HAPPY HOLIDAYS! { Winston Salem Childrens Photographer }

Just wanted to post a quick note to wish all of our wonderful clients and friends a safe and happy Christmas and New Year! With the holiday rush, we haven't been able to find the time for regular blog posting, but with the holidays winding down and the New Year approaching, we'll be back to posting soon!

{ reminder } The studio will be closed through January 2nd for the holidays. Any orders placed after December 23rd will be queued for uploading to the lab on Monday, January 2nd.

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Ordering Deadlines & Eskimo Kisses!

The insanity has begun. Okay, how was it 95 degrees and summer a week ago and the day after tomorrow is Black Friday? Seriously, where did Fall go? I haven't had a lot of time to blog lately - I'm sorry guys! I hope that you have been keeping up with our Facebook fan page - we post there daily with lots of previews from sessions we're working on, studio news and happenings, and other fun stuff. Once the holiday rush is over, we will be back to posting previews on our blog, too.

I just wanted to take a couple of minutes to post some deadlines for ordering and the holidays.

{ ESKIMO KISSES } Eskimo Kisses Limited Edition mini sessions that have marshmallow roasting, ice fishing, falling snow and a surprise visit from Santa will only be booked through December 15th. All other holiday sessions will only be scheduled through December 15th. The sessions ending at this date allow enough time for editing and ordering before Christmas. Sessions are booked from 10am-4pm daily. We will not be booking any sessions after December 15th until after the New Year so we can share the holidays with our family :)

{ ORDERING DEADLINES } This is a particular thing that I want to update everyone on.

*Custom Ornaments and Jewelry must be ordered by December 1st or we can not promise that it will arrive in time for the holidays.

*I'm sure you know that custom products (such as Holiday cards, Storyboards, Accordion Albums, and Storybooks/Brag Books) DO take a couple of days for creation, editing, proofing and making changes, etc. These customized products HAVE TO BE FINALIZED and sent to print by Friday, December 16th in order to get them back before Christmas.

*All other prints and mounted prints must be ordered by Monday, December 19th in order to get them back before Christmas.

The studio will open for pick-ups (by appointment only) through Friday, December 23rd at 4pm, and then we will be closed throughout the holidays and will not reopen until Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012.


To see more of our work or book your holiday or Christmas session, visit our website:

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Christmas Minis & Eskimo Kisses! { WINSTON SALEM HOLIDAY PORTRAITS }

It's that time of the year - already! Announcing our 2011 Holiday Limited Edition Minis...

{ ESKIMO KISSES! }




Santa Clause is coming to Fantasy Photography again! This year's theme is even more fun than last year's - and we're so excited about it! Get into the holiday spirit with our Limited Edition “Eskimo Kisses” theme complete with ice fishing, marshmallow roasting, falling snow and a surprise visit from Santa!

Sessions by appointment only.
November 1st - December 15th
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. daily.

Session Fee is $35.00 for one child for a 20 minute “mini” session, with a special appearance by Santa! Please add $5 for each additional child in the same session. Prints and products purchased separately.
*Your choice of ice fishing OR marshmallow roasting. Santa’s visit is optional. We like to keep a positive atmosphere for children, thus if your child does not want to see Santa, please do not force them to.

We recommend dressing your child in either Christmas pj’s or a colorful winter outfit with boots, hat and scarf.






Spaces are filling quickly, so call 336-575-7088 to reserve your session today!


{ CHRISTMAS MINI SESSIONS }

Available November 1st - December 15th, 10:00am - 5:00pm daily. No sessions booked after 5:00pm due to available light. We will not be booking ANY appointments after December 15th to give us time to catch up on orders and edits :) We have lots of new holiday card designs in the studio this year!

All orders must be received prior to December 19th to ensure holiday delivery.

**Session Fees:
{ FAMILY MINI }(up to 3 people, add $5 per additional family member) - $35 outdoors at the studio, or $50 at a location of your choice. Outdoors only. Sessions last 20 minutes and do not include any prints or products.

{ Eskimo Kisses Limited Edition Mini } $35 for one child (add $5 per additional child in the same session) indoors at our studio with our winter themed set-up. Sessions last 20 minutes and do not include any prints or products.

{ 2011 Holiday Portrait Collections}
Comfort & Joy $275
50 Designer Holiday Cards
Set of 3 Designer Accordion Albums
2 8x10 Fine Art Prints
4 5x7 Signature Prints

Holly & Jolly $150
25 Designer Holiday Cards
1 8x10 Fine Art Print
4 5x7 Signature Prints
1 Set of 8 Wallets

Sugar & Spice $125
1 4x6 Spiral Bound Proofbook
w/ all images from your session




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Halloween was a blast! { WINSTON SALEM CHILDREN'S PHOTOGRAPHER }

We had SO much fun at our 2011 Halloween Charity and Open House!

We had lots of cute goblins stop by the studio and their parents brought lots of canned and boxed goods to be donated to East Stokes Outreach Ministry! We are SO happy to let you guys know that we were able to collect 81 items to go to needy families in our area! Thank everyone SO much for thinking about those in need and participating in our event!

My husband got all Martha Stewart and made these adorable googly-eyed pumpkins as an alternative to the classic triangle eyed jack-o-lanterns...



Who would have known they would be SO time consuming though? Geez!







Okay, so I swiped this bird idea out of Pottery Barn's October catalog :)



I brought in real leaves from our Sugar Maples out front - SO VIBRANT!



Thanks again to everyone who participated! 81 items - that's so awesome you guys! We have the best clients ever!



To purchase Halloween prints, you can order from our website here or you can call us at 336.575.7088, or email us at fantasyphotography@hotmail.com. Our uploads are running slow, but hopefully they will be finished uploading this evening :)

THE CONTEST! Halloween costume photos have also been posted on Facebook here! Feel free to tag yourselves or use them as your profile pic, however please do not crop out our logo :)

Hop on over to our Facebook fan page to vote on your favorite costume of the evening! "Likes" count as votes, and the child with the most "likes" at midnight on Sunday, November 6th wins a free mini session at our studio! Remember, you or your friends have to "like" our Facebook page in order to "like" photos.

Be sure to share us with your friends, too :)

We'll be announcing our Christmas Mini Session information and our 2011 Holiday Limited Edition theme tomorrow!

To see more of our work or book a session of your own, visit our website...
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H's Senior Session { WINSTON SALEM SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER }

So... we finally got a chance to snatch up a quick getaway to the mountains of West Virginia to relax, visit family, and do our niece's senior pics. The weather was CHILLY up there compared to here (40s lows, 50s highs!), the foliage was beautiful and peaked in spots, and almost bare in others. "H"'s session went perfect - we travelled to Valley Falls to shoot by the water, which was gorgeous! I'd never been there, so it was an exciting new location for me - I wish we had somewhere like that in our area!








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"H" is one! { Child Photographers in Winston Salem }

OMG - I can't believe another one of my little clients just turned one! They're all growing up on me! "H" came to the studio as pretty as ever, with some really cute cupcakes to play with during the session. She is such a cutie - her mom had made the cutest diaper cover with a 1 on it, and flowers on the butt :) We switched out the background and "H" put on one of our petti rompers to switch things up a bit and she had a blast!





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2011 Halloween Charity & Open House { Winston Salem Children's Photography }

It's that time of the year again!

Bring your child or pet to our Open House in their Halloween costume for treats, and have their photo taken to be entered into our photo contest. Images will be posted on Facebook and the child or pet with the most "likes" at the end of the week will win a free mini session at our studio! Images will also be uploaded in an online gallery and available for purchase.

HALLOWEEN - OCTOBER 31st, 2011
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m

The sitting fee/session fee is waived for a donation of a bag of canned food to benefit East Stokes Outreach Ministry.

Share a meal - save a life!

*No glass jars or out-of-date items, please.




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Teeny "I" { WINSTON SALEM NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHY }

Teeny "I" was a cutie pie! He practically posed himself :) He was a happy little guy, and once the studio was warm and toasty, he drifted off and we were able to get the cutest little pumpkin shot and tuck him into a nest...





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Sweet "P" is 6 months! { WINSTON SALEM BABY PHOTOGRAPHER }

Sweet "P" is 6 months! That's scary - it seems like only a couple of weeks ago when we did her 3 month session. Where has the time gone? It's already a week into October, and Christmas is just around the corner! Anyway, when I chatted with Sweet "P"s mommy to book her 6 month session, I told her to try and wait for Sweet "P" to sit up unassisted, so we waited, and in the short amount of time between booking and the day of the session, Sweet "P" was crawling - so we ended up chasing her all over the place! It's amazing how fast babies grow, and change, and learn, and reach new milestones - I think that's a big part of the reason why I love what I do so much - I get to capture that, and I never know what to expect or plan for :)





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Tiny "M" is too cute! { WINSTON SALEM NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER }

Tiny little "M" was too cute! She fought sleep when she and her mom first arrived at the studio, but once she cozied down in the egg basket with a fuzzy blanket, she was out :) We got to use some of our new props with her, like the adorable bed below, as well as a really cute bunting and lace headband made by our buddy, Erin, at Dinner Time Chimes . She makes our studio some of the cutest props! And I am SO loving that cute little smirk below...






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Olde World and "J" { Winston Salem Children's Photographer }

This session was one of those sessions where everything just falls into place. The weather was gorgeous, the sky was overcast so the light was soft, the location was perfect (and practically empty!) and we had the cutest subject for the session :) I was able to shoot 100% natural light without any supplemental light. When I got home and dumped my card, I couldn't believe how amazing the shots were. Little to NO editing, the exposure was perfect, the colors - amazing. I had the toughest time narrowing down the images for mom and dad - they were ALL so beautiful! My husband even got the "magazine cover" shot below, where "J" was sitting on the suitcase and looking away. After finding this location, stocking up on the props and getting such amazing shots of "J", we've decided to offer this session theme - Olde World - as a new Limited Edition for children, families and couples!

Call the studio to book your Olde World Limited Edition session at 336.575.7088. How gorgeous would this be in a couple more weeks when the Fall foliage is at it's peak??






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Sleepy little "L" { WINSTON SALEM NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHY }

Little "L" was a wee little guy - and a sleepyhead, too! He loved cozying down in the egg basket that we tucked him into wrapped in a fuzzy blanket. After having a quick snack, he was out - and we were able to get the cutest shot ever with his head in his hands :) He was such a sweet little guy!






Newborn Photographers in Winston Salem and the Triad - Fantasy Photography, LLC

Butterflies and such...

Sometimes it's a fun challenge to get out of the studio and try shooting something other that what you're used to. It gets you out of your comfort zone and forces you to try different settings, adapt to the harsh sunlight and play with lighting to get the correct exposure. It almost resets your brain and creativity! I thought it would be fun to go out to the butterfly garden that we planted in the Spring and try to get some shots of whatever creatures I could find out there, plus the sun was shining so it would be challenging :) Here are a few of the shots that I came away with...

A flutter-by!

Moths sharing one of our pears...

A hummingbird moth!


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Itty Bitty "K" { WINSTON SALEM NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHERS }

Itty Bitty "K" was an adorable little one! She was very wiggly and alert - making us giggle every time we would get her little hands or feet tucked away - somehow she would manage to wiggle at least one out :) She was also VERY smiley - I love the shot with her GA Tech gear and her smirk!







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