Operation: Love Reunited

I am happy to announce that Photosensitive Portraits is now a member of Operation: Love Reunited (OpLove for short), a nationwide group of professional photographers volunteering FREE professional photography sessions for military service members and their loved ones. These special sessions are for deploying, deployed and returning military families.

As a member of OpLove, Photosensitive Portraits offers a pre-deployment (or already deployed) session and a reunited session at the homecoming of the military member. To help keep his family and loved ones a little closer, a 4×6 album with 10 images from the deployment session will be created and sent at no charge to the deployed service member. For the homecoming, a dvd with a slide show of images will be created and presented to the family at no charge.

***Please note that orders and current military ID may be requested. Pre-deployment sessions in which the deploying spouse or loved one is participating, should include their military uniform, dress, working, or BDUs, being worn for most of the session. If a session takes place and the spouse has already been deployed, the session is required to keep a patriotic theme, including military gear such as hats, uniforms, boots, etc.***

Please visit www.OpLove.org for more information.

In addition to the sessions and services offered through OpLove, Photosensitive Portraits also offers a military discount to all active duty military whether deployed or not. Please call 541-436-2755 for details.

Holy Cow, it's 2009 already?!!

I feel like I've lost the last two months of my life...where did they go?!

See, I traditionally close the business down in December and January, to better enjoy my own holiday season and also take that time to get things ready for the start of a New Year. Unfortunately, in early December I caught what I thought was just a bad cold - that cold continued to morph itself over the next six weeks until I finally collapsed with severe bronchitis and a throat infection! Ugh.

The good news is that I (finally!) dragged myself in to a doctor and was promptly medicated within an inch of my life. I'm on the mend, out of bed, walking, talking, heck even THINKING and getting a little bit of work done too! Sure is nice to have a clear head again...

Many thanks to all of you who called or wrote asking how I was - especially my good friends from Portland, Daron (a fine photographer) and his gorgeous fiance, Tara (both Daron's and my favorite model AND an amazing artist)...I was feeling good enough for company the day they visited and we all played with my brand new toy, a ringflash - that's Daron and Tara being goofy in the photos atop this blog entry.

More exciting new things coming from from Photosensitive Portraits in 2009! So watch this space!