Posts in Category: Portraits
Orchard Portrait Photos – Spring in the NC Mountains – time to book!
As the exclusive photographers at one of our favorite places – a nearby orchard – we look forward to gathering there with families, couples, prom goers and the like to capture them among some pretty gorgeous blooms. Yes, March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, but at some point during that crazy change-over, this orchard is magic. The weather can and does affect it but we stand at the ready to photograph.
To see the kinds of photos we’ve taken in previous years – have a look! And gang, it’s time to book. So consider this your official reminder and contact us to schedule your session.
Stacie in repose
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
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Portraits for Mother’s Day
This short video cracked us up, because in at least one of these clips you can see your own mom, perhaps. And don’t freak out: the video is from a couple of years ago. Mother’s Day is May 13 this year so you’ve got a couple of months to think about how great it would be to schedule mother’s day portraits or family portraits to give to her. You KNOW it goes without saying that the two things your mom wants more than anything are gifts that become mementos and time with her.
Moms….I love mine so much it hurts. She’s my best friend and we laugh, learn, garden and unpack the world together. Now I am one. Finley has made me so aware of why mothers say and do all that they do. It’s humbling and it’s wild and Ryan and I feel like our hearts are going to explode some days due to the amount of unexpected joy and revelation he’s brought into our lives.
Thanks so much to Suzie of Suzie Guerrant Photography. She’s a talent, a mom and a light!
Holidays are daily if you get the “National Calendar” eblasts that celebrate everything from National Peanut Butter Day to National Tell a Fairy Tale Day to National Sleeping in Public Day. [No, I did not make those up.] But Mother’s Day, ya’ll…….. it’s really real and it’s really important. If you think about everything your mom has done for you, you’ll call her at some point today. Even five minutes of “updates and I love yous” will make a huge difference in her day. And she deserves it.
No, this darling young woman above at various stages of adolescence is not a mom. BUT, … these photos of her growing up were taken especially because her mom wanted to mark the changes in each of her children before they left the house. Maddie has a sister and brother (Paiton and Quinton respectively) and we photographed them too.
An idea: If you have a book club of moms, if you and your sisters or sisters-in-law get together regularly, why not schedule a session for all of you with your kiddos to change things up? Of course, family photos as Mother’s Day gifts are a natural, but we also do multi-generation photos and those are not only wonderful framed and hung but are perfect for cards and gifts later around other holidays.
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License
All photos are ©2018 Pixels On Paper. Do not copy, crop, or remove watermark.
Happy Valentine’s Day – Love and Photography
Valentines come in many shapes and sizes, but love is love. Holding your little sister? Yep… LOVE.
Enjoying a view while engaged? Love. You’re not married, but you’re FOR REAL. Watching couples take in a view reminds Ryan and me of falling in love with each other and why we love taking images like the one above of couples at the beginning. 
Loving your family enough to make arrangements and drag your buns from the 4 corners to get a photo for scrapbooks and walls? That’s LOVE.
Siblings, newlyweds, babies …………. all love and easy to love (maybe not always the teenagers).
New love, enduring love, love surrounded by family in a kilt or held in your arms for the first time – we celebrate love in all of its forms. Hug your sweetheart, scratch your dog or pet your cats, cuddle your baby, share chocolates with your coworkers or neighbors and, for the love of Pete – call your Mom!!!
Happy Valentine’s Day!!
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License
All photos are ©2018 Pixels On Paper. Do not copy, crop, or remove watermark.
baby’s one year cake smash in photos
We are all about capturing memories and creating heirlooms. We say it at the end of every blog. And now that we are parents of a 3 month old, we’re relishing the moments with clients and their Smalls as they check off milestones.
One of our favorites is the One Year Cake Smash portraits where the babes are dressed up to get dirty and their personalities really come out.
Or not. Some are just excited or curious about the sweets provided, but regardless, the outcome is always adorable.
Each child is individual and special, so each cake smash is too. We help decorate based on mood, time of year and fun specifications we discuss with parents. More often than not, we already know the couple because we’ve photographed their engagement, wedding, maternity and newborn photos. Don’t worry though if you’ve never hired us or even heard of cake smash birthday portraits for your children!! We’d LOVE to meet you, discuss your kiddo and ideas and help you capture an important first birthday baby milestone. Just be in touch and we’ll start turning the creative wheels.
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License
All photos are ©2018 Pixels On Paper. Do not copy, crop, or remove watermark.
Dreams of Blooms – Orchard Photography
It’s January. It’s as cold as a well-digger’s bootie and we’ve gotten snow and experienced unseasonable – some southerners would say unreasonable – temps. But it IS winter after all. While I’m home with sweet Finley, every day is an adventure, but the seasons don’t stop, and as any hard-working meteorologist will tell you, neither does weather. There’s something comforting about the expectations of each season, because we know that the earth is going to keep turning, the sun keep shining and that will bring spring. Some days, I dream of spring and because of what we do at Pixels, I dream of our favorite orchard.
We have been the official (read: exclusive) photographers allowed to shoot at this site and every year we take children, engaged couples, families, models, whomever out there for spring photos, Easter photos or just gorgeous heirlooms.
While it’s different every year, it’s consistent in how special it is. We hope you’ll consider getting family portraits taken with us this year – even those graduation photos can be taken early and ready for graduation cards. We’ll be posting dates for sessions when it gets a little closer and we know more about the weather and what the orchard will be like. In the meantime, a girl can dream.
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License
All photos are ©2017 Pixels On Paper. Do not copy, crop, or remove watermark.