Good Ol' Days!

I hope everybody comes out and joins me at the Fort Scott Good Ol' Days baby contest, being held Saturday at Memorial Hall! Registration starts at 9:00 a.m. and the contest starts at 10:00 a.m. Please come by my table to visit!

Happy Easter!

Brownie the Bunny and I made it through another busy Easter special this year! Thanks to everybody that came out. Here are just a few of my favorites I took throughout that week!

Children's Easter Portrait Special

I'm now taking appointments for the Spring Portrait Special. It will be March 14th through the 20th. The appointments for Saturday and Sunday will fill up quickly! The backdrop for this years special is shown here. I will also have real bunnies here for your child's portrait! To book an appointment, please call me at (417) 228-1016 or email me at magicwand@wildblue.net

WooooHooooo.....IT'S A GIRL!

After 9 months of anticipation, not knowing if I was going to have a niece or nephew, today my absolutely beautiful little niece was born! Beretta Jayne! It came as quite a surprise. We were all expecting her to be a boy, since all I have are nephews on my side of the family. Mom and baby are both doing very well. I can't wait for her official photoshoot this weekend. I will keep everybody updated on photos!

Lil' Angel

This lil' angel was here a few weeks ago for her 9 month pics. She's enrolled in my Baby Steps program. We do a b&w with pink selective coloring pic everytime she's here so her mom will have a series of them to hang on the wall. What a great way to show how much she will change in just one year. I can't believe how much she has changed since she was here last! Here is her pic from the 3 month, 6 month and 9 month session, only one more and the series will be complete. See ya in 3 months!

Turning Three!

Ty was here last week. He's getting ready to celebrate his third birthday next month. He drove his dirt bike right into the studio for some pics. Isn't it soo cute! I've never seen a dirt bike this small. I bet he has a good time driving it around racing the other kids. Thanks Ty for coming in and Happy Birthday!

Abigale

Abigale was just here for her 3 year pics. She's one that I have photographed ever since she was a little baby, and her brother just finished the Baby Steps program. She did so well and I just loved this pic, so I thought I would share!

Closed for Christmas Vacation

Whew....it's almost Christmas and I'm getting really close to getting all caught up. It's been a very busy couple of months and I had an extremely successful Christmas special. Just thought I would post just a few of the pics I took during it. I appreciate all the people that came out. It was so nice to be in the new studio. I know I had several groups that there was no way I could of fit them in my old space. I still have several things i'm wanting to do to the studio, I just had to wait til I slow down to get some of them done. The last of the orders that customers are needing by Christmas got picked up today, and I'm about ready to start my Christmas vacation. I will be closed from Wednesday, December 24 thru Monday, December 29th. I will be back in the studio on Tuesday the 30th. All emails and phone calls will be returned then. Thanks to all my customers who made 2008 such a successful year and I hope everybody has a very Merry Christmas!

First Photo Shoot!

Sometimes I get asked, "How old does our baby have to be to do their first photo shoot?" My answer always is, "As soon as you can get them here!" Last week I had 2 brand new babies, Miss Madison, who was 5 days old and Mr. Daxton, who was 6 days old. The newborn shoot seems like it's always the longest shoot. They are asleep when you want them awake, awake when you want them asleep. Sometimes you would settle for either asleep or awake, as long as they weren't crying. It's almost always a safe bet that somebody or something is going to get peed on! But all that work and all that waiting is definitely worth it, you'll get some of the most precious photos that you will treasure for a lifetime!

Exciting news!

Ok, I know there's not much to look at yet, but I had to share my exciting news! After being open for business for three years out of my house, I decided it was time to build a studio. I'm not moving too far, just about 100 feet from the house, so I will still be at the same location. It's going to be so nice to have this huge space to dedicate just to my photography. The walls started going up today, and I'm hoping to be in it by the end of October, but we'll see! I just want to thank all my wonderful customers for supporting me these last three years and helping me to grow my business bigger and more quickly then I had ever expected!

4th of July

Hope you all had a great 4th of July. I had little Hope come in all decked out in her red, white and blue. She is just the sweetest baby, and those eyelashes! Thanks Staci and Hope!

Back to work!

It was back to work for me this week after my long vacation last week. I went to Pennsylvania to visit my sister and her family. I was very tempted to leave my camera at home, since for me it's like taking along my work, but I did end up lugging that heavy thing with me. Mainly because my sister wanted me to take her family portrait while I was there. One day we went to Washington D.C. My sister knows somebody that works at the White House, so we was able to get a private tour of both the East and West Wings. I wasn't able to take too many pictures there, since it's not allowed, but got some pictures of us outside the White House, and inside the press room that you see on TV all the time. It was pretty cool, I really enjoyed it! Hopefully I will have time soon to post some of them on here. My sister lives close to Hershey, PA so one day we went to Chocolate World! That place just made me hungry for chocolate! We all had a really good time, but also glad to be back. There's definitely no place like home!

Vacation

Magic Wand Photography will be closed from June 8th thru the 15th. Any calls or emails will be returned on Monday the 16th. Thanks!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my nephew Mason! He turns 3 years old today! They came recently for his three year pictures and a family portrait. He's getting a little tougher to take his picture, we took alot of breaks! Mason's the reason why I first bought studio lights. I wanted to take his picture when he was a baby, since I took his big sister Madyson's pictures every year. It was shortly after he was born that I officially became a photography business.

Prom night!

Last Saturday was several of the area school proms. I took pictures at the Sheldon High School prom that was held in Lamar. I always enjoy doing proms and getting to see all the kids dressed up. Their theme this year was P.S. I love you!