and will not be home until May 2010. The children were awesome and handled it very well. Here is one of my favorite images from the session. Marie will have a chance to pick out her favorite image and it will be sent to her husband who will receive the image around the holidays. Thank you again Marie for your participation in jumpstarting this project for this month.

Print wins a merit at International Print Competition!

This print won a merit at the Professional photographers of America's international print competition. This is a competition where your images are judged against the highest standards of excellence.

One of my cuteys I got to photograph!

This child is such a special little boy. He was so much fun to photograph. I photographed him outdoors when he was a baby, and now to see him at 3 years of age was a thrill. He was like a little man already! His mom brought in all of the things he is interested in. Wanting to document this time of his life. Time flies and we have a tendency to forget what our childrens interests are. It is such a joy to see my clients year after year and to see them grow up right before my lens is amazing! I love being a part of their lives, it means so much to me. I just love my job!

24 Hour Sale!

The more certificates by buy, the more money you save on everything from prints, albums, frames and accessories

Thank You!

Dear Christina, Thank you so much for all your hard work. Your professionalism and dedication made it a pleasure to do business with you. Thanks again! Julia and Dan

New Hollywood/Glamour lights in the Studio

We just got some new lighting equipment for the studio! We had a glamour session with Missy. We loved the lights and look they give. Check out some of the pictures from our session.

Cummings Wedding

JC and Courtney both are in the military and flew in from Turkey to have a small wedding here in Arizona. They had family there and we couldn't have asked for a better setting or weather! They were such a cute couple, so much fun! They are back in Turkey serving our country. Thank you both for serving and protecting us here in the USA! Here are a few of our favorite images from their wedding.