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It was such a pleasure to meet this nice young couple. They are both so excited about their upcoming new arrival. I look forward to finding out all the details– boy? girl? tiny? chubby? – and their whole birthing story! Here are a few images from the session….
“Storyboards” by tracy bodeo photography are now available in 10×20, 11×14 and 12×12. Storyboards are a great way to tell the story of your portrait session or special event. Each storyboard displays between 3 and 12 images and are beautifully mounted as a lustre print (with a protective finish) or a Metal print (high gloss or satin finish). Metal prints are delivered ready to hang. Mounted lustre prints can be framed and hung with or without glass/acrylic. Here are two samples from a recent portrait session… visit the Portrait Design Gallery on my website to see more.
I was very pleased to find out that one of my images {“Rosey”) from a studio session this fall just won a Merit Award from the Photographic Society of America (PSA). The image was entered into the Pictorial category, which is a digital competition that covers a little of everything. I am always pleasantly surprized when a studio Portrait wins an award mixed in a group with beautiful landscapes, interesting street photography & amazing macro work. My image received a 14 out of 15 points in this competition, which means that the judges must have been very happy with both its technical quality and its overall impact/presentation. Of course, having this beautiful girl as the subject certainly doesn’t hurt!
Several days after first seeing a partial albino White-Throated Sparrow, I went back to the same park and spoke with one of the park’s volunteers. He told me that he had seen this bird several times in the fall but had not seen him since. As soon as he walked away from the bird blind where we were talking, the little white bird appeared again. This time however he stayed mostly hidden under the brush where someone had sprinkled some bird seed. Today, my son and I decided to try again. But even after taking a walk and waiting in the bird blind for over an hour while many other White-Throated Sparrows came and went, the partial albino never showed. I did manage both yesterday and today to get a few images of the other birds that are commonly found near feeding stations. Here is a collage of a few of this week’s birds including one of the partial albino. Can you name the rest? In the second collage you can see how the normal White-Throated Sparrows compare with the partial albino White-Throated Sparrow.
Single-mounted with high-gloss finish:
Double-mounted with satin finish: 
What an exciting weekend this was for the “birder” in me…. Yesterday afternoon a friend and I headed up to one of the local parks to do a little nature photography. We set up our equipment in a bird blind. While photographing many locally common feeder birds, a small, mostly white bird, flew into view. I could not tell what it was at first, but after taking as many images I could while the little bird moved from branch to branch, I took a closer look at the back of my camera. I wasn’t sure, but my best guess was that the rare white bird was a Partial Albino White-Throated Sparrow. It seemed to be moving around with the other White-Throated Sparrows, it had the same body shape, bill shape and yellow markings by its eyes. However, I’ve seen many White-Throated Sparrows over the years and I’ve never come across one with this abnormal coloration. Even after doing some research and seeing a few online images of other partial albinos, I haven’t found any others so far with as much white on them as the one we were lucky enough to see and photograph. Today, I took the family up to the park with the hopes of another sighting. After visiting the blind and walking in the cold for a while, we started to give up. Then, flitting through the woods came a little mixed flock of chickadees, tufted titmice and white-throated sparrows. We then saw a little flash of white and sure enough there he was, the partial albino. I wasn’t able to get close enough today to get any decent images, but we were all happy just to see this unique bird in the wild. Here are a few of the images I got yesterday….
One session that had me laughing this fall was that of this adorable chihuahua duo. I can’t help but smile whenever I look at their portraits. I’m not sure why 2 little dogs dressed up and forced to sit on a sled or couch is amusing, but I think it has to do with the fact that you have to wonder what they are thinking. And they are just so cute! Here are 2 of my favorite images taken during this session. Neither chihuahua was happy about having to stay seated on the sled. But, not surprising to their sisters, they had no problem jumping up and lounging on the couch!
I always have one or two resolutions that I never seem to keep– one, which has become a family joke, is that I am going to get more sleep! I really would like to, but it never seems to stick. My other resolutions for this year are to get my life better organized & get rid of everything I haven’t used this past year. Lastly, I am making a resolution to keep up with my weekly blog so my clients are better informed about what is going on at tracy bodeo photography. This was a very busy fall/early winter and I have obviously neglected my blog for quite some time! But, now I am back and here is the first entry. This is one resolution I am really going to try to keep up with!
Beginning today, October 1st, 2009 tbp has 2 new seasonal specials available to save you $$$….
1. “Early Bird” Holiday Card/Print Special:
Schedule any portrait session and place a holiday card order (minimum 25 cards) between October 1st and November 15th, 2009 and receive a FREE 8×10″ print from the session.
To view more holiday card samples go to my website www.tracybodeo.com and click on the holiday card samples button in the PORTRAIT GALLERIES section of the menu bar.
2. Autumn Gallery Wrap sale:
All gallery wraps 11×14″ or larger, ordered before December 21st can be purchased at special seasonal prices….
11×14″ or 12×12″ = $126.00 (reg. $142.00)
16×20″ or 16×16″ = $168.00 (reg. $186.00)
16×24″ or 20×20″ = $198.00 (reg. $220.00)
20×24″ = $212.00 (reg. $238.00)
20×30″ or 24×24″ = $242.00 (reg. $268.00)
