If you cannot wait until this date, you may come to the studio by making an on-line reservation at our Portrait Fridays.

Visa or Mastercard accepted. 2009 Dates at the West Garden Grove studio are: Saturday, April 17, 9am-1pm Saturday, July 24, 9am-1pm Saturday, November 6, 9am-1pm A limited number of appointments are available, so make your reservations early. Reservations may be arranged by following this link. If you cannot wait until this date, you may come to the studio by making a reservation. Please be advised that you must attend with a parent to 'live edit' and purchse your portrait. Regular studio pricing will be applied to the 1/2 hour session (we will give a 15% discount as a Girl Scout.) We look forward to seeing you and celebrating this special achievement.]]> http://www.gradportraits.com/gradportraits/eagle_scouts/orange_county_girl_scout_gold.shtml http://www.gradportraits.com/gradportraits/eagle_scouts/orange_county_girl_scout_gold.shtml Eagle Scouts award county girl gold orange picture portrait professional scout studio Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:38:05 -0800 Get Off the Garden Path! As a professional photographer it's important to grow professionally and artistically everyday, every month, every year. That's why in the past two years I've spent five solid weeks in weeklong seminars learning from some of the more creative portrait photographers in our business. I've spent a week each with Arthur Rainville & Jennifer Hudson, Tony Korbel, Joseph & Louise Simone, Trevon Baker and Carl Caylor, all disciples of Don Blair (you'll notice, I'm vicariously learning his styles through others, since he's no longer with us.) ]]> http://www.gradportraits.com/blog/born_anew_as_a_photographer_ar.shtml http://www.gradportraits.com/blog/born_anew_as_a_photographer_ar.shtml Blog arthur coast diego graduation high hudson jennifer picture portraits professsional rainville san school senior studio west Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:32:05 -0800 ]]> http://www.gradportraits.com/blog/your_house_is_in_the_path_of_a.shtml http://www.gradportraits.com/blog/your_house_is_in_the_path_of_a.shtml Blog art fine home images love music photographer pictures portraits professional test Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:34:51 -0800 Download file ]]> http://www.gradportraits.com/12_points_of_eagle_scout_portr.shtml http://www.gradportraits.com/12_points_of_eagle_scout_portr.shtml Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:32:18 -0800 Business Portraits With Flexibility Quality, and Lots of Background. When you need a business portrait, we have the options of creating pictures with environment, graphics and beauty all while standing in the studio to save you time and money (that's right, every image you see in the video below is in our studio.) Once you've scheduled your appointment, you may walk out the door with your portraits, production ready. Just hand the file over to your printer and you're all set.]]> http://www.gradportraits.com/portrait_designs/portraits_for_business_media_g.shtml http://www.gradportraits.com/portrait_designs/portraits_for_business_media_g.shtml Portrait Designs angeles beach business community county government long los orange photographer photos pictures portraits professional realtors studio Sat, 02 May 2009 08:32:54 -0800 Take a look at our newest addition to our product line.....]]> http://www.gradportraits.com/blog/newest_video_portfolio.shtml http://www.gradportraits.com/blog/newest_video_portfolio.shtml Blog artist beach garden grove hodge huntington long photographer pictures portfolio portrait professional studio william Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:58:41 -0800 ]]> http://www.gradportraits.com/padilla_jose_ciec_eagle_flag.shtml http://www.gradportraits.com/padilla_jose_ciec_eagle_flag.shtml boy california ciec council eagle empire inland portrait scout Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:45:14 -0800 ]]> http://www.gradportraits.com/post_2.shtml http://www.gradportraits.com/post_2.shtml council county eagle occ orange scout Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:34:52 -0800 One of my visual mentors has died. Andrew Wyeth passed away last week. I mention this because early in my newspaper career as a photojournalist, I enjoyed and emulated the view two people had on the world. One of them was Wyeth. The other is John Malman, a staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times. Both saw the world through a 28mm lens. This became my primary view of the world, and how I often documented history for the various newspapers for which I worked. It's interesting to read obituaries in both the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal and see how Wyeth was treated by the mainstream media. And I was astounded to find out that many critics thought his art was too mainstream, too simple, not good enough, in comparison to the surrealists that were popular during the time (Warhol, Dali, Pollock, etc.) His realistic watercolors were criticized by some people because he was simply painting a photograph. One critic said his work was, "photographically meticulous." That's the beauty of his work. They were gorgeous, raw, documentary images of life in New England. He always showed us something most of us would walk past and miss, and never see. The images he showed us would never even get on our personal radar. As a photographer, the nicest thing someone can say about your image is, "I never saw that!" And every time I looked his images, I thought the same thing. I saw the world just a little bit differently. But that's the beauty of any type of art. That's why I like Robert Werling's scenic black-and-white images, Salvador Dali's surrealistic images (and his realistic period too) and Andrew Wyeth's wide angle paintings. They're all beautiful. They are all wonderful views of the world and you really have to enjoy how they see things. I'm grateful I had the chance to see his work, to appreciate it and learn from it. As a photographic portrait artist, my goal is to do the same. So, what's my favorite painting? 'Christinas World.' Drop me a note to tell me which of his work is your favorite. http://www.gradportraits.com/blog/andrew_wyeth_passing_visual_st.shtml http://www.gradportraits.com/blog/andrew_wyeth_passing_visual_st.shtml Blog andrew artist dead john malmin mentor passing wyeth Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:17:05 -0800

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