I was recently featured in VOYAGE ATLANTA.
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In the Voyage interview, I shared how Lisa Phillipson Photography came to be and what the focus of my business has been. I love capturing families as children grow up!
Thanks to Voyage for featuring me. Check them out to read more about Atlanta neighborhoods. Each has its own style, culture and history with plenty of amazing creatives and business owners to meet.
Brothers and Sisters share from from last year (that is weird to say LAST year). They are all so cute! Thank you to all of you who supported my business this past year. I really appreciate it and look forward to more memorable moments in 2017.
Now, who is ready for school to start?
It is that time of year! Yearbook dedications and tribute pages are typically due to school yearbook committees at the first part of the year. I offer complimentary design for my full portrait family sessions through October. Designs are custom to each child with you adding your tribute wording. Often we use a student’s favorite colors and style for design. However, I love when the boys says “surprise me!” I think the Chalkboard background is my favorite.
Portrait Sessions should be scheduled 3 weeks to a month before tributes are due to your school. We can include an updated individual portrait of your middle school or high school student and a smaller size of the full family. Bonus – Christmas Card picture taken care of! 😉 Parents usually have a lot of questions about how this is done but it is easy…except for coming up with the perfect words straight from your heart to convey to your child!
A tribute page is a wonderful memento for your graduating child (and yourself). You will be so glad you did this in May!
For up to five family members. Contact me for availability and booking. These sessions are quick and focused on the family as a whole for holiday cards and gifts. For individual portraits of children, you might consider a full session instead.
a styled senior session for valentine’s day
The NAPCP Retreat last month had a fun styled Senior Session for girls. I mostly opened packages of confetti and glitter (and then tried to pick up the mess I made!). I was happy I was able to get a few shots of my own and thought I would share them on this Valentine’s weekend. This was a fun set up using a lot of Target dollar store goodies and a few things from Amazon too. I think the real key to a gorgeous session is professional hair and makeup. These girls were professionally made up and styled and it shows. If you are scheduling your very special, once-in-a-lifetime Senior Portrait Session, I would highly recommend it. Oh, and add a little music too. 🙂
Happy Valentine’s Weekend! Fun things to do in Atlanta? Get some great ideas HERE.
Ideas for your own backdrops and props for a DIY Senior Photo Session HERE.
Can you believe I have lived in Atlanta for as many years as I have and had never been to Reynold’s Plantation? I was there for a week last month and what a treat it was! The National Association of Professional Child Photographers (NAPCP) had their annual retreat close to home this year which made it extra special for many of us. I was on staff working most of the time but still soaked up lots of great information and best of all saw a lot of photographer-friends I only get to see in person once a year. If you are a photographer specializing in children (newborn/families) or seniors, plan on attending one of these “Retreats” in the future.
There were Styled Senior Shoots with Amanda Holloway, Sarah Lane and Tash Haynes. An adorable Valentine’s Day theme that our models rocked! Dan Brouillette demonstrated lighting for everyone and showed his expertise.  We Periscoped a lot during the week for NAPCP and and Tash had these girls on the spot! They were thrown into the fire of Periscope but had fun watching the reply of themselves on my phone. 🙂
NAPCP Prides themselves on lots of small details.
The view of the Lake was amazing.
I hung out over my balcony and tried to take shots like the one above at sunrise and sunset most days using my Fuji X100.
I missed my family while I was gone but I have to admit, re-entry to life outside of the Ritz Carlton was pretty tough. It was easy to get used to everything (especially food) being prepared for you. And you can’t beat the easily accessible spa!
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