Win a free photo session!

I posted this a few days ago on Facebook and now I'll blog it as well so it reaches more people:

To win a free photosession (including a CD with all photos) in either Austin, Texas or the DuPont, WA area please help my Facebook page reach 200 fans by December 31st 2010. All you need to do is go to my Facebook page and click "recommend to friends" under the profile picture. To enter in the contest please
leave a post on my wall and tell me what kind of photosession you'd like to do if you won (outdoor, studio, kids, babies, family, engagement...).

The session can be redeemed between Jan 6th and 26th for WA residents and in April for Austin residents. WA can pick between outdoor or studio, for Austin it's gonna be outdoor.

Click here go to my Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Christina-A-Flores-Photography/119377368072630to
Remember, 200 fans by Dec 31st = free photosession possibly for YOU!


Good luck!

special introductory offer : : DuPont, Washington Family Photography

free newborn pics for deployed Dads : : DuPont, WA Newborn Photography

I'm offering free newborn mini sessions for new Moms with deployed husbands.

Along with the session they'll receive 10 digital files to email to Daddy along with a printing release to print as many of them as they like, where they like.

If you know anyone who is eligible for this please don't hesitate to refer them to me!

Sneak Peek M. maternity : : DuPont, Washington maternity photography

W's Baby Belly : : DuPont, Washington maternity photos

Here are some photos from a maternity session I did yesterday.

This lovely lady is 32 weeks along and expecting a bay boy :-)

night night sleep tight

I have a (mostly) sleepless kid at home. And last night, when I had already dressed her for bed (late. don't even ask how late) she insisted on taking some photos. Haha, she just loves the new studio!

new website

Can't access my website www.caf-photo.com? Don't worry, I'm launching a new website tomorrow and the Domain is currently updating! Sometime between right now and tomorrow afternoon the website should be good to go!
Exciting!

Ho Ho Ho!!!!

It's (almost) that time of the year! Keep an eye open for my x-mas mini session special coming soon!
Ho Ho Ho!

little helper

Catie and Teddy are helping me set up my studio lights :-)

new

Update : I have one business license so far - woohooo :-)
I got mail from Lacey yesterday. Meaning I could technically work in Lacey now. Progress :-)
My studio is complete and waiting for that letter from the City of DuPont containing all needed licenses.
I'm also working on a new website which will be launched a little later this year, hopefully before the end of October. Oh, I also have a new logo, check out the top section of my blog!
I won't change it on the current website anymore but you'll find it again on the new one.

Coming soon.... :-)

while I wait...

While I wait for my permits in the mail (sometimes it feels I'll still be sitting here waiting when I'm old and gray...) I'm posting some pics I took in Seattle at Pike Place Market the other week.
It was out first time there and we loved it!!! So colorful and lively. That being said, I don't think we'll go on a Sunday at noon again. :-)
Enjoy!

permits, permits, permits....

I'm getting a little irritated with all the permits and licensed I need up here to run my business. It seems around every corner a new application for something else is waiting for me. (needless to say I need to include a check 90% of the time.)
I need to apply for a license in every. single. city I conduct business in (as in I go to a park outside my city limits for a photo session). AND FILE TAXES THERE annually! WHAT? So now I've decided to offer service in DuPont, Lacey and Tacoma for now. And see how it goes.
Meaning I'm gonna file Taxes 4 times for one and the same business.
And did I mention I hate paperwork?

Craziness....

Washington

Hello everyone! I'm still alive, just thought I'd mention it :-)
We are still settling in here in Washington. It's very different from Texas but we like it so far.
The weather is... interesting. to say the least!
We got pretty lucky the first few weeks but man! then the rain started! hahaha
I'm still not quite ready to work. I renewed / upgraded all my equipment! My new camera is a Nikon D700 which I'm loving so far!!!



I have two great lenses to go with it as of right now. I also have a photo studio at our new house. I'm waiting on the lights to be delivered and on an idea where to put my daughter's toys. she kind of chose the photo room as her playroom :-) Anyway, the backdrops are already up and ready to go. Now I just need to get my act together, clean up that room and get a babysitter for the kid... Phew!

mini preview

This was officially my last photo shoot in Austin... kind of bittersweet. I'm glad I got to take pictures of my dear friend Haley and her beautiful family once more but sad I won't be there to do so in the (near) future. It was a beautiful morning, we got really lucky with the weather! One day later we would have been fried out there, I think we managed to meet on the last warm (not hot!) day. 8am and 84F with a slight breeze and blue skies - really can't complain :-)

I'll miss you, Austin!

last photo shoot

The day is almost here... my last photo shoot for a long time (or ever?) in Austin will be this Saturday morning.
I'm sad because I feel I now know lot of great places and not only that but also at what exact time the light will be great where. It will be a lot of work achieving the same thing in Washington. Even though I guess due to all the rain up there it will mostly be a matter of luck doing outdoor pictures. So I have decided to start offering studio pictures as well. I have taken classes here in Austin over the last few months and I'm definitely feeling ready to go! Now we only have to find a house that offers a nice little studio space, maybe a den.

I also wanted to thank everyone here in Austin for letting me take their pictures and I truly hope we'll be back here in a few years so I can take pictures of all those babies on their first day of school! Time will fly! :-)

Inspiration

Inspired by my friend Ruth, who is not exactly a fan of Facebook, I have decided to start a blog for news and session previews. I will probably still put the blog postings on Facebook but this way everyone will be able to access their previews without having to get an account there.

So Ruth, here's your extended preview, I hope you like the pics (and the blog!)