Cindy Mills Photography

Once your session fee is received and you are officially booked you will be sent tips on what to wear to your session, directions to the mini-session location and a link to view the complete collection of holiday card designs.  (Mini-session dates and locations will be announced THIS week)

Deadline to order cards is November 21st.  Deadline to order prints and storyboards is November 30th.  Anything ordered after these dates are not guaranteed for delivery before the Christmas holidays.

I came across some interesting articles today and immediately knew I had to share them here.  Author Marianne Drenthe has three articles on her site, Professional Child Photographer, that are very helpful in explaining just what it is that I do, why it costs what it does and how you can be sure I’m the right photographer for you.  Check them out.  VERY informative!

• What is custom photography?
• Why does custom photography cost more?
  
• Why choose custom photography?

And since no post is complete without a photo…….Here are a few recent shots of one of my dear friends from high school.  We got together for lunch recently and shot a few maternity pictures.  Now tell me……….Can Wal-Mart or Sears do this?

A good friend of mine has recently had a new addition to her family.  I went to their new house on Sat. to capture their sweet family.

This was an easy newborn session.  Little Preston was so sweet and easy to work with.  Here are my favorites:

I just had to share this one of Mia icing cupcakes on Saturday.  It was taken with my iphone.  She has been asking for weeks to make cupcakes.  She did about 1/2 herself and actually did a pretty good job.  She licked the knife several times so if you come over this week I wouldn’t suggest asking for a cupcake unless it doesn’t bother you that each one has a little bit of Mia in them.

Well…..THEY are family. ;)  Brothers and sisters actually.  This group of brothers and sisters was fun.  They had me laughing out loud several times.  They braved heat, sun and even some toe nibbling catfish to get these images for their mom.  Everyone say AWWWW!  Someone did a good job raising some sweet and thoughtful children didn’t they?

Thanks guys.  Hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed creating them for you!

On Saturday I was very nervous. All day I thought about the special session I had scheduled that evening. Some good friends of mine had asked me to do a family session for them. I usually don’t get nervous before sessions anymore but this one was extra special to me because I have known them for so long. Zac and I have known each other for almost 20 years! He was at my 13th birthday party and I have photos of us from Jr. High when I was taller than him…..and if you’ve met me you know that I’m not ever taller than ANYONE! I met Ronna when she and Zac got engaged and when Saylor and I moved back to Plano she quickly welcomed me into her group of friends. I held both of their babies when they were just days old and have watched them grow. Their oldest is one of Mia’s best friends. This was a special session for me.

And we had fun! They were so laid back…as always….and the session went just as good as I had hoped.

Oh my goodness!!! I LOVE this next one. Love how the kids are laughing and mom and dad are looking at each other…….LOVE IT!

Another favorite.

Meet Ashley.  She is one of my 2008-2009  Senior Spokesmodels.  We headed down to Deep Elum for her spokesmodel session on Thursday evening and had a blast!  Miss Ashley is a Senior at Liberty High School in Frisco and a cheerleader on the Varsity squad.  She’s also a pretty good model!  If you are looking for some awesome seniors portraits, want something a little different AND would love a free gift with your session then find Ashley at Liberty HS and get one of her spokesmodels cards.  It will have more info on how to get in on the deal!

Check her out:

On Saturday I had a fun and EXHAUSTING session…..with 5 boys. They ran, and they played with sticks and threw rocks and before the evening was over they had all waded through the creek too. See I told you it was exhausting.  I don’t know where they got all that energy, but they sure gave me a run for my money! I’m glad for all our hard work we got some awesome images of these 5 cuties. I had a hard time narrowing them down to just a few so here are my favorites so far:

LOVED this little guys spurs. Aren’t they adorable?

Color….or Black and White?

I thought it would be fun to share an album pre-design.  With each of my wedding packages I include an online “album debut” which is basically my version of the story of the couple’s wedding day in an album format.  The couple then has up to two rounds of changes and they pick their choice of cover style etc.  I really enjoy designing the albums for clients and think that the best way for them to see their wedding images for the first time is as an album.  It just really tells their wedding story better than any other product I offer.  Here is a wedding album pre-design from a recent wedding.

click the photo to see the entire album

Just had to share this one from yesterday of my dear friend Jill’s son and daughter.

And also this great quote:

I believe in the photographer’s magic — the ability to stir the soul with light and shape and colour. To create grand visual moments out of small and simple things…  ~Amyn Nasser