Kelsey

Hopefully Kelsey & her mom enjoyed

this session as much as we did!

High School Senior Portraits

To the Class of 2010

Did you know that session fees at Andrews Photography in Decatur start at just $10?

Did you know that portrait packages start at $29?

This offer is good until August 15, 2009.

Stop in our studio at the corner of 2nd & Jefferson Streets in Decatur or email us at AndrewsPhotographyDecatur@gmail.com.

You can call us during studio hours at 260-728-2636. Our office is open Tuesday 12:00 noon to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10 :00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (closed for lunch from 1-2 p.m. these days), and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Other hours are available by appointment.

The Heartbreaker

This was quite a day at the studio. Ricky was a few weeks old and we wanted to get some pictures of him with his dad. Then we set out to get the family together. Oh yes, what a way to have fun - a newborn, a 2 year old and a 4 year old! This is the makings for what is commonly known as "photographers birth control". Actually everything was going quite well. Brian was setting up the family with Katie, the 2 year old standing behind mom & dad, who were sitting on the floor. For a reason only Kate knew, she decided to leave the group. She walked right over to me and without a word gave me the sweetest kiss! Now who could discipline her for that - and no one had better! She may as well as have taken my heart and put it in her pocket!

Well, I guess after that, we must have been feeling pretty brave, because we put the girls in the ivory lace dresses to photograph them with Ricky. As you can see, he wasn't really happy about it all at that point, but this is just the sweetest portrait!

By the way, Kate is still very, very special. Her eyes just twinkle when she smiles. She makes me wonder just what is going on in that little mind.

Happy Anniversary!

Kyle and Rachel get to spend their anniversary together this year!

Kyle has been deployed to Iraq twice since they got married, so we are thankful he will get to spend the day with Rachel this year. Happy Anniversary and many, many more!

Love you guys!!!!

Tami and Heath

Young farm lad meets farmer's daughter,

Young farm lad decides to marry farmer's daughter,

Farmer's daughter says "Yes!",

Time to plan a wedding,

Engagment pictures! she says,

Engagment pictures? he asks,

"Let's go out to the wheat field,

and you can bring your tractor, honey."

Princess Meghan

Meet

Meghan

"Princess"

Pettibone

Meghan has cancer. Her grandmother had a family portrait scheduled just days after her first chemo. She is such a trooper! Brian was thinking about the next pose he was going to photograph and she was sitting on the posing stool, holding her mask so she wouldn't pick up any nasty germs going around. Just look at those eyes! What a beautiful little girl! We have had a lot of "cancer conversations" because Brian's mom had found out about her cancer at about the same time. But Barb was 70 years older than Meghan. Something about a child with cancer that pulls at your heart a little harder...... When spring rolled around I asked Jen to bring the kids in for bunny pictures if they could. You never know what obstacle cancer will throw in your path, so we crossed our fingers it would work. Luckily Meghan, now Princess Meghan, came in with her brother Zach. She had on one of the most beautiful Easter dresses I have ever seen - along with her crown. She took the crown off for pictures with Zach, but we had to have one with the crown! I am not sure who had a better time - us or the kids. Or maybe Tom and Jen. After all, it was a chance to do something as a family that made you feel normal in the midst of all of the abnormality that over a year of cancer treatment gives you.

Now Princess Meghan is the honorary chairperson for the 2009 Adams County Relay for Life fundraiser to be held this weekend. If you get the chance to go and get even close to Meghan, I am sure you will get to hear her wonderful giggle, because she laughs and giggles a lot! And next year, we look forward to her participating with the wind blowing through her hair and even more giggles and laughter!

The Senior Consultation appointment

I don't know why I didn't think of addressing the consultation appointment before, after all - it's the first step to a great senior session! Brian & I spent some time with a really cute senior this morning (Hi Kelsey!) and her mom. They found it very helpful to do this before scheduling their portrait session. Mom said she could almost see the wheels turning in Brian's head while they were talking. the neat thing is while this time gets our creative wheels a head start - it also gets yours going too. There are sooooooooooo many cool things to do and the more we know about you and you know about us the better it gets. There are so many awesome images Brian has created, but without knowing ahead of time what the senior's interests are we wouldn't have been prepared and neither would they. Like Gavin for instance. We have photographed his three older brothers so we knew the family, plus his dad was Kyle's coach for 3 years. But when he and his mom came for the consultation they came up with some really cool ideas and picked up a few clothing props to go with it. I guarantee it wouldn't have been as cool without the consultation. I hope you'll take the time to call me soon to schedule your consultation appointment. Marilyn

PS. You also save some $ on your session fee when you do this!