Friday, March 27, 2009

Pierce Elsea: Hiwasse, AR

Pierce is just about the cutest little boy ever. Notice I said "just about," lest Jack's small ears start burning. :)

Pierce always takes the best pictures— we love to see this child come through our doors! He's the son of Kane and Amanda Elsea.





Nicole Hudson: Webb City, MO

Nicole had the awesome idea of having her picture taken in a formal dress, pitching softball. We had the awesome fortune to have a mostly cloudy day with soft even light, and all that awesomeness combined to make these awesome pictures. Let's all say awesome, shall we??









Thursday, March 26, 2009

New Products!

Most of our customers are already fans of the Canvas Gallery Wrap, a wall portrait on canvas. Now we've got something even better— MORE IMAGES on ONE WRAP!

These are one of a kind, gallery-wrapped canvas prints with multiple images on them. Their design is EXCLUSIVE to Calotype. They're so new they're not even on the price list, and people are already buying them!

Presenting below, in order, the MADISON (4 Images, 18x21 finished size), the ART SERIES (4 Images in a row, 12x30 finished size) and the RICHARDSON (7 Images, 18x36 finished size).

We debuted them at the Home Show in Joplin recently. Click here to see them on the wall.



Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Highlights from the Home Show in Joplin

We recently displayed our work at the 2009 Home Builder's Association Show in Joplin, MO. Here are some snapshots— note the sleeping Jack, sprawled on the blue couch. :)

See our display in real life, again, at the McDonald County Business Expo this Saturday from 9-3 at the Anderson Junior High School.





Julie, Lilly and Jackson Parnell: Anderson, MO

What a bright bunch these kids are! We love bold choices!







Saturday, March 21, 2009

Sneak Peek: Kelsey Smith, Anderson, MO

Sneak peek for Kelsey!


Sneak Peek: Taylor Holland, Gentry, AR

Sneak peek for Taylor! These were just taken this morning. I am ON FIRE.


Sneak Peek: Hailey Stuart, Neosho, MO

Hailey is AWESOME! Sneak peek for her...


Cassie Fletcher: Carl Junction, MO

Cassie is Calotype's Next Top Model... haha!!

Here's more highlights from her Session. She is just so cute. See more of Cassie on our Facebook page.








Sneak Peek: Nicole Hudson, Webb City, MO

Sneak peek for Nicole! GLAMOROUS.


Tyler Harnar: Wyandotte, OK

Highlights from Tyler's senior Session. His truck is our best accessory of the year. :)






Friday, March 20, 2009

Teagan Bray: Goodman, MO

Teagan's a senior at McDonald County.

It was so cold and blue for the outdoor part of her Session, that I decided to capitalize on the look. Instead of warming up the color temperature like I usually do in post-processing, I pulled the color temperature down, slightly, and pulled back some of the saturation. It contributes greatly to the worn, vintage feel of the outdoor photos.

Thanks, Teagan and mom Stephanie, for choosing Calotype!










Thursday, March 19, 2009

Sneak Peek: Pierce Elsea, Hiwasse, AR

Pierce is one year old! Time for birthday cake.


Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Sneak Peek: Cassie Fletcher, Carl Junction, MO

Sneak peek for Cassie! Look what's in store for you!


Tuesday, March 17, 2009

PROM NIGHT AT CALOTYPE: Booking Now!






















Saturday, April 25th, Calotype Photography will open its doors to photograph students attending the McDonald County High School prom. It's an opportunity to have some amazing Calotype images on your prom night, at a great low price.

New this year: all of your images will be available on Facebook! Become a fan of Calotype Photography to be notified when the images are uploaded.

The sessions take place at our studio in Anderson. Appointments are available every 10 minutes. YOU MUST make an appointment to be photographed!

We can only photograph a limited number of couples, so call to reserve your appointment today. 417.845.1151

Download the price guide here.

MCHS Fashion Show Highlights

Photos from the fashion show 2-21-09 at McDonald County High School. I posted a few here, but there's more on our Facebook page.



Friday, March 13, 2009

Calotype is Back at Belly Buttons Boutique!

SATURDAY, April 4th, from 10 AM until 6 PM.

We're taking our award-winning children's photography to Belly Buttons for a one-day portrait event that you'll LOVE!

Appointments are available at the boutique, one child at a time, every 10 minutes. Choose from one, two and three-pose mini packages, specially priced at just $50, $90 and $175 for this event.

Call Belly Buttons at 417.226.0600 to schedule your child's Session. HURRY! OUR LAST EVENT WAS SOLD OUT!!

•One child per Session
•Pay the day of the Session, before being photographed
•Photographer chooses best images for package
•Packages ready in 3 weeks

Busy B's Bowtique will be there for 1 day only to customize hair bows for all your wardrobe needs.

Special Bonus: Purchase a package AND spend $100 that day at Belly Buttons, and you'll get this awesome 6x9 Notepad, featured below. It's custom designed for Calotype, just for Belly Buttons.

Download the complete price guide here.



Thursday, March 12, 2009

Sneak Peek: Teagan Bray, Goodman, MO

Sneak peek for Teagan! 39 degrees outside in the bottom picture, just so everyone knows.

Jack is back

Back in front of the camera, that is. Almost six months old! He wasn't feeling very good (nasty cold!) so I didn't get any glorious smiles. He did, however, raise a dubious eyebrow.

He's wearing an outfit from Knuckleheads' spring collection, conveniently available at Belly Buttons Boutique. Know what else is at BBB? Calotype, again! For spring portraits, April 4th. More details will be on the blog, soon.



Jaimee Shields: Anderson, MO

Jaimee's a senior at McDonald County High.

The studio part of her session was all north light, California SunBounce reflector only. Her session had an outdoor option, so we went to Anderson's city hall. Natural light only, reflector again. There was hardly any shade by the tracks, so I backlit and bounced reflector light into her face. Sweet hair light, thankyouverymuch. And special thanks to my impromptu reflector holder, Heather. :)








Ella, Camille and Ever: Rogers, AR

Three sisters— with the cutest little faces, and the cutest little names. Miss Ever is only ten days old! It's so much cuteness I can't hardly stand it.




WTD

WT Duck, my favorite web-footed photographer. :)

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Sneak Peek: Isaac Cook, Miami, OK

Eighteen months old! Mom was throwing him up in the air. I got the image on the first try, but I had mom keep tossing him, just to torture her. :) Evil chuckle.

It was a fine, fine March day. Wait until you see the rest of these.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Sneak Peek: Gracie and Bella Epperson, Pineville, MO

Gracie and Bella are back, modeling new spring looks from Belly Buttons Boutique in Jane, Missouri. What's your favorite look? Sweet and sisterly, or full of attitude?


Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Paige Oxendine: Neosho, MO

I saw this book (below) and knew I had to take this picture. :)

Paige is an '09 senior from Neosho. Yes, we still have openings for seniors. As of this writing, seven {premium time slots, to get your portraits back in time to mail out in announcements}. Snap them up. 417.845.1151.