Teddy Bear Days for Joshua is a special session that we at HBP are doing to help this baby's family.  Born at just 26 weeks of gestation, this lil fighter is doing well at the hospital, and Tricare pays for it all.  But Mom and Dad need help; they have excess bills and everything that adds up when your baby is 2.5 hours away from you.

Here at HBP we love to offer themed portrait sessions, and here's your chance to try us out!  Simply call us at our NEW number 831-324-4175 to schedule your session for next week.  Oh, unless you call me while I'm in Anchorage from Wednesday to Monday, and for that you should call me at 907-575-2020. 

Here's the schedule that I've put together for next week to allow EVERYONE time to come in for this fantastic deal!

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Joshua is a baby who was born at 26 weeks gestation, and is at Stanford Hospital. Of course Tri-care is covering the baby's needs, but not the family.  They need all of the help they can get.

Many home party consultants and business owners in our military community are donating a portion of their sales to this family for the next several weeks.

Honey Bee Photography is running "Teddy Bear Days for Joshua" for the next 3 Fridays. For only $25, you get a 10 minute micro session and 3-4x6 high resolution images emailed to you. $6.25 from each of these sessions will be donated to this beautiful family.

As you know, we've been working at HBP to bring you the best portraiture available.  We've recently moved into a new studio space and we are excited to share it with  you!  Our Grand Opening will be on January 14 from 10-2 pm.  Come and see our samples of different sessions and exciting products that we offer.  Register to win a beautiful $200 portrait package (all registered people win an 8x10 with purchase of a session fee on ANY type of session).  We'll have some yummy food to sample from the local area and Jim and I will be on hand to talk to you about your future portrait needs.  What's new in 2012:

Small Weddings

Teddy Bear Sessions

Cute family brought their sweet dog for portraits, too.  He is a smiler!

The kids did very well; they really loved the props!

This fine family of four found me because I'd given out candy with little ads at Halloween this past year.  Funny story, because they had just moved from Fairbanks, AK, and of course, we'd just moved from Anchorage, AK.  They weren't sure if they'd found me in Fairbanks or here.  This created some confusion for the family and apparently my ad almost got thrown out a couple of times.  Note to self:  I really need a local phone number for the studio.

Beautiful couple!

Late afternoon in the park!  These kids were high energy, but we caught them smiling!