Trystan Photography: An Intimate Portrait.

“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” ~Ansel Adams

 

Hayden 18 months

I’ve been taking Hayden’s pictures since he was about 3 months old and I feel like he’s growing up as fast as my own children. I’m thinking I’ll probably be taking his Senior portraits like tomorrow!

He’s always been one of the easiest, happiest babies to take photos of and even now that he’s walking.

It’s so neat to be able to watch so many children out there grow up and capture those moments at each different age in their lives. I really do have one of the best jobs!

Filed under : Kids & Babies, Photography
By charlotte
On May 7, 2008
At 9:35 am
Comments : 0
 
 

Another Susan

Susan is graduating from college this month and she wanted to take some pictures to commemorate this time in her life. I took her sister Angie’s senior portraits last year and I also took pictures of her Dad Mike and his wife Ginger a few months ago. They are such a photogenic family.

Susan has a natural modeling ability and I really think she should try and pursue something in this field. She thinks she’s too short, but her looks are stunning and I think that can override the short thing. I’m calling Tyra!

Good luck with all you do Susan!

Filed under : High School Seniors, Photography, Portraits
By charlotte
On May 5, 2008
At 12:45 pm
Comments : 0
 
 

May is Family Portrait Month!

Trystan Photography is excited to announce that May is Family Portrait Month! In honor of Mother’s Day, we’re giving away free family sessions all month long! Simply book an indoor or outdoor family portrait sitting between May 1st - 31st, 2008 and you’ll recieve the sitting for free (our $25 deposit is still required to book, but it will be applied in full to your print order).

Please make sure you visit our family portrait samples from areas around Colorado Springs and Denver, and check out our portrait prices.

Filed under : Family, Photography, Portraits, Specials & Announcements
By Trig
On May 2, 2008
At 9:32 am
Comments : 0
 
 

Susan

I recently took photos of Susan at our Denver Studio and had such a wonderful time photographing her. She needed some fun portraits to capture her personality (she has the best smile!) and I’m just delighted she asked me to do this for her.

Susan is a business philanthropy coach and does some amazing things out there. She’s in the process of writing a book on business philanthropy and is hoping to finish it later this year. I was very eager to know more about what exactly it was that business philanthropy coach does ( I probably sounded a lot like my two year old when she learns something new for the first time) and Susan was very patient in explaining the whole thing to me. I’m very fascinated with the good she does out there for the less fortunate and for the businesses who donate as well. Tryg and I are hoping to become more involved with a few projects of our own over the next couple of months, so I’ll keep you posted.

For now, you should definintely check out Susan’s blog , it’s incredible!

Filed under : Portraits
By charlotte
On April 30, 2008
At 1:37 pm
Comments : 0
 
 

Rampart High School Senior Portrait Fair!

If you’re a student at Rampart High School in Colorado Springs, then make sure you stop by Trystan Photography’s table at the upcoming portrait fair on the 28th of April. We’ll have a glorious senior class portrait display and neat little promo cards and prizes! (oooooh, postcards and prizes… I’m there! Wait… I have to be.)

Senior Portrait season is upon us and the class of 2009 needs to get on it and get booked (we can only take so many senior sessions)! Please check out our senior portrait gallery and our portrait pricing.

Filed under : High School Seniors, Photography, Portraits, Specials & Announcements
By charlotte
On April 26, 2008
At 1:08 pm
Comments : 0
 
 

The Denver Studio is Open! (… and it has been)

I guess I dropped the ball on our “official” opening announcement since we’ve already shot portrait sittings there this last weekend. So, better late than never…

Trystan Photography is pleased to announce the “official post-grand opening” of our new Denver portrait studio!

Wow. That was really good. (By the way, I set off a confetti popper in the office here as I wrote that, just so you know we aren’t sparing any expense for this announcement.)

I guess one of the reasons the fact that we’re now “officially” open is a little less than momentous for me is we’ve already been getting a terrific response from the Denver clientèle and as I mentioned above, we already booked and shot portrait sessions there this weekend, so it seems Denver didn’t even really need an annoucement. They couldn’t wait for me to get my act together, they called anyway!

One of the most surprising results of having a Denver address is how many clients have called because of the new Denver studio but want portraits down in Colorado Springs, like at the Garden of the Gods, etc. I caught myself thinking, “We’ve always been in the Springs, folks…”, but apparently there was something more appealing to them about the fact we’re now in Denver, too. Interesting…

We’re so excited about Denver. Colorado Springs is where we call home, but I think part of my heart still longs for LA, and Denver fulfills enough of that “big-city jones” I get sometimes. Denver is already performing beyond my expectations, and I just love the fact that Char and I now have somewhere else to go when things get a little stale around here (we work together in the same office, all…day…long, remember?). Char’s already shaken off her winter blahs by doing an amazing job designing the interior layout of the studio and picking colors, paint, funiture, etc. I’m out of my winter duldrums just by seeing how thrilled she is by the new studio.

So, is it scary to expand in the middle of a recession? Sure.

But we had to.

Why?

I think this quote pretty well sums it up:

“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” - Anais Nin

Filed under : Denver, Photography, Portraits, Specials & Announcements, Weddings
By Trig
On April 8, 2008
At 2:21 pm
Comments : 2
 
 

Hayden

I don’t think I need to use words to describe how stinkin cute this little guy is. I love the ones we took outside by the fence and wall. Hayden really liked eating the leaves, Yummy!

Filed under : Kids & Babies
By charlotte
On April 2, 2008
At 10:49 am
Comments : 0
 
 

Product Spotlight: The “Digital Age” Package

In this age of web 2.0, Facebook, Digg and MySpace, there is an increasing demand for top quality, professionally shot, digital files. We initially designed our “Digital Age” package with the “MySpace-using high school senior” set in mind, but since it’s inception we’ve found it’s a broadly appealing package to executives (for promotional materials), and tech-savvy 20 and 30-somethings, too!

The “Digital Age” package is really simple: 5 of your favorite full-resolution digital files from your session are retouched for blemishes and come with a release of the unlimited personal-use copyright to you to post the pics online, send to friends, or print at your favorite lab to your heart’s content! The “Digital Age”package is $400.

For additional portrait packages and print products, please visit our portrait pricing page.

Filed under : Portraits, Specials & Announcements
By Trig
On March 28, 2008
At 10:42 am
Comments : 0
 
 

Class of 2009 Senior Portrait Special!!!

It’s that time, juniors. The ‘08 seniors are about gone and you’re getting ready to reign. ( Just take it easy on the incoming freshmen next year, okay?).

So how early is too early to book your senior portrait sitting? Answer: It’s never too early, especially when we’re offering such a sweet deal:

Book your senior portrait session anytime between March 15th and April 15th 2008 (book it for whenever, next week or in August, it doesn’t matter) and you’ll recieve 48 free wallets.

But wait… it gets better.

Refer a friend (who books) and you’ll get a free 16×20 canvas board print (and all of our wall prints include digital retouching)!

Refer 2 friends (who book) and you’ll get our “Digital Age Special” (5 retouched full-resolution digital files, a $400 value) for free.

So, basically, refer enough friends and you’ll get everything you need, for free!

Follow this link for details on all of our sitting fees, portrait print products and packages.

 

Filed under : High School Seniors, Photography, Portraits, Specials & Announcements
By Trig
On March 15, 2008
At 9:05 pm
Comments : 0
 
 

Product Spotlight: The “First Year” Portrait Package

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You’ve just had a baby.

Oh, sorry… I meant:

You’ve just had a baby! Yay!

(Sorry about that, that must have been “Freudian-typing”. I was just thinking about how tired I was when Ella and Trystan were first born and it looks like the memory of the extreme fatigue leaked through into my first sentence there. I’m usually much more upbeat than that.)

So, now that you have that unbelievably precious bundle of spit-up snuggled so tight in your arms, are you even remotely aware of just how fast this stage of life is going to be over? No, for real, that baby is going to be a terror, (sorry, I meant toddler) before you know it and all you’ll have left of this heavenly time, before they could walk around and put foreign objects in their mouths (that you didn’t even know you owned), is… your memories of it.

The photos Char and I took of our own kids are so precious to us because a child’s infancy really does go by so much faster than you ever could imagine…

So let us help you preserve the memory of your sweet little one in their first year of life with our outstanding newborn / baby portrait package: “The First Year”.

Here’s what comes with it:

4 indooor portrait sessions (3, 6, 9, and 12 months)

1 20×24 One Year Collage of photos from the entire year!

And the whole package is only $150!

Please call 303-872-4678 (Denver) or (719)359-5520 (Springs) and reserve your package today, and make sure to check out our other portrait products and packages.

Filed under : Kids & Babies, Portraits, Specials & Announcements
By Trig
On
At 1:28 pm
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