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This time of year we run into a common question from families large or small. 

"What do we need to do, to get ready for our photos?" 

To answer this question, you must decide on a few things.

A) Do I want my pictures indoors or outdoors

B) How many people are going to be in the picture?

C) Are we going to have the family pet in the picture? 

D) Do we want to match, or should we all just wear nice clothes? 

In my opinion, the last question is really the most important one. I feel that the family photos with matching khakis and white shirts, or blue jeans with matching colored sweaters can be very nice. Some families go a totally different route, and just wear nice clothes for pictures. For me, this is the way to go. In my home, I just want a nice portrait.

I have found when photographing families, the most important thing for people to remember is, just look nice for pictures. Whether you're matching, or just dressing up, look nice. 

When choosing the matching style, remember there are such things as "GOOD Matching" and "BAD Matching. Below are samples of both. 

GOOD

BAD

VERY BAD

Things to avoid before pictures: 

A) Going out the night before

B) Getting a haircut too close to your picture date

C) Wearing something super trendy

D) Wearing patterns, that will obviously not be in style in 10 years

E) Eating before pictures (nothing worse than being self-conscious of that soup stain on your shirt)

F) Tanning too much before pictures. 

Feel free to leave a comment, and let us know how you prepare, or what your favorite clothing combo is.

Hey everyone, 

We'd like to announce that we will be doing Santa Photos again in Frontier Village. We will be in a space next to Safeway. 

We are super excited about pictures this year, We will be printing pictures while you wait! You will no longer have to come back and pick up pictures. We hope to be busier than ever this year, so we are amping up our efficiency. 

Bring in your newborns, toddlers, large families.. and even pets! We have no limits on what you can do. If you are sick of long lines at the mall, come have a cup of hot cider with us, and enjoy our santa house! 

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One thing that families with kids have in common, is that when the kids go away to college or move out after high school, is that the holidays always bring them back. Between Thanksgiving and New Year´s is the best time to get everyone together, and get those family pictures. 

Great photo opportunities are available in the winter months.. sure it may not be a nice sunny sky with green trees and flowers.. BUT there are only a few times a year when the entire family is able to get together. 

Take charge this month and schedule pictures for the holiday season. Get your family together while everyone is in town, and schedule pictures. You WONT regret it. 

Best time for family pictures are as follows:

1. Weddings
2. Holidays
3. Family Reunions
4. Vacation
5. Graduation

As you may or may not know, pictures are a great present for family! 

Treat your loved ones to a truly personal gift. As the holidays come around each year gift giving can become difficult. It´s hard to shop for family as everyone is getting older. Grandparents don´t want clothes, pots and pans, or golf clubs.. Grandparents want pictures. It´s their pride and joy that they want to have on display, so what can be better than the gift of a photograph?

Or add a bit of life to your home, and decorate with family portraits. Move your art aside, and put your family on display. Show off your loved ones. Family portraits bring a certain warmth to your home, that welcome guests and bring family closer together. Pride is a beautiful thing to display! 

With specials through the month of October, November and December.. you can take advantage box-store prices with high end studio photographers. 

Designer Studio employs several photographers on a yearly basis, so during our slow season (anything that isn´t dealing with senior portraits) we offer great family specials. You can come into the studio and have a full indoor & Outdoor photo session done for the low price of $29.99. This price comes with 1 - 8x10 portrait. 

Give us a call to setup an appointment! Contact Us

Over the past decade, we have all become immersed in digital images. We have instant gratification with a nice little LCD on the back of our cameras or cell phones. Everyday we see pictures of people that they've posted to Facebook. Before that, it was MySpace. Before that maybe some of you cutting edge internet gurus were into Friendster or some other site that never made the big time. But now, it's Facebook.. and we are all so lucky to have all of our friend's images at our finger tips. 

What ever happened to the good ole days of printing pictures and creating photo albums? Does anyone still do that? What will the kid's who were born in the 2K's look back on when they are 20 - 30 years old? What will this generation do? Are we going to be stuck with our online photo albums, and nothing tangible that you can hold or pass down? 

In my opinion, here are the pros of printing pictures or Posting Digital Pictures... and the Cons of each.

Pros of Printing

• You have something tangible
• You will have a photo album, or box of pictures that you can stumble onto one day, and reminisce. 
• You will have something to pass down through generations, like every generation before us has, since the advent of photography.
• Real pictures will hang on your walls, and not be stuck inside of your computer

Pros of Posting Digital

• It costs nothing
• You have instant access from anywhere in the world
• You can share images with people for free
• Instant gratification and a clear mind, that you have the picture you thought you were taking
• You will never lose your images

Cons of Printing

• Cost
• Space

Cons of Posting and not printing

• You have no tangible image
• You have nothing to stumble upon, and enjoy randomly
• You will have no image to pass down through generations
• Reliant on the internet for your pictures, or a website that could lose them in a freak accident
• Not posting, and only having them on your computer, then getting a cpu virus.

In closing, I guess I just kinda worry about people's habits changing. I worry that this generation that is being raised now, isn't going to have those old pictures to look through. I feel like the wholesome family album is steadily becoming the Digital Family Album, with much less meaning. I personally cherish my pictures, and print out nearly everything. Even if it's going in a drawer somewhere, I don't want to my family to miss out on the treasures and family time that can be had while looking through family pictures together. 

How do you feel?