Dinosaur Playground Saturday, May 26

We are having a super special on Saturday, May 26th. We’re taking fun pictures at Dinosaur Playground from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.!

If you’ve never been to Dinosaur Playground, you are in for a treat! It’s an indoor, air conditioned, clean playground. There are so many things for kids to do and a nice parent lounge for the adults to relax in. What a great idea for the hot summers in Florida! Check out their website: http://www.dinoplayground.com/ or call 430-PLAY. A full day’s admission is $12 for the first child, then $8 for the next. Adults are free.

I'll see you there!
Peggy

First Communion Portraits May 19

This has been a very busy season! Soon I'll post pictures from recent weddings, portraits and corporate events.

We were hired to take pictures for First Communion for some of the local churches. We will also offer the same First Communion special at the studio on Linwood Avenue on Saturday, May 19th. Bring your child dressed in his or her First Communion outfit. We'll have rosaries and prayer books for props if you like. Call for an appointment.

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Dylan's One Year Session

This was such a thrill to me. I first photographed Dylan's parents for their engagement and wedding. It's been a long and wonderful relationship. It doesn't hurt that they are all so gorgeous!

Dylan, The Snappy Dresser

Fun with Cake!

And then with clean up!

March Newsletter

Click here to download our latest newsletter! You can see some of our latest pictures and offerings!

HEADSHOTS
The Tuesday headshot special is working out really well! An executive headshot at our studio on Tuesdays is only $95. That includes 4-6 takes, one image lightly retouched and all medium resolution images on CD. Everything is set up and ready to go so that the entire process only takes about 30 minutes. It's perfect for a busy professional!
















Aaron Sevigny, CEP, CSA, RFC



FAKE PROBLEMS















So by now, you know I love to brag about my son! Chris' band, Fake Problems, is the Spotlight Artist on Allmusic.com. Here is the first sentence: "You know that surge of excitement only felt every so often after stumbling upon a relatively unknown band and getting floored with their potential? Florida's Fake Problems is that band .... read more at www.allmusic.com. They are on the front page - scroll down a bit.

Check out some of their music at www.myspace.com/fakeproblems. Fake Problems is currently on tour with Against Me! and The Riverboat Gamblers.

This week's work

Karen and Russ had a super romantic wedding this past Friday. They got married in a beautiful park, took a horse drawn carriage to the beach for sunset and then on to the Inn on Fifth for a lovely rooftop reception.

I love my infrared camera!!

Jennifer and Gregory are expecting their first child.

Jennifer!

Fake Problems, State Theatre, St Petersburg, Florida

I went up to St Pete last week to see my son's band play. It was SO dark! I'll never complain about a wedding reception being dark again. This was one of the most difficult photo shoots ever!

This n that

While researching how to put together a blog, I subscribed to a couple of blogs. My favorite is called "Dumb Little Man, Tips for Life". DLM has tips about finances, health, your love life, computers, and photos! From DLM, I learned about Photojojo - which has photo tips, projects and gadgets for sale.
http://dumblittleman.blogspot.com/
http://www.photojojo.com/content/

Here are some recent photos from Avant-Garde:

Above are a couple pages from Matt and Katherine's wedding album.

More fairies this month!

I love to personalize family portraits as much as possible. This car is a part of the family!

I needed a headshot for my brochure. Chris photographed me. Geez, I'm getting old. I should have spent more time retouching.
Having a studio is fun! Chris shot my headshot and then I took some funny pictures of Chris and my nephew, Richard.

Baby & Child Portrait Contest

Avant-Garde Images is participating in the Miller's Lab Baby and Child Portrait contest.
One photo from each child's session from January 1st through May 31st will be entered into the Miller's contest.

Here are the details:
Grand Prize $5000.00
1st Prize $2000.00
2nd Prize $1000.00
Honorable Mention $500.00
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This contest is sponsored by Miller's Professional Photo Lab.
Contest Rules:
* Children, infant through age twelve, are eligible
* Images must be taken by our studio between Jan 1 and May 31, 2007
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Categories
Color
Black & White/Sepia
Humorous
Kids with Special Needs
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The winning images will be selected by a panel of judges, professional photographers with a background in children's photography. Judging will take place in July, with the winners announced by July 31st.
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It's so exciting! We have the most adorable children in Naples so don't you think that we are bound to win? Creativity counts so if you have ideas, please let me know. Each client will help me choose the picture to enter into the contest.

Call or email to set up your session. Baby program and special portrait sessions DO count!
Peggy
263-7001

Our latest newsletter is out! You can download it here:
Avant-Garde Newsletter

I switched to Blogspot for the blog. Chris is typing in all subscriber email addresses. You'll have to approve the subscription. Sorry for the extra step!

I plan to update the blog every couple weeks. I'm going to add photo tips and photo projects. Plus we'll feature some of our recent photos!

Today, we are highlighting three year old Emily!

Portrait Season!

I've had many family portraits, a few babies, a maternity and an engagement session in the last week. This week I have family portraits scheduled every single day. I'll catch up in January!
Peggy

Family Beach Portraits at the beach are the most popular!

Finally! I had a baby girl in the studio!

Maternity at the beach

My new fainting couch. I bought it for children but Yin-Yang looks pretty good!

Daddy's boy

Tweak, tweak, tweak

Tweaking the blog

Chris and I are still tweaking the blog. He wants me to write something long but I'm not sure what to write!
How about a couple photos from this morning's maternity session? Baby DeBella is due very soon! She has gorgeous parents!






Fake Problems

And.... I can brag about my son's band! Fake Problems was the artist of the day this past Monday on Spin.com! http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2006/11/061113_fakeproblems/

Here is another review that came out last week: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/11/10/085135.php


Photo of Chris


Naples Princess Christening

I had the honor of photographing the christening of the new Naples Princess. Here is a photo of me with Mayor Bill Barnett!

Trying out new blog software!

Dan and Jamie had a beautiful wedding on the beach and nighttime terrace reception at Naples Grande.

Here are few pictures from their wedding.

I started with an infrared photograph of Naples Grande.

Three generations of handsome
Williamson men!

I had fun with the slow shutter night shots!

Jamie!!