How about another exciting round of “Where’s Tanner?”
Tanner is on a bridge that spans which river? All correct entries submitted by 11:59 p.m. Thursday, August 13 will be entered into our drawing. Good luck!
Update: OK, this must have been another tough one. Tanner was on the Mississippi River Bridge. I’ll make the next one WAY easy. :-)
I can’t believe Centerpiece Photography is already 3! What a wild and fun ride this business venture has been! I am truly appreciative of the opportunity to work with so many wonderful families. As a thank you, we are continuing our tradition of having our Birthday contests thoughout August. Each contest will remain open for a couple days and then all the people who provided the correct answer before the deadline will be entered in a drawing for a $250 Centerpiece Photography gift certificate. Please enter each contest only one time (no guessing multiple answers for the same contest), but feel free to enter all of the contests to get as many entries in the drawing as possible. Also, each member of your family is welcome to enter the contests (for example, a husband and wife and both send in e-mails entering the same contest).
Let’s get the ball rolling with another exciting round of “Where’s Tanner?” Tanner has been on quite a few adventures this year, so I have a full inventory of “Where’s Tanner” photos to post.
To enter, e-mail me at Melissa@CenterpiecePhotography.com and identify the venue where Tanner is having a thoroughly wonderful time. For those of you who have been to this venue, you (should) immediately identify it from these images. If you have no idea where Tanner is, then be sure to check back because you WILL WANT to take your children there. Pretty sure its the coolest place on earth. This contest ends Thursday, August 6, at 11:59 p.m.
Update: Ok, so I realized how difficult this contest was when Erinn didn’t know where Tanner was and (a) she knew we went to this venue and (b) she took her kids there not too long ago. No wonder there was only a couple of correct answers. Tanner was a City Museum in St. Louis. We absolutely loved that place! As you can see from their website, there are all kinds of things for kids (of all ages) to climb on and through and slide down. There is a huge 3 story slide inside the building that Tanner must have went down dozens of times. After each trip down, there are 3 flights of stairs you have to climb up to start over and he would literally run up the stairs (Kris and I took turns climbing those stairs with him.) At the end of our visit Tanner went down the slide and then at the bottom he rolled onto his side like he was going to take a nap. So cute! Thanks for everyone for your guesses. Stay tuned for more fun contests.
A few weeks ago, wedding bells were ringing for my cousin Lacey and her new husband Wes. Lacey is a farm girl, just like me, and I knew she’d appreciate a wedding portrait in front of a grain elevator, which (very conveniently) was located just outside their reception hall. I love the storm clouds brewing in the distance.
I’m entering this photo in a fun contest hosted on the I Heart Faces website. Be sure to head on over to www.iheartfaces.com to check out all the great wedding photos entered in this week’s contest.
Centerpiece Photography welcomes aboard Erinn Bradstreet as its studio manager. Erinn has 8 years experience in the photography industry and will be a valuable asset to the studio. One of the first things on her to-do list was a photo session with her sons.
After the session a family member asked the boys how their session went. They were apparently pretty excited that a police officer (really a security guard) asked us to leave when we were shooting the photos in front of the blue tiles. Funny, I wasn’t very excited about that because I love those tiles.
Several months ago, I was contacted by a new local business, Sunflower Smiles Pediatric Dentistry, to provide portraits to decorate their new dentist office, which is now open at 5501 SW 29th Street, Topeka. I was so excited about this project because Dr. Michael Browning and his wife, Dr. Sarah Browning, wanted colorful, fun portraits of kids which fits my style perfectly! Here’s just one of my favorites:
I love how the display came together for their front office.
We also did a series of toothbrushing photos, which are displayed in the waiting area. Notice Tanner in this shot getting ready for his appointment.
Dr. Browning has a puppy and he wanted to get some fun shots of his niece brushing the puppy’s teeth. It was absolutely hilarious to watch this process and I think the photo, which is displayed in a treatment room, is so fun.
Dr. Browning’s office is state-of-the-art, complete with game systems for the kids to play and cable TVs hanging from the ceiling for the kids to watch during their appointment. Although Tanner got off to a rough start at his appointment:
Dr. Browning handled Tanner’s total and complete melt down situation wonderfully and after I left the room, Tanner was just fine and enjoyed his appointment. I snuck back in to take some more photos (of course!).
If your kids are due for their pediatric dentist appointment, be sure to give Sunflower Smiles a call at 785-215-6658.
Summer is finally here and we have lots of fun mini-sessions on the schedule:
Silhouette Portraits – All Summer – The silhouette portraits are quickly becoming a customer favorite. If you are looking for very interesting portraits of your family or children, you should definitely consider one of these sessions. The sessions can be held in an open field or under a beautiful old tree. I love it when the kids are playing with something in the portraits, such as balloons or a hula hoop. I can only host one of these sessions each day (because there’s only one sunset each day), that’s why the sessions are available all summer. You can add a silhouette session to the end of a traditional portrait session and get a great variety of images.
Gage Park Rose Garden Sessions – June 26 and 27 – The Rose Garden at Gage Park makes the perfect setting for colorful summer portraits. Little boys may prefer to have portraits taken around the pond or nearby bridge. Here are a couple recent images from the Rose Garden.
Kansas City Strawberry Hill – July 11 – These sessions will be held in at Strawberry Hill, an urban area in Kansas City, which features wonderful old buildings, fences and stairs.
Painted Tires – July 17 and 18 – I am SO looking forward to the painted tires mini-sessions. Tanner and I painted old tires lots of bright colors and they will be featured in these upcoming sessions. Kids LOVE playing on the tires, which results in relaxed, natural images.
Animal Land – Gage Park – July 31 and August 1 – You and your children have wonderful memories playing on the concrete animals at Animal Land in Gage Park. Here’s your opportunity to preserve those memories in portraits. Those colorful animals and barns make great locations for photos.
Downtown Topeka – August 15 – These sessions will feature unique architecture, specifically the black fencing shown below.
Availability for each of the sessions is very limited and the sessions do book quickly. The mini-session session fee for new customers is $50. The session fee is waived for repeat customers as a thank you for your continued business. If you would like to add a silhouette session to the end of a traditional session, there would be a regular session session fee of $100 for new customers. There is a deposit for all customers of $100 for each session, which is applied to your order. To reserve your session, just call (785-232-4768) or e-mail (melissa@centerpiecephotography.com) today!
by Melissa
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