Announcing Mijola Photography's 2010 Christmas Special

Woo hoo! It's that time of year!!! Starting immediately until November 15th, I am offering ½ hour blocks of shooting time, with a rights-released cd -for $149. This amount of time will give you enough material to choose from for a portrait card or a collage card-with no additional photographer fees for prints or cards. The “proof” step is eliminated, and you get all of your photos within 10 days of the shoot date. The photos are yours to keep for personal use and to do with whatever you please! Cards, calendars, posters, mugs, whatever! This represents a $50 discount from my usual fee for this time frame. Log on to my Facebook page, become a fan, and you will receive an additional 10% discount! This special will remain in effect until November 15, 2010. After this date, my regular fees will apply….. so book now! Call me @ 347-782-2734 or email me at mijolaphoto@gmail.com to secure your preferred time.

This gorgeous mom is my husband's first cousin.....good genes, eh?!!! Her precious boy is at the age where he just wants to go, go, go, go! We tried so hard to get him to look up and smile, but in the mean time, I think I got some really nice images of him just playing in the light from my windows. Then, at the last possible moment, he looked up at his mom and beamed a beautiful, million dollar smile, as if to showcase his perfect little baby teeth. One for the ages!

This baby is beautiful. Just the sweetest, gentlest creature imaginable. She charmed me from the first frame. We shot at the Museum of Natural History, a location that I hold very dear because I lived nearby and spent untold hours with my son playing there in his first 18 months of life before I got pregnant again and left Manhattan. Since then, they've added and updated quite a lot. We began outside at the sprinklers which were deserted because of the wind. It eventually proved too much for us, too, so we ducked inside for a wardrobe change and more shooting. What I really wish in retrospect was to have her in the buff because she has the most incredible porcelain skin- the few I got with her just in her diaper while her mom was changing her are some of my favorites. What a pleasure!!!

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These are three of the most precious little girls on the planet. They are very close in age to my own three and it amazed me how different the dynamics were between them being all girls. It was all giggles! I hit it off with them right away and we had SO much fun. The two shots where they are standing at the brick wall are some of my all time faves. How sweet they look in the straight shot, but how cute and real is the next one? What beauties they are...and I can only imagine what their house will be like about 10 years from now!!! 

A Word About Pricing

I want to address an issue about my pricing. Many people have told me that I should be or could be charging a lot more for what I do. I do know this, but I want to say that my business is in the earliest phases of start-up...just about six months of shooting people who hired me to do so. And though I have yet to have a customer not satisfied (every one has ranged from "very happy" to "crying with joy") I still feel that much of what I am doing at this point is new, and I am in the process of gaining experience. I really want to develop further in many ways both as a service provider and in honing this amazing craft I practice. I certainly WILL charge market rates for what I do in the future, how soon this will be I can't say exactly. But as they say, "prices subject to change without notice" so if you want to book me, get me while I'm cheap!!!!

: ) For consultation and booking, call me at 347-782-2734.

I was so excited to visit the C. family again after shooting the Christmas card/birth announcement for the brand new baby N. and her big sister and brother. She was such a tiny, fragile newborn then- but look at her now! Her Christening is coming up and I was honored to document this big occasion in her life in this spectacular heirloom ensemble. I think she looks like a perfect little doll. She is such a beautiful, darling baby.... she has a personality like her mom, all sweetness and light. One thing I especially love about these pictures is how the design down the center of the dress matches the design on the pillow. Everything just looks so lush in the beautiful light from the windows.

This is the spectacular baby J. who was at my house back in December to do this shoot with his wonderful mom. She is a talented designer who has done my logo as well as several promotional projects with me. I love the work she's done for me and I especially love working with her because she is a bundle of positive creative engergy full of great ideas, patience and understanding. We have plans for collaborating on several projects, including a line of custom photo Christmas cards that I'd like to have available to my clients for next holiday season. Her sister just had a baby a few weeks ago, so we will be shooting again very soon and I can't wait! And how gorgeous is this baby?

I photographed three darling boys on Friday, the V. brothers. They could not have been cuter in their matching red sweaters! The light was radiant, the boys were totally well-behaved, and I love all those little toes!!! We did have one who was not at the top of his game, not having gotten all of his sleep the night before, but I bet you can't tell who it was.... thanks for a great shoot, guys!!

I went to a family event a few weeks ago highly anticipating my first look in person at a baby I suspected was going to be a knockout. (Okay, since he and my kids share a few genes, I am a little biased :) ). Look at this baby- all I see is the mirror image of any given infant in a Renaissance painting. He is so perfectly round! He is teething, and his beautiful mother and I could not keep his hands out of his mouth, but I think it doesn't matter one bit because this baby is all about eyes, eyes, eyes! A knockout, indeed.

Here's the precious J. again, this time with his big sister.  We had beautiful light and a perfectly comfy set-up on mom & dad's cozy bed! Again, mom came up with the great idea of having the baby on M.'s back- and the poinsetta was just in the right spot- I think that's my favorite. I also love the shot where she's blowing the whirlygig (is that what those things are called?). What beautiful children!