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Santa Claus, kids, and the St. Louis Rams!

This weekend, Crystal and I volunteered to participate in “Motion for Kids”. It’s a program for children who have been impacted by the legal system. We spent the afternoon at the Edward Jones Dome taking pictures of  the kids with Santa. It was so cool seeing the genuinely huge smiles on this kids faces when then saw Santa!

When one of the little boys Crystal was shooting replied to Santa after being asked what he wanted for Christmas, he replied… “a Nintendo DS and my family”. Crystal’s heart nearly broke in half.

Over 2500 children and their families attended the event and included sponsors like St. Louis Rams, St. Louis Bar Foundation, and St. Louis Bar AssociationCatholic Charities, Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition, First Book, Grace Hill-PATCH, and Midwest Litigation Services.

There was so much for the kids to do including  a book corner, and inflatable rock climbing wall, St. Louis Rams cheerleaders, music, and even getting to play catch on the field with some of the Rams players and awesome presents!

After we finished shooting all the kids, we packed up all the gear, we took a stroll around the football field before heading out. All I can say is WOW! The field looks a LOT smaller on TV!

We can’t wait to do it again next year.

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We’ve been voted “Best of Wedddings”!

image005We’ve always tried to stay “under the radar” and out of the mainstream to allow us the freedom and flexibility to work with the coolest brides in the area. That’s why we were so shocked when Linda from “The Knot” magazine called us to let us know were going to be in their “Best of Weddings” issue for our region. We were nominated and voted best by brides around the area!

When Crystal and I started shooting weddings 4 years ago at the request of our portrait clients, we nervously said yes. After all, it’s a HUGE deal to be responsible for capturing a once-in-a-lifetime event for someone! Even after all these years, we still have the same feeling of extreme responsibility every time we shoot a brides wedding.

That’s why we can’t even begin to tell you how incredibly huge this honor is for us.  Thank you to our brides who voted; we honestly feel that we have the best brides to work with as well!

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Portraits In The Park

Dan and I are doing another round of portraits in the park. This is a sitting-fee-free event. We will be taking photos this Saturday from 12:00 – 2:30 (or until everyone is done). We will be at the beautiful Longview Farms Park. This park is off of Clayton Road just a few blocks past Mason.

Please contact us to schedule a time for your family, kids, group, or pets!! We’ll shoot just about everyone. Hurry space is already limited. Here are a few samples of past shoots we’ve don at the park to give you a little incentive! FYI the trees in the park are at their peak color for the season. Hope to see you there!

Crystal ~

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Show-N-Tell

Colortouch Photography took part in it’s first bridal show yesterday! St. Louis Best Bridal had a show yesterday at Harrah’s and it was a smash. There were sooooo many people there. Upstairs in the main show area, it was packed! We ended up with an excellent space right at the front door of the casino where we weren’t all smushed in. We thought our “booth” turned out really nice. All it took was a really huge picture of Sammi! Here’s a couple of snapshots of our booth for you to gander at…

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We met so many really great people and had a blast. We even had a chance to meet some other really neat vendors.

Thanks again for everyone who stopped by the booth and chatted with us. We would like to offer a special gift to any bride that books from seeing us at the show. We will take off an additional $100 off your package (excluding the basic custom package). Make sure you keep you official Colortouch flier you received when we met you! or if you registered for the raffle that will work too!

Stay tunned to the blog for the winner of the dinner for two from Mama Campisi’s. We had a great time at the show and hope you all did too. Give us a call so we can chat about all of the details!

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Time to schedule your engagement Session!

Just a reminder to brides that it’s time to start scheduling your engagement session. The summer schedule fills up quickly and you don’t want to be scrambling at the last minute trying to squeeze it in.

For those brides who have been on the fence about booking your photographer, use an engagement session to get to know them and see if they are a good fit with you. It’s a much cheaper alternative than diving head-long into a wedding photography contract, and should get you some great pics with your fiance to boot!

If you’re not happy with your photographer after that, then you aren’t tied to an expensive package and can continue shopping. But you will need to start doing it now before it’s too late!

Dan

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