We've Photographed an Author!

Rachel Keener has been a wonderful client of ours for many years and we are proud to announce that she has now written a novel called The Killing Tree. You can catch Rachel on April 5, she'll be at Central Library on 660 W. Fifth St., at 2:30 p.m. And at Barnes and Noble at 7 p.m. on April 9, this is located at 1925 Hampton Inn Court.

Keep updated on our blog for more information, and you can also visit http://www.rachelkeener.com/ for reviews and other events for this local (Lewisville, NC) celebrity. Click on book cover photo to order her fantastic book on Amazon. You will not want to leave Crooktop Mountain!

Emergency DAFFODIL Alert!

We were taking our dogs for a walk this weekend at Tanglewood Park and as we turned the corner to go the quiet area we like to visit, we were greeted by 6 deer prancing across the road. The deer family stopped to look at us for a while, then we went a little further down the road and saw another welcome sight... the DAFFODILS! It was rainy and chilly, so we weren't even in a frame of mind to be thinking about the session we had last year with this Daffodil Princess. (Please click on images to enlarge them.)

After we did a quick check for next week's weather forecast on my iPhone, we decided that with these early Spring rains and the weather warming up later this week, that Saturday, March 21 would be the peak of the daffodils!

You will not want to miss this chance to have your portrait created in this gorgeous, painterly setting. As a matter of fact, this is may be the perfect time to have the fine art painting done that you have been thinking about!

Please call 336.766.8367 so we can set up the time that is best for you.

Third Annual Gallery Exhibit on display until April 3, 2009

It is here! Our Third Annual Gallery Exhibit is on display the entire month of March at The Lewisville Soda Shoppe. We had a wonderful turn out on Saturday for our open house. We even got to sit in Kerri's husband's orange 1970 Impala. Please go out and have a burger and fries and vote for your favorite portrait!

Tackling the Art of Photography

At the beginning of this month our studio attended the annual PPNC (Professional Photographers of North Carolina) Convention. The theme this year as you can see was Tackling the Art of Photography. We went dressed in our favorite teams gear. Nolan still loves the Panthers and is hoping for "next year." Anne chose Florida because some of the grandchildren are down there. Denise and Ben are always rooting for Da Bears!

We had a lot of fun trying out our newest football moves!

Anne and Nolan's son, Spencer, and his family also came to visit for a little bit too. We always love baby Carter time!

National Charity Model Search

Is Your Child America’s Cutest Kid?
Anne Grant ~ The Village Photographer is one of the participating studios in the National Charity Model Search to select “America’s Cutest Kid” and to raise funds for charity.

We’re looking for cute children ages 18 months to 14 years old to model for a portrait to be entered into the contest.

Models Search Special:
$25 entrance fee (payable to Make A Wish Foundation), which includes a 15 minute model session and one image submitted to the national gallery. (Click on flyer image below to enlarge).

Finalists will be determined by online votes. Anyone may vote. Each vote is $1, and all proceeds from votes benefit the non-profit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. (NILMDTS.org)
Grand prize national winner will be determined from the 50 city finalists. Winners selected by photography and modeling industry experts.

If your child is selected the national winner, you’ll receive many prizes, including a $5,000 US Savings Bond and a Canon PowerShot G10 digital camera.

If you’re interested in entering your child(ren), please call the studio at 336.766.8367. For more information about the contest, go online to http://www.sandypucmodels.com/

New Cover...New Friend

We had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Juawana Hall, her husband Matt and their precious little boy, Caleb while photographing them for the next cover story for Forsyth Woman.
Dr. Hall has an beautifully decorated office for her optometry practice, Hillcrest Vision...I call it the eye "spa"! As I observed her perform an eye exam on a two year old child, I enjoyed seeing how the whole process, as well as the entire office, is so "kid-friendly."
She has some of the nicest designer frames, so I hope to be getting a new pair of glasses myself soon.
As we talked, we discovered Juawana's husband, Matt is a videographer and will help us develop a brand new product line, a fusion of still images and video to create an unforgettable, meaningful experience and a fabulous art piece for your home decor. We will be unveiling this soon, so stay tuned...
We were glad to have the opportunity to see the workings of a successful business and to make new friends with the Hall family!

Look at Me and My Cool Attitude

The Expressions Limited Edition Portrait Session for April is for the trendy kids with the coole attitude. We know you're out there and want to rock your style in a trendy portrait!

Each "Expressions" event has a suggested donation instead of session fees. The one for April will be to assist the Winston-Salem Industries For the Blind with their summer camp for visually impaired children. They need craft and class supplies, so we are asking for a suggested amount of $15 (or more) Gift Card from a store that has these items (i.e. Wal Mart, Target, Michael's , AC Moore, Staples, Office max, etc.)

PPNC Mentor Program

We recently hosted a mentor program called Pro Share through PPNC (Professional Photographers of North Carolina). Anne is very involved in PPNC and has been a mentor for many years. There were eight photographers from Virginia and NC who all came to listen to a program about what we do at Anne Grant Photography to deliver top notch client service and how that has kept our business strong, even in the economic climate we are currently experiencing. We had a wonderful time and made many new friends.

Getting More in Touch with Our Creative Genius

In the beginning of February we hosted a workshop with an artist and master photographer from Boston, named Arthur Rainville. We fell in love with him when we first met him at our Fall Seminar and contacted him a couple of times to ask him questions. He sensed our enthusiasm and offered to do a smaller class with us at our studio. We learned many things from him. Anne and Denise learned each of their personal styles. We found out that Anne enjoys her portraits to be "one with nature." Denise enjoys her portraits to be based on angles. It was interesting to find out the artistic side of the beautiful portraits we create every day of our clients beautiful families.

We also all had our own modeling experience (even Cooper!)

We so much enjoy receiving more knowledge in a profession that we are so passionate about!

We Love Our Spokes Models!

This last Tuesday night we had a wonderful time getting to know the Class of 2010. We had a get together to meet our Sr. Spokes Models from surrounding area schools. The Lewisville Soda Shoppe was nice enough to let us meet at their restaurant. (Lots of wonderful foods were consumed) All of these girls really got us excited about the upcoming senior season.
If you missed our get together, we will be having another one on March 12, 2009. Please call the studio for more information. 336.766.8367

Forsyth Woman's Girls Night Out @ New Town Bistro

Every Month, Forsyth Woman Magazine has a GNO at a different local restaurant and the last one was at New Town Bistro. It must be something that we ladies love to do because I could hardly find a parking space when I got there and it was wall to wall of beautiful women. The owner of New Town, Kyle Agha (shown in photo with his son) had special Firefly Martinis and bar bites just for us!
More images from the evening may be seen on FaceBook

Be a SUPER HERO to your Significant Other!

One of our most popular new items we have added to our Portrait Boutique is the Photo Jewelry. We have had many "heroes" this past holiday season, when husbands came in and ordered them for their wives! Come see our new designer collection...Mother's Day is not that far away!

Wired, Connected, and Unplugged

In the 80's Unplugged was the buzzword for the recording artist's comeback concert that personified and celebrated their work. Wired can be kind of "high strung" or wired for sound. And now even when we're wireless, we're plugged in...
A bit confusing to some, but above all we need to be CONNECTED, so I've added to the top of this page, a growing list of some social networking sites we plug into to keep in touch with people who want to keep in touch with us.
The latest I found is Yelp.com which will probably increase in popularity after being featured on a recent iPhone commercial. To post a review on our studio (or other businesses), please visit http://www.yelp.com/biz/anne-grant-photography-clemmons-2

We're On The Cover!

OK, we're not on the cover, but even better, one of the nice families we have photographed is on the cover of Forsyth Family Magazine. Billy Prow & Jonny Plemmons are brothers-in-law and own Secure One, the 5th largest ADT dealer of security systems in the country. Read the February issue here http://www.forsythmags.com/backoffice/pdf/FF02-09web2.pdf

We've just photographed the cover story for the March issue of Forsyth Woman Magazine...Stay tuned!

Class of 2010 SpokesModels Wanted

DO you like to be photographed?

DO you know lots of people in your class?

DO you want the BEST portraits for your Senior Year?

Go to www.grantphoto.com and click on the Resources tab for the SpokesModel application. Then wait for an invite to our Senior Spokes Get Together on February 24 in Lewisville to find out how you can represent our studio to your classmates.
What's more, you will have the opportunity to earn prizes such as as Spa Basket, a GPS, an iPod, or a Laptop computer! We can only use 3-5 SpokesModels per school, so don't miss out!

3rd Annual Gallery Exhibit

We will have a reception at the Lewisville Soda Shoppe 10am-2pm March 7, 2009

For more details on how to be a part of this event http://grantphoto.com/pdfs/Winter09.pdf

Here comes the Bunnies!

Romantic Expressions

February 16-17

Our grown-up costumes, hand colored roses and big floppy hats will take your little ones to a timeless place of childhood make believe and days gone by. Recommended ages 2 to 8 years.

There are NO SESSION FEES for our Expressions Events, instead we have a suggested donation. This month we suggest a Wal Mart or gas gift card in the amount of $15 (or more) that we will give to Sally's Angels (http://www.sallysangels.org/ ), a local organization dedicated to brightening the lives of families with critically or chronically ill children.

Wedding Photography Giveaway

Have you found a photographer for your wedding?
Are you planning a beautiful wedding? Would you be interested in a professional photographer capturing every minute of your big day at no charge? Anne Grant Photography is granting one lucky couple their wish for 2009!
All you need to do is write telling us all about you and your spouse to be and how you both met. We also want to hear from today's bride (that's you!) about what you are looking for in wedding photography.
It is easy... Just send your love story to denise@grantphoto.com, with couple's name, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, wedding date, location of wedding, location of reception, and any other details of your special day. We will have a panel of judges to evaluate the entries, so the more information you provide, the better chance you have of being selected as a finalist. We will select the winning couple on April 20, 2009, so don't delay! We can't wait to hear all about YOU!

FREE portraits for the Police Officers, Fire Fighters and Military

In honor of your service to our community and our country, we are offering all Police Officers, Fire Fighters and Military a FREE framed 11x14 portrait in your uniform.
($329. value)

Please call for an appointment at 336.766.8367 or e-mail Denise@GrantPhoto.com We look forward to meeting those of you who protect us!

Making the Triad happier...more beautiful..one Portrait at a Time!

Everybody Loves A Parade!

The cold weather didn't keep folks away from the Lewisville Christmas Parade. There were sidewalks full of people from one end of Shallowford Rd to the other.
We rode on the Lewisville-Clemmons Chamber Of Commerce float, tossing candy and waving like beauty queens!

Uncle Frank from Frank Myers AutoMaxx was a big hit, but the best part was singing Christmas Carols on the ride back and going back to eat cake at John Byrd's office in downtown Lewisville.

The DASH!

After much speculation and narrowing down to five finalists (Aviators, Rhinos, Dash, Wallbangers or Racers) for the name of the new baseball team, we (Anne , Nolan & Denise) were there as they announced the new name..the DASH (as in the "dash" between Winston and Salem, however many people have pointed out is actually a hyphen!)

Billy Prim, the Owner of the Dash team. was optimistic, along with Kevin Terry, the president of the team and W-S Mayor Joines.

Look for some of our photos from the event in the next issue of Forsyth Family Magazine.

Amid much fanfare, good food & music, the celebration made us look forward to spring when we going to the games. Watch for more info on how you can win free baseball tickets and ALL YOU CAN EAT for a family of four, compliments of Anne Grant Photography!

We Love a Man In Uniform!

Congratulations are in order for Officer Ben Christian, husband of our own Denise! They moved here from the Chicago area so Ben could join the Winston-Salem Police Department. After many months of training for skill and endurance, he graduated from the Police Academy, well prepared to serve and protect W-S. For those of you who have met Denise, you know she is a bright spot in our studio, so we're glad they decided to call North Carolina "home"!

A Few Times Still Available for Winter Wonderland!

Our first session of our annual Winter Wonderland Limited Edition started today and it was so fun! Those who actually had real snow on Friday can attest to how exciting it is for the children to be a part of a "Snow Day." The studio has been magically transformed, and we have snow to throw, and no one's fingers get cold! Our subjects were thrilled with the thought of being whisked away into the snowy woods. There's still a few times available for Tuesday, so give us a call to reserve your spot.