Kathy and Frank are now married and their wedding day was wonderful. Play this video for a sample while we are shooting again today and tomorrow the photos will be available!


The photos are available and here's a link to them!

When my daughter (Tammy Von Allmen) married Ryan Miller, the Von Millerman family was born. Today we celebrated Aidan's 5th dance recital, Tammy and Ryan's nearly 8 years of marriage, and the family! Wow - brings tears to my eyes!


Need I say more?

My daughters and their husbands and children came to the studio today to celebrate our newest family member: Max. He's not quite 2 weeks old and already a very special boy to his sister, mom, dad, auntie, uncle, cousin and grandma (that's me)! We welcome him to our world with lots of smiles, hugs, kisses and love.

Here's a movie of his session today:

Click here to look at his entire session.

We are planning a relatively quiet Memorial Day weekend, followed by back to back weekends of weddings, families, confirmations and graduates! (Let the games begin!) The awesome couples are pictured below from their engagement sessions. This is going to be such fun!

Thank you to all who attended our little "New Mez" party on Saturday night. It was fun and very exciting to see your reaction to Matt's creation. The new stairs and all the posing possibilities were in your eyes for me to see. Can't thank Matt and Millennia Signature Homes enough for fast, clean work and the stunning finished product! (And we're not done yet as there's painting to do!) I'll add some photos later today - just wanted to get the thank-you out there this morning.

Sometimes clarity just falls on your head and then your have to take action. Well, it does for me anyway. I had one of those moments after a seminar earlier this week and I've used the motivation to create some inspired new programs and add the Premium Products that I've been toying with for a long time. Some of the product additions aren't ready yet, others have been around for a while but not organized.

I invite you to check out the changes. They were done with your interests and your budget in mind, and I'm excited for the offerings.

To see our new programs and find one that fits your need and budget, go to the 2009 Portrait Program FAQ.
To see our new Premium Products and find how to order them, go to the What is the Premium Product Line FAQ.

With great joy we welcome our new Grandson - Max! He was born yesterday to my daughter Nikki, son-in-law Andy and big sister Sophia. We are all very excited to meet him. Here are some photos and his birth announcement.

 Celebration is a part of the graduation experience. To that end we send announcements to share the news, we have parties to share the experience and we just find a way to tell everyone. It is a good thing!

This year MindWorks has developed 4 designs to help you spread the word. Each can be a flat card (4x6 or 5x7) which can be included with another piece or used on its own. Or it can be a folded card (5x7 for sure and maybe a note card size too). They were just developed yesterday so there's no pricing on them yet. I am excited to share the designs!

After photographing the dance program last night, we were too tired and had work to do (processing - which still isn't done) to stop at the studio to see Matt's progress. This morning we manufactured a reason to go there and Wow! We have stairs and a floor! Check this out....

My daughters are wonderful moms! (My son's a wonderful dad - but we'll save that for a Father's Day post.) They are my Mother's Day gift. Here is my tribute to each of them and in a way to all of you who mother and care and love. Happy Mother's Day!

To my eldest daughter, Nikki - I always love you!


To my youngest daughter, Tammy - You are your (middle) name sake!