Just a reminder about our Mommy Photography Class 101 at Sandy Puc’ Portrait Design! Learn all about your DSLR camera and start taking great pictures!
We are so excited to announce that we have added a SATURDAY class!!!
November 19th!
Watch for updates on our Studio Facebook Page!
Book with a friend and BOTH save $25!
I’m excited to announce that it’s almost time to begin another Charity Model Search, benefiting my favorite charity, Now I Lay me Down to Sleep (NILMDTS). I co-founded this 501©3 nonprofit organization in 2005, and it is more near and dear to my heart than ever.
NILMDTS offers free, professional portraits to parents suffering a loss of a new baby. This delicate and tragic time in a family’s life is profoundly heartbreaking. Commemorative portraits of the baby are a source of healing for parents and a unique way to honor their child’s precious memory.
The Charity Model Search is a major source of funding for the meaningful work that they do at NILMDTS. It’s a wonderful asset to the charity, made possible by portrait photographers (and their clients) across North America.
With your participation, you will receive substantial exposure in your local community as well as on a national level, through the charitymodelsearch.org website, where the voting process occurs. Your clients will be featured on the model search website, with the opportunity to win prizes and become North America’s Cutest Kid. Best of all, all proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit NILMDTS.
With your $25 registration on charitymodelsearch.org, you will receive a full set of marketing templates to help get your clients involved in this campaign. You can begin booking sessions and uploading portraits on January 1st, 2012. There is no limit on entries per photographer. Once uploaded, each portrait will receive $1 votes from family, friends and the general public. North America’s Cutest Child will be announced in mid-April next year, with valuable prize packages for the winning child and photographer.
Participating in the Charity Model Search is not only a great way to gain exposure to new clients in your community; it’s also a great way to give back. Last year’s Charity Model Search raised over $44,000 for NILMDTS. That is truly amazing. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make that a success. Please join us this year.
Register at charitymodelsearch.org starting October 1st to become a part of this important cause.
To learn more about NILMDTS, donate or become a volunteer photographer, please visit their website at http://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org
The beginning of a parent’s hopes and dreams. The anticipation of the pitter patter of tiny little feet. A family being born unto each other. No parent ever expects their dream to shatter. But sadly, sometimes this dream can turn into a nightmare.
Each year nearly 3.3 million babies are stillborn, and more than 4 million others die within 28 days of coming into the world. [World Health Organization] With advanced medical technology, it is a parent’s expectation that those born unto us will outlive us. When a baby dies, it is outside the natural order of life and families are left devastated and forever changed.
Every living being instinctually knows how to grieve. It is learning how to heal, that some need help with. Offering gentle and beautiful photography services in a compassionate and sensitive manner is the heart of the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation.
Remembrance Photography is a very important step in this healing process. Photographs are one of the most precious and tangible mementos that a parent can have, showing the love and bond that was given and shared with their baby. These portraits will last for generations, and will honor and remember a tiny life that is forever loved and cherished.
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep is an organization that I co-founded in 2005, and is as near and dear to my heart as it was in the planning stages seven years ago. With over 7,000 volunteer photographers working in over 25 countries, this important work is reaching families all over the world. To raise awareness for NILMDTS, I’ve activated an account on About.Me. Vote for my profile HERE and help us get a billboard on Time’s Square in New York City.
To learn more about NILMDTS and make a contribution, visit their website at nowilaymedowntosleep.org
Thank you for your support.
Sandy Puc’ Portrait Design is joining PPA (Professional Photographers of America) Charities for Family Portrait Month benefiting Operation Smile! Proceeds from all family sessions in the month of October will be donated to help save a smile!
Denver,CO–February 3, 2011—Colorado Photographer Sandy Puc’ is adding Wedding Portraiture to her list of seminar tour series topics in 2011 with the Power of Passion Tour—her fourth consecutive tour, following three widely acclaimed international tours. The Power of Passion Tour will feature Jerry Ghionis, one of wedding portraiture’s leading authorities. Launching in Denver on February 12, 2011, the tour will visit 32 locations throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
The Passion Tour will cover various elements of wedding and boudoir portraiture, from lighting and posing, to sales and marketing techniques. Puc’ and Ghionis will share their passion and expertise for their craft with seminar attendees with a live photo shoot. A trade show featuring the finest products in the industry will precede the seminar.
“I love sharing my passion with other photographers through the tour seminars. It’s a very energizing and inspiring experience that I am excited to share with Jerry Ghionis and next year’s audiences”, Puc’ says of her upcoming Passion tour.
For more information and for venue locations, visit the tour site at http://www.sandypuctours.com/
For more information on Jerry Ghionis, visit www.jerryghionis.com
For more information on Sandy Puc’, visit www.sandypuc.com
About Sandy Puc’
Sandy Puc’ currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). She also holds the prestigious titles of Print Master and Explorer of Light from Canon USA. She is a frequent contributor to professional journals, and is well known in the photography industry. Her first book, Children’s Photography, was released in the spring of 2008. Puc’ is a co-founder of Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep, a non-profit organization that provides portraiture services to families whose babies will never leave the hospital. (www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org)
About Jerry Ghionis
Jerry Ghionis is the only Australian named as one of the Top Ten Wedding Photographers in the World by American Photo magazine and one of 13 “Icons of Imaging” named by Microsoft. In February 2009 Jerry won the WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) Wedding Album of the Year for a record sixth time to add to his long list of accolades.
About Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS)
NILMDTS is a 501c3 non-profit organization committed to assisting parents and families going through the difficult experience of an early infant loss. NILMDTS connects families with photographers and provides them with a DVD and a reproducible CD of the images of their baby.
Introducing the 2010 Sandy Puc’ Nomad Adventure…
Germany is among the early favorites in the 2010 Sandy Puc Nomad Adventure.
HELP! I need a country! The first weekend of every December, I pick a country, fly there, and in 48 hours, shoot a city and fly home. I do not sleep, and I push myself as hard as I can. Last year Turkey was breathtaking.
Greece would certainly be quite the adventure.
This year I don’t know where to go! I am thinking India, Bali, Nepal, Puerto Rico, Sweden or Greece… But really I want something small and unheard of.
Moscow, Russia, would be so incredible.
Whatever country has the most Facebook “likes” will be my destination. Thanks to everyone who contributes their thoughts and votes.
I can’t wait!
-Sandy Puc’
Introducing the 2010 Sandy Puc’ Nomad Adventure…
Germany is among the early favorites in the 2010 Sandy Puc Nomad Adventure.
HELP! I need a country! The first weekend of every December, I pick a country, fly there, and in 48 hours, shoot a city and fly home. I do not sleep, and I push myself as hard as I can. Last year Turkey was breathtaking.
Greece would certainly be quite the adventure.
This year I don’t know where to go! I am thinking India, Bali, Nepal, Puerto Rico, Sweden or Greece… But really I want something small and unheard of.
Moscow, Russia, would be so incredible.
Whatever country has the most Facebook “likes” will be my destination. Thanks to everyone who contributes their thoughts and votes.
I can’t wait!
-Sandy Puc’
Hi All,
We are getting really excited at the studio as we gear up for The Body School’s Grand Opening. For those of you who don’t know, John Drury (my personal trainer) and I are opening The Body School on Saturday, October 23, 2010! That means that the event is exactly one month away! We’re really excited and the public is invited to join us for our Grand Opening to help us support the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (www.pwsausa.org).
The event is free, but we are asking for a $20 donation to reserve your Charity Boot Camp spot with all proceeds benefiting Prader-Willi.
BOOT CAMPS: 7, 8 and 9 a.m. and 1, 2 and 3 p.m.
OPEN HOUSE: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
You will receive a great one-hour workout, a free t-shirt and help a great cause.
If you would just like to check out our new facility, join us at the Open House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres and cold drinks being served. There will be a raffle to win discounts, special offers and prize drawings. The Grand Prize winner will take home six months of personal training FREE (a $2,000 value). Please note that winners must be on site to accept prizes. RSVP for the Charity Boot Camp today at 720-974-9785.
Our new site is also up and running, but a lot of updates will be coming soon! Visit www.thebodyschool.com
Hi All,
We are getting really excited at the studio as we gear up for The Body School’s Grand Opening. For those of you who don’t know, John Drury (my personal trainer) and I are opening The Body School on Saturday, October 23, 2010! That means that the event is exactly one month away! We’re really excited and the public is invited to join us for our Grand Opening to help us support the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (www.pwsausa.org).
The event is free, but we are asking for a $20 donation to reserve your Charity Boot Camp spot with all proceeds benefiting Prader-Willi.
BOOT CAMPS: 7, 8 and 9 a.m. and 1, 2 and 3 p.m.
OPEN HOUSE: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
You will receive a great one-hour workout, a free t-shirt and help a great cause.
If you would just like to check out our new facility, join us at the Open House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres and cold drinks being served. There will be a raffle to win discounts, special offers and prize drawings. The Grand Prize winner will take home six months of personal training FREE (a $2,000 value). Please note that winners must be on site to accept prizes. RSVP for the Charity Boot Camp today at 720-974-9785.
Our new site is also up and running, but a lot of updates will be coming soon! Visit www.thebodyschool.com
The scuttlebutt’s been flying, the grapevine’s been growing, and gossip is buzzing.
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