Marlene's Designer Portraits » small family http://www.marlenesdesignerportraits.com/blog images that will touch your heart! Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:05:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Red shoes http://www.marlenesdesignerportraits.com/blog/red-shoes/ http://www.marlenesdesignerportraits.com/blog/red-shoes/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:19:28 +0000 admin http://www.marlenesdesignerportraits.com/blog/?p=3129

“We’re completely impressed by Marlene’s artistic work!   Our photo session was fun and relaxed.  Thanks for redeeming the infamous ‘family photo’ shot.  We’d definitely come again.” Robert & Sina Bateman and girls, Steinbach, Manitoba

 

I met Sina in early May when she came into the studio for a pre-session consult.  She definitely knew what she liked and didn’t like.  I love clients like this.   I had a clear idea of what I was going to do when they came in and I found  photographing them was so easy.  But I should say that all my clients that come in for a pre-session meeting get a chance to know me as well – and that makes for an easy session!

 

Here are some of our favorite images from that session…

 

 

 

And then I wanted to try a family on my new copper tiles and we were all pleased with the results.

 

 

Such a beautiful family!  Thank you.

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“I chose to have Marlene photograph my family because I have friends who have taken pics here and they look amazing!   Marlene made us feel completely at ease and I have to say that the portrait experience was just awesome.   I love our portraits because they capture our family – they look natural and very much us!” Tracey, Cody & Denver Braithwaite, Grunthal, Manitoba

 

 

Families are so precious.  And having beautiful artwork on your walls to show how close your family is, is priceless.   When Tracey called a short while ago she wanted to have a family portrait taken quite quickly.   I asked her what was most important to her about these photographs.  She told me that she had recently lost both her father and mother (I believe within a 6 month period) and she wanted to show her boys how important family is and to display these on her wall, for them to see and be reminded that they are the most important thing to her.   She was also going to be moving out of province as soon as school ended, and that was the urgency.  Cody had recently broken his leg and was in a cast, but that didn’t stop us!    Denver was a little imp and kept hamming it up for the camera.  I love the emotion and closeness I see here.   More portraits from the session…

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you, Tracey, for trusting me to create some artwork for your little family.  Good luck in the future!

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They were back in 2008 with Blake and now in 2010 when little Kaylee joined the family.  Kas and Lorraine your family has grown in just 5 years – congratulations!

I’m looking forward to your next family portrait!

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]]> http://www.marlenesdesignerportraits.com/blog/happy-family-back-again/feed/ 0 The Masters Family have moved to Ellicott City, Maryland! http://www.marlenesdesignerportraits.com/blog/the-masters-family-have-moved-to-ellicott-city-maryland/ http://www.marlenesdesignerportraits.com/blog/the-masters-family-have-moved-to-ellicott-city-maryland/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:09:44 +0000 admin http://www.marlenesdesignerportraits.com/blog/?p=2357 In June 2008 Joe and Angela came out from Colorado to have a portrait session done with the newest member of their family!    Well, much has happened since then – they came back home to Manitoba to help Angela’s parents celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary – and it was time for an updated portrait!  Shortly after that, Joe got a job transfer to Ellicott City, Maryland.  It seems that they’re enjoying their new home – and one of the things Angela told me was that they have a ‘Marlene’ wall!   I asked her to photograph the wall once they had their images up.  She received her portraits from the June 2010 session two days ago – and immediately took a photo and sent it to me, along with a wonderful testimonial!

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I love how they’ve decided to display all black and white images – it gives the whole look some continuity and cohesiveness.    Just a note – the photo on the lower left with the white mat is of Joe’s family from Colorado and I did not take that photo.

I can’t wait to see Angela, Joe and their children for their next portrait!

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