The holidays are busy for all of us, but it seems to be a bit crazier than average around our house. Lots of birthdays in November, then Christmas and New Years… and another birthday on New Year’s Eve! Add to that that we listed our home for sale yesterday and there were plenty...
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Monday, November 23, 2009
Of course photography is an art and therefore has a level of subjectiveness to it, and every photographer has different areas of strength/weakness. BUT some qualities of photography are NOT subjective, and SHOULD be present in all photos that clients are paying for. Qualities such as COMPOSITION, CLARITY, COLOUR and EXPOSURE. These...
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Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: black and white, child, children, clarity, composition, criteria, custom, exposure, family, focus, good portraits, grey scale, photographer, photography, portraits, wedding, willowdawn photography
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Are you noticing a trend yet? I want to make the creation and owning of custom portraiture as easy as possible for you. I also want to make gift giving easy for you! Custom photo gifts are perfect for the difficult to shop for person on your list – and because I...
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Posted in Products/offerings, Social justice, Special Offers, community | Tags: art, carbon neutral, children, christmas, custom, distant village, eco-friendly, environmental, fair trade, family, Fredericksburg, gift, green, holiday, key fob, natural, photographer, photography, portraits, post consumer waste, purse, recycled, special, sustainable, virginia, wallet, willowdawn photography
Friday, November 13, 2009
I announced a few weeks ago that I was working with a new vendor to create jewelry works of art! I’m excited to say that my samples have arrived and WOW, they are gorgeous!!! Necklace in a few different styles, a bracelet, keyring and even an Christmas ornament! The best part –...
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Posted in Products/offerings, Special Offers | Tags: art, child, children, christmas, custom, family, Fredericksburg, gift, holiday, photographer, photography, portraits, virginia, willowdawn photography
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
It’s been an amazing two years. I’ve met so many incredible people and I am convinced that I have the bestest clients in the world. Over the past two years, you all have given me gifts. Gifts of laughter, singing (Look at me… look at me… hands in the air like it’s...
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Posted in Special Offers | Tags: birthday, celebrate, child, children, christmas, custom, family, free shipping, gift, handbag, holiday, photography, portraits, purse, Special Offers, tote, virginia, wallet
November brings many celebrations for our family. Our youngest daughter, all of our brothers and even my business! On Miss C’s actual birthday, her sister and Poppa were in Washington state checking out colleges for her sister. So it was just the two of us girls. We had a special dinner...
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Posted in family | Tags: birthday, bridge, celebrate, chair, child, children, custom, fall, farm, field, foliage, Fredericksburg, jewelry, leaves, necklace, photography, portraits, tea
I finally got to meet the “T” twins, who were adorable and delightful. And ALMOST made it seem easy to have twins. Such sweet but unique personalities. I’m privileged to call their parents friends – though the Navy has a way of keeping us separated geographically – it’s always fun to meet...
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Posted in family | Tags: chatham manor, children, fall, family, farm, field, Fredericksburg, photographer, photography, portraits, three, twins, virginia, willowdawn photography
Ok, try not to choke on my nerd dust but Where in the World is Carmen San Diego is one of the few kids shows, I actually liked… so now reread the title like you’re singing the song… it sort of works, right?
I just got a spodey-odey new decal for the back of my car...
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Posted in community | Tags: car, contest, coupon, custom, decal, engagement, fall, family, Fredericksburg, free, gift, high school, holiday, leaves, photographer, photography, portraits, prius, prize, promo, senior, virginia, wedding, where in Virginia, willowdawn photography, window
Or if these two items don’t float your boat – Free shipping on all other bags/wallets and accessories is available! Sorry, offers cannot be combined.
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Posted in family, senior, travel, wedding | Tags: city satchel, custom, Fredericksburg, free shipping, gift, handbag, holiday, limited time, market zip wallet, october, offer, photographer, photography, portraits, promotion, purse, special, virginia, wallet
That’s been my mantra since I first opened willowdawn photography. It started with me coming to you, or where ever you wanted to shoot. Continued when I included framing with all wall portraits (11×14 and larger). Kept the theme when I went looking for high quality and beautiful custom gift items. I’m...
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Posted in engagement, family, senior, wedding | Tags: art, bracelet, charm, children, christmas, custom, engagement, family, Fredericksburg, gift, holiday, italy, key fob, necklace, photographer, photography, portraits, senior, silver, sterling, travel, virginia, wedding, willowdawn photography