Furever Fetching Pet Portraits by tracy bodeo photography

Now is a great time to get your furry, scaled or feathered family member photographed by tracy bodeo photography.  The colors of autumn look great with any dog in an outdoor on-location session.  Or perhaps you would like a portrait of your favorite feline on her cozy, comfy couch.  Either way I would be happy to create a furever fetching keepsake portrait featuring your beloved pet.   Want to see some recent work?  Please click here:  Furever Fetching Pet Portraits or here to see a video slide show , or visit my website www.tracybodeo.com and click on the pets gallery in the PORTRAIT GALLERIES section of the menu.

Autumn Specials at tracy bodeo photography — family portrait photographer

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)

Custom videos now available from tracy bodeo photography

Custom-designed videos from your portrait session are now available from tracy bodeo photography (more details to come).  Want to see a sneak peak of some quick samples?  Click on any of the following links:  ”Outdoor Portrait session“ -  this shows a few highlights of an on-location outdoor photo shoot; ”Birds & Bugs” features a few of my favorite insect and bird shots; or click “Life in Bloom” to see a short 30-second video featuring some of my flower portraits.  Remember to click the un-stretch button to best view these web videos*.

*[Please note that viewing in full screen mode may cause inferior picture quality due to programmed web-settings; click on the "un-stretch" button (2nd from right in bottom menu) to view in proper mode-- thanks!]

End of Summer Outdoor Portrait Special

One 30-minute outdoor, on-location portrait session + one 11×14 print (or $40.00 print credit towards any other tbp products) for only $65.00!  Schedule your session before Sept. 21st, 2009. 

“Soft” wins Color Print of the Year (2008-09) at the Hillcrest Camera Club

At the end June 2009, the Hillcrest Camera Club (HCC) had its annual awards banquet and end of the year competition.  As always, it was a very enjoyable evening spending time with the members of this camera club.  It was also a very exciting night for me… for the 3rd year running, I received the award for “Nature Image-Maker of the Year” and “Pictorial Image-Maker of the Year”!  Also, my photograph “Soft” (shown below) won “Color Print of the Year” (2008-09)!  I love this photo (taken of the adorable baby of one of my clients)– but with all of the amazing scenic prints that were entered this year for “color print of the year” I was surprised that the panel of judges chose my image– very pleasantly surprised!

The baby American Robins fledge! — Our new “houseguests” – Part 6 and final

The baby robins living in the nest in the wreath on our front door have fledged!  The baby shown below is approximately 2.5 weeks old.  The babies jumped out of the nest and started hanging out in the vines around the porch.  I lost track of 2 of the fledglings, but one stayed in the vines for most of the day.  By the next day, they were all totally out of sight and everything was quiet.  It was a great experience getting to watch the parents build their nest and to see the birds up-close from eggs to babies to fledglings.  We enjoyed hearing them call to their parents for food and admired all the mom and dad’s hard work.  It was nice having those extra little lives in our lives.  We are hoping they choose to stay with us again next spring!

 

American Robins @ ~15d. — Our new “houseguests” — Part 5

The next day the babies are still squished in their nest and still waiting for their busy parents to bring more food!

American Robins @ 2 weeks — Our new “houseguests” — Part 4

     I got a little behind on my robin updates… but there was a dramatic change in the baby robins between week one and two…. 

    By the time the babies were two weeks old, their speckled feathers grew in and they became so cute!  They started flapping their wings and crowding each other in their nest.

    The photos below were taken when the baby robins were ~2 weeks old.  There are two photos of the parents feeding their babies–  one is of the dad and one is of the mom– can you tell the difference?

 

Baby robins sleeping and waiting for mom or dad to show up with more food…

 

 

Here comes a nice juicy worm…

 

 

What good parents!

 

 

American Robins @ 1 week — Our new “houseguests” Part 3

Look how quickly the baby robins are growing!  Here they are @ 1 week old….

 

Our new “houseguests” — American Robins — Part 2

Last weekend the American Robin’s eggs hatched!  Here is what the 3 tiny babies looked like approximately 1 day old….

 

(Read my previous blog entry “Our new houseguests — American Robins!” to find out more.)  And remember to keep checking back!