2010 St. Croix Animal Friends Calendars are in

St Croix Animal Friends now has their calendars for sale! Please contact them via their website OR email to order yours. These would make a GREAT gift for the upcoming holidays so get yours soon!

Feely Family

Jake (2010 Senior)

Katherine (2010 Senior)

Portraits in the Park on Sunday, Sept 13

Isabella C.

Kaelee @ 1

Isaac G.

We had the pleasure of shooting Isaac Grover again for his new website and business adventure. If you are looking to get into Real Estate Investing, you NEED to talk to this guy !

Thanks again Issac.

Bruce + Eloise

VanAlbrecht Family

Fun Opportunity

Community Update

If you live in or near River Falls, you might want to stop by Veteran's Park (downtown on Main St.) for a free chair massage from 12 pm - 7 pm to celebrate Massage Therapy Week!

Sponsored by Horizon Family Chiropractic!

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Winner's of the Dog and Cat Days Pet Contest

Thank you to all who participated in our contest!

Congratulations to the 13 featured pets for the 2010 Pet Calendar.

*All the runners-up will be featured on the back cover of the calendar as well.

cover portrait

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*Just a reminder to all the contestants - if you haven't sent in your model releases yet, please do so soon in order to be included in the final draft of the calendar design!

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MONDAY TIP : Decorating with Portraiture

One of our favorite things we get to do in the studio is help clients design their homes with beautiful artwork. Did you know that we offer FREE design consultations before your session to help plan you session. Our design consultations are a time for you to preview ideas, talk about clothing options, discuss where you will be hanging your portrait and then designing the perfect session. Did I mention it was included in your session fee ???

As a past client states, "We had a wonderfully positive experience with both Doug and Amanda! They assisted us with everything from wardrobe selection to selecting the best portraits for our home. The whole process with Brite Idea was seamless and simple."

- Kathy Metcalf

Here are some tips we have put together on our website.

2009 Pet Contest Results

2009 Pet Portrait Update WOW !! Thanks to everyone for a VERY successful and fun day. IT was great to meet each of you and your pets. We have a lot for you to look at so take you time and enjoy and feel free to forward this email to your friends and family so they can share the joy as well. Video Slide Show Here is a video we created of all of the great shots we captured. Carousel Slide Show Here is an image slideshow we created of all of the great shots we captured. Online Ordering After you have seen all of the images in the slideshow, go here to Order your Prints. NOTE : You will need to login with a Session ID : pets_calendar Facebook Slide Show Here is an image slideshow we created for Facebook.

2009 Pet Contest Finalists

Here are the finalists from our 1st Annual Dog & Cat Days Portrait Contest

2009 Pet Contest Available Slots

Here are the available times still left for the 2009 Pet Contest :

03:15 PM AVAILABLE

04:15 PM AVAILABLE

04:30 PM AVAILABLE

NEW : Digital Packages

After talking to many of our past clients, there was one thing we heard over and over again.

"We want not just print packages, but rather packages that include both prints and the digital files !"

Well, after much discussion, planning, we now have our new digital packages. PLUS, for the month of June, we have them on sale.

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Wonderful....

This is a dear lady that we've had the honor of photographing twice now and this is one of her portraits planned for her children. I was so excited to be able to do this portrait session with her!

Relocating the Studio

Despite the huge sign in our front window (put there without our approval) stating our building is FOR SALE OR LEASE, we will not be moving the studio until our current lease expires at the end of September 2009. The large sign is apparently a miscommunication with the realtor and should be changed to a small "discreet sign" in the side window that we agreed to with our landlord earlier to give him time to find someone for it when we were done.

After September 15th we will only be taking on location sessions until we complete our indoor studio at Shady Elm Farm.

Thanks to all - sorry for any confusion the sign may have caused!

Toddler Tuesdays are Back !

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