Who's Ready to Travel Again? 2021 Portrait Destinations {San Antonio Portrait Photographer}

 Who is ready to travel again???

Me...me...me!

I don't know about you, but the lack of ability to travel and explore the world has really done a number on my mental health. As an artist, I feel a NEED to leave my home, my city, my country and see what this beautiful planet Earth has to offer in order to come back with inspiration and motivation. 

Travel Feeds my Creativity.

Travel keeps me Active.

Travel makes me Happy.

Cancelling all of my 2020 Travel plans...Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, Boston and heck, even our plans to Padre Island a few hours away really hit me hard. I didn't really realize that I was quite as addicted to travel as I guess I am. Travel was yanked away from all of us...cold turkey!

Well, I am ready. Ready to plan our travel for the future and I hope some of you will want to join me. Nothing feeds my soul more than creating images in a brand new destination and I am ready to create some EPIC images!

Currently, we have nothing planned until May 2021. But that doesn't mean we can't add something anytime starting right now. If you want me to go to your Colorado Ski Cabin, House on the Lake or the Beach...I am ALL IN!! Just call me and we can find a date.

Beginning in May 2021, hold on to your suitcases because we are going to be flying through the air to a bunch of incredible locations. Planning this far out is imperative, so do me a favor and if you are even THINKING about it, contact me ASAP so we can chat about details. 

Turks & Caicos....May 31-June 6

Cancun, Mexico....June 11-18

*all new*    Maui, Hawaii....June 23-26

Session Fee: $650 

Session includes multiple locations around desired destination at Sunrise or Sunset. Session usually lasts up to 3 hours.

Minimum Purchase: $2500 

With such amazing locations and 3 hours worth of photography, you are sure to want to remember the experience with some pretty awesome products. Most of our Destination Portrait families choose a beautiful custom coffee table album and a large single Wall Portrait or Wall Portrait Collection of some of their favorite images.

In order to reserve your session, both the session fee and the minimum purchase are due.

Limited Availability on ALL Destinations

EMAIL ME HERE to chat about the possibilities.

Beach Portraits at Padre Island {San Antonio Photographer}

Summer is just around the corner and so are our 2018 BEACH PORTRAITS!

We hope you will join us for this wonderful portrait excursion, 

just a little over 2 hours from San Antonio.

DETAILS:

North Padre Island
JULY 1-6, 2018

(Port Aransas/Mustang Island area)

Select a Sunrise or Sunset Session
(1.5-2 hour session)

$450 session fee/$1000 minimum purchase

Call the studio today for your personal design consultation.

Very limited number of sessions available, so call today to reserve your session.

210-497-3809

Here are some sample images from past sessions at Padre Island:

Family Portraits in New York City! {San Antonio Destination Photographer}

I LOVE NY!

I mean really. What's not to love? 

Great Food! Great Entertainment! Great Exercise! 

And of course, the photo opportunities are ENDLESS!

In May, I got to visit again. 

This time we had a girls trip with just my sister and I. As usual for me, it was a working vacation, but we carved out some time to relax and take in the City.

While I was there, my good friends and fellow Master Photographers Jeff and Carolle Dachowski met up with us so I could create a new family portrait for them. My sister was the appropriately named "The Goddess of Light" that evening as I couldn't have created the portraits without her.

Here are a few of my favorite images from our quick session in New York City.

Why Am I headed to DisneyWorld AGAIN this summer? {San Antonio Family Photographer}

Some of the questions I have had regarding my trip to DisneyWorld:

Why oh WHY do you go during the summer? Don't you know it is HOT? Don't you know it is CROWDED?
       YES, I know it is hot. YES, I would love to NOT go during the summer. Yes, I know it is crowded.

However, our family travels to Orlando every other year for a very special reason.
The Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation BiAnnual Conference.

You may already know that my husband and I have a very special child named Jacob. He was born with a very rare genetic disorder called Phelan-McDermid Syndrome. When he was diagnosed at age 18 months, the disorder was yet to be named so it was called 22q13 deletion syndrome. At the time, there were only about 150 known cases in the WORLD. Since then, genetic testing has improved so much that now, there are about 800 cases WORLD WIDE. About that time, the foundation was in its infancy and we had yet to meet another child with the same disorder. So, we attended the first conference. It was a wonderful and emotional experience and we learned so much about Jacob's future and how to best care for him.

Since then, we have attended each conference which were always held in Greenville, NC. 2 years ago, they moved the conference to Orlando allowing families to add a family vacation at Disney to their travel plans. This was the first time we took our other two boys with us and took a family trip to Disney before and after the conference.

The foundation lives on volunteers. We have volunteered in several ways in the past, but something was just on my heart. I needed to use MY gifts to help the families. So, our family portrait donation day was born. Trey and I, along with an amazing photographer friend, set up two photographic studios at the conference, and photographed any family that signed up for NO FEE at all.

These families rarely have family portraits. Some of them have never had one. A variety of reasons goes into this. Some have such high medical expenses that there is no extra money left over for things like family photos. Some are scared of what their special child will do when at the session, or maybe even embarrassed by their behavior. Whatever the reason, we wanted to give them no reason NOT to do this. So, my friend Bill and I photographed families for 5 straight hours. Trey edited images and burned dvd's and after 10 long hours of work, we had it done!

So, this will be year TWO of these family portraits for a cause. We hope to streamline it a little more and gather a few more volunteers to make it go a little faster. We are dedicated to getting these families some beautiful, high quality images of their amazing children.

Before and after the conference, I have opened up a few appointments for my clients at DisneyWorld. We begin very early in the morning and are able to get some incredible images at the Magic Kingdom or where ever your heart's desire.

July 22-28 with Limited Availability

Want me to come with you on your DISNEY vacation any OTHER time of year? 

Simply call and ask about the possibilities! 

210-497-3809

For more information about Phelan McDermid Syndrome, visit their website www.pmsf.org
For images of our last trip to Disneyworld click HERE.

Jacob and I on the beach in Destin, Florida

Beautiful Family Portrait Session in Hawaii {San Antonio Family Photographer}

I am blessed to call myself a "Destination Portrait Artist". I enjoy travel and I love my job as a Photographer. I decided years ago to attempt to merge the two into my business, Artistic Images.

This has taken off like I never thought it would, taking me to Hawaii, Italy, Alaska, 

Florida, Mexico, Canada, California and more! 

Here is a family session I created during our last excursion to Hawaii....this time Tunnels Beach on Kauai.
This family is truly stunning! Every image of them was even better than the last!

Take a look at some of my favorites from our session, and if you are interested 

in going with us THIS year,
click HERE for more information. 

Keep an eye on our Destination Portrait Calendar on our website OR 

call us if there is a place you want to go to! 210-497-3809

Here is the beautiful Swientek Family:

Our Signature Painted Portrait On Display at our Studio