People in this business talk a lot about giving back to various causes, and charity projects always seem to find me! Our school and parish has a big Fall Festival, and some of the top items that go into the silent auction are projects done by each of the grades in the school.
So I got a request from the 4th grade room mom to help her out with the 4th grade project. And since they had a pretty good concept, I thought it would be fun to do. We took individual photos of each of the 4th graders (and thank goodness they were all there that day), and their teacher, Mrs. Hurlbut, and put them into a “Brady Bunch” looking grid. Greg Barnett designed the project, even approximating the “Brady Bunch” type face, and taking color cues from the shirts the kids where wearing.

Then we sent the file off to Costco for a canvas print to be made. Costco did a great job, getting the canvas back to us quickly and looking really good. The project got a few hundred dollars at the auction, with that money going back to the school. I was happy that we did a great job, which always makes us look good. And of course it helped out the school, also good!

Well, what IS new? School is back in session, Mom back in the studio. Festival at St. B’s, done. 4th grade project for Festival, done. Now we get ready for Halloween. And Miss C has been ready for Halloween since February! Finally got her costume ordered (Classic Alice in Wonderland), got the invites out for the Halloween party, and starting to plan that. Menu, cocktails, decorations have got to get done! We are making cute party favors out of toilet paper rolls (hey, we saw it in Martha Stewart, so it has to be good)!

Also… got approval from the Daddy Man that Miss C can have a KITTEN! So she is very excited about that. Actually, if anyone in the L.A. area does have a kitten available, we would be interested. But just one please, Mommy does have allergies (achoo)!

Getting ready for the Holiday Portrait season as well. You know that the earlier you get this done the earlier you can get your holiday cards made, so call us. Right now, a $350.00 portrait session is $275.00 if booked before December 1st, 2010. That should still give you enough time to get cards ordered for the holidays. Come on, when was the last time you had a great family portrait? And I can do some individual shots as well, so that you have a good pic for Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Networking lunch today up at the Woodland Hills Country Club. Always a nice place to spend some time! Have a great week!