Monthly Archives: December 2008

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Kiddos on Christmas Morning

If you’re shopping for kids, here are some tips…

If you hate the parents:
- something loud with no off button
- anything with lots of little parts to lose and step on
- make sure it doesnt come with the batteries

If you LOVE the parents:
- clothes
- gift cards!!

:o) I’m…half…joking. We made out good this year! Here are some photos for Christmas morning…

Snotty nose + bed head!!!

Holiday Picture

I had to put together some last minute gifts, one of which included photos of my girls. After going through the thousands of photos I have, I noticed I didnt have any nice, grandma approved images of Laila since she was just a baby. Well when I picked Laila up from her crib this morning, she wasn’t her usual smiley self, she was sick as a dog, but I needed those pictures so I cleaned her up as nice as possible. It took a lot of photoshop to remove the ooey gooeyness from her nose.

It was fun at first!

Still fascinated by the huge tulle skirt!

DONE!! (PS Free! lol)

2008

As I finish wrapping gifts and wrapping up loose ends here at work, I am preparing to spend the next few weeks with my lovely family! I will be out of office starting tomorrow evening 12/22 until 12/27 and then again on New Years. ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY!!!!!!! (And on a completely different note I have 1, MAYBE 2 slots open on Saturday evening.)

I put together just a FEW of my favorite personal images and my favorite moments of this year!


Marathon Boudoir Sessions - January 2-4, 2009

COPIED FROM EMAIL:

Hello Ladies!

Marathon Boudoir Sessions are upon us. The just released dates are January 2-4, 2009!

The rules are the same as last year; come, have fun, take beautiful images!

Each 45 minute session is $99, your final images will then be available for viewing and ordering on your own password protected gallery. Crystal Jo, Makeup Artist, is available for sessions for an additional $40, I highly suggest it and most of you will choose to! You may also pre-order Art Book albums and save 20% when booking your session!

To view the official flyer go to www.shelbyleigh.com/boudoir09.pdf OR go to the blog at www.shelbyleigh.com/blog.

Boudoir sessions are perfect valentines, wedding, birthday, anytime gifts for you or someone else!

Marathon Boudoir Sessions sold out in just TWO DAYS last year so forward to all of your friends that might be interested! Groups are more then welcome!!!

When emailing to reserve a slot please let me know if you would like to try to book with a group, what your preference date is and if you are considering makeup.


Makeup + Model

Hooked up with my sister, Crystal, for another model makeup shoot. I love each season of my business for a different reason, but Winter is so great because [for the most part] I have time to do fun stuff like this! Crystal and I got VERY creative because I’m not a typical studio photographer, but I like to think I’m a jack of all trades. ;o) Remember Marathon Boudoir Session info will be released tomorrow!


Christmas Cookies with Riley


2009 Portrait Pricing

Here is the official release of 2009 Portrait Pricing!… WWW.SHELBYLEIGH.COM/PORTRAIT09.PDF

(Psst…Look for advanced Marathon Boudoir Session info below)


No super major changes in pricing or policy, the most notable are…
-+$50 for a weekend session ($350 weekday/$400 weekend)
-With orders of $500 or more you receive a complimentary story board or collage
-With orders of $1000 or more you receive access to your digital files (yayyy!!)
-Print prices are increased a smidge

So just a few perks added! And again, if you’d still like to order gift certificates for yourself to use for the future or someone else for the holidays those are still available until the end of the month!

In other news, I want to give everyone a heads up! MARATHON BOUDOIR SESSIONS for January with be announced on Monday 12/15, I will not be taking any advances reservations so don’t even email and ask ;o). In August the slot sold up in less then 2 days so once I post the release on Monday you better hop to it!

11/22/2008 Wedding - Baltimore, MD

I still remember Katherine and Dave’s engagement session, I think that speaks for how fun/funny/memorable they are. Enjoy the rest of their wedding photos!

DETAILS

Ceremony/Reception: Chase Court


RINGS

Dave HANDMADE his ring, out of a nickel or was is a silver dollar, someone help me out? It was impressive whatever it was. You can still see the text and images on the inside of the ring.

Seeing eachother before the ceremony

Katherines shoes are so cute!!

Outside for chilly portraits!

11/22/2008 Wedding Sneak Peak

I’m not ready to make a real post about my last wedding this year so here’s just a teaser image. I’ve been on an email hiatus trying to catch up on other things, so I’ll be back to returning emails asap. I know its at least going to take me an entire day. *head spinning*