Cold Seat

Today's a "hunker down" day around here.  Blowing and drifting snow is making for some great landscapes outside.  I can hear the snow shovel calling to me in that "you've got a chore to do" kind of voice.  But first I've got some great news!

In a month, I'll be adding to my fine art landscape photography images in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park!  Yes, I know I'm repeating myself here.  This week I got all my backpacking food sent up to AK and I'm starting to collect my winter gear together for packing.  In the meantime, while I was cleaning up an external hard drive to take along with me, I found this image from Kennecott, Alaska.

Kennecott is known for it's historic copper ore mine, where up to 70% pure copper ore was harvested from 1908 - 1938.  On the road named Silk Stocking Row, there were homes that housed the administrative types from the mine.  The mine and mill workers bunked up in long, bunk houses.  A couple of years ago I made this image of a blue chair in one of those Silk Stocking Row houses.  The image was striking in it's color but also the lonely tone it carried.  The open door and cabinet accompanies the emptiness of the chair.  A blue color for the emotion of lonely and all was complete.

These houses are presently being restored by the National Park Service with the help of skilled, local laborers.  I wonder what it looks like in the winter?

Baby & Child Portrait Contest

It's time for Millers Professional Imaging (my awesome lab!) annual Baby & Child Portrait Contest! There are prizes in multiple categories for the parents of the children that enter. Color, Humor, B&W, Special Needs and more. You could win up to $5000 if the judges deem your child's portrait a winner! The photographer just gets the accolades.

This announcement comes right on the heels of my Children's Portraits Winter Promotion so the timing couldn't be better. Just go to http://www.peggymorsch.com for more information or give me a call @ 414.550.5340. In a nutshell, you have until early June to have your baby - 12 year old child photographed for the contest. Of course, we'll sit down in a pre-portrait consultation to talk over all the details necessary to not only make a memorable photograph for you, but also to have a terrific entry in the contest!

Pair this up with my winter promotion where collections are starting at the all inclusive rate of $239 (1/2 hour Creative session included) and you've got another winning offer. This promotion only happens at this time of year!

These images will make for terrific Mother's and Father's Day gifts so don't delay in scheduling your session! Studio or your home - you choose!

Tea anyone?

Under the Knife

Once your dog gets to a certain age and you're meet with a medical concern, you begin to wonder how they're going to tolerate surgery. So when Ellie, our 10.5 year old Coonhound/Lab mix presented with a huge lipoma growing out from under her shoulder and impeding her gait, it was time to ask "the question." Surgery or no surgery?

Once assured that the 10 year old dogs of today are a whole lot hardier than the dogs of our youth, Ellie had a date with "the knife" late last week. Once she flushed out the effects of anesthesia and started baying again (woo, woo, woo!), we knew her brain cells were intact and a full recovery was right around the corner!

In my Pet Portrait business, I'm well aware of the emotional ties my clients have with their older dogs. When I'm asked to make what will likely be their last portrait, I can barely hold it together. Those dogs have a special place on my website! Their names are with their image.

So Ellie's "dodged the bullet" this time and we hope to have a number of good years left with her. Besides, nobody sings quite as good as she does in this family. So she'd better stay around!

Artistic, Custom Books of your Images

I was recently working on a custom, designed, coffee table book for a friend of mine who turned 50. She asked me to make LOTS of photos and I told her that I'd design her a book as a gift. Turning 50 is a big deal so preserving it all in a book is the only way to go!

It arrived at the end of last week and I got out my special, cotton gloves to gently open the pages and take a look at how it turned out. A smile came across my face as I recalled the time I had in the San Juan Island with everybody. I can already hear the squeaky, high pitched noises my friend will make when she's excited. She'll be squealing with delight when she gets this book in the mail!

These books are really fun for me to design! Children of all ages, high school seniors, family vacations, or canine companions are the focus behind the books I design. A book is really the best way to capture those special moments and build upon the emotions that are centered on the person or event. Viewing page after page gives you the sense of place, the rich memories and the heart-filled experiences that were found deep in each image. The smiles, the laughs, the pouty expression, the sounds - they're all there anytime you want to sit down and curl up with your personal book of memories!

Just pick it up off the coffee table or shelf and get ready to relive the moments!