OKAY kids! I’m a NIGHT person… so I’ll be up ’til midnight AT LEAST…. if you want a digi file from a recent session.. email me now!!  If you didn’t make it, vote for my *KIDS*!! I have the BEST clients in the world! They deserve to WIN!!!!!

The contest is in full swing and the deadline extended until October 20th and now you can enter more than ONE image per child!!  In addition remember anytime the magazine needs a model for one their photo spreads the editors will be choosing from the photos of the children entered in the Cover Kid Search.

12 Children between the ages of 3 months and 15 yrs will be chosen to grace the cover of Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine (starting Jan 2010)! Great gifts will also be awarded to each child/family selected.

If you’ve already been to the studio (within last 3 months for kiddos 1-12 and within 1 month for kiddos under 1), and you’d like to enter the contest, send me an email with the image number you’d like to submit and I’ll send you a digital web version for you to use. If you want to enter, but like to have my recommendation, just say the word!

You can see more details on their site: Tampa Bay Parenting

C’mon! Let’s see if we can fill the every month of 2010 with an Alycia Alvarez Photography portrait! I’m sure I photograph the cutest kids in the Tampa Bay Area (and beyond!!)

You can vote from one computer, one time a day! Spread the word… here’s the FAVS!! Please support these adorable kiddos!

Newest Entries First… VOTE!!!

Ailani: (Client before born! she’s a SASSYmeister now! woah! I’ll have a separate blog on her comments later! love her!)

Gabriella & Siena (TWINS! and amazing, touch your heart make you cry story about them… stay tuned!):

Olivia: (been my client since she was SIX MONTHS!!)

Collin: (Olivia’s brother…client since before born! LOL!)

Aidan: (woah! how’d he get SOOOO big?????)

Eastin, his baby brother! (again… since *tummy time!… time FLIES)

Olivia: (miss THANG! she’s always STYLIN!)

DJ:

Demi:

Gabby:

Christophe:

Sophie:

Patricio:

Valeria:

Cate:

Sam:

Bella:

Shawn:

Jack:

Alex:

Sam:

Julia:

Anthony:

Alec:

The contest is in full swing and the deadline extended until October 20th and now you can enter more than ONE image per child!!  In addition remember anytime the magazine needs a model for one their photo spreads the editors will be choosing from the photos of the children entered in the Cover Kid Search.

12 Children between the ages of 3 months and 15 yrs will be chosen to grace the cover of Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine (starting Jan 2010)! Great gifts will also be awarded to each child/family selected.

If you’ve already been to the studio (within last 3 months for kiddos 1-12 and within 1 month for kiddos under 1), and you’d like to enter the contest, send me an email with the image number you’d like to submit and I’ll send you a digital web version for you to use. If you want to enter, but like to have my recommendation, just say the word!

You can see more details on their site: Tampa Bay Parenting

C’mon! Let’s see if we can fill the every month of 2010 with an Alycia Alvarez Photography portrait! I’m sure I photograph the cutest kids in the Tampa Bay Area (and beyond!!)

You can vote from one computer, one time a day! Spread the word… here’s the FAVS!! Please support these adorable kiddos!

Olivia:

DJ:

Demi:

Gabby:

Christophe:

Sophie:

Patricio:

Valeria:

Cate:

Sam:

Bella:

Shawn:

Jack:

Alex:

Sam:

Julia:

Anthony:

Alec:

Okay… finally got my snazzy scheduler.  My beautiful, wonderful assistant (and BFF *smiles*) who has worked with me for the past five years part time, got a full time job and so I’ve been having to play alot of phone tag with you guys lately. Sorry about that and rest assured… if you have left me a message or email… I AM working my tail off to get back to you. This time of year gets crazy for me… so hang with me if you can!

So onto the dates & times…

Mini Sessions (30 minutes, kids only, one outfit… details can be seen a few posts back: MINI SESSIONS ) will be held in October only on the following dates: October 20-23 & 27-30. Dates are already filling up (the newsletter just went out.. be sure to sign up for it if you’re not yet!) So if you are interested, you can check the days/times available here:

AVAILABLE DATES & TIMES

I’m still anxious to post my London *travels* but have been so busy since getting back and then jumping into the holiday season! Here’s a couple teasers!!

BIG BEN @ sunset!

Stonehenge… And NO! I didn’t add the BIRD!

I wanted to give an update on the pricing for the upcoming mini Holiday Sessions.  These we be offered the last two weeks of October only.  I’m still working out the nifty online scheduling system to avoid the phone tag once I announce the available days & times. The official dates will be October 20-23 and October 28-30 ONLY.  For these sessions, there’s *NO* session fee, just a minimum prepaid $295 purchase (Basic Collection) to hold your reservation.  I hope to have the schedule up by the end of this week, but if you know are interested in scheduling a mini session, you can email me: alycia@alyciaalvarezphotography.com to ensure a spot because these have limited availability.   Here’s more information about the session and packages, and you can see my “theme suggestions” on the last blog post HERE.

Wow! It’s October ALREADY! Crazy! Life has been fast and furious for me personally and professionally.  I’ve recently been asked to speak at several more conventions, so I’ll blog that one on another post.  Lots of news and suprises coming soon!

But first things first! ‘Tis the season for Holiday Cards and we all know December gets here faster than a fruitcake gets regifted! LOL!

The cutoff for holiday sessions is November 13th (with the exception of newborns & bella baby clients).  I am almost totally booked up for November and most of October.  In order to accomodate more clients and try to avoid the dreaded “waiting list”, I am going to try something new this year and have some “Simple Sibling Sessions”. These are 30 minute sessions, one outfit, one “theme”. Great for those of you who don’t neccesarily want to have the entire family in a session and really want to gear the session for your Custom Holiday Cards and a few prints for grandma & grandpa.

I will announce pricing details next week, but there will be limited availability to these studio sessions and they will fill up quickly. I’m working on setting up an online scheduling program so that you can see the exact times/days available to avoid playing “tag” during this crazy time.

So while your waiting for further details and specifics (and my new nifty scheduler), you can start thinking about your “one outfit” for the session. To help you out, here’s some that are tried and true!

Also… some new cards have been added this year to the custom templates (they are on the last pages)… Check them out here:  CUSTOM HOLIDAY TEMPLATES