creative fee and pricing final proof for website

i work best under pressure. and that's how me creative juices flow. i believe my prices are fair and comparable to other pet photographers from east coast to west and then smack dab in the midwest. nothing is over priced or under priced. i am NOT walmart. i am also NOT annie leibowitz. iwant to give people value for their money. i want to give people an experience. pets are like our babies-we love them and they love us back unconditionally and forever. i believe it's so important to have at least ONE professional photograph of your pet(child).

morning fallen leaves in march

i discovered an image of leia from back in 01 that is from my favorite season of the year-fall. i wanted to create a desaturated and dingy crisp look-you can almost smell the bed of crunchy leaves she is laying in.

Micronauts Baron Karza Leader of the Evil Acroyear 1977

Micronauts Baron Karza Leader of the Evil Acroyear 1977-seriously. this guy is a major collectible! finally someone will be treasuring this evil villian and it will have a new home in new york! i went nuts before i packaged the item for shipping. i just felt he needed some exposure and wanted to create a weird sci fi horror retro vintage energy in these images. he is a sought after 'toy' on ebay currently. (alright he's an action figure) and has been in ship shape for all these years. studio cheesyness i guess.

leia loves furby

leia loves furby and he is a huge part of our lives. a snow dog who would prefer to be held as a baby forever, 4 pound furbs is the the inspiration for my biz. shot with my happy snap olympus 3mpx camera. it did a pretty good job for a lot of the outdoor shots with lots of bright light, but olympus cameras struggle to perform well in low light. i love 'em and have used them for 10 years now but, back in the day during my dark room school days using 35mm, i worked with canon and minolta. and these guys(especially canon- i believe sony handles all minota now) are superb for low light and never seem to struggle or hunt for anything. they waste no time and i will soon see the light.

pix from the past 2

i have an assortment of images from when i would shoot leia all the time. she was a great subject, perfect in every way of course and at that age was a pretty patient model. the comp on this one is super cool-it's early morning, b4 school, finishing up her breakfast, slightly sleepy eyes and the colors just scream-KIDS! i like.

pix from the past

this is seriously what i love to do. 10 years ago i was sidetracked from what i was truly meant to do and life and family was the priority. that's okay cuz i'm ready now. slowly have i been building and growing and learning and this image is what i came up with. my camera at the time was a 3mpx happy snap olympus. (i know!! 3 mpx!!) my how technology has advanced! i believe i'm pretty good at repairing a poor quality image. this jpg-that has been losing data info for years has finally seen the light! course, leia is beautiful no matter what condition the photo is in! but that's not the point! correcting it professionally is what i am good at and am getting quicker at too. time is of essence and automation is key. this image is perfect converted to black and white. love the final.

Gary Bradley

On the night my husband James died, Annette and Gary, James sister and brother in law came over to our home all the way from Wahoo to comfort and support us immediately, unconditionally, no questions asked. It shook our whole family up and we were never the same after that terrible tragedy. Yet it also brought us much closer together. I snapped this photo at his sister Lucy's home back in November of last year. He was helping her trim her giant out of control pine tree and was chopping it up for firewood. When he approached the deck with this tool in his hands, all grubby lookin, the lighting was spectacular and he was in his element, helping his family and giving his all to make things work. That's what he did. I have many memories of Gary and I can't wait to hear more wild and outrageous stories about him. Gary was either holding a baby in his arms or throwing some stuff together to blow up for 4th of July. Loving and kind, creative and passionate. I feel very lucky to have had him as my brother in law. Gone, but never forgotten.

in memory of taffi

my poor kitty that has been with us for almost 20 years passed on to kitty cat heaven. she was truly an old woman who ruled the house with all her female kitty cat power. i'm very lucky to have sweet memories of taffi (tinki).

photo restoration-clone tool rules!!

here is a photograph of my brother in-law johnny and the late dear and sweet 'uncle art'(the guy was a steve mcqueen look alike-wow). the 4 X 6 photo quality was super crappy and was in need of restoration. my sis asked if i could restore for her to print a 5 X 7. so keep in mind this is a photo of a photo-on a tripod (instead of a scanned image-it was what we had to work with) and edited in cs5 www.adobe.com/. i really didn't adjust any of the colors but only cloned and repaired as good as i could. (please ignore the bottom right leg-i was so involved in removing 'gaga's' big head and hands that i overlooked that part!) well, lora was happy with the final and she believes johnny will most likely tear up when he sees it. i truly hope it brightens his day!