Just a fun little bit of news to share this morning. I entered a couple of my favorite images into the photography contest at the Erie County Fair this year. My portrait entry received “best of” and was in consideration for the tri-color ribbon - yay! My pictorial entry received an honorable mention. It made trekking down to the fair 8.5 months pregnant with 4 kids and a husband in tow totally worth it.

Early November sessions are currently booking and October is extremely limited with just one weekend session left - please book now!

Here are a couple of iphone pictures from last night at the fair. . . .

“Best Of” - Portrait

Honorable Mention - Pictorial

Its Fan Friday again! Up for grabs this week is a complimentary 12×12 4 Image Collage with the purchase of your session fee ($160 value). All you have to do is leave a comment below and say why you would love a session with SH Portraits, would love a collage, or have loved working with SH Portraits in the past. Anything really! I’ll use a random number generator to determine the winner. And. . .because I totally forgot to post a Fan Friday last weekend - I will leave this one open to comments through 11:59pm TOMORROW and announce the winner on Sunday. So be sure to share the contest with your friends and family too!

I have some fun exciting news and things in the works that I will be able to share in the next few weeks too. I am just bursting to tell everyone but have to wait - so be sure to keep an eye out.

For now - here is an example of what the collage would look like and it is mounted on my standard styrene to protect it. Just frame and hang!

Its Fan Friday! Today i will be giving away a gift certificate woth $50 that you can use or give to a friend! Just comment on this blog post saying why you would like a session with SH Portraits. Yup - it really is THAT easy! Tomorrow I will use a random number generator to choose the winner.

Of course I have to include a picture with the blog post so I am posting one of my kiddos, from two years ago (well almost). Hard to believe he was this tiny - I love his wrinkly little feet here.

I will be on Long Island for a very limited engagement June 4th-7th please let me know asap if you would like a session! Details below!

Wow Mother’s Day is NEXT weekend - as a busy mom and business owner I nearly forgot myself (ok thats not the truth and if you read this honey a trip to the spa sounds AMAZING!). Of course SH Portraits has Mother’s Day specials and gifts but the great thing is that they last all month long! Each session booked this month will receive a complimentary 5×7 of Mom with their kiddo or children (of course Mom that means you have to get all dolled up for the session too!), photo necklaces are also 20% off this month only! Also - Dads & Moms (you can buy a gift for your bff!) I have gift certificates as always in any denomination. Gift certificates can be custom designed and emailed to you for printing so that you have it right away no need to pick it up or wait for it in the mail. I can’t wait to celebrate being a Mom next weekend and I’ll be thinking of all of my families and Moms too. ~ Samara

Well it has been a long time coming but I am finally posting a few images from Amanda & Scott’s engagement session. Amanda just happens to be a friend of mine from college and it was great to catch up with her and meet her fiance Scott. I wish them the best of luck they are a GREAT couple!!

If you are interested in engagement portraits. . .give me a call! Enjoy a relaxed and FUN engagement session where you can show off your true personalities. Engagement portraits are $250 which includes: Session Fee, 20-30 Images in Online Gallery (fully retouched and artfully edited) 5×5 Leather Album with 10 Images & 1 high resolution digital file on cd (with release to print as you wish and use as your newspaper announcement)