moving on

As of today, it is official.  We are moving.  We are moving out of the San Francisco Bay Area going back east.  Corning, New York to be specific.  My husband was just offered a wonderful opportunity with Corning Incorporated which will not only benefit his career, but also get my career back on track into biotech if I so choose to do so.  We will also be closer to my college football scholar son, Derrick, who plays for the West Liberty University Hill Toppers, and I will be able to attend almost all of his games!!!  I will be closer to my best friends in Pittsburgh, the Steelers, and  GOOD Buffalo chicken wings!!!!  Keith will be home more, and will be able to attend his Red Sox games at Fenway Park!!  We will also be closer to Keith's family.  Christmas in New England once again!!  And now my family is a tad bit closer, and more able to visit.  My brother and sister are terrified of flying.  We may be leaving a wonderful wine region, but only to have access to another wonderful upcoming wine region, the Fingerlakes Wine Region.  So yes, our Bacio Devino wine cellar is coming with us, but now we need to figure out how we are going to get our 600 bottle collection to New York!!!  eek!  I guess we have to start drinking more wine!



So how is my photography business affected?  My business will come with me as well.  I will continue building my portraiture business in the FingerLakes Region, and I will continue being the staff photographer for the Tiffany's Dance Academy Studios in the San Francisco Bay Area assisting Paul Henderson with photographing recitals, photo management, portraiture display and handling small projects for CostumeManager.com as needed.  However, due to the busy nature of preparing for our move early this summer, I will no longer be doing portrait sessions in the Bay Area.   My efforts during this time will focus only on Tiffany's Dance Academy and their upcoming recital events and capturing Pleasanton's Phantom T-ball Softball league {for moms and dads, your photos can be viewed through my Sports Style galleries}.  My creative services offered to the dancers of Tiffany's will remain and will still be offered for an infinite amount of time as well as my collaboration with artist Jessica Dittmer and her Storybook Look® Art . {TDAPics photo galleries are still online and available for purchase!!  Contact me at mommyandmephoto@sbcglobal.net or Paul Henderson at paul@tiffanydance.com for password details and for additional creative services}

We are all very EXCITED about this opportunity and can't wait to get moving!!!

100 percent reflection.

I love reflection shots....

rain rain go away.

...then again, I just LOVE RAINY sessions!!!!  Call me if you have the cute gear and are interested.  Only a few more rainy days in the P-town area before our wonderful sun showers us with warmth for 9 months!!!!

giddy dancers....

{photo copyright Denise M Olson of Mommy & Me Photography in collaboration with Tiffany's Dance Academy}

This adorable photo is featured on Tiffany's Dance Academy Website!!!

Tiffany's Performing Company is now looking for new performers!!  Contact Robbi  Teruya, Tiffany's Dance Academy Regional Manager, at (925) 447-5299  or robbie@tiffanydance.com to ask any questions or to inquire about more information!!

look what happened!!!

I leave to put my home galleries together, and Jelly beautifies Maddie's hair.  Love it!!!  {of course it's softball picture day tomorrow....we are leaving it...it looks tough!!}



my home gallery preview....

a little snippet of the frame styles that I offer to my clients...

happy st. patrick's day

rolling

blooming soon

dance of the snowflakes~

Photos from the 2010 Nutcracker are still available at TDAPics.  Please inquire about special services.

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the oscars - a birthday celebration

After a funfilled day at the beauty salon {All About Me Kids Salon}, we began our preparations for the Oscar Party...a red carpet welcomed our guests into the "celebrity zone".  We adorned our guest with homemade cupcakes, chocolate covered strawberries, an assortment of gourmet popcorn, pizza, meyer lemon drops, and fizzies {for the kids}...FUN!!!

Resources I used:

~ red carpet - red material from JoAnn's Fabrics {currently going out of business in Dublin, but relocating!!}

~ cupcake decorating - ideas inspired by my cupcake making class, Let'em Eat Cake in Livermore

~ meyer lemons - my tree in the backyard!!!

~ Oscar decor - idea from Hostess with the Mostess; btw, I did try the White Lady Martini, and it is GOOD!!!

~ Oscar bingo - How About Orange blogsite

~ Oscar ballet - The Academy of Motion Pictures Website

~ party supplies - Party City in Dublin

~ on-line invites - My Punchbowl

home devine - "stepchild"

An idea on what to wear for your walls!!

proud army family!!

I remember the day when Nancy told me that her son Austin decided to join the Army.  She cried.  Yet it was a decision that she knew she had to do to support her son's efforts.  For a brief time while on leave from his duties in Afghanistan, Austin and Nancy are enjoying each other...God Bless you Austin.



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Nancy's website:  http://WWW.nancyporfiriophotography.com

happy birthday!!!

Birthday party at All About Me Kids Salon in Livermore, CA...  WHAT A BLAST!!!

enchantment captured

Announcing my new fine art product, "Children at Play" !!!!   Exclusive fine art portraiture captured by Mommy & Me Photography for my clients in the San Francisco Bay Area in collaboration with artist and friend, Jessica Dittmer's - Storybook Look® Art.   I currently offer this as a product to my dance clients of Tiffany's Dance Academy and much love is being shared.  Contact me for more details on how we can create a piece of art for your children at play!!!!

children at play

a new product line to be announced shortly!!!!

tiffany's dance academy calendars...

Some dance parents have expressed an interest in the dance calendars that are on display in the Tiffany's Dance Academy studios in the bay area {Pleasanton and Livermore....Fremont, San Ramon, Tracy, and South San Francisco coming this weekend and early next week!!}....please let me know if you are interested and I would be happy to sell them to you.  Also, this is an examples of the many templates that will be offered to our dancers.

{Exclusive for Mommy & Me Photography in the San Francisco Bay Area:  ©2010 Mommy & Me Photography in collaboration with artist Jessica Dittmer- Storybook Look® Art
www.mommyandmephotography.com}

special offer...

And I'm making this special offer available to all my Mommy & Me Photography clients using any of your present or past images!!!!!  contact Denise for more details!!!!  email:  mommyandmephoto@sbcglobal.net

celebrating family...

click to play session premiere.... enjoy!

the liang family...

Back in May for the Pleasanton Mom's Club Brunch, I provided a huge basket of goodies and session prize for a lucky raffle winner.  Our lucky mom, Heather, and her family won my wonderful basket of goodies....{pottery barn photo frame, lemon drop ingredients, mini accordian calendar, sprinkles cupcakes...just to name a few; but the grande prize was a complimentary photo session and a 16x20!!!}  Congratulations, Heather, on winning my prize!!!

And what a loving adorable family....I loved LOVED the colors, the little moments, the exploring, the smiles and joy...

enjoy your little peek!!!!  {and of course I always have to sneak in a photo of my new Epiphanie camera bag!!!  LOVE IT!}

happy birthday little boy!!!