NEW - Mini Sessions Now Available!

I am SOOO excited to announce that I am now offering Children's Studio Mini-Sessions! Only $45 for a 30 minute session in my new home studio space.

It is perfect for birthdays, holidays or just because!

Choose from my large assortment of backdrops and props. (Or bring your own.... mementos from home always add a special touch!)

These mini-sessions are customized to fit you!

Here are a few recent images of the new backdrops!




American Flag.


Pink Sparkle


Cream Tufted


Black and White Damask

Contact me for more information or to schedule a mini-session!
(These sessions are designed for children only.)

PhotoJoJo

I came across a really neat picture of camera cookie cutters today and thought, "wow, what a cool idea!"


The Camera Cookie Cutter Set

So I clicked on the image and saw that it linked to an actual store called: Photojojo.

AWESOME! They have all sorts of cool and unusual camera related products.

Here are some of my favorites:


Canon Camera Lens Mugs


Digital Time-Lapse Camera


Bokeh Masters Kit


USB Film Roll

Check it out and let me know what your favorite is or if you have any of these cool products!

I LOVE finding fun new camera stuff!! Now I just wish I had an iPhone ;)

NEW - Custom Designed Slideshows!

I am so excited to share something new that I will be offering to my customers this year!

Custom Designed Slideshows!!!

These slideshows will include every edited images from the clients photo gallery and will be set to music. Once purchased, the client will have the slideshow on a disk and be able to upload it to their own blog, Facebook and share it with family! It's definitely an amazing keepsake!!!

Take a look below and two versions of a short, 30 second slideshow. The full versions can be up to 3 minutes!

My children in a "Valentine's Day" video of the quick photo session we did together...to make their Valentine's cards for school. =)

One of my favorite couples! We went out and did a "Modern Country" themed photo session. I loved everything about this!

I think everyone will LOVE having this memento from a photo session!

*Slideshows can be purchased 'a la carte' and are included in each Package.*

Merry Christmas!

Updating for 2012

Hi everyone! I'm working on updating my blog for 2012, so please bear with me through some of the changes =)

Merry Christmas!

Moo Is AWESOME

If you've never checked out moo.com before, you need to! Last year I started researching different companies that make business cards. And believe me.......there are A LOT of them out there! But I finally came across Moo! They have the most amazing technology (Printfinity) that allows you to print a different image on the back of each card! This is the PERFECT way for photographers to show-off and advertise their images! I purchased a set of these last year and when they arrived I was SO pleased with the quality! The cards are THICK, really thick. There is no way a potential client will let this card get lost with all the other cards they may have. This one stands out from the crowd. And from experience I can say the customers love looking through my cards and being able to choose the card with the image they like best!

If you're in the market for business cards or any of the other cool products they sell (stickers, mini-cards, postcards, etc.) please use this referral link:

http://www.moo.com/share/sc8dr8

Thanks so much and feel free to leave me a comment if you have used and love MOO!

Oklahoma Sunset

Here is a recent Oklahoma sunset from my rear-view mirror!

Beautiful....driving down a dirt road. Good 'ol Oklahoma! =)

Busy Season

Oh man. I'm sure you've seen these same words around the photography blog-o-sphere. It's busy season! I don't mean to be neglecting my lovely blog, but I'm busier outside taking photographs!!! It's a great thing =)

Stick with me, soon things will calm down and I'll have tons of posts full of beautiful babies and families!

To hold you over here are my 2 beautiful kiddos:

Big C

Little C

2011 Fall/Holiday Specials

I'm so excited to announce my 2011 Fall & Holiday Specials!







I'm looking forward to a wonderful fall season with the best clients ever!

We're Home and.....

I feel almost sane again =) We had a wonderful, long vacation in Phoenix with our families! After all that fun and activity it's taken us quite a while to get back in the grove. Hopefully all you wonderful readers are still here....and forgive the long absence! I've got a TON of things to blog and am hoping to have some free time in the next few days to get pics edited and posts written. =)


Here are some vacation pics to share until then!























Stay tuned!

On The Road Again

Hey y'all! The kids and I are off on vacation again! 2 weeks in Phoenix should be awesome!!! (yes, very HOT too!)


Catch up with you all when we get back! Have a fun and safe 4th of July weekend...and take LOTS of pictures =)

Summer Water Fun!

It's been SOOO Hot here in Oklahoma! Over 100 degrees every day! So the kids and I brought out the best summer activity......the sprinkler!

Ah, the joys of summer =)

I'm Baaaaack....and on Pinterest!

Hey everyone!!!! We're back from our vacation to San Antonio and somewhat settled again in SW Oklahoma. We had a heck of a time and I can't wait to show a few of the over 200 photos I have!

In the meantime I wanted to let you all know that I've joined a great semi-new website, Pinterest! It is a very cool (& addicting) website that allows you to "pin" things all over the web and keep them for yourself on different boards. Kinda think of it like when I used to collect magazine articles from all over and try and keep them organized in a folder....but this is SO MUCH EASIER! One of the other cool things is that you can follow others and see what they find ('pin'). It's the ultimate way to share the blog love as it also automatically references where the original link was from!

I've just begun but already have a few boards filling up. Please feel free to check out my Pinterest boards and follow along! It's so much fun!

On Vacation!

Hey everyone! Just a little note to let you know that I'm not falling off the face of the Earth, but going on vacation! Yes, today my family leaves for the "Travis Family Reunion" in San Antonio, Texas! Woo Hoo!

Don't go far, as when we get back I'll no doubt have TONS of pictures to share including those from 4 family photo sessions!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend and I'll 'see' you when we get back!

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Mother's Day! For all the Mama's out there I hope you're enjoying some special time with your children (and maybe a little time for yourself!) And for everyone, make sure to send a special Thank You to your Mom! I sure LOVE mine and wish I was spending the day with her too!!!

Here's a little glimpse into my Mother's Day:

100 degrees here in Oklahoma!!!!

My Poor Little Man

We always seem to be quite busy around here. But yesterday, we had a little unexpected surprise........




My little man fell at Mom's Day Out and had to go get his first x-rays! Thankfully, nothing was broken and he just has a sprain. But doesn't he look so darn cute with that bandage on his little arm!?!?

Quarterly Top 5 Photos

I came across this a few weeks ago and enjoyed going through my photos from the first 3 month (can you believe it's April already!?!?!?) to find my TOP 5 PHOTOS OF MY KIDS. Thankfully, I organize my photos by month so it was realtively easy to see all the pics I took. But, much harder to just choose my favorite 5!

Here they are in random order:

My daughter and husband in a candid, loving moment. =)

Probably one of my favorite photos of my daughter ever.

My son in his first snow experience.

My daughter. Such a quirky expression and wearing her brother's hat. Love it in B&W where it accentuates her eyelashes!

Oye, those eyes. Not much else to say.

Spring Is Here!

Spring has arrived in Oklahoma!















Beautiful flowers have bloomed on the trees! Now if only the temperatures would follow =)

Kicking It Up With A Little Class

I'm taking another step forward with my business. Making things a little more 'classy.' ;)
I read a lot about starting your own business, marketing, etc. Everyone talks about branding. Specifically, building your own brand. (Who are you, what's your style, etc.) Over the past year I've been thinking about this and what I want people to see with Michelle Travis Photography. Obviously, a child & family photographer. (I've been asked about weddings and events....sorry, not really my thing. Thanks for asking, but I'll try and be the best at what do and not do everything!)



Okay, getting back on track.


All the thinking about branding led me to my favorite color. The color I've chosen to use A LOT. Blue. But not just any blue, aqua blue! I LOVE it and have chosen to use it all over my business.


Besides all of that color stuff I have settled on a fun font I like for my watermark, business materials, etc.


I've also finally bit the bullet and come up with some marketing and packaging materials. They all arrived recently and I LOVE THEM! Literally the day they all arrived I did a few mini photo shoots for these pictures ;)



New business cards from (moo.com)


Back:





Front:







The most amazing thing about this company is that you can choose up to 50 different images to have printed seperately onto your business cards! Amazing, and they are so thick!





It was so fun to open up my packages and find them so nicely wrapped and professionally presented...









Session thank you's. (template from Photographer's Cafe)





Referral gift cards. (template from Photographer's Cafe)





Bags and CD cases - not pictured. (DNL photo)



I'm so excited about using all these new products. The business cards have been a HUGE hit and I'm already about 1/3 out ;) I've also used my bags for a few print orders I've received since starting the website with shopping cart feature. Let me just say......professional prints are simply stunning.



Thanks for checking out my new stuff! Let me know what you think and if you've used these companies before or know of any other great companies that I should check out!

Have a great day =)