Model Casting Call – Cloth Diapers ::: Central Illinois Baby Photographer

Do you use modern cloth diapers on your baby or toddler??  You’ve GOT to check this out!

Coqui Baby is a startup cloth diaper project to push the boundaries of the highest quality cloth diapers at the lowest prices.  Part of the line include some of the cutest diapers you’ll see!  If you are interested in modeling with your children as part of the cloth diaper tribe, we would LOVE to have you!

Between now and May 7th, please send an email to models@treasuredimagesbysara.com that includes:
1. Your and your cloth diapered child(ren)’s names.
2. Your phone number.
3. What you love most about cloth diapering!
4. A recent snapshot of everyone applying either together or in all separate images.

We are specifically looking for:
A breastfed newborn
A couple with 2 children in diapers
And anyone else who adores their little one!

The nitty-gritty…
1. Models must be available Sunday, May 20th (with a rain date of May 26th).
2. Models (including the baby/toddler) will participate in sessions styled by Sara that will last 30-45 minutes. After Coqui Baby and Sara pair up models with specific diapers Sara will chat with models about clothing styles and colors that would work well with your photo shoot environment & colors.
3. Models must sign a model release covering both Treasured Images by Sara and Coqui Baby.
4. We wish we could pay you the big bucks each time your images are published, but for now we can offer you the diaper your child(ren) models as well as a beautiful photo from your modeling session. Both will be gifted to you once the images are released to Coqui Baby.
5. No purchases are required of models and stating a desire to do so will not make you more likely to be selected, so no pressure.
6. Models will travel to the location of their photo shoot at their own expense. Sessions will take place in Central Illinois in the Bloomington, IL area.

Introducing… The Gallery App ::: Treasured Images by Sara Morton, IL Photographer

It’s here! It’s HERE!!! I can hardly contain myself!

This app is so exciting! Clients can now have their very own APP on their iPhone, iPad, or Android device! Starting immediately each client will receive a Lite Version of their very own Gallery App after their ordering session.

The Gallery App uses HTML5 so there is no need to mess around with the App Store!! It will contain favorites of yours and mine. Open the link and follow the prompt to save it directly onto your Home Screen.

The Gallery App will be download onto your phone or iPad so that you can share it with friends and family any time you want! Some clients are finding it easiest to open the app for the first time when connected to WiFi, but it isn’t essential in most cases.

Once The Gallery App is downloaded, your images will be waiting, beckoning to be shared with anyone who wants to feast on your family’s goodness!

And for those you love who just live much too far away to sit together and browse… no worries!!! Click the “SHARE This” icon at the bottom of your Gallery App and it will email the App to anyone you wish! You can also email me, or give me a call directly from the Gallery App as well! No need to try to remember to give me a shout when you get home or later that day. If only everything could make keeping in touch so easy, right?!

Did we have a session together in the past year? Are you wanting your own Gallery App as well??? Of COURSE you do!! Give me a call and we will get you set up right away!

2012 Games Part 2 ::: Morton, IL Baby Photographer

First we took a photo, ANY photo, of the children in your life and emailed or txt them to someone who loves you.  YAY!  Super simple, eh?

Today, is super simple, but you have to be prepared… ready?

Once your camera is ready approach your victim …err subject … and simply call their name.  But BE READY!  Snap that shutter as SOON as they look up.  We see that face ALL the time, but have you ever captured it?  C’mon DO IT! 

Join us for a game! ::: Morton, Illinois Baby Photographer

This last week I’ve watched a college friend and fellow photographer along with her family say goodbye to her 5 year old nephew.  If I learned anything about Thao and his family in the process, they found GOOD from everything. Sooo, let’s honor him and them and start a new game!!

Who’s with me?!

Today, take a photo of each of your children and email or text it to those who love you.

It doesn’t matter what they are doing, it doesn’t matter if they are smiling. Then, come back and let us know when you did it!!

We can DO this!!! Here’s mine of my daughter!

Model Call – Babywearers!! ::: Central Illinois’ Baby Photographer

We need babywearing caregivers! I have the distinct pleasure of working with the nationally & internationally known and deeply-loved Olives & Applesauce, LLC to photograph their wholesale available line of carriers.

We are specifically looking for:
At least one grandma wearing any age baby/toddler,
At least one dad wearing any age baby/toddler,
Of course mamas wearing their little one(s),
And all caregivers who *adore* wearing their baby/toddler!

We would love for one of our adult models to have a baby 3 months or younger.
A mom of baby/toddler and an older child would be fabulous.
Are we blessed enough to find a mom and HER mom (or mother-in-law) who both wear children?!

The nitty-gritty…

1.  Models must be available the last week of August 2011 both Saturday and some during the weekdays.
2.  Models (including the baby/toddler) will participate in sessions styled by Sara that will last 30-60 minutes. After Caren and Sara pair up models with specific carriers Sara will chat with models about clothing styles and colors that would work well with your photoshoot environment & carrier style & colors.
3.  Models will be required to sign a model release covering both Treasured Images by Sara and Olives & Applesauce, LLC. We wish we could pay you the big bucks (like Gisele earns) each time your images are published, but until we are living on our private islands neither of us can afford to do that.
4.  Models will be compensated by a 5×7 print of any image from the selection given to Olives & Applesauce, LLC. Models will also receive a discount code if they wish to purchase a carrier from Olives & Applesauce, LLC. Additional prints/products will also be available from the finished gallery. No purchases are required of models and stating a desire to do so won’t make you more likely to be selected, so no pressure.
5.  Models will travel to the location of their photoshoot at their own expense.  Sessions will take place in Central Illinois in the Peoria, IL area.

You want to apply??  TERRIFIC!!!!
Send an email to models@treasuredimagesbysara.com before Monday, August 8th and include:

1.  Your full name.
2.  Your phone number and email.
3.  Which days you are available for your photoshoot.
4.  What carriers you typically use to wear/carry your child(ren).
5.  A recent snapshot of:
   (1) yourself full body or nearly full body (however we are not looking for all/only skinny-minis)
   (2) one closer up of your beautiful face! Your face IS beautiful; ask your children!!
   (3) a snapshot of any child you are volunteering to participate with you as well as the child’s sex and age

Sweetheart Mini-Sessions ::: Central Illinois’ Custom Photographer

Are you ready for some more mini-sessions? You know my passion is little ones and blossomed bellies, yes. HOWEVER, I sat missing my hubby and looking at our family portrait on the wall and realized since we’ve had kiddos we don’t often have pictures of just us anymore. What’s up with that? I’m so tempted to see photos of myself and think, OH MY! My mind races back to college when we met ~~ 14 years and about {muffled words} pounds ago. But I’m reminded again that my little ones love me and think I’m beautiful just like I am now. They don’t care what the magazine covers say they adore their parents. They find their security in their family unit at these tender young ages.

SO! Let me help you get some images of your relationship up on the walls or at least in your purse or desk so you can cherish “out loud” the relationship that makes all your little ones a FAMILY!!

That evening light is so warm and glowing. We will meet together on a Friday evening in July. July 29th to be exact…and we’ll pray for no rain! If it would be less than ideal weather we’ll set a rain date based on the couples participating. I’ll choose the location that is most central to everyone involved – most likely ICC’s Arboretum or Sugar Grove Nature Center. We’ll get together and celebrate the spark you and your sweetie kicked off your family holding onto. Read all the details below and give me a call or send me an email to book your spot!

And since my heart has been so yearning for a special time with my own sweetie I want to include a BONUS for those who participate. Grab a sitter so you can come to your mini-session and afterward go out for a coffee or dessert date ON ME! Yep, when you come to your mini-session I’ll have a small gift card for you to Starbucks, Panera Bread, or Eli’s in Morton.

As one MORE bonus to those who contributed to the Father’s Day posts on Facebook, choose 2 of the 3 options instead of just one for your mini-session.
Ryan Loudermilk
Brandee Cowley
Megan Lowe

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2010 Photo of the Year WINNERS! :: Central Illinois Maternity & Newborn Photographer

The first ever Photo of the Year contest has ended and the winners are decided. With just shy of 300 votes cast there were literally only a handful of votes separating the winners from the rest. WOW!

The winner will receive their winning image as an 11×14 Gallery Wrapped Canvas as well as a gift certificate for $200 good toward any 2011 Collection. These two items have a retail value of $350. Their certificate will be mailed tomorrow. Who wins???

Congrats D Family!!

Our First Runner Up will also receive a great prize package valued at $200. They will receive their winning image as an Heirloom Mounted 8×10. This delicately textured image will arrive mounted on masonite sure to be loved for generations to come. They also receive a $100 gift certificate good toward any 2011 Collection. Their certificate will also be mailed tomorrow. Congratulations H Family!!

And lastly the site Random.org chose among all 320 Facebook fans and came up with one to win a $100 gift certificate good toward any 2011 Collection. Since I do not have addresses for all my “fans” this prize winner will be notified here and then again via Facebook. Should she not send her address to me in 7 days then the 2nd random number fan will be given an opportunity to respond! Without further delay…

Congratulations to all!! This was so much fun!! I already can’t wait to do it again at the end of 2011!!!