Congratulations to two of our Class of 2010 seniors – Kelsey Popovich (Sprague, 2010) and Alden Papritz (Sprague 2010) – who both did very well in the recent Solo vocal competition. I was just out at Sprague and saw their names posted on the door of the choir room. If I remember correctly, Alden took first place in Bass, and Kelsey third place in Soprano sections.
It’s always great to see this kind of accomplishment and to be able to say “Hey, I photographed them. They’re friends of mine!”
Congratulations to all my Class of 2010 Seniors who were in the All City High School Honor concert on February 28th. As usual, the concert was OUTSTANDING, and there were at least 8 senior that we’ve photographed this year.
For those who have never experienced this concert, it’s a by-audition collection of the best of the band, choir, and orchestra members from the various high schools in the Salem-Keizer district who come together, work long hours perfecting their music, and get to work under the direction of some nationally and even internationally known conductors to put on a wonderful evening of music.
It takes place every year in February at North Salem High School
Fall Color Famiy Portrait Spectacular
You’ve probably been thinking about it for years, intending to get around to it. But life gets SO BUSY, and there’s always good reasons to put it off. “We’ll do it next year”. Or “I want to lose 30 pounds, and then we’ll do it.”
But the problem is, children grow up – FAST – and leave the nest. Parents grow older, and sadly sometimes family members leave us, because we haven’t discovered the key to immortality yet. And still, we never “got around to it”, and then it’s too late- we’re left with only regrets, and “I wish I had”.
So here’s the perfect excuse to schedule it NOW.
Our spectacular fall colors are right on the verge of exploding forth. So, the last two weekends of October and the first two weekends of November, we’re scheduling Fall Color Family Portrait sessions (weather and leaves permitting).
What else might you purchase this year that will actually INCREASE in value the longer you own it? Probably not much you can name. But your family portrait will become more and more valuable as time, distance and mortality separate you from those you love.
PS: With the purchase of a wall portrait (16×20 or larger), you get 50% off a second equal or smaller size wall portrait. What a GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT IDEA – A GIFT ONLY YOU CAN GIVE. Wouldn’t the grandparents LOVE to have it hanging in their home as well? Or grandparents, be photographed with your grandchildren, and create a wonderful gift that mom and dad will treasure forever. Everyone they love the most in one beautiful portrait. Whatever the combination, if there’s someone that you love, it’s the PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT.
I love living here in Salem. We’re an hour from the mountains and Detroit Lake. We’re an hour from the “big city” of Portland and all it has to offer. But most importantly, we’re an hour from the beach, one of my favorite places.
It’s also one of my favorite places to photograph. We usually schedule at least 6 weekends a year to create senior portraits and family portraits at the Oregon coast, and I’ve found the PERFECT beach on which to work. It provides a wide variety of different things to work with, plus, it’s rarely windy, even if it’s blowing a gale at Lincoln city or Newport.
Here’s a couple of shots from a recent family portrait session at the beach. We’ve done several portrait sessions for the Kreitzer family over the past couple of years, starting with a maternity session when they were expecting Edward.
This one, we schedule just before sunset so we could not only get some great shots of the kids, but we could take advantage of the very special light that happens at that time of day.
We’ve done portraits at the beach as late in the year as Thanksgiving, and as early as March. but we usually have at least one weekend a month from May through September scheduled especially for creating family portraits in this wonderful setting.
If you’re like me, your animals aren’t simply pets; they’re a part of your family.
We went eleven years without a dog; we weren’t home enough to give one proper attention. But since we moved the studio home, I’m here much of the time, and we decided it was time to get a dog again.
After several false starts, we found Marley, an 8 month old Golden Retriever. He was meant to be our dog, no doubt about it. It didn’t take 24 hours before he’d totally wormed his way into our hearts, not to mention our household. He’s now my shadow, and I take him with me whenever I can. We go walking every morning (and his favorite treat for walking well is to greet the kids at Morningside School). We go to the dogpark every evening. He gets to romp and play with the other dogs, and I have fun talking with all the other dog owners who feel the same way about their dogs as I do about mine.
I’d forgotten just how much fun it was to have one. Quick with a wag of the tail, and a slurp of the tongue, and they can turn a bad mood into a great one in an instant. Who else in this world waits with great anticipation your return home. I can be gone all of 20 minutes, and it’s like he hasn’t seen me in a year when I return.
Who else loves you so unconditionally? None of those complex human emotions that make people relationships so complicated sometimes; just pure unmitigated love, and pure joy just to be in your presence.
But the sad part is that they are only with us for a relatively short time. Big dogs might be 10 years or less; smaller ones a bit longer, but regardless, it’s entirely too short. Each of our Old English Sheepdogs lasted about 11 years, and as much as I already love Marley, I realize that my time with him will be way too short.
So, in honor of these very special relationships, on Saturday, October, 17 and Sunday October 18 ,we’re having a special portrait event for dogs and their families.
Whether it’s formal or fun, whether it’s you and your best friend, the kids and the dog, or the whole family, we’ll create a beautiful story-telling portrait that will display the wonderful relationship between youyour dog forever.
We’ll be photographing at Bush Park, and we’ll schedule an hour for each session, so there’s plenty of time to get the dog settled, decide what we’re going to do.
The second best part of this event is that your $25 session fee will be donated to the Humane Society, so they can continue to find FOREVER HOMES for all the animals in their care.
The best part is you’ll end up with a beautiful portrait that you’ll enjoy forever. We’ll have special packages and pricing for this event as well.
Call the studio today to set you appointment. We’ll start at 9:00 on Saturday and 1:00 on Sunday.
Tomorrow, September 26th, is one of our last beach sessions for the year, and it’s going to be FUN.
First a Trash The Dress session with one of our brides, then a senior, and finishing with a family portrait session at sunset.
We still have room for a couple more hour sessions in the afternoon if anyone is interested in joining us. Send us a message via facebook – www.facebook.com/fredmolesworth.
We’re delighted to have been chosen to photograph the wedding of Amber Payne and Josh Meadows, August 14, 2010 at the beautiful Abiqua Country Estates outside of Silverton.
This is a beautiful venue, and Amber and Josh are going to have a gorgeous wedding. I’m really looking forward to taking advantage of all that this place has to offer, and creating some amazing wedding photographs for them.
Thanks Amber and Josh. We love it that you’ve chosen to work with us.
and our address is @encoreportraits. Encore was taken, as was Encoreportrait, and Encoreportraitdesign was too long, so I ended up with encoreportraits
We just received confirmation that we’ll be photographing the wedding of Kim Hopewell and Joseph Knackstedt on June 26, 2010 at the Adrianna Ballroom in Portland.
Kim was one of our seniors back in 2005, and she loved not only the photographs but the experience we provided for her, so it was an easy choice to have us be her wedding photographer as well.
I love having the opportunity to photograph weddings for past seniors. It feels kind of like a renuion. This summer we did several of these weddings, and even one in which not only was the bride one of our seniors, but so were three of the bridesmaids.
Thanks Kim and Joseph for having us be a part of your day. We’re really looking forward to it.
Family portraits and senior portraits at the beach are one of our most popular events, and because of last weekends rain, we have two more dates scheduled – September 19th and September 26th. We already have five sessions for those two days, so if you’d like to take part, it’s best to contact the studio soon to reserve your time – 503-588-0902
