Featured 2013 Senior - Ashley Warren

 

Congratulations to Ashley - Senior 2013

 

Ashley will be graduating soon from Clarksville High School. Here are some of her images from her Ulitmate Senior Session at Hardgrave Photography.

Olivia Graduates!

 

Olivia has graduated from the Baby Steps Program at Hardgrave Photography!!

 

 

 

 

Images from Olivia's Baby Step sessions at Hardgrave Photography

Spring Promotions for Kids, Mommies, and Families

Spring has sprung, and everything is green and beautiful at Hardgrave Photography's outdoor portrait areas. We have several promotions planned:

Down by the Creek

What is more fun than playing in the creek? Behind the studio there is a creek that runs through our property that is fun and picturesque for perfect kids photos. Suggested clothing: denim overalls, or denim jean shorts and a plain t-shirt.  Bring an extra set of dry clothes, because we will be wet and muddy :)
Session fee of $30. Special promotional packaging available.
479-885-3835 to reserve your appointment time.

Mommie & Me Gift Certificates

Mommy & Me  Double Dollar gift certificate
Use with any new session between now and July 31st, 2013 to receive double face value. You can purchase these directly from the website, or call the studio and purchase over the phone.

Not for use with any other special, coupon, or gift card. You must pay at least 50% of your invoice at your first scheduled order appointment. In some cases a prepaid session fee may be required.
May be redeemend after July 31, 2013 for face value.

Spring Family Special

Our Spring Family Special is Saturday, May 4! Save 50% off of any portrait collection. What a huge savings. These sessions are ONLY available on this one day of the year, and we fill them fast, so call today to prepay your session fee and reserve your time.

Youtube Channel updated

I just changed the Hardgravephoto Youtube channel :)  I have a lot of short slideshows from sessions there. Check it out
http://www.youtube.com/user/HardgravePhoto/featured

Easter for a reason 2013

Easter  for a Reason 2013

 

I am never sure that I want to do an Easter Special, just because the meaning of Easter is so special, I don’t want to trivialize it with bunnies and eggs. Last year a need come to our attention that truly was heartwarming and gave us the opportunity to use Easter photos for His work.  From the last year’s Easter sessions, there are families in Tanzania drinking clean purified water that can truly improve their health.

 

I spent the New Year holiday in Guatemala with the people and girls from Shadow of His Wings Orphanage. It was my first trip there, and to tell you the truth, I had an image of “Little Orphan Annie” orphanage in my mind. WOW what a different experience! I learned the meaning of life – truly – from one of the young women that live in Casa Magdalena, the transition home for the girls that have graduated high school and are learning to live an adult life, but still have the structure and guidance of loving people from Shadow. Anyway, she was supposed to practice English with us, so we were joking around and asked her “what is the meaning of life”. Then she told us, she wanted to learn photography so she could share her life and bring more people into HIS kingdom. We all sat there stunned.

 

The young women from Casa Magdalena have so much to share about their journey from abuse to the healing they have experienced through Jesus and the families at Shadow of His Wings.  Because of that, they are working in the local market and making crafts and other jobs to raise money to go on a mission trip to Nicaragua to spread the message to other girls and women that are in the same spiritual place as they once were.  They want to make a difference in this world – like the missionaries they have seen come to help them.

 

So, this year, for the whole week before Easter, every $30  Easter Session fee will be donated to this cause. Help me to help them carry a message of healing – one that we cannot even imagine.

 

Fall Flowers

I am so happy that our fall flowers have finally popped out! To my surprise, we have some beautiful purples in the field right now, I know these will not last long! The yellows are catching up after a rough dry summer. Here are a few images from the purple field. 
Shelby and Shannon were so very sweet to work with. Shelby is at that great age of immense imagination and honesty, with a very inteligent mind to go with it. Shannon is still a very active 18 month old that makes the cutest, and uninhibited expressions.

Lil' Heroes - Firefighters!

August 24 and 25th will be Lil' Heroes - The Firefighters edition.
This is such a cute set and always produces great images. Last year, we had twins, a boy and a girl. Let me tell you, she was just as excited to pull on the turnouts and hold the ax as her brother was.

This year has been really busy for all our volunteer firefighters in the area. Mention this blog, and the name of your favorite firefighter and get $10 off your session fee.