June 20, 2009 now available

I just wanted to make a quick note that June 20th, 2009 (yes, this year) has opened up so if you know anyone who is looking for a photographer for that date, send them our way! It was definitely the most inquired-about date for us for this year so I thought I'd post about it just in case there are any couples having a tough time finding an available photographer! My email is agrogan@groganstudios.com or fill out the contact form on our website, www.groganstudios.com.

THANKS!

More showing off of our little guy! :)

We can't believe Joseph is officially one month old today (found out today at the doctor that they consider 30 days to be one month!). So I guess it's time to show off some more pictures of him...Brian put together a beautiful movie (that I have already watched over and over again) from the pictures and video after my water first broke to our first day at home with JP. Enjoy!

P.S. Make sure you watch this with the volume turned up!

Athena and David's e-session

Athena and David's engagement session was actually on March 1st but I am just now posting it because my water broke only a few hours after we left them--and our baby was born the next morning! I still can't believe we did a photo shoot the day before I gave birth.

Anyways, Athena and David chose two locations very special to them for their e-pics. The first, Franklin Park Conservatory, which is where David proposed. And the second was Sawmill Lanes in Dublin because they first met when they joined the same bowling team. We had a fabulous time with them and are really excited about how their pictures turned out!

Lincoln

Lincoln came into the studio last weekend for his 1-year-old pictures! He was an absolute ham, posing and smiling for Brian as soon as we put him in front of the camera...

JP

Brian and I were surprised to welcome our son, Joseph Patrick, into the world a couple weeks early!  My water broke at home last Sunday and Joseph was born the following morning, March 2nd, at 10:07am.  He was born at a healthy 6 lbs 3 oz, and 20 inches long.  I've been enjoying being at home with him while I recover and the first thing Brian does when he gets home from work is scoop him out of his crib and hold him for most of the night.  

JP is 9 days old today, of course we have already taken tons of pictures...the poor kid is surely going to hate cameras soon enough.  :)  Here are a few of our little cutie...

JP getting weighed in (yes, we've already nicknamed him JP, although we go back and forth between that and Joseph).

Brian and I after being up all night, we hadn't slept in in a looong time!

Proud first time grandparents (my parents).

Proud first time grandparents...of a boy!

JP at 26 hours old.

JP came home in his "future Buckeye" outfit--we never could have guessed he would be so small! He will not be wearing this again until he gains a few pounds. :)

JP's proud cousins, they were really excited we were having a boy!

A couple pictures at home...

Portraits, Portraits, Portraits...

The snow is finally melting and that means it's time to start thinking about family portraits and senior sessions! We have completely re-vamped our portrait and senior pricing and we think it will be a lot more client-friendly.

We will be posting about upcoming promotions in the next month or two so keep an eye out and start thinking about scheduling your session before we are completely booked!

We are also looking for senior ambassadors/representatives from local high schools, so if you know anyone who would be interested in this program, please have them get in touch with Alison at agrogan@groganstudios.com.

In the meantime, here are some headshots from a recent shoot with my sister, Carolyn, from New York...

Catholic Times

We just found out that one of our images from last year is featured on the front page of the latest issue of the Catholic Times. I haven't seen a copy of the actual paper but here is a pdf link of what it looks like! Congrats to our clients, Emily and Kevin, for being featured!