My Family Portraits (San Antonio Portrait Photographer)

I love my job....LOVE LOVE LOVE it!  But photographing my own family is about as challenging as it gets.  Let me paint you a picture:  Sunday morning 6am- I am up getting showered and ready to look as good as I can look for a family portrait. 6:45am-My kids are up getting dressed...or rather I am getting them dressed myself since they are too tired (aka lazy) to do it themselves.  Get Jacob up, fed, dressed, medication. Trey can get himself ready and does a great job helping me get the kids ready too...He deserves some credit here!
Get my camera, CF cards ready, batteries charged, etc.  Load up the car.  I am in charge of coffee (why do I do this to myself?) so we take a detour to Starbucks to get a Traveller.  Live and learn...Travellers should be called in ahead of time...15 minutes later, a Pumpkin Spice Nonfat Latte and a Traveller and we are off to Guadalupe River State Park!
I made it on time! Yay...me!  Whatever happened to the cool weather we had?  Humid and hot and I am sweating my rear end off (oh...I wish) layered in a sweater jacket to hide the multitude of chocolate and lack of working out that I do. My sweet friend Karrie is there to photograph this crowd...Mom and Dad...Brother/Wife/Two Grown Boys...Single Sister...Sister/Husband/Four Boys ages 4-14...Me/Trey/Three Boys with bad attitudes and One with obsessive-compulsive chewing disorder!  We are a sight to see!
My mother has some trouble walking down all the rough terrain and is quite funny to see a train of people coming down the hill to get her to the water's edge.
Luckily my brother's two boys brought their sweet girlfriends who sang(if you can call it that), did power ranger kicks, climbed trees and almost anything else to get these little boys to smile.  Ahhhh the fun!
To top all of this off, Jacob (with the OCD biting disorder) bites my mother right on the leg...drawing blood and a few tears.  Needless to say, we are DONE! 
Fun times!  And luckily we have some awesome photos of the whole event, since it might be awhile until we attempt this again.

So, if you are thinking your brood is just not photo worthy, THINK AGAIN!  I have seen it all and my family generally is worse than any other family I have ever photographed.  Call me today to book a session that will freeze time and create a wonderful memory that you can cherish....or at least laugh about later!

Santa Portraits (San Antonio Photographer)

It is hard to believe but it is THAT time again!

CHRISTMAS TIME!!

Artistic Images believes in doing Christmas up BIG and

this year is no exception!

We have 4 Christmas events this year:  2 with Santa Claus and 2 without.

In addition to our brand NEW set designs we have brand NEW packages and products that will have all of your friends supremely jealous (unless you opt to let them know about us too and then they too can share in the Christmas awesomeness)!!

This year our packages even INCLUDE our

brand new ePix....small digital files

so that you can email, put on Facebook or even put them

in your own digital frame. 

Exciting stuff here!

We have brand new jewelry, Christmas ornaments and

some adorable little purse Brag Books.

As if that is not enough....we have NEW Christmas Card designs, Incredible Storybooks of your whole session and a fabulous special deal on a beautiful frame to go with your new Holiday Portrait Decor.

I know, I know, I know....it's just too much to handle!

So, let us help you with your selections and offer our suggestions by making a viewing and ordering appointment with one of our Portrait Design Consultants instead of viewing and choosing online. 

Either way, you don't have to wait in line at the mall and you will

have your Christmas Portraits done and delivered before some

people even think about putting up their Christmas Tree. 

Whew...Check that off your list!

See our beautiful New Scenes below:

Family Portraits-San Antonio Family Portrait Photographer

It has been a long, hot summer but Fall is in the air and I, personally, am so excited to push my summer clothes away and start wearing some fabulous fall wear (can't wait to put on my leopard boots again...LOVE 'EM).  Can't wait to not sweat when I step outside in the morning, to drink Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks and to enjoy the cool, crisp air! 
With the fabulous Fall weather, we also are starting the crazy season at the studio.  From now until December 24, we will barely catch our breath as we are busy photographing families, children, Santa portraits and several weddings.
I know you have been waiting for the PERFECT time for your family portrait and may I just say this:  There is no perfect time.  You will never be thin enough, have your schedules be free enough, etc, etc. Don't let time pass you by waiting around for the perfect time because before you know it, your children will be grown and out of the house and you will have never gotten that family portrait that you always wanted.  It is amazing to me how fast my kids have grown and how thankful I am that I take regular portraits of them (especially as my memory fades...getting older stinks)
So here it is the very last day of September and, before the Holiday Season grabs ahold of you and flings you quickly through the madness that is Christmas time, you need to give me a call to set up your personal consultation.  We have many Family Portrait Special Events coming up including:

Fall Family Days:

Urban Warehouse   October 16

Guadalupe State Park   October 17

Home for the Holidays  

November 27 and December 23 at the San Jose Mission

Above Special 1 hour sessions are a $350 session fee which is ALL applied to your order.  That is a savings for you of $350! Plus you don't have to pay the permit fees for the Warehouse or the Missions.

Enchanted Rock and Lost Maples

Two separate locations that we are taking a list of people who are interested and will book the dates once we have enough people to make it happen. Call to get on the list!

In addition to all of these fabulous locations, we can go anywhere at anytime that is convenient for you and your family.  Keep in mind Saturdays are almost all booked up (except the special dates listed above) and Sundays are reserved for my family (so they don't forget what I look like)

Check out some images below for examples of the locations and

CLICK HERE for a video of many examples.

Urban Warehouse October 16

Lost Maples

Home for the Holidays  November 27 & December 23

Enchanted Rock

Guadalupe River State Park October 17

Fall Family Portraits San Antonio

Check out the video for all of the fabulous locations we are featuring this Fall.

From Contemporary to Traditional, Casual to Formal...We have thought of everyone this year with our various array of portrait locations. And just to sweeten the pot...the newsletter was worded incorrectly. Your $350 session fee is ALL APPLIED towards your order.

That makes your session $350 OFF of the normal price!!!

Not only do we have all of these location options, we also have a TON of new product offerings.

I hope to be able to see you this holiday season at least once during our

 Family Specials or our Christmas Collector's Series.

Happy Fall Y'all!

Earth Angels

September Secret Door Sessions 50% off

You are beautiful!  You are amazing! 

Secret Door Sessions are artistic portraits of women designed to

truly capture your inner beauty!

A Secret Door portrait is designed specifically for you during our personal consultation. It matters not your age, size or shape.  I will capture you at your best and create a work of art that you can be proud of!

Retouching is always included and is done tastefully and beautifully.

Here are some samples of some Secret Door sessions.

Earth Angels

Introducing

Artistic Images

newest Angel Portrait Session

"Earth Angels"

One Day Only Saturday October 2

This session is perfect for newborns to 8 years. It is starring our brand new Chocolate Ostrich Wings that are sure to make your little one

be the most beautiful angel!

We have the clothing, we have the headbands and we have the wings. All you need to do is bring YOUR beautiful angel to us and we will

make the magic happen!

Choose from our incredible line of Christmas Cards to send to family and friends and have that task checked off your list before the

holiday madness begins.

This session is part of our Collector's Series.

Session fee is only $35
$150 minimum portrait order

Maddie...Senior 2011!

Ok, Ok...I know she is gorgeous and I could never take a bad photo of this beautiful high school senior, but I LOVE her photos.  She is so adorable in the simplest of outfits.  She has an amazing smile but also a captivating serious look.  Maddie was so easy to work with too!  She makes every pose look so natural...totally making me look good!  Thanks Maddie, for choosing Artistic Images!!

More Amazing Seniors!

The 2011 Class of High School Seniors is off to an amazing start!  We are photographing seniors from schools all over the San Antonio area.  Here are three beautiful Senior Girls that had their portraits made on the grounds of our 2 1/2 acre portrait garden. 

Megan

Adina

Abigail

Class of 2011...Ready, Set, Go!

It is just now September and I have already photographed some AMAZING High School Seniors!  I think I must get all the most gorgeous seniors in San Antonio and they are so fun to work with too! Here are some samples of what I have been up to the past few weeks:

Brooke...Rockport, Texas

Brett...Tejas Rodeo