Life as ArT

Easter Special is April 7th!

Hurry! Book your session today for our annual Easter Special!  Too cute!

Tutus & Ties on March 24th

I'm always trying to find a creative way to photograph boys.  Girls are easy.  So how about an event that you parents can bring your girl and/or your boy to for some fun shots, like these two silly kids (grandkids again).  Current customers know my style but if you haven't been to K. Weatherwax Photography before, this is a golden opportunity.  Try us on for size!

Lizzie is Three!

Today is my youngest granddaughter's 3rd birthday.  Here's the cellphone image her mother posted this morning of Lizzie with big sis, Evie, and big brother, Max.  How absolutely adorable they are!

 
Lizzie is a funny, smart, pixie of a girl.  She loves to show off but can be bashful when she first meets a stanger.  Lizzie sings all the time and, a puzzle genious, can put together a puzzle at speeds to rival any adult. I know, I admit it - I'm an obnoxious grandmother, but I don't care.  While anticipating Lizzie's party this evening, I remember the day she was born and, well, you know - it's just amazing, a true miracle.  Read my post about Lizzie's first day.  Happy 3rd Birthday, Lizzie!

Fairies and Pixies - Sept. 23rd and 24th

Enchanting, delightful, magical, mysterious, beautiful.  Back by popular demand - Fancy Fairies/Precious Pixies.  Bring your little girl to the K. Weatherwax Photography studio in Delphi, Indiana for a fun dress-up session.

 

For the $89 special fee you will choose your favorite image and get:

• a short, fun session with no session fee. 2 children limit.
• pretty fairy dresses and accessories to choose from for this special portrait.  We do have a size 4T white tuxedo for a little boy.
• a beautiful 11X14 framed portrait
• eight wallets
• 10% discount on additional portraits
• a savings of $60!

Sessions are filling up fast.  Book your session now - 765-564-4626  Enchanting!

Images from this session can also be used in custom designed Holiday Cards and for holiday gifts.  What a great idea!

 

 

 

 

Easter Specials 2011

 

The 7 Ages of Childhood

Every child deserves a portrait history.  Capture the story of your child's lifetime in portraits through the 7 Ages of Childhood.  These times mark the most significant changes along the path from infancy to the early teenage years.

The 7 Ages of Childhood are:

• Baby's First Year - the most rapid physical changes occur
• Age 2 - who's talking now! - responds to reason, humor and action
• Age 3 - personality emerging; interacts with photographer
• Age 4 (to 5) - cute and endearing; displays individuality of character and action
• Age 6 (to 8) - permanent teeth arrive; more mature and inquiring
• Age 9 (to 12) - the awkward stage; physical and emotional development varies
• Age 13 (to 15) - teenager! - expresses individuality through interests, fashion

This is Evie at age 7.

Please call the studio at 765-564-4626 to learn more about creating a portrait history of your child.

We Love Picture Day

Here Comes Peter Cottontail...

Fancy Fairies, Precious Pixies

Little girls LOVE to dress up.  K. Weatherwax Photography is photographing fairies and pixies between February 15th and March 15th.  Bring your little girl for a dress-up experience she will love and a very special portrait you will cherish.

For $49 you get:

• a half hour session (no session fee)
• one 8x10
• one 5x7
• and 8 wallets for your fancy fairy (or precious pixie).

You may also purchase a magical 12x18 framed wall portrait at 20% savings during this promotion.  Call the studio at 765-564-4626 to make an appointment. 

Pictures in my Head

Today, my youngest child turned 30 (my oldest is nearing 40).  Acknowledging that fact can certainly make me feel old but I don’t want to dwell on my gray hair and what caused it, except … lately, I have been browsing through the photo album in my head.  My family will tell you that my memory is faulty (I attribute that to just too much stuff to retain, but maybe it’s because there’s not enough gray matter – ha!).  Nevertheless, there are some images I can pull from my memory and reminisce whenever I wish.  I’m sure you have those too.  It seems that even after decades, I can see the moment clearly, as though I was there again.  Some of these are snapshots and some are snippets of video.

I can still see my daughter, Amanda, on her first birthday.  She wore the special outfit I bought her- red tights and a white print top with red rickrack trim (it now resides in the cedar chest upstairs).  She was walking and pretty steady on her feet that day.  She didn’t yet have enough hair to look like a little girl. 

Jump to Monday of this week.  I added a new picture to the photo album in my head.  I stood in the parking lot of a clinic and watched Amanda, long, dark, silky hair swinging as she carried her sick six-year-old daughter in to see the doctor.  Evie is almost too big to carry now but she wasn’t feeling well.  Her arms and legs dangled as she rested her head on Amanda’s shoulder.  My baby was carrying her baby.  OK, sorry for the mush but sometimes, I think my heart will just burst with love and pride.  I know that picture will forever remain in my head, too.  (Evie is on the mend now.) 

In my head, there is a picture of my new baby daughter’s face the very first time I saw her.  There are pictures of her on the first day of school, waiting on the school bus with her name pinned to her new jumper; pictures from her first dance revue (she was a bunny and scarcely moved on stage); there’s a picture of her sobbing from watching “Old Yeller,” pictures of her laughing in her room with a group of girls at a sleep over;  then there was graduation, the wedding, and the births of her three children … the picture album in my head seems infinite, and yet, I wish I could remember all of it, every moment.  So many pictures are “out of focus” or missing.  That makes the images I do have in my head all the more precious and important.

So, it must be karma or fate or a natural extension of who I am or something, that I now make pictures of babies, children, young adults, so that their parents can remember how they thought their hearts would burst with love and pride.  This is the best job in the world – it’s what I was meant to do.

Happy Birthday, Amanda!

(Oh - Eric, my almost 40 year old baby boy, will have to wait for his June birthday to see what I have to write about him.)