Reminder about Holiday Orders!

For print and card orders to be guaranteed delivery by the holidays, all orders must be placed by November 15th, without exception. Orders placed after November 15th will be delivered in January 2007.

I've had a lot of inquiries about holiday cards and announcements lately. Here is a sample showing a few of the cards, birth announcements and moving cards I have created. (click sample photo above to enlarge!~)

As you can see, you are not limited to a few stock designs for your card. If you have an idea or a color theme, I can design it for you! Your custom card will be 5x7 size and will come with envelopes, in white or red. Please see the bottom of my pricing page for pricing and information for custom cards.
Other news: I am currently scheduling the last few remaining appointments for 2006, and am booking for January 2007 now as well. Its been a great year for Mary Hanson Photography, and I want to thank everyone for your business and support!
Thank you so much!
~Mary

Beautiful blue eyed boy...

Meet L.~
I would bet that his parents get comments all the time about how gorgeous his eyes are. They are such a strong vivid shade of blue, its almost unreal!
I know you are supposed to say "handsome" for boys, but I'm sorry, he's beautiful! He made it much too easy to take way too many photos. Such a good natured, fun little boy, and crawling already! Here is a sneak peek for you, J&B, until I get the whole gallery up. It was a joy to meet you all, and to see how obviously well loved and adored L. is.
Thanks again,
Mary

A few from a very fun recent family session~

On Sunday I got to photograph the nicest family, and again, they have three handsome boys (3 boys, its been a trend for me lately!)
The boys were all so well behaved, fun and easy to work with. (remember, you can click on any photo to enlarge it!)

And, once again, I find myself showing more color shots than I usually do, but with these eyes, and wonderful freckles, I HAD to have some color ones in with the black & white. :) Thanks again M&S, you and the boys were lots of fun, and I'll have the whole gallery up by the end of the week. In the meantime, here are is a sneak peek of a few of my favorites so far.
Mary

Another chance to see change...

As I mentioned a few days ago, one of my favorite things is to see repeat clients and see how their children have changed since the last time I photographed them. Its always so delightful, especially if they were under a year last time, to see how their personalities have come out & how their smiles have changed. Its also nice to see how even much more the parents have fallen in love with their little one. Yesterday I got to see H. again. Last time was in May of '05, just starting to take steps.

Yesterday, this remarkably smart and talkative toddler, telling me all about the plants in the garden, the trains on Thomas, and pointing out every plane and jet as it flew overhead. He was a beautiful baby, but grew into an even more amazingly cute and neat little person.
Thanks M&P for letting me spend some time with your little guy, it was so fun to see you all again!
~Mary

Congratulations to Keith Ellison & Patricia Torres Ray!

I try not to mix business and politics too much, but most who know me know I'm a strong DFL'er. So, that said, I wanted to say how thrilled I was that both Keith Ellison and Patricia Torres Ray
won in the primary yesterday. Both of them are terrific people, strong progressives and both were photographed by yours truly this year. Coincidence? I wonder.... :0) (of course I'm kidding.)
Congratulations to both Keith and Patricia for your upbeat and positive campaigns, and can't wait until the general election in November!

Keith Ellison


Patricia Torres Ray

Three handsome brothers

I haven't posted in quite a while. I've been very busy with sessions, editing, local politics and getting my kids all used to being back to school. I've had several emails asking about updating my blog, so with my apologies: I'm back! :)

One thing I love most about my job (which by the way, is the best job in the world, in my humble opinion..) is getting to see the same kids six months or a year later when I get to photograph them again. Last August when I met this great family with three adorable boys, I really enjoyed each of their distinct personalities and adorable faces. This is them a year ago:

Last Saturday we met again, and this time took photos at the Peace Garden. Its always so much fun to see how faces change and mature over time. These three in particular got even more handsome and fun to photograph. Here is a sneak peek of them now, for mom & dad to see:








Now, generally, I almost always prefer black & white to color. These boys eyes may make me rethink that. :) Beautiful deep brown for two of them, and vivid blue for one. Here is color and a closeup (and a reminder that you can click on any photo to see it larger!) Thanks to all five of you for such a fun session on saturday, and I'll have the rest of your photos up soon!
Mary