Savannah - Class of 2013 {Austin Senior Photographer}

What a beautiful night it was for this senior portrait session in one of my favorite green spaces. 

I love Austin this time of year because a) the heat has let up! and b) it is so green right now.  Last year at this time (due to the terrible drought we had), the grassy areas were just yellowed and crunchy.  This fall, everything is green, lush, and even full of yellow wildflowers right now.  Love it! 

Savannah is such a sweet gal... I know she will be a big success wherever her college career leads her!

Cute {Austin Family Photographer}

This family was just cute, cute, cute. 

The R Family {Austin Family Photographer}

Miles of Smiles Photography just celebrated our second birthday this weekend, and OH did I have fun doing some amazing shoots with adorable families!

I enjoyed every minute of my session with the adorable R Family.  What adorable little men they have, and how stylish all four of them are!  Their mama is a super creative gal with her photography business.  And she even made little E's bowtie!  She is doing my family's portraits in a few weeks.  We are like a zoo on wheels sometimes, so it will be fun having someone else in charge of capturing my kiddos on camera.  Like any mom, I know that taking pictures of your own kids can be quite the adventure sometimes.  :)

It is always a treat getting to shoot in downtown Austin.  We live in such a beautiful city!  We had a great morning together, and I just love how these turned out.  Enjoy a sneak peek from our session together.

I'm loving the "R" on the building in the first image below... for the "R" Family.

The B Family {Austin Family Photographer}

I had so much fun doing the B family's session in downtown Austin earlier this fall.  Beautiful city in the background, and such a nice (not to mention hilarious) family to work with.   I am so blessed to get to work with such amazing clients in this business.

Enjoy a sneak peek from our session.

The E Family - Iowa Mini-Sessions

Here is a sneak peek into one more of my Iowa mini-sessions from earlier this month.  I have known B for many years, as she was my hair stylist from my early high school years on.  In fact, any time I am back, I always land in her styling chair for a haircut and highlight! 

She and her husband just celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary, and she decided it was time to update the pictures in their home, so she booked a mini-session.  We even got to include their adorable grandkids in the session.  Whoa... talk about the bluest eyes I may have ever seen!  These sweet kids were so fun to work with.

Oh... and another bonus... We got to include his amazing car.  L rebuilt this car from scratch.  It was amazing to see before, during, and after pictures of this car.  Talk about a labor of love, and something that they will cherish forever!  So cool.  

Enjoy the sneak peek...

And here's to 30 more wonderful years, E family!  

The VP Family - Iowa Mini-Sessions

I always enjoy getting back to Iowa in the fall, and have started doing annual mini-sessions there every October.  I'm already looking forward to October 2013 in Iowa!

It was great working with the VP family and meeting their sweet kiddos.  I went to high-school with their pretty mommy and played basketball, volleyball, and ran track with her.  And I even used to "go out with" (as we called it in Junior High) her younger brother when I was in 7th grade and then went to prom with him my Senior year.  You see, when you grow up in a town of 1,200, everyone really does know everyone.  :) 

It is always cute seeing how high school friends' lives turn out.  And how sweet their families are.  This little family of four is just beautiful all around.

Enjoy a sneak peek into the VP family Iowa mini-session!

Sweet Sidney {Austin Newborn Photographer}

This little gal might have been small, but she was mighty!

I first met her mama when she still had a few months left in her pregnancy.  We planned to do a maternity session and then follow that up several weeks later with a newborn session.  But little Sidney had other plans.  She decided to come about six weeks early - before we even had a chance to do the maternity session. 

We may not have been able to get the maternity session in, but we certainly captured plenty of cuteness at her newborn session.  Little Sidney was a little less than six pounds, but she was around four weeks old at our newborn session, so she was quite alert.  With a little bit of my "baby whisperer" magic, I got her nice and sleepy. 

The perfect addition to a sweet family...

Fall Mini Session Specials are Here! Limited Availability...

I am excited to announce my fall mini-session specials and FREE holiday cards for 2012!  My calendar is almost booked for the rest of 2012, so get your full or mini-session scheduled and we'll get you on the calendar.  I cannot wait for all of the families and adorable babies and children coming up in fall sessions!  

TEXAS MINI-SESSIONS: October 27 and November 3, 2012
Location: South Austin (Beautiful park area near MoPac and Slaughter Ln)

•       Sat, October 27^th  30-minute sessions between 8am-10:30am
•        Sat, Nov. 3^rd   30-minute sessions between 8am-10:30am; 5:30-6:30pm
•       Refer a Friend and Get Rewarded! 
• For every friend you refer, you will receive a FREE gift print (8x10 or smaller) of your choice!   (Refer 5 friends = get 5 gift prints!!)  Your referral must book a session this fall and mention your first and last name on their client paperwork.  Referral rewards are non-transferrable and hold no cash value.

PACKAGE 1: $450 + tax (Most popular!  Over $800 value.)
Let us do all the work for you and guarantee that your prints get printed professionally and quickly.  They will be ready for those frames in your home and gifts for your loved ones!  The best part?  Once you pick your images, you don't have to lift a finger!  (This is the perfect package for getting gift prints to give grandparents for holiday gifts.)

Includes a 25-minute session and: 

• 7 gift prints of your choice (8x10 or smaller)
• 1 11x14 mounted wall portrait
• 8 high-resolution images on a CD (the same poses as your prints) with print release
• 20% off our a la carte pricing menu on prints, products, and boutique frames 
• An online viewing gallery available for one week to share with family and friends
• PLUS a gift of 48 4x6 holiday photo cards and a Facebook timeline image!  

PACKAGE 2: $275 + tax (A $350 value.)
Includes a 25-minute session and: 

• An 8x10 gift print
• 4 high-resolution images on a CD with a print release
• PLUS a gift of 24 4x6 holiday photo cards.  See digital options note below.
• Additional prints and boutique products are available for purchase. 
  

Contact me (milesofsmilesphotography at yahoo dot com) with any questions and to book your session.  Prices include up to 5 people.  Please add $15/person above that. 

CARD OPTIONS: Sessions include a gift of free 4x6 photo holiday cards!

Please note: Text on card can be customized (ex: instead of "Merry Christmas," it can say, "Happy Holidays," "Happy Everything," "Happy New Year," etc.  Additional cards are available at a great cost, and/or you can upgrade to 5x7s as well.  Contact us with questions.

Info needed from you: 

1. Your card choice.  (Card titles are on each card template below.)
2. Text for the card (Word for word how you want it to read.  It needs to be about the same number of words as you see on the templates so that the text fits.)
3. The images you want.  (For vertical spots, choose a vertical image.  For horizontal/landscape spots, choose that type of image so that they fit in given space.

Click on images below to enlarge.

Tan 1-Image Holiday Card: 

Tan 3-Image Holiday Card

Red Star Card:

Teal and Yellow 2-Image Card

Teal 4-Image Card

Tan 3-Image Vintage Card:

Red Ornament 3-Image Card:

Green/Red Snowflake Card:

6 Square Image Card:

3 Image Tan with Wrap Card:

Don't forget to refer your friends.  Referrals = Freebies for you!  

The J Family - Iowa Mini-Sessions

I always have such a great time working with the J family when I head back to Iowa for mini-sessions in the fall.

This pretty mama is my cousin.   I remember being in the waiting room the night she was born.  And I very vividly remember her being about 4 years old (and I was about 7) and standing outside my rabbit shed (after I told her something she probably didn't want to hear) saying, "Fine then.  I won't be your friend anymore!"  Well, I'm glad to say that all ended happily, and we are great friends.  :)  She even went up to Alaska with me one of the summers I worked there.  And she is a supermama and such a loving wife to her hubby.  She makes an older cousin proud!

Enjoy a sneak peek from the J family's Iowa mini-session.  Can't wait for Iowa mini-sessions in the fall of 2013!

The P Family - Iowa Mini Sessions

I had such a wonderful time working with the families in Iowa earlier this month during my mini-sessions there!  It is always great to get back to where I grew up, and even more fun now to do portrait sessions while I am there. 

It is so funny... in Austin, we are just begging for the weather to turn somewhat cool.  (Cool for us in the fall is a high of 75.)  And in Iowa, we were begging for the weather to be somewhat warm.  (It was nice and warm the day we got there, but then there was a five day cold-front with overnight lows of 20 degrees and highs of about 45 or 50.)  But even in the chilly weather, we were able to get in some great sessions! 

The P family was so much fun to work with.  These three kiddos were not only adorable, but also very well behaved.  The kids' grandma gave the session to her son and daughter-in-law as a Christmas present.  Now that is a gift that keeps on giving! 

I love the way their portraits turned out.  Here is a sneak peek.

HUGE SPECIAL for Senior Portraits: FREE 11x14 Canvas Gallery Wrap

For Miles of Smiles Photography FACEBOOK FANS only: ("Like" us at "Miles of Smiles Photography by Sarah")

Starting October 15th: Anyone who books a Senior Portrait session by October 19th, 2012 will receive a beautiful 11x14 canvas gallery wrap for FREE!  (Valued at $200!) 

Take advantage of this great offer and book your Senior Portrait session today.  Spots are limited.  Session must take place before February 28th, 2013. 

Please visit our Seniors by Sarah Jordan page at http://www.milesofsmilesphotography.com/seniors-by-sarah.htm to see our work, learn a little more about our Senior portraits, and for our contact info.