We love it when our clients are happy.  Just recently, Melissa left us a little message on our Facebook page letting us know what she thought about her portrait session with her husband and daughter…

“Thank you so much, Chris Watts Photography & Design, for our awesome portrait order.  Caleb and I love how creative you are with the shots and angles - you are so very talented.  We have already received many compliments on our portraits.  You were so wonderful to work with during the session & selection process.  Without a doubt, we will be contacting you next year for another session.  We can’t thank you enough and we look forward to working with you again soon!”

Thanks, Melissa… can’t wait!

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As we kick off 2012, we’re reminded how amazing 2011 was for us, personally.  We’re excited about what 2012 has in store, but we wanted to take a moment to reflect back on some of the personal events that made 2011 such a great year for us.  Enjoy our 2011 retrospective, in photos…

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We had the pleasure of working with Melissa, Caleb, and Peyton on their holiday family portrait a few weeks ago.  Little Peyton had just lost her front tooth a day or two before, but her missing tooth made their portrait that much cuter.  Enjoy, and let us know what you think!

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If you’ve kept up with our Blog or read our About page, you know we love to travel.  One of the few things we love more than traveling is taking beautiful photos of some of the amazing places we’ve been, including Africa, Ecuador, Peru, and the Galapagos Islands, as well as locations closer to home, such as Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, the Pacific Northwest, and Hawaii.

We’ve had a number of people ask us how they can purchase prints of some of our travel and fine art photography, and now, we’re proud to make that available in the form of an online store.

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Travel & Fine Art Black Friday Special

In celebration of the opening of our new Travel & Fine Art store, we’re offering a Black Friday special.  Starting this Friday, November 25, through Monday, November 28, we’re offering 30% off all Travel & Fine Art prints!  To take advantage of this offer, just use coupon code TFABlackFriday11_30 at checkout on any Travel & Fine Art products.

Click here for more details about our Travel & Fine Art prints.

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Holiday Order Deadlines

The holidays are fast approaching, and with that comes holiday order deadlines.  Any holiday-related portrait sessions should be scheduled by mid-to-late November.  Holiday-related print orders should be in by early-to-mid December, while holiday card orders should be in by early December in order to get them back in time to mail out to family and friends.

As always, let us know if you have any questions.

Holiday Special

We’re offering a Facebook holiday card special all this month, until November 30, 2011.  To see what we’re offering, just head over to our Facebook page, “like” it if you haven’t already, then check out the Specials tab on the left; you’ll find all the info you need there.  It’s a great deal if you’re looking to have some custom-printed holiday cards done this year!

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Once again, our participation in Images for a Cure has come to a close.  A huge “thank you” goes out to everyone that donated.  Mark you calendars for next year!  Thanks again!

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As posted last week, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re once again participating in Images for a Cure, a national fundraising event held by photographers, benefiting breast cancer research.  Our Images for a Cure special runs this week, Monday, October 17 through Friday, October 21.  For all the details, please refer to our previous post - Images For A Cure 2011 - The Details.

This is a great opportunity to get a fantastic portrait while benefiting a great cause.  As always, if you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

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As posted last week, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re once again participating in Images for a Cure, a national fundraising event held by photographers, benefiting breast cancer research.  As promised, here are all the details.

Images for a Cure calls for photographers to offer portrait session bookings for one day in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with all session fee proceeds benefiting The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  Just like last year, we’re going to cheat a bit and offer three five days, starting next week, Monday, October 17 through Friday, October 21.  Your portrait session doesn’t have to be scheduled during that time frame, just booked (i.e., paid for with your donation).

In exchange for your donation we’re offering portrait mini sessions of whatever type you like - couples’ portraits, family portraits, kids’ portraits, or senior portraits - and we’re going to offer them three ways, depending on your donation…

• A donation of $50, a significant savings over our normal rates, is the minimum required to reserve your portrait session.
• A donation of $75 will reserve your portrait session and entitle you to a 10% discount on all prints and products from your session.
• A donation of $100 (or more) will reserve your portrait session and entitle you to a 20% discount on all prints and products from your session.

Here’s what you’ll need to do to reserve your special portrait session…

1. At some point Monday, October 17 through Friday, October 21, head over to this website and give your donation benefiting The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  Use the list above to determine how much you’d like to give, but keep in mind that you can give more if you so desire.  Your donation serves as your session fee and will reserve your portrait session with us.
2. Contact us to schedule your portrait session.  Again, your portrait session doesn’t have to be scheduled for the Oct. 17 - Oct. 21 time frame; that’s just when you’ll need to provide your donation.  When you contact us, please let us know you’re participating in the Images for a Cure event.  You’ll also need to email us () your donation receipt so we can apply the appropriate discounts and keep track of everything.
3. After your portrait session is complete, you’ll be provided with an online gallery where you’ll be able to purchase prints and other products from your portrait session, just like any other client.  We’ll send you relevant pricing info when you contact us to schedule your session.  If you’d like to know beforehand, just let us know.
4. Feel great about what you’ve done to help this great cause.
5. Share this post with all your family and friends on Facebook and Twitter.  The more support, the better!

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

Regardless of whether or not you choose to book a portrait session with us, please consider making a donation.  Again, you can head over to this website and give whatever you’re comfortable with.  It all goes to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and every penny counts.

Finally, whether you choose to participate or not, please use the share links below to help spread the word to those that might wish to participate.  This is a great cause, and the more support we can get, the better.  Thanks!

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My, how time flies when you’re having fun!  It’s October again.  October brings us Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which brings us Images for a Cure, a national fundraising event for breast cancer research.  Once again, for one day in the coming weeks, we’ll be offering portrait mini-sessions at a special price, all session fee proceeds for which will benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

We had great success with this event last year, and we hope to do even better this year.  We’ll have more details soon.  In the meantime, please take a second to share this with your family and friends; we’ve made it easy with the share links below.  Thanks!

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Here’s part 4 (view part 1, part 2, or part 3) and the conclusion of our honeymoon in Greece series.  After a few days in Santorini, we took yet another high-speed ferry to the island of Crete, the largest of the Greek Islands.

We only had a couple days in Crete, which given its size, isn’t nearly enough time.  You could easily spend a week just on Crete.  What we did see was a far cry from what we saw in Mykonos and Santorini.  The area we stayed in and explored was much more urban and less touristy.  Overall, it was a great contrast to the other islands.

While there are fewer photos in this post, you’ll still have to view the full post to see all the photos.  Enjoy!

In hindsight, we couldn’t have picked a better locale for our honeymoon.  Hopefully we’ll get a chance to go back one day.

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