2008 Senior Idol

I had a wonderful second year of Senior Sessions, these were great kids and so much fun to photograph. I had a blast with each and everyone of them, and I hope they enjoyed their sessions as much as I did. We had sessions with great weather, one with wind that about blew us over, a couple that we got a little wet during and some in the gorgeous (freezing) snow! I was able to go to locations that were absolutely beautiful, and I am thankful for the owners of several properties for allowing us to use their great "secret" spots! Let me tell you, I had such a hard time narrowing down my favorite image of each senior, most sessions I had 2 or more favorites.

Please take the time to vote for your favorite senior image!

The winner will receive their choice of an 11x14 or 10x20 collage. Second place will receive a 5x10 collage and Third place will receive a set of wallets. The contest will run until March 31, 2008, so send all your friends and family to vote!

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Voting has ended, thanks for your participation!

New light, new dresses, same cute little faces

I finally bought the new light that I have wanted for my studio and wanted to practice so I asked if my sweet nieces would come model for me. I had these dresses that I bought hoping to do an outdoor summer session with them, but figured I better use them for this session as Allie is getting so big I don't know if she will fit into them then. The dresses are from an awesome little online store called Scarlett Stitch (http://www.scarletstitch.com). They have some of the cutest patch work dresses and bloomers, which would be adorable for an outdoor session this spring (hint, hint!!). They also carry boys clothing, more of a vintage look, but very cute for portraits.

March Madness Sale!!!!

$10.00 Session Fee

Pay only $10.00 now and use it for any regular

children's session through May 31,2008.

I am also going through my old files and cleaning up my hard drives and would like to extend an offer for any of my past customers to purchase their files so that I can gain more storage space.

$100 c.d. of digital files with copyright release

available for 2006-2007 regular sessions

(children or family sessions only)

Offer good until March 31,2008 after that all unordered images will be purged.

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Some of you may have watched a segment that aired last week on The Today Show featuring a photography charity for families experiencing the death of a baby. I feel honored to be a volunteer photographer for this wonderful charity that offers photographic reminders of these children, something tangible that says "My baby was real, My baby was here, and My baby was loved".

To view the segment click here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23481435#23481435

For more information on this wonderful charity please visit their site:

http://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/

Sweet as Sugar

I have been photographing this little sweeties' family for quite awhile now, but this was the first time Miss K was in for her own session. I completely understand though, I also had three girls close in age and my youngest only had 2 professional portraits made in her first year.

One More Day for Snowball Pickup

I had a good turn out for the pickup at The Flower Cart, but I do have quite a few packages still waiting to be picked up. I will be available on

Thursday March 6 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. &

Friday March 7 from 9:00 a.m-12:00 p.m.

Please call (239-8922) to get the address. Any packages remaining after this date will be mailed out with postage due via paypal, unless other arrangements are made.

Please remember call to set up an alternate time for pickup, as my house and children may not be presentable at all times! :)

I would like to thank Shari and all the ladies at The Flower Shop for loaning me the table in your shop and for passing out pictures and taking phone calls when I was not there!

Grandma's Attic

I was finally able to get everything together to get some sample shots of my Grandma's Attic set-up. My boys were so good during our little mini session. They did anything I wanted them to, they are really turning into great "models".

The mini session for March runs from March 11-15.

$25 session fee includes 2 5x7 and 8 wallets,

and a 30 minute session.

As you can see I have many props for this session as well as outfits for most sizes, including slip and pillowcase dresses for the little girls and vests, overalls, and suspenders for the boys.

Give me a call to reserve your time!

402-239-8922

New Pricing and Collections coming your way!

I have been busy working on a new Pricing Structure and Collections which will be unveiled in the coming months. Hopefully with these collections you (my customers) will be able to customize and build packages to meet your needs, while saving a little money.

Along with these changes you will see changes with my session fees and new Session Collections.

One of the New Session Collections is my

Belly & Baby Session(s).

Included in this Collection: $320.00 (a value of $400)

2 sessions Maternity (between weeks 32-36)

Newborn (before 10 days old)

$100 print credit

Leather Keepsake Album with 20 5x7's (favorite images from both sessions)

24 custom announcements

10% discount on ala carte prints

Snow Ball pickup times

It is finally settled that I will be available on Feb. 27 -28 from 3-5 p.m. at the Flower Shop in the Indian Creek Mall, for the pick up of the Snow Ball packages. If for some reason you are unable to make it on those days you may have a parent pick them up or call me at 239-8922 to make other arrangements.

I have also had inquiries in ordering from the Hostess groups. I will be rehosting the Hostess gallery on Friday 29 for 1 week only.

Thanks for your patience!

Look Ma No Eye Contact!

Sometimes my favorite image from a session are the ones without eye contact. These go to show that it isn't always necessary to have the perfectly posed, looking into the camera, smiling image. I love when I can count each and every eyelash. When the image captures the personality of the child, be it thoughtful, shy, playful, or just plan ornery. When you view your proofs don't be surprised if you see 1 or 2 of these, hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Don't forget to click on the pictures to see them larger!

Classic Beauty

Such a sweet girl with a beautiful smile and gorgeous green eyes! I know she won't be in love with the last one, as she made it clear that she didn't want to look mad, but I loooove her eyes in that one.

Cutie Patootie!

Look at those cheeks, makes you want to squeeze her doesn't it!?!

Vintage Baby

I had the pleasure photographing Miss H when she was only a few days old and now she came back for a session in her gorgeous christening gown. She was not very interested in being a model today, but I was able to get some adorable shots.

How time flies! Here's a favorite from her newborn session.

Snowball Pictures

Just an update: Yes the snowball pictures are in, unfortunatly I am without a studio or store location that would work for everyone to pick them up from. My solution has been to set up a table at the Flower Cart in the Indian Creek Mall. I do not have a date set for this but it will be within the next week or two. I will post the times here when they become available. Thanks for your patience.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Miss Allie!

My beautiful little neice is now 6 months old and came to the studio for a little session. She even gave me a few smiles!

Doesn't get any easier than this!

Meet Little J, such a sweet little boy and so easygoing.

Painted Fairy

I have been wanting to learn how to "paint" my images digitally, and this image was the perfect image to try my new techniques. I am hoping to start offering these as both an option with images that I have taken and for your personal images. Let me know what you think of this Sweet Little Fairy.

Click this image to see it larger.

I'm looking for some models!

I would like to try a few ideas but I need some new "willing" models.

1. Couples- If you are in love and don't mind showing it you might be just what I need.

2. Newborns- Under 2 weeks old for an in-home session.

3. Brides- I have some ideas for interesting Bridal Portraits and need a few "adventurous" women. Don't worry we will be careful to not harm your wedding gown.

Please call the studio 402-239-8922 to discuss booking your Complimentary Session.

New year New Blog Specials!

The first person to email me will earn a Free Session and $25 print credit!

Please put Blog Contest in the subject line.

This is still available to the first person to email me!!!

Congratulations Kristin Jenkins, winner of the Blog Special!

I look forward to photographing your adorable kids again!

Winter Fairy Mini-Sessions

January 18-26

$25.00

30 minute Mini Session

2 5x7 portraits

8 wallets

All Costumes are furnished, sizes 6 months-9 years!

Call now to reserve your Limited Edition Fairy Session!

402-239-8922

Magical Wonderland!

My adorable Niece and Nephew came over today to play in the new Winter Wonderland Fairy set. Aren't they the cutest?!?

Happy New Year!

2008 is bringing in a few changes at Crumrine Photography. I felt this would be a great time to let you in on some of the New Features to be offered this year. One of my favorite's will be the monthly Mini-Sessions. Some of these sessions will be Angel/Cherubs, Grandma's Attic, Day at the Beach, Gone Fishin', Lil' Firemen, Fall Fairies, and Back to School, with more to be announced later. This month's session is Winter Fairies, complete with a winter scene in the studio and plenty of Fairy costumes for little girls ages 0-10. More information on this mini-session will be posted in the coming week. I will also be doing some reconfiguration of my pricing structure to make ordering easier and allow you the client to make more decisions in your packages. I have also decided to discontinue offering portraiture for large extended families and focus on my specialty of photographing Newborns, Children, and Seniors. I will still offer family portraits for small families, but with my limited studio space I have realized I am not capable of accommodating large groups. (All gift-certificates for family sessions will be honored.) I am also excited to introduce my NEW Senior Website, which will be unveiled within the next month! With the introduction of the New Senior Site there will be some great Specials for the upcoming 2009 Seniors and a contest for my 2008 Seniors. So be sure to come back and check those out!

Thank You to all that helped make 2007 such a wonderful year!