Meet The Family | Texas Family Photography

This weekend I had my brother practice his budding photography skills at a new location in Fort Worth that I stumbled on. I was rather pleased with the results and thought I would share them and let everyone know that my plans for the next weekend have changed so I have an opening on Saturday the 6th. And if you pre-pay at the time of booking, I'll give you a Christmas special of all proofs from the session (40) on a Cd for $650 with a 5x7 printed proof set. This is a first come first serve opportunity. Don't hesitate.














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Thanksgiving Sale!!! | Dallas Texas Family Photography

* Not available for wedding photography services.

With all the buzz about the holidays I've gone and decided to out together the first annual Thanksgiving Day Sale. Purchase a gift card or print credit towards a 2009 session and receive 25% off your total purchase. Save $25 for every $100 you buy.

This sale is valid from now until 11:59 PM December 5th.

Also, we are holding a "door buster" contest for a free session for Spring 2009. Just send an email to contest@sarahanne.net with the subject "Spring Contest" to be entered. One winner will receive a free session and $500 print credit and two runners up will receive a $150 print credit towards a 2009 session.

~ Sarah Anne

Helping after Hurricane Ike | Fort Worth Family Photography

Being right next to Dallas I was very aware of Ike's path and the strength of the storm. I read about so many other photographer friends in the area who had to flee and thought about the countless others who also were forced to leave their homes and their posessions behind and hope they had something to return to.

I was told about a project another photographer was starting up which I thought sounded really, really interesting. The more I thought about it, the more I knew I wanted to get involved somehow in helping the people who were affected by Ike. But, like most of you, I don't have money sitting around waiting for me to stumble upon someone who needs it.

This other photographer, however, is helping to give back some of the memories which families may have lost in the storm. She is donating sessions to victims of Hurricane Ike as they try to rebuild their lives and have a real reason to celebrate life and cherish the moments they are together.

So I decided to get a little creative and come up with a plan. From now until November 30th, you may purchase a Charity Mini session for $350. The session will be for 1 hour, come with one complimentary 8x10 and 25 of your session proofs on a CD for easy printing.

Plus, $50 from your session will be donated to the RedCross to help aid in their efforts to help in the aftermath of Ike.

Also, for each of these special mini sessions purchased, you will create an opening for a session for a family who was a victim of hurricane Ike. This family will recieve a full 3 hour session with a 4x6 album of their proofs, a CD with the images, and a complimentary 11x14 to display in their new home. The session will be completed by myself or another photographer closer to a family in need.

If you'd like to purchase your session now, you my do so through paypal

Or you can email me for more information and to send a check. Sarah@SarahAnne.net

Super Senior Specatular | Dallas Senior Graduation Portraits

I've been thinking long and hard about this announcement. I talked it over with a few friends, gathered their ideas, and finally decided to just go with it.

On of the hardest parts about being in business for myself is when someone approaches me wanting my photography talent, but can't afford my posted prices. Most of the time I have to suggest another photographer because if I lowered my prices any, I would be unable to pay my own bills. And it makes me sad to see so many people not be able to have quality portraits.

So, as a very special offer to all my fabulous high school seniors, I am offering a specially designed session just for those who might not be able to afford my full sessions.

One Hour
One Outfit
One Location
One Sheet of Wallets
One Digital File
(15 proofs to select from)

All for $325 - Must be paid in full upon booking your session date.

Additional prints or albums may be purchased at regular price.

Upcoming Schedule

To help you all sort through some of the crazyness of my traveling and moving I was prompted to post it all in one spot. I will be in Ann Arbor, MI from August 21st until September 15th.

July - Booked

August - Texas - One opening Saturday the 2nd
- Ann Arbor - Two spots available

September - Ann Arbor - One opening
- Texas - Two openings left during the last week.

October - Texas - Two openings

November - Texas - Three openings
- Holiday orders due by November 10th

December - Texas - Two openings - Holiday break starting December 15th.

Now onto the second part of the post, I want to hold a Holiday mini session for those of you interested in having some custom Holiday cards made to mail to your family and friends. This will be in October and will only be for Mini sessions. Look for details posted soon!

~ Sarah

Fort Worth Wedding Photography

Guess what guys! Major summer special going on around here. We are looking for some fresh faces to add to our portfolio. This means an amazing opportunity for you. For the month of July and potentially August we will be offering a very reduced rate for our wedding services. Book now and you will be eligible to receive 8 hours of wedding day photography for just $1000. This will include a CD of the images from your wedding for you to print at your leisure. This offer is only valid with a signed model release allowing us to use the images from your wedding in our portfolio.

Each wedding will receive the following -

* 8 hours of photography coverage good towards preceremony (getting ready) shots
- Ceremony
- Formals
- And Reception coverage.

* A CD with at least 600 images.
* Two photographers on your wedding day to ensure no moment is missed.
* Free travel up to an hour from Fort Worth
* An online slideshow of your day set to meaningful music for you to share with family and friends.
* Up to 100 images artistically and individually edited.

You may also add on an Engagement, Bridal, Day After, or Fearless Bridal session for only $125 (complimentary CD of 25 proofs included)

Please hurry as we will only be offering this for 2008 Weddings and then our rates will return to their normal prices. I'm just looking for some new faces to add to the portfolio and willing couples who want quality photography at an unbeatably deal.

Dates will be booked on a first come first serve basis.

Boudoir Information

Just an update, I am hosting another Boudoir Marathon session in May. It will be on the 17th and I have three openings left for this date. The reservation fee is $75.

If you are interested or would like more information please email me and I will be more than happy to talk to you about the session details.



The sessions last about 1.5 hours and we easily fit in 3 or 4 outfits, sometimes more if we move quickly enough. You will receive about 40 proofs from the session in an online gallery for your viewing convience.

For a dear, dear friend.

It's been too long getting this put together but I finally sat down and finished it tonight.

Cee - I hope you enjoy it and it brings you back to those first few days. I will get in touch with you.

To all my other readers, Enjoy!

Now Booking Senior Reps!

If you're graduating in '09 and open to fun and creative pictures you should be thinking about being one of our Senior Reps.

Say What?

Senior reps are specially picked from each school to give us a little "test run" for their peers.

What you get -

• A 2 hour personalized session with Sarah Anne in May with an option to add on another session in the fall.
• An online gallery of your proofs with the option to post proof pictures on your facebook or networking site of choice. (This is an exclusive offer to our senior reps!)
• A complimentary gift of a session album with 24 of your favorite images from your spring session.
• 20% off any additional prints or products.
• And, the cool part, $10 for every friend you send our way who books a session this summer. You cannot beat our deal.

We only accept one guy and one gal per school so hurry and contact us for your slot!

What the lawyer wants me to say - Must be willing to sign a model release for use of your images on future marketing materials and website portfolio.

Who doesn't love a contest?

Let's run a contest and have a little fun during this windy spell we're having.

The rules are simple. Add me to your myspace page and then LEAVE A COMMENT on my myspace page. One responder will be randomly picked to receive a $25 gift card to Best Buy. Who couldn't use a little extra money for Best Buy?

http://www.myspace.com/sarahannephoto

So again, the rules are simply, add us to your friend's list on Myspace ( http://www.myspace.com/sarahannephoto ) and then leave a comment on the Myspace page to enter yourself in the contest for the Best Buy gift card.

Ready?

Set?

Go!

http://www.myspace.com/sarahannephoto

A Humbling Beginning

I have another video to share with you all. I know it's a little odd for me to be posting so many videos but they're worth your time to watch. I promise.

Sarah Anne Photography has always been big on giving back to the community and those around us. Last year we participated in a Church's "Multiplication" project and helped contribute to the raising of funds for mission projects in India. This year we have even more planned to give back a portion of the blessings we've received from you all.



If you have a charity you'd like Sarah Anne Photography to participate in please don't hesitate to contact us with the idea.

2008 Clients!!!

We are updating out packages and pricing structures for 2008 so for those of you who don't like change now is the time to lock in our current prices and packages.

~~~~ Portrait Collections ~~~~

$275 - CD with 10 proofs. One DVD slideshow of proofs from session. One 16x20 print.
$550 - CD with 20 proofs. One DVD slideshow of proofs from session. One 10x20 Custom storyboard, Two 11x14 gift prints.
$725 - CD with entire proofs from session. One DVD slideshow. One Custom Coffee table album. One 10x20 Custom storyboard. One 16x20 print. One 11x14 print.

Also, January is completely booked and February is nearly full. If you'd like a spring session now is the time to book and select your date in order to make sure it is available.

I'm so excited for this new year! There are so many exciting things happening and I can't wait to share them all with you. ;) Stay tuned for some new updates coming your way soon.

~ Sarah Anne

New changes coming up.

It's 11 PM on a Friday night and I'm sitting here working on catching up on some amazing senior sessions I've done over the last few weeks. Yes I'm THAT behind at the moment. Finals this semester have really kicked me in the rear so I'm thankful I decided to take the whole month of December off in anticipation with this.

Speaking of, have you all heard of Pandora.com? It's my favorite music player when I'm up at night working while the rest of the house is quiet as a mouse.

I must admit I'm dissapointed in myself for not keeping up with things here on the blog. Part of my lack of posting is being unsure how many people are actually here looking at this, so, starting next year, I'm going to be posting a monthly special to keep you all on your toes. It'll be really GOOD too, not just a "free 8x10", no. This special will be something so cool. I just can't tell you what they'll be yet. ;-)

Other changes happening will be some shifting around of my packages and pricing. Like the saying go, the only things promised in life are death and taxes. Since my last (first) year in business has been so amazing and things are only looking up, I'm going to go ahead of get rid of some of my promotional packages and just rearrange things to include popular items. I am excited to show you some new items we'll carry as well. It's going to be so fun.

Another huge change is that I am accepting weddings. I have two booked already and more inquiries coming in. I will offer three more weddings at a special promotional price so if you or someone you know is interested please have them get a hold of me soon.

Speaking of, I have a bridal session tomorrow with Miss K so I should get to bed soon so I will be bright eyed and bushy tailed and on my "A" game tomorrow.

Wish us good weather!

~ Sarah Anne

Looking for a Unique gift?

Looking for something different to give to the person who has everything? Give them the gift of portraiture. Sarah Anne Photography will be offering gift certificates this holiday season. These certificates will include a full session and a few extra goodies as well. They're perfect for the family who has everything already, and so much more personal than a bottle of wine or fruit of the month club.

Check back later this week for more details and how you can purchase your gift certificates.


~ Sarah Anne

Introducing Slide Shows!

To help explain a little about how your session will go, I'm going to show you our slide shows and explain what they are.

First, view an example of our online slide show. This is actually my son's first birthday party from a few weeks ago. I can't believe he's getting so big.

Click to See Slide Show


A full length slide show like the one above is available with certain packages or as an add-on for $75. Each additional copy is $15, they make great gifts for family and friends. You can have your slide show be DVD ready, so they will play on your TV or if you just want to email them to friends and save to your computer we can do that as well.

All sessions will also have a "preview" slide show available to them about one week before the viewing appointment. This is a special glimpse available to allow you to see your pictures before the night of the viewing appointment. Not ALL the proofs will be included, just enough to help get you excited to see the rest.

Super Secret Special - Shhhhhh...

I'm giving away a super secret special for my blog readers.

A few lucky seniors will get the chance to book our "Sweet Escape" package for just $135. That's over $200 in savings for you. How do you get it? Simple. Book your senior session before midnight on Saturday September 22nd. That's it. You have 48 hours to take advantage of this amazing offer.

Don't forget! For every referral you send my way, you earn $20 in credits. So, if you get five of your friends to join in on the fun you earn $100 credit to use towards a package or more prints!

Pass the news along to your friends too. You don't want to pass this up!

~ Sarah Anne

Holiday Cards Debut!

As I mentioned yesterday we have some beautiful holiday cards to offer everyone for the 2007 Holiday season. I'm so excited to be able to offer these and, to tell the truth, I've been having a hard time figuring out which style I want to use myself this year!

These cards will be printed on a lovely linen photo paper and come with envelopes. They are 5x7 in size and can be customized to include your family names, and have room on the backs for a personal message.

I was planning on holding off a few weeks before I showed these off, but I'm so excited I had to give out a little sneak peek. ;)


Cards will be offered at $40 for set of 25 or $70 for set of 50.

And, because I'm so nice, I'm going to start a little game. Each Monday I will debut a new card design and then the first person to email me AFTER I've posted the design will receive one free set! You can use the cards yourself or donate your prize to someone else. Set of cards must be used on a picture from a Sarah Anne Photography session and redeemed before November 15th.

Yay!

Ready?

Set?

GO!!!!!

Ready Set Senior!

2008 Senior Specials -

Free Set of Wallets (50) With Every Session.

Don't miss out, book now to get the gorgeous fall backdrops via Mother Nature.

2008 Senior Packages

As part of a portfolio expansion for Fall of 07, I've created some spectacular packages for all my senior friends. You session fee is totally waived and all you're paying for are the prints and goodies from your session.

I've included an obscene amount of wallet prints for all your family and friends. A gorgeous hardbound custom coffee table book. And web-sized pictures for you to display on your profiles to show off to all your friends.

Great pictures for you. Awesome deals for your parents. Everyone is happy.

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These prices and packages are ONLY good for senior sessions booked between now and December 12th, 2007.