TINY PRINTS CHRISTMAS CARDS & A HOLIDAY SPECIAL COMBINED! {Suwanee, GA Child & Family Photographer}

Oh boyyyy ..... only a few more days until "Small Business Saturday"and I can't wait to share this special with you so I am going to offer it between now and Sunday ......

As some of you know, I have partnered with Tiny Prints to bring you holiday cards, invitations, etc .... To visit my Tiny Prints "storefront," click HERE. On my Tiny Prints page, you can see cards that I like and think reflect my style of photography. If you don't like those, no biggie... feel free to scroll down, choose 'holiday cards' and select one that YOU like ....

NOW .... here is the special I am offering through Sunday (11/27/11) only:

If you are a past client during this calendar year, I will upload a picture from your session (that you choose) to Tiny Prints for free to use on your holiday card. To take advantage of this, go to my Tiny Prints home page and click 'request photo' on the right. Then let me know which picture you would like to use and I will upload it to Tiny Prints for you. When the picture is uploaded, you will be sent a passkey to access your picture - you will then redeem it by going back to my Tiny Prints page and clicking redeem photo. (There are detailed instructions on the site and it is VERY easy!)

Now, local or out of town fans and friends, don't fret! Here is where you come in ... If you are NOT a client but want to use Tiny Prints for your cards and want me to "cuten" up a picture that you or another friend took (to use on Tiny Prints only), e-mail me the picture in full resolution or actual size to tami@little-imaginations.com. I will then do the best I can to cuten it up for you and upload it to my Tiny Prints page. You will then be sent a passkey to redeem your photo and use on your cards.

Remember, this is a Small Business Saturday (and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Sunday ... LOL) special only and will only be valid from TODAY through Sunday, November 27th! Don't send out yucky looking Holiday Cards this year!!! :o) Together we can brighten up the holiday season!

To browse cards and see what size picture you will need or how many, please visit TINY PRINTS to start finding the perfect fit for your family!

30 Day Challenge Day 7 ~ Tooty Fruity!! {Suwanee, GA Child & Family Photographer}

Fun challenge - could have been boring but I encouraged you all to think outside of the box and you pulled through!! For me .... well ..... day 7 was a Wednesday and my dear friend from college, Shannon, has declared any Wednesday as "Winey Wednesday" so I thought about how to incorporate that with my fruit challenge and .... let's be honest here ... wine is made from grapes so technically wine is a fruit - and, BONUS! Good for you, too? I think yes!

So here is the fruit I ate that day ....

(OK, so before my parents have a heart attack, I actually opened and drank a Liberty School Cab, not this pictured, really expensive, "Tami-do-not-drink-this-unless-you-share-it-with-someone-who-appreciates-wine" bottle my parents gave us for our anniversary. But I digress.)

Then, my friends pulled through with their own version of fruit!! I love all of these!

Rossette's Halloween fruit bowl:

Sam's "fruit."

Krista's really little pumpkin ...... or is it an orange??? :o)

Eva went bananas! (Eva, I LOVE the reflection of them!)

Erin's brains. Grapes, I mean grapes .........

Esther's fancy schmancy fruit!

30 Day Challenge Days 5 & 6 ~ What's your angle, buddy? {Suwanee, GA Child and Family Photographer}

Days 5 and 6 of this challenge had us shooting from high and low ..... I'm not going to lie to you - I cheated on these pics - both were taken awhile ago. I just edited them for this assignment. *blush*

Shooting down (Hallie's mess):

Shooting up (Hallie's birthday balloons):

And because I thought it looked cool, here is a collage of some of the images submitted - angles taken by friends - shooting up, shooting down ......

Are you having fun? I am!

~Tami

30 Day Challenge Day 4 ~ Something Green! {Suwanee, GA Child & Family Photographer}

Green .... with envy? :o) Day 4 was something green ...... and I literally sat at my desk and looked around saying greeeeeeennnnnn greeeeennnnnnn hmmmmmm ...... snapped a couple pics of books stacked on my desk and a big green wooden paperclip. I know, you are shocked by my super creative and original side today .....

And what did my friends find that was green?

Esther found something festive to me!

So cute ... Sam's sweet baby makes me happy.

Jennifer is in a party mood...

Erin might be hungover .... LOL

Amie had a healthy dinner (and possibly stinky pee)...

Cassy shared some green things laying around her house ..... (Why am I hungry for cookies?)

Eva shared her pretty green vase!

Michelle shared her still green ivy.

Rossette shared her green monster .... and her yummy treats. (Just kidding Jake!)

Days 5 and 6 are shooting from high and low angles ..... I might be creative with the entries this time! Happy shooting and thanks for joining me in this fun challenge!!

Always make memories ... let me make the portraits!

~Tami

30 Day Challenge DAY 3 ~ Clouds! {Suwanee, GA Children & Family Photographer}

Oh it is so hard living in Georgia with a stunning picture perfect fall day and not a cloud in the sky. Really ..... Especially when you are supposed to take a picture of clouds ....

And, to be honest, I was having kind of an uncreative day .... I was tired and crabby and spent hours outside between baseball games and shooting a family .... and then ... still no clouds. I came up with a few cute ideas I just didn't have time to pull off .... so today (yeah yeah a day late) I found some clouds standing in my driveway looking down my street. What a gorgeous change of seasons we are having - the leaves are beautiful this year. Makes me long for home and falls in the midwest. But that's a separate blog post - or blog altogether. :o) So here are my clouds:

And my friends playing along sent in these clouds:

By Sam (LOVE the setting sun):

By Rossette (Beautiful fall colors!):

By Krista (She lives in PCB, FL and is an actual photographer - look her up for beach portraits at www.saltykissesphotography.com):

By Esther (Love the angle up with the branch, the crop and the "texture"):

By Cassy (Looks like a storm is brewing at Mickey's house - thank God you should be able to buy a $70 umbrella that says Disney World on it):

By Erin - my little iphontographer:

By Eva (Looks like a storm kicking up over Walgreens - check out the dark blue of the sky!):

By Jennifer (What is the name of these clouds that look like storm clouds but are actually just shadows on the cloud clouds?):

By Michelle (Who was able to find clouds in Georgia or is a cheater, lol):

30 Day Challenge DAY TWO ~ What I Wore ..... {Suwanee, GA Children & Family Photographer}

I am on a collage kick. :o) So are some of you.... so I took some shots of pieces I wore and collaged them together. I don't think 'collaged' is an actual word. Yet. ;o)

But let's be totally honest here. I'm lying. Athough I *did* technically wear this for 3 hours to my son's Fall Festival ("festible" per Hallie) at his school, I was in my pajamas for the other 3/4 of the day .... But in my defense, it WAS Friday ....

I love me some cowboy boots ..... really. And nothing beats MAC lipstick .....

So onto you all .... what did you wear today?

This is one of my favorite pics ..... hands tell an awesome story and I am always drawn in wondering where they have been ... what they have done ..... Baby hands, elderly hands .... mom hands....... these are awesome mom hands..... Rossette with her gift from her cheerleaders she coached:

Esther did a collage today! Esther ... I love your bandaid. See? Part of a hand and you KNOW there is a story behind that bandaid......

Eva shares my passion for boots......

Jesi wore her favorite jeans ..... let's ignore her flat stomach. [Insert bad word that starts with a b and sounds like itch.]

Erin lives in Chicago so that explains the hat ... and although my wardrobe change went from pajamas to mom clothes, Erin's went from work clothes to party clothes - or so it appears ...... ah to be young again....... sigh ......

Amie wore some funky clogs (I think they are clogs .....) - RAWR!

Michelle had a very cute casual Friday outfit on ..... some say she is stick skinny. (Bad joke, need more coffee)

My friend Cassy sent me two pics but I chose this one because not only is she in the military and I am super proud of her and so lucky to have someone so awesome to call friend, she also wore her glasses and they are super cute! Thank you, Cassy, for your service and all you do for our awesome country!! Love you!

And cousin Sam - also in the military - sent these two pictures of what she wore yesterday - which I LOVEEEEEE!!!!!!

Keep the pictures coming - day 3 is clouds!! Happy shooting!!

~Tami

30 Day Challenge DAY ONE ~ Self Portrait {Suwanee, GA Child & Family Photographer}

Day One is complete! And I think this is going to be a fun challenge. The idea, again, is to take one picture a day (as required) for 30 days. Your level of photography doesn't matter - it is really just for fun and to get you thinking. Feel free to jump in anytime and start where we are at or play catch up .... e-mail me your daily photos to tami@little-imaginations.com. And tell your friends to play along because this is fun!

So for me .... a self portrait needed to be more than one thing - you know, to fit my many personalities, ha ha..... so *I* decided to do a collage of photos. You don't have to do what I do and you can think outside the box or keep it simple .... whatever floats your boat - or camera.....

My self portrait below kind of describes a little about me.... starting at the top left I chose to use a picture of my flip flops. I hate shoes. Really .... flip flops are who I am .... as you can see, these are worn and loved.... next was an overexposed picture of me taking a picture of me in the rear view mirror.... funny how the exposure didn't work out - but sometimes the worst pictures turn out kinda cool anyway ... then my happy place - Sonic. Happy hour is 2-5 every day with half price drinks. (Free advertising SONIC ... you are welcome ....) Nothing beats a diet coke from Sonic and unless you get it, you don't get it ..... Then me in black and white .... I did use my timer and set up a reflector (to my left) opposite the window (to my right) ..... I don't shoot inside so it was a challenge for me to try it which, I think, is part of the exercise .... and, of course, I turned me black and white because who doesn't look better that way .... and the clarity slider is my friend but that is besides the point. Anyhow ...... Out of boredom I went outside and played with sidewalk chalk. Alone. Oh yes I did. And the bottom three.... the witch? Needs no real explanation. ;o) The beer .... um hello? Have you met me? I actually manipulated this photo the wrong dimensions - not going to lie - so it actually reminds me of a lifetouch picture where every kid looks swollen and thick in the neck ..... and then, last but not least, my collection of stuff my kids made at school. 3 kids = a lot of treasures!! It all sits behind my sink in a sort of hoarder fashion. I can't part with any of it..... if anyone has any better suggestions on how to display it all, I would love to hear ... so far I haven't come across anything for this on pinterest. :o)

And now ... to introduce the people who are so willing to play along!

This is Rossette ...... she is a good friend of mine with 3 adorable kids . She totally copied me and did a collage that represented her life. (Just kidding, Rossette)

And this is Michelle - Michelle took an awesome self portrait..... she has really long arms! :o)

My sister in law Erin also did a sort of collage - she is bottom left in the self portrait picture - which *AHEM* looks like it might have been taken by someone other than said "SELF" but she got the idea down and did something that reflected her..... which, again, is open to interpretation and thinking outside of the box.... I am rambling and need coffee.....

This is cousin Samantha ..... cousin Sam is in the military and we couldn't be more proud and thankful of her and her husband, Roger. USA! USA!

And this is my friend Esther from high school. Esther, like me, is going to be a really old mom. :o) It makes me happy when friends my age have little babies!

So come on! Invite your friends ... the more the merrier! The assignment for day 2 is "What I wore today." Snap snap snap away!!! Looking forward to tomorrow's photos! :o)

~Tami

30 Day Photography Challenge ..... who's with me? {Suwanee, GA Child and Family Photographer}

I have been sucked into and inspired by Pinterest. Much like Twitter, I had refused to even peek at the website for fear of losing any more free time I had left sitting at the computer. But much like the peer pressure associated with joining Facebook (something I do NOT regret), my dear friend Abbie finally sucked me into Pinterest with the cleaning tips and home decorating ideas she chatted about. Endlessly. These are my boards. As you can see, I have a lot of pinning left to do.

So hours (and hours and hours) later I start stumbling across photography ideas and come across a 30 day photography challenge. Just fun stuff..... much like a project 365 (where you have a topic every day and take that picture) this challenge inspires you to photograph something assigned every day but only for 30 days - a little less daunting. And the best part is that you don't need to be a photographer to photograph these things - it's all for fun! This time of year my camera is always within arms reach - I am either photographing people for my business or stuff around my house - or my kids ..... I am busy .... and editing ... always editing .... so I decided this might be a good way to break up the monotony of it all for a month and try something fun!

AND .... I want YOU to join me! I'm kind of like the baby version of Pioneer Woman here.... you know, not as popular (but just as cool) with 1 billionth of the followers. But every day I will post the challenge via my facebook business page ("like" it, if you don't already, so you can get the updates) and I encourage you to join in the challenge and e-mail me your pictures and I will post them with mine the following day! You will be surprised what you will capture by doing an assignment like this - and the memories you will create.

Remember - you don't have to be a photographer (or a fauxtographer) to do this .... your iphone is fine as a camera .... e-mail me your pictures to tami@little-imaginations.com. Please? I think we will have so much fun!

Here is the list so you can start thinking about what you want to photograph.... we are starting today with a self portrait. It can be funny or serious or whatever you consider your "self portrait." ;o) Happy shooting!

Click here to get the list a little larger (*cougholdpeoplewithbadeyescough*) .....

Fall Specials 2011!!

I know you have all been waiting patiently and I appreciate that. We were trying to get our crazy schedules synced between baseball, football, weddings, etc .... so without any more hesitation, here you go!

FALL SPECIALS 2011

Get a head start on your Holiday card planning! I am offering 3 opportunities for mini-sessions. Any sessions other than these will be at regular pricing with the exception of offer below...... Capture your family and create memories to share!

MINI SESSIONS

Sunday, October 2nd at Morningview Park

$75 includes 1 digital image in 5x7 format and around 8-10 proofs to choose from. All digital images (up to 10) may be purchased for $150.

**20 minute sessions, no change of clothes**

4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30

Sunday, October 16th at Morningview “stone wall”

$75 includes one digital image in 5x7 format and around 8-10 proofs to choose from. All digital images (up to 10) may be purchased for $150.

**20 minute sessions, no change of clothes**

4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30

Sunday, November 6th or Sunday, November 20th in downtown Buford - Urban shoot!

Funkier, fun shoot ... 30 minute sessions for $175. 10-20 proofs to choose from. Includes all digital images (up to 15).

**30 minute sessions - easy change of clothes allowed (hats, scarves, sweaters and coats)

3:30, 4:10, 4:50, 5:30

REGULAR/FULL SESSIONS

$50 sitting fee PLUS you may purchase the CD of every image (no limit) for $350 and it will include a proof book of the pictures as proofed for display and sharing as well as 20% off any prints OR $250 for up to 20 digital images (no book) and 10% off prints.

**E-mail me at tami@little-imaginations.com or call me at (678) 910-1220 with any questions or to reserve your date and time. These are the only specials I will be running between now and the end of the year. Regular pricing with a slight increase will go into effect after the first of the year**

**$25 deposit required to hold spot. Prices, location and time may vary based on interest. Offer expires 12/15/2011**