Love of Life Photography, Inc

Saturday, December 5th
10 am or Noon
Love of Life Photography, Inc.
815 Caroline Street
Fredericksburg, VA 22401

Please join us as we welcome the Christmas season!

On Saturday, November 14th and Sunday, November 15th from 1pm to 3pm, we will be hosting our Holiday Open House along with the rest of Downtown Fredericksburg!

We will have raffles, snacks and beverages, Christmas musics, unique gift ideas, and more!

You can enter to win door prizes as well as credits towards a custom photography session of your own – just in time for the holidays! We custom design Christmas cards, can order Gina Alexander bags, ornaments, jewelry, and more with your own photo!

815 Caroline Street
Downtown Fredericksburg

Fall may not officially be here, yet, but the signs are all around us! School is back in session, everyone is enjoying their Pumpkin Spice Lattes and starting to wear their jackets and sweaters on cooler days, and it’s apple-picking time! This also means it is time to start thinking about the holidays. What better way to get a head-start than to book your Holiday Portrait Party?

Whether you want to book a portrait party or your own personal session, now is the perfect time to get your holiday portraits done. It will give you plenty of time to finalize your order, design your cards, and get them all in, in enough time to send them out to your friends and family! Book your session today for portraits of your children, your entire family, and/or your pets! Indoor and Outdoor sessions available, depending on the weather.

I am SO excited about the makeover our Portrait Parties are getting! While we will still offer our traditional Portrait Parties that we’ve done in the past, we will now offer new themed parties, as well! These will be great for birthday parties, reunions, girls’ (or guys’!) night out, and more! Each party features both individual and group shots. Host the party at home or in studio! Here are a few of the themes you can choose from (feel free to suggest your own unique theme, as well!)

Kids’ Parties:

Pretty in Pink – little girls love to dress up! What would be more fun than a dress-up party? Girls can wear their girliest, frilliest outfits and add all sorts of accessories! Feather boas, sparkly scarfs, high heels, jewelry, etc. Take it a step further and have a Pretty Princess party with princess hats or tiaras, wands, and of course, a Frog Prince!

Pajama Party – everyone loves a pajama party! Kick yours off with a fun photo shoot of everyone in their pj’s! Bring favorite blankets, stuffed animals, snacks, and a movie, for a fun-filled evening before everyone goes to sleep.

Sports N Stuff – boys and girls both enjoy sports, and many are on teams. Get together a few friends or the whole team and have a fun sports themed portrait party! Bring team uniforms, favorite jerseys, sports memorabilia, and equipment. We can take photos of the kids playing a game and posed portraits, as well!

Sweet Treats – for a fun celebration, choose the portrait party with tasty treats! Everyone loves the photo of the baby smashing the cake… Now, turn it into a party! Cakes, cupcakes, candy, piñatas, ice cream… whatever you and your child would prefer! Choose a color theme for the sweets and try to coordinate outfits for extra sweet portraits!

Mommy & Me – Gather your Mommy friends and their little ones, and have a play-date! We’ll do the rest

Superheros! – Are your kids into Superman, Spiderman, Batman, etc? Bring their costumes or themed pajamas, and let them have a blast pretending to save the world as we catch them in the act!

Tea Party – dress up your little girls in lovely dresses, with shiny shoes and flowery hats, and we’ll provide a table and chairs with a tea set. Bring in little scones and sweets for treats, and dolls and stuffed animals to use as “guests”.

Tween/Teen Parties:

Make Me Over – Let the girls do each others’ hair and makeup, have a Mary Kay party, or hire a professional makeup artist to come along. This party can be a great self-esteem booster and is always lots of FUN! We can do before and after photos, or just some glamour portraits as the girls have been made over! Make it a spa-like atmosphere with fruit and veggie trays, cucumber or lemon water, sparkling cider, face masks, manicures, pedicures, candles, and relaxing music. Then, crank up the fun dance tunes during their shoot! We can even set up a catwalk for the girls to strut their stuff! Karaoke machine and cd’s can be provided for the evening.

Facebook Fotoshoot – everyone is on Facebook these days, and one of the favorite aspects is being able to share all of your photos with friends and family. Of course you want to look your best, so gather a group of friends, and come in for a casual photoshoot that reflects your personality! Websized images available to order just to use online, with your order of prints.

Adult Parties:

Fun n Flirty – Get your gal pals together and have an evening of flirty photos that you can keep for yourself or use for gifts for your boyfriend or husband. Not everyone feels comfortable with a full-out boudoir shoot, so wear what makes you feel comfortable and sexy! Pretty pajamas, a sexy sweater, or a cute little dress is all you need. Dress it up with makeup, hair, and heels – or go all natural with minimum makeup and barefeet.  We can do these in-studio or in your own home! Make it extra personal by doing the shoot in your own bedroom or bringing a bedroom suite into an area the whole party can use. Pop open a bottle of wine or sparkling cider and play some music to get you in the right mood for the shoot!

Family Reunion – Have family coming to visit? This party is great for summertime when everyone is on vacation and the kids are out of school, or around the holidays when the family gets together. We can do large extended family photos and individual family photos. These photographs are perfect to use to send out with holiday cards or to design your own!

Wine & Cheese – Have a night out with friends and enjoy an evening of fun while taking advantage of our portrait party pricing. Provide wine and cheese for everyone, or have each guest bring something to share. You can enjoy this party on a summer evening in your own backyard, at your favorite vineyard in the fall, or in the comfort of your own home on a chilly evening during the holidays. Our gallery is open for the event, as well!

Pet Parties:

Furry Friend Fotos – Have a furry member of your family that you would love to have professional photos of? We can take portraits of you and your family with your pet, and photos of your furry friend on his/her own. Make it a party by inviting all of your animal loving friends to do the same! We can go to your home to photograph your pets in their favorite spots around the house, or bring them in to do photos in-studio or downtown! We can go to a park or down by the river – whatever you choose!

About our parties:

Feel free to provide snacks and drinks for your party. If you don’t have time to plan those details yourself, we can have it all set up for you for an extra fee. We do have some music in our studio, but you can always bring your own, if you have something particular you’d like to hear! Let us know what your musical preferences are, and if you’d like, bring in your CD’s ahead of time and we will make a playlist for your party. Not all accessories/costumes and props are supplied. Please, inquire about what we have on hand and what you need to bring. Parties can be hosted indoor or out, depending on the weather, time of day, and the look that you’re going for. Our gallery and studio are open to host these parties, or we can come to your home or venue of choice. Ask about goodie bags, print credits, personalized invitations, and special portrait party pricing.

Please, e-mail customerservice@loveoflifephoto.com or call 540-371-1993 with any questions or to set up your free design session to discuss your party with our photographers Valerie and myself!

Loving Life,

Brooke

It is time for Back to School Week at Love of Life Photography! August 17th – 20th, we will provide beautiful portraits of your school-aged child, grades K – 11. We will have karaoke, fun music, and snacks to entertain them before, during, and after the shoot! Love of Life makes you and your child as comfortable as possible, so we can get fun, natural portraits that you will treasure for years! Special volume pricing is available to make it easy to order extras to send out to friends and family. Call or e-mail today to book your session! 540-371-1993 or customerservice@loveoflifephoto.com

‘Tis the season for High School Senior portraits, and we are having a blast! Val is out on a shoot as I type, and I will post a preview soon. Here are a few favorites from two of our recent senior shoots, featuring Brianne and Joel.

Keep updated with what’s going on here at Love of Life by becoming a fan of our page on Facebook!

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We have finished painting, hung half the gallery, gotten a cute couch in the back half of the gallery, updated the website, gotten ALL of the stuff out of the Sophia Street camera room and now we just have some final clean up to do… ok and hang the other side of the gallery and update the window.   Thank you all for being patient with us!  Brooke and I have been working diligently to keep things  running smoothly during the change.

Have I mentioned how INCREDIBLE Brooke is?  She really does a great job and she is getting so cute with her little belly.

Back to the studio- we are actually selling a lot of the props, frames, and costumes we are no longer using.  Since most of the props are usable toys or decorations we thought some of you might like them.  Come in and ask us about them.  More updates soon on some of our recent sessions.  We’ve just been crazy busy with the makeover and the blog has not been on top of the list.  Want to check us out on Facebook?  click on the Fan button to the left. Want to get our Tweets?  Click on the follow button on the twitter box to the left.  Want to find out all my crazy antics outside the studio?  I am Valerie Harte on Facebook and vharte on twitter- warning:  lots of posts about my family, my random thoughts, and the Jaycees but you are welcome to follow me/ friend me.

-Valerie

I know you all love hearing from Brooke’s point of view but I thought I’d make a quick update for all who have asked about the blog.  We didn’t get rid of it (as you can see) the “new and improved” update kind of ate it when I pressed the upgrade button.    We have been posting sneak peaks from our May and June shoots on the facebook page (we have a group and a fan page, they’re on the fan page) so if you are interested take a look.

So now that New and Improved is really New and Improved- you will see a search bar for finding your favorite posts, an archive for catching up, and a Twitter box!  For those of you who aren’t on Facebook or Twitter and want to see what we are doing this will give a quick microblog.  If you are on Twitter, there’s a follow button right on the blog so follow along!

Hope to see you soon!

Valerie

Last Thursday provided us with the perfect weather for a fun Senior shoot around Downtown Fredericksburg, and our senior, Ashley, was so much fun to work with! She was up for anything and had no problem smiling and laughing all through the session. Here are some of my favorite shots from the day

If you know any seniors getting ready to graduate who have not yet had their senior photos done, we still have some time available to fit in those last-minute sessions! Call us at 540-371-1993 to set up your appointment ASAP!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our two spring mini sessions – first the bunny session and then the duckling session! We had so much fun watching the kids play with the animals. I hope you all have fun checking out some favorites from the session Keep checking the blog, and sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date on what mini-sessions are coming up!