The next clue….

 

 

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I’ve been working hard all night to get the display ready at Butterfly Kisses on Lincolnway in Valpariso.  Come out tomorrow to see the reveal!  If you can’t make it, full details will be posted on the blog next week.  

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I have….

a surprise in store!  There will be a clue today and tomorrow.  Check back to see them.  I’ll reveal the surprise on the blog next week - OR, you can stop by Butterfly Kisses on Saturday during the Popcorn Festival to see what the big news is!  :D

 

Today’s clue

 

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Happy Friday!  

This weekend….

 

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I donated my hair to Locks of Love, gave my AH-Mazing hair stylist Kristi the biggest hug (go see her at Hair Sculptors on Evans Ave in Valpo *477-4455* - she is the BEST!!), and gave my husband a quick lesson on how to snap away with my camera, because my self-portrait skills leave MUCH to be desired.   I guess it was about time to get a decent photo of myself for my website, and let me tell you - it feels weird on the other side of the camera!!  

 

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2008 Availability…..

is almost gone!  If you want a session this year, you need to contact me now!  I’m excited to be almost completely booked for the year.  There are only three weekend dates left, and there are very limited weekday sessions still available.  

I’m also tossing around the idea of offering one or two mini session dates.  These would be short sessions - approx. 20 minutes.  There would be no session fee, but you would pre-purchase a package including custom printed Christmas Cards (my available lines can now be seen in my galleries in the website) and prints for yourself or as holiday gifts for loved ones. These mini session would be child focused (no families).   If you’d be interested, let me know and I’ll put you on the list for information.  

samantha@samanthauphold.com

219-405-5117

Lovely…

 

 is the best way to describe my time spent with this family.  I was invited up to their family cottage in Union Pier, Michigan.  I knew from the beginning I was going to love shooting at this location.  Every little detail included generations of memories for this family.  I love to incorporate special touches into portraits - something that means so much to the client, but yet may not be obvoius to other viewers.  I think every photo we took at the cottage had that extra special touch.  There was just so much history and love streaming from this place.  I was sad to leave!       

 

 

“A” family - thank you for being so hospitable.  I think we finally nailed down the perfect day.  I love your home away from home, and I look forward to seeing you all again!

 

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Good friends =

good times.

There is not much to say except how much I ADORE being around this family. Thank you for allowing me to capture your family memories.

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Just a little…

Sunday Heart.  There is really a lot of meaning behind this image, but it is so late early, that I’m not going to even try to write something sensible or possibly deep.  Let your imagination wander….

 

 

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Congrats to the Winners!!!

Is this mama ever going to be excited!  Congrats “M” twins!  You’ll be the 2009 Cover Child(ren) for Samantha Uphold Photography.  Expect to see much more of these little tykes as they grow up.  Thanks to the oodles and oodles of people who voted.  It was a close race!

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Do you ever have days…

like this?

“There are some days when no matter what I say it feels like I’m far away in another country & whoever is doing the translating has had far too much to drink.”

It seems like I can always turn to the storypeople to somehow find the words that I could never imagine to say. ”

connected by a silver cord that hums with sadness the further it is stretched”

and, why can’t we just all be like this?

“liking each other because it’s a beautiful day & it seems like a waste of time to disagree about stuff the other one is refusing to change out of sheer stubbornness”

I know….that’s not life. BUT, I can still wish it was as easy as that.

Congrats to Sarah!

She won the last contest, because I didn’t post yesterday!  Now, the contest is officially over, and we’ve had several winners.  Make sure to vote below in the Cover Child Contest, which runs through tomorrow.