{ EASTER MINI-SESSIONS } Winston-Salem Children's Photography

The WHOLE month of March, we are offering 30 minute mini-sessions for only $35.00! You can book a mini-session for your child, pet, family or even just yourself :-)

What's even better than that?
We are doing Easter Limited Edition Mini-Sessions one weekend only - March 19-21, 2010...and we will have LIVE BUNNIES ALL WEEKEND, so book your child's session ASAP because these sessions (especially with live bunnies) are VERY limited and are sure to fill up FAST!

{ A WARM FUZZY THANK YOU! }

I want to personally thank EACH & EVERY one of you who came to our Warm Hearts for Wagging Tails pet charity event! With your help, we were able to raise over THREE HUNDRED POUNDS of dog and cat food (and treats!) for local animals in need! I greatly appreciate everyone's effort to support this cause and we are hoping to do it again in the summer (for those of you who missed it!).

{ THANK YOU }

I wanted to share a slideshow with you all to say THANKS for being a part of our Warm Hearts for Wagging Tails event! We got A LOT of donations of dog AND cat food and treats (we are going to add it up shortly & take some photos to share) and got some AMAZING images! I also feel very blessed to have met the wonderful people that I met during our event who share my love for animals. Thank you guys for all that you do to help our fuzzy friends who can't speak for themselves. Truly.

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{ LAUGH FOR THE DAY } Kisses!

Can't resist sharing this one - these doggies made me LOL hard! This was one of the sessions from Valentine's Day...they were FULL of LOVE!

{ 3 THINGS I LEARNED FROM 30 DOG SESSIONS IN 2 DAYS }

1. You can make a REALLY funky high-pitched squeak in the back of your throat that results in direct eye-contact and a head-turn.

2. The rubber squawking chicken works on dogs, too!

3. I absolutely love closing my studio at night, covered in hair and missing most of my make-up because of all the doggie sugars the day brought!

{ LAUGH FOR THE DAY } Pet Portraits!

Another laugh for the day...so we had FIVE dogs in our studio at one time (I found out I seem to THRIVE on chaos, lol) and this guy just DOVE by the camera and made the funniest face. Looking at this photo reminds me of the candids people take at crazy parties - like when you are trying to photograph one person and someone jumps in front of you right as you click the shutter! I think he wants you to believe that we've done nothing but party (doggie party!) the past two days with our pet charity event! Check out this shot, and have a laugh!

{ Warm Hearts for Wagging Tails } Pet Portraits

Despite the nasty winter weather we had over the weekend, we still had a couple of people keep their pet's appointment and venture out to our studio anyway :-) We didn't have any power (thanks to the ice!), so all of these pets were photographed with only natural light! We did reschedule most of our appointments for the following weekend, but here's a couple shots of those who decided to brave the weather and raise their paws for a wonderful cause :-)

**WIN A FREE MINI-SESSION & $40 OF FREE PRINTS**

**Another Facebook Fans Contest! We are giving away a gift certificate for a FREE Mini-Session (30 minutes) AND $40 to spend on prints or other fun products that we offer!**

Here's the deal. All you have to do is get your friends to become fans of our page! That's it! Now through next Tuesday at midnighte...The fan who gets the most new people to become fans wins :-)

**Very importantly, you MUST tell your friends to post a comment on our wall saying something like, "Amber Tilley sent me" so we can keep up with who's sending the most people!

Hop on over to our Facebook page by clicking the link on the right side of this page. Once you get there, just click the Suggest to Friends link below our profile pic and select all of your friends. It's simple!

You can use your gift certificate towards a session for family, kids, pets or any other session you like!

Good luck :-)

{ LAUGH FOR THE DAY }

Despite the winter weather we got on Friday, I did have a couple of people still come by on Saturday for their Doggie Sessions instead of coming next weekend...and I got a SMILER and a WINKER! Is this girl not grinning?? I giggle everytime I look at this shot! I just had to share it :-)



And look at this wink! He just looks like he's up to something, lol!




* We still have some slots available this weekend (2/14 & 2/15) for your fuzzy family member :-) Call us to get yours!

{ PET SESSIONS POSTPONED }

Okay, so I love snow. But this is getting to be rediculous! This is the worst winter we have had in 20 years! Seriously, I can't remember having this many snow storms in one winter since I was like 6 or 7! The schools here were out 4 of 5 days this week and the ONE DAY that they actually went in was a two-hour delay! Ahhh...to be a kid again and experience the excitement when you see your school pop up while your parents are watching the news and see that it's canceled. I miss those days!

I am soooo excited about Warm Hearts for Wagging Tails, but our clients' safety is more important to us so we have devised a "Snow Plan" for our event.

**PET SESSIONS SNOW PLAN** We will be moving Warm Hearts for Wagging Tails to Valentine's Day - 2/14 (for Saturday's appointments & Monday 2/15 for Sunday's appointments). Your appointment will still be at the same time as you had previously scheduled. If you can't make these two days CALL US and we can work you in some other time between now and then!

On a lighter note...**We will still be in the studio this weekend and our road is pretty clear (we are on a main highway), so if you want to venture out, come on :-)**

And we do have a couple sessions left, so if you couldn't make it this weekend, or you didn't know about it until now, you can still get in! CALL US ASAP!

***UPDATE*** We do have several people coming this weekend anyway, so that opens up more slots for next weekend! Call us to lend a helping paw and get some gorgeous images of your favorite fuzzy friend :-)

Crossing our fingers...

We have our fingers crossed that the weather will hold out and we will be able to have Warm Hearts for Wagging Tails this weekend. Things aren't looking as positive as we would like them to, so please keep checking the blog for updates between now and your session on Saturday or Sunday!