Valentine's Trivia

Here are some fun facts about Valentine's Day:

- Centuries ago, it was a comman belief that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day then she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a rich man.

- Alexander Graham Bell applied for the patent on the telephone on Valentine's Day, 1876

- The custom of drawing a heart shape is thought to have come from from early attempts to draw an organ no one had seen.

- During midevial times people who could not read or write were allowed to sign documents with an "X"; the signer then kissed the "X" to show sincerity. And that is why an "X" represents a kiss.

At Amore' Studio & Photographic Design we want to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day. Please think of us for all your photographic needs.

Valentine Special Ends Soon- Don't Miss Out!

Valentine's Special

Grover Discusses: What is Marriage?

Thought this was too cute and just had to share! I hope you enjoy!

World Golf Village Bridal Show

Attended the WGV Bridal Fantasy yesterday. What a huge turnout! I am really excited about the 2010 wedding season. Thank-you to Greg Sessions for hosting this event and to all the wonderful brides that we spoke with yesterday. I hope everyone had a much fun at this event as I did!

January Specials

We hope that everyone enjoyed the Christmas Season. Christmas is such a special time of year, let's keep its spirit alive throughout the new year.

In the spirit of giving, we are offering sustantial savings to you, our valued customer, on all large and wall portraits. Now through January 31st we are giving a 20% discount on any portrait 16x20 or larger.

There is nothing in the world more important than family. Now you can show your family off while saving money. What could be better!

Last Call for Winter Scenes Set

Due to poular demand, we will be photographing our Winter Scenes set on Dec 19th and Dec 22nd. Don't miss the chance to have your children photographed in one of our most exciting sets of the year! This set has been extremely popular with our clients.

You can see the set on our Winter Scenes post below.

Call our studio TODAY at 904-879-3469 to schedule your appointment.

High Honors Acheived

The annual Holiday Party and Awards Dinner for the Professional Photographers Society of North Florida was held on Tuesday, December 8th.

I am extremely humbled and proud to announce that I received Photographer of the Year for North Florida. What an honor! I am pictured below with our President Pat Tankersly.

I want to publically thank everyone who has shared their knowledge and passion for photography with me. Without you I would have never achieved this distinguished award.I also want to thank my Lord for whose strength carries me. Last ( but definately not least) I want to thank my husband. He is so supportive of my photography. I love you boo!

Cherished Treasures

Nothing adds warmth to your home like a family portrait. It shows that your family is important to you.

Show Mom how important your family is- give her the gift she REALLY wants. Give her the gift of fine family portraiture.

Call today to schedule your appointment with Southeast Georgia and Jacksonville's favorite photography studio- Amore' Studio & Photographic Design.

CyberMonday Special

To celebrate CyberMonday, we are putting our gift certificates on sale just in time for Christmas. Do you have comeone on your list who has everything? Give them a gift certificate from our studio. Everyone enjoys the gift of portraiture.

Today only we are offer our gift certificates at 50% off. That's right, 50% off regular retail! What does that mean? You can purchase a $50 certificate for $25, or a $100 certificate for $50.

Call 904-879-3469 to reserve your certificate now. Remember this offer will expire at the end of the business day TODAY!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We want to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving! Our wonderful friends and clients are at the top of our list when we count our blessings.. We appreciate each of you!

I will be posting the December specials in the next couple of days. Remember it's not too late to have your family portrait taken for Christmas!

Special Sale For New Clients

For a limited time we are offering a fabulous special to new clients. Recieve our session fee for half off the regular price and a complimentary 8x10. Now is the time for your holiday family portrait! Call today to schedule your session.

If you have children, when you join our KIDS KLUB you can save even more off our regular prices!

Don't wait call 904-879-3469 TODAY!

Winter Scenes Set Available Now!

Here is our winter scene set for the 2009 Holiday season. Your child will absolutely LOVE being photographed in the snow with a snowman.

Call 879-3469 today to reserve your space,sessions are booking quickly.

New Studio Access to Serve More Areas!

We now have studio access in the San Jose & Julington Creek area.
This will allow us to better serve our customers in Orange Park, Mandarin, and St. Johns County.

Thank-you to Signature Studios for allowing us to join them at their studio.

These images are from a photo session that I did Saturday. The model is Marie Moran. She is a cancer patient who has touched many lives. Despite her own battle, she is willing to share her experience and help anyone who needs her to. She is one special lady and I am honored to call her my friend.

I hope to have more images done shortly. There were so many good ones that I could not resist sharing a couple!

The first one I call Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend!

This one is The Face of Courage. I have never met a braver women. She does not dwell on her own health issues but concentrates on everyone else's.

We had such a good time capturing these images. I can not wait to finish them so you can see them all Marie.

Thanks again for agreeing to model. It was a pleasure

to photograph you.

I want to also thank Ken for fixing my portable background stand. It works like a charm again!

Executive Portraits

Here is a recent Executive Portrait that we did for an entrepenuer with 2 businesses! Hope you enjoy it Tom!

Remember if someone tells you that you need to update your Executive Portrait contact us immediately!

Studio is Reopened

Our studio is now reopened. We were in Ohio celebrating my parents 50th wedding anniversary. Even though we enjoyed visiting family and friends, we are glad to be
back. We have the greatest customers and we enjoy every one of them. Thanks
everyone for my parents congrats and well wishes.

Does Your Portrait Need A "FaceLift"??

I'm not talking about cosmetic surgery, or even PhotoShop retouching! Have your friends or colleagues told you that the image you have on your Facebook or LinkedIn pages looks BAD??

It is a known fact that in order to create a better profile, you NEED a great picture of yourself.

Social networking is about people interacting with other people or businesses.

Especially LinkedIn. How do you expect other professionals to take you seriously if you have an amateur image on your account? Having your photo posted allows people to put a face with your name. Do you want to send the message that you don't care about your image?? I doubt it!

If you find that you are in this situation Don't delay! Call us at 904-879-3469 TODAY! We can create an image that not only looks great but will capture your personality also.

Celebrating 23 Years

Today my husband Dan and I are celebrating 23 years of marriage. We have been blessed by the fact that we are soulmates. I fall deeper in love with him everyday. Happy Anniversay honey!

Celebrating 50 Years of Marriage

Our studio will be closed from August 24th thru September 1st. We will be traveling to Ohio in order to celebrate my parents 50th wedding Anniversary.

Wow! What an Honor We Received!

Last Tuesday one of my competition prints was chosen to compete in Intersection. What does this mean? Intersection is a special judging that is done at our state convention. One print from 4 photographers are chosen to represent their guild. The prints are judged and an award is given to the best guild in the state. We have one of the largest guilds in the state with a membership of over 100. Wow! What an honor that one of my prints was chosen to help represent the North Florida Society of Professional Photographers.

Kutting For Kids

Last Sunday I had the privilege of participating in the 10th Annual Kutting for Kids held at the Orange Park Mall. This was my second year volunteering. What a fun day! As you may know, Kutting For Kids is sponsored by Channel 12 and Jeannie Blalock. Locks of Love takes the donations and makes wigs for children who do not have hair due to medical reasons.

As in the past years; many generous, caring people donated their locks. We had donors from all ages. The youngest donor was 3 years old. At last count we collected over 7,004 inches of hair with the longest single donation being 26 inches. That is enough to make 45 wigs for those in need.

Emotions definitely ran high during this event. It was not uncommon to see huge smiles on the faces of the donors but there were also a few that shed tears as their tresses were removed.

Everyone felt joyous to be giving to such a worthwhile cause. We even had one very special girl donate.

There were many organizations that helped in the event. Brownies were there to help with the collection and measuring the donations. Talented musicians and dancers entertained us. Clowns were on hand for ballon hats or animals and face painting. Professional hairstylsts donated their time and talent to ensure that everyone looked great after their donation.

Here is a video of my favorite images from the day. I hope you enjoy it. If you were unable to donate this year please consider donating next year. Donations must be at least 10 inches and free from bleach (hair color is permissable). For a full overview of the criteria please visit the Locks of Love website.

If you would like to see more images log onto the First Coast News website, click the View Videos and Photos link to select the Kutting for Kids gallery.

If your image is on our blog and you would like a copy for Facebook, etc please contact our studio. We will be happy to send you a web quality image free of charge. This is our way of saying thank you for donating.

A Little Teaser for You

I hope you enjoy this teaser from a family session that I did the other night. This family is very special to alot of people. They will soon be celebrating 20 years of pastoring their church. A huge congratulation and wishes for continued success from us to you. May God continue to bless you in your ministry.

Ms. Sandy, I can't wait for you to see all your images. They are lovely and I am quite proud of them. We are honored that you allowed us to capture these treasured images.

Okay, okay as a blogger I fail. There has been
so much to blog about but soooo little time. I
am sure we are all experiencing the same thing.
I promise to try to be better about blogging.

One thing I would like to say: I am very proud
to anounce that Amore' Studio & Photographic Design
as been accepted into Biltmore's Who's Who for Businesses.
What an honor!

Senior Session

Hope you enjoy the "sneek peek" from a Senior Session that we did last week. We had a lot of fun working with Grace. She is an awesome girl! I can't wait for her viewing session next week. Get ready Grace, for you are the star of your own "MTV video".