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Just a few short weeks ago we took a ride over to meet Hannah & Dave at the Roulette Pa fire hall to make some fun maternity images with the fire trucks.  Within a few days Louis made his grand entrance into the world!  He is a sweet, super easy to work with and 100% adorable little man. Hannah & Dave brought a bunch of fun props, like a fire hose, helmets, boots, fire coats - all the gear!  So we got creative and came up with some fun ways to use them and pose.  I had to do some improvising with the firehose - its much heavier than you may expect, and also not as squishy as a newborn may like.  For those reasons I used wood clamps to position the hose into a nest, then we used a warm comfy beanbag as a base for easy baby posing with a super soft blanket on top - finally we added in the superstar of the shoot! Once their session was over, we brought them back to the shop to check out all the images so they could place their order.  They en...

We had a great turnout last week for Easter Mini sessions!  SO much fun! To start with, we tested the setup with our favorite models, Rhiannon and Huckleberry.  So here are a few fun shots from those tests!  For the set design, Meg Walck sourced and put things together, while Tim worked the light & camera. We'd like to say a big thank you to Amy Burrous, owner of   Always In Bloom  for letting us borrow her chalk board! From the sessions, our packages included our prints, which are of the highest quality.  We calibrate our monitors to match the lab's color profile, then we select Kodak Endura Metallic paper, which we love for its remarkably beautiful shine and replication of colors. Can't wait for all the prints to come in! Would you like to know about more mini session dates & events at Walck Portraits?   Click Here to subscribe to our newsletter!

Photo Courtesy of Studio V. Photography Often, we are asked how we make our photography business thrive when there are so many competitors out there, especially in a rural and isolated location like ours.  Sure, there are mom-togs, those who do it for a hobby, those who undercut our prices, those that far out price us, those that offer downloads, free prints, etc., etc.  After all, in a boutique business like ours, people are going to either love our work or hate it.  They're either going to come to us or go somewhere else.  That's okay.  We're here to help those people that love our style, our personalities, and our art.  Sometimes what we offer doesn't fit the customer's choice.  That is okay. Hopefully we can help them out in some other way.  Perhaps we can give them guidance on what to wear , a checklist for wedding preparations , or even recommendations for a colleague that might suit them better. TOP: The Walck Family Captured by ...

As always, we had a blast with Liz!  Her fun, happy, energetic personality is SO contagious! Liz is the owner/operator of Studio V Media & Photography in Port Allegany, and we often work together, weather we are taking pictures for each other's families, talking "shop", or just hanging out for some fun. For this shoot, Liz has just become the proud new owner of a Cannon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens.  If you don't know what that means - it is a REALLY BIG LENS that EVERY photographer wants, and once they have it... it becomes part of their family.  Its generally one of the most favorited pieces of glass ever created - so, yes, it is worth getting a photo shoot for yourself to celebrate the occasion!

We had a wonderful time working with Hannah & David again!  It has been a few years since their wedding, and now they are happily expanding their family :)  This session took place at the Roulette Fire Hall, where both Hannah & Dave are fire fighters (as you may have guessed).  We actually bumped the session up a few days because their baby started making some decisions to enter the world a little early! We are really looking forward to returning to the firehall to make a magical and totally unique set of newborn images! For the image above, I may have got a little bit nerdy with the camera skills.  I wanted to make a something extra special - and I always love a good opportunity to expand my own camera skills.  So - I used a technique that we've posted about before called "Light Painting".  This is where I mount the camera to a tripod, then create an image set, where each image is made with the flash highlighting specific objects, then...

Cold, Bone Chilling, Icy, Snowy - and BEAUTIFUL! It was in the teens outside last Saturday, but that didn't stop Deidra & Brian! These two somehow managed to look warm and comfortable even in the windy frosty winter wonderland! We kept the shoot upbeat & fast, which seems to have worked well.  We LOVE the image set! They even brought out these two adorable pugs to join in! Check out the bottom for a little slideshow with more of their images!

Boka family with newborn baby! We just had Wayne, Abby & Charlotte back in the studio for their 3 month old baby session!  It is part of their "Grow With Me" package, and already, we can see the amazing growth this precious little beauty has done! When we had the Boka family in for their newborn session, Charlotte was super easy going and made for one of the quickest newborn shoots we've ever had, and her 3 month appointment was just as much fun! Boka family with 3 month old baby! We love watching families grow!  There is a magical element of looking at your baby's images go on throughout the year.  As parents ourselves, we can truthfully say that being a new parent makes for the LONGEST days and nights, but SHORTEST years we have ever had! We are really excited for our next set of photos with the Boka family, which will be in June... which means.... outdoor fun! We'll stick with the classic look of the two images up top of this post, as that s...