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Announcing the “Spring Blooms” Portrait Event for Children – May 2011

Come celebrate the magic of childhood with beautiful outdoor mini-sessions designed to be quick and easy… and FUN!  Sessions will be held May 20-21 at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh and May 22 at Sears Farm Rd Park in Cary.  I promise this will be way more fun than wandering the aisles of Target this week-end or teaching your kids to share the family game console – and you get to check off the “get updated portraits of kids” part of your to-do list.  All sessions are available by appointment only and your session fee of $65 will be applied towards your choice of 3 print packages.

Check out the details and let me know if you have any questions!

Copperlight Art is participating in the International Charity Model Search to select North America’s Cutest Kid and to raise funds for the non-profit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Foundation. (NILMDTS.org)  Many of you know that this is a favorite charity of mine and that I hope to be joining on as a volunteer later this year.  The gift these photographers are able to provide is immeasurable and I am happy to be able to support this Foundation in any way I can.  Read on for more details about how this works.  Important note: Images must be submitted to the gallery by the end of March, so if you’re interested in participating, please call the studio or shoot me an email today!

Is your child North America’s Cutest Kid?  We’ll give you the opportunity to prove it!  The grand prize winner will win a $2500 savings bond, a $2500 travel package, and a $100 Target gift card.  The second and third place runners-up each will win a $500 savings bond and a $100 Target gift card.

Model Search Special:

$30 entry fee includes a 30-minute model mini-session and one image submitted to the international gallery.  If you are currently a client of mine and have had a session this year (2011), please let me know if you would like to choose an image from your session to submit (at no additional charge!)

Finalists will be determined by online votes.  Here is where you’ll need to get friends and family involved!  Each vote is $1 (no limit on the amount of votes you can cast), and all proceeds from votes benefit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS.org).   Every family member/friend who registers their information on the Charity Model Search website will also receive 5 complimentary votes to cast as they please. The top 5 paid votes and the top 5 complimentary votes in each region will move on to the final judging round for a total of 50 finalists.

Grand prize international winner and runners up will be determined from the 50 regional finalists. The winner and runners up are selected by photography experts.

Call 919-597-0259 now to enter your “Cutest Kid” in this exciting contest – images must be submitted by March 31, 2011!

If my first session of the New Year is any indication, this year is gonna be a great one!  Peyton was visiting the studio for her 6 month Baby Love Collection session and she brought along her big brother, Austin.  One look at the two of them together and I knew I’d have no trouble at all capturing their relationship – the love these two have for each other was obvious and so genuine.  To be honest, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen anything quite like it – they literally just enjoyed being together and Austin was just so sweet with her.  After a few different poses, I recognized that Austin was beginning to lose interest in this whole “portrait session” thing and I really wanted to try one more pose.  I let him know if I could get just three more shots, I’d be done.  He reluctantly agreed and then did the sweetest thing ever:  he slipped his arms around his little sister, scooped her gently up into his lap and then in his best “stick with me, kid” voice said, “Come on, Peyton, we’re almost done.”  My. Heart.  Melted.