2010 January | ESSENTIAL IMAGERY, Philadelphia photographer

You'd love to have a family portrait session that fully captures who you are, how you connect, and how much affection surfaces when all the members of your family are present within the camera frame.

We're happy to capture your family in our studio, complete with gorgeous light and minimal distractions, or in your comfy-cozy home full of familiar toys and routines. No matter where our session takes place, we'll delight in your delight. And we'll encourage you to pay attention to one another instead of the camera, because there's no 'add happy' button in Photoshop.

We don't care whether you're barefoot or wearing fuzzy slippers, and we won't be sending over a twenty-page list of suggestions about what to wear. (We can make you look beautiful in sweat pants if you love each other.) We just want to capture your family. Your habits, your quirks, and your love. Die-hard beach goers? World travelers? Animal lovers? Trekkies? We wanna see it. And when you view the images we've created together for the first time, we want the depth of love you feel for your family to grab you by the collar and bring tears to your eyes.

The video below provides a peek at how portrait sessions unfold. If you have questions or would like to schedule a portrait session, click on the 'Contact' link above or call 215-206-3689. Oh -- and thanks for stopping by, lovely!

-- Kristen & Haunani, Essential Imagery owners

P.S. That's Kristen up in the header -- Haunani is camera-shy.

Monthly Archives: January 2010

01.12.10

FEATHER YOUR NEST WITH POLAROIDS + PHOTOJOJO

Decorating with Polaroid photos can be a bit tricky. You’re producing photos instantly, but all those bordered prints can be a problem for decorating. Until you get Fotoclips! Fotoclips are the answer to your decorating-with-polaroid-woes!

First, find a cute subject and take Polaroid photos of him/her/it/your new curtains/the Ambler asbestos factory/etc…

Then, pick up some FotoClips from the Photojojo store. Marvel at the way they lock images of any kind together into a big mass of awesome! (4×6″ snapshots or those wallet-size class photos you don’t know what to do with will work just as well as Polaroids.)

Adhere to wall with poster mounting squares, which can be found at your local craft or department store. The display shown is mounted behind a door, so it needed to be flat. Photojojo’s Fotoclips provided a quick and easy decorating solution that can be changed up or out in just a few minutes. The project is expandable, so the next group of 4, 8, 12, or 16 Polaroids can be added easily!

Bastis hook (shown) available at Ikea.

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01.07.10

PHILADELPHIA PET PHOTOGRAPHER | MORE HERMIONE

Here we are in 2010, where did ’09 go? My schedule is, as always, more bare than at any other time of year, as it’s been hovering around the ‘friggin cold’ and ‘too-friggin-cold-to-go-outside, ever’ mark for quite a while. I’m happy to take newborn photography appointments, though! ;)

Thus, you get…more images of Hermione! I have some Polaroids to scan, too, but these are the latest. The greatest. The puppy love of my life.

On the left, Hermione before…so new and scared and skinny! We took care of that in no time. (See Coco before Chanel on right.)