Photography and Christmas Cards

Halloween may still be a couple of weeks away, but some of us are already thinking about Christmas.  Each year my family puts together a number of gifts and cards from pictures of none other than us.  Calendars chronicling the year in seasons, cards personalized with a family photo, digital aprons and mugs with pictures of the kids for grandma, wallet sized photos of the kids for grandpa.  With the advantage of digital photography, we can personalize just about anything.

Some of us have pretty decent photography skills, and some of us are, well, lacking in the creative department.  So, if you are trying to get the family together for the perfectly creative photo for Christmas cards, hire a photographer who can capture more than a perfectly pressed studio shot that causes anxiety in almost every child and adult.

Lifestyle photographers meet you half-way.   They provide the expertise, and you provide the venue.  Want to take a picture in your home?  The photographer can find the perfect room.  Want to take a picture in the fall leaves?  You can do it!  Want to let the kids loose to be themselves?  Lifestyle photographers can capture the moment and make it look like a million bucks.  Blow it up, frame it, put it on a card, calendar, t-shirt, and just about anything you can imagine.  The creativity is endless, and a lifestyle photographer can help you imagine the perfect use for your memories.

Geana Henkes is a lifestyle photographer who is stealing the hearts of many in the Yelm community with her candid, heartfelt creativity and her sensitivity to just what moments need preserving. See her pictures on her Facebook page, Photography at Rainbow Farm. She is offering an introductory price of $55 per one-hour session for the first 10 people who book.  But, don’t wait too late, because it takes a few weeks to get your session and receive your personalized photos and gifts.  Christmas will be here before you can say ho ho ho.